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Romanian government ‘seizes control of research councils’
Romania’s top universities have called for the country’s research minister to be dismissed after the government removed overseas members and evaluators from national research councils.
College Board, Zuckerberg join ‘Manhattan Project’ of academic motivation
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI), the charity created by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, to give away their billions, is about to cut loose with an undisclosed amount of cash to get millions more students into college.
Bipartisan push on career education
Support for vocational education is crossing the partisan divide, with growing calls for a policy focus on apprenticeships and education programs that don't feature the four-year degree.
This 150-foot-tall ‘vending machine’ will serve you a Ferrari
A 15-story tower of Ferraris and Lamborghinis in glass boxes has become a quirky landmark in Singapore. And it all started with a visit to Toys R Us.
Remote island has ‘world’s worst’ plastic rubbish density
An uninhabited island in the South Pacific is littered with the highest density of plastic waste anywhere in the world, according to a study.
École Polytechnique’s modern outlook in sync with Macron
In his final engagement before resigning as finance minister last year, Emmanuel Macron, now the president of France, visited one of the country’s most prestigious higher education institutions.
The Next Frontier
Amid pressures to increase revenues and international enrollments, some universities move to establish high schools for international students on their campuses.
Industry meltdown: Is the era of nuclear power coming to an end?
From Europe to Japan to the U.S., nuclear power is in retreat, as plants are being shuttered, governments move toward renewables, and key companies face financial troubles.
Iona College sees six-figure ESPN investment paying off
On cold winter nights in Colts Neck, N.J., Lawrence Spallanzani's family would huddle around a TV and watch their favorite announcer call a game on ESPN.
