Should the ideals of the Floating University set sail once more?
Ostensibly unsuccessful educational experiment still has important lessons for us today, claims historian
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Turning to Courts for Loan Forgiveness
As months pass without action by the Trump administration on loan-forgiveness claims, some borrowers who attended defunct for-profits find success clearing loan debt through the courts.
Emory University fires scientists over undisclosed funding ties to China
Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, has sacked two US government-funded scientists for allegedly failing to disclose their sources of overseas financing and research ties in China.
NYU former polisci prof misquotes Trump. The president is having NONE of it.
President Donald Trump called out a New York University former political science professor who misquoted him on Twitter.
Academic on 10th fixed-term contract fights for permanency
More than 1,200 people sign letter supporting Feyzi Ismail in her dispute with SOAS University of London
US Navy wants 350 billion social media posts
The US Navy is seeking to create an archive of at least 350 billion social media posts from around the world, in order to study how people talk online.
Capping off graduation with creative photos in China
College students pose for graduation photos in Zhengzhou, Central China's Henan province
External examiners ‘need more support on standards’
Conference on grade inflation told ‘systematic’ change is needed
A fight for the future as climate change school strikes grow for fourth month running
An estimated 4,000 teenagers and young people turn out in Manchester – and another 1.5m around the world – to demand they inherit a planet that is not dying
WHO terms ‘gaming disorder’ a modern disease
The World Health Organization added "gaming disorder" to its list of modern diseases for the first time on Saturday at the 72nd World Health Assembly
