Though largely political and symbolic, the campus free speech order that President Trump issued matters because it ties millions of federal research dollars to how well colleges protect free speech.
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These programmes allow institutions to claim they're doing something without really tackling the issues that lead students to plagiarise.
When it comes to innovation, Santa Clara County is way ahead of the rest of the US. Between 2000 and 2015, more than 140,000 patents were granted there – triple the number of the next-ranked county.
There is no system in place to detect charitable fraud on the scale allegedly committed by a counseling company and its sham nonprofit.
If South Africa's Copyright Amendment Bill is accepted as is, it will be detrimental to academic content production.
The college admission scandal that involved big bribes, coaches and Hollywood actors grew out of a system that favors rich parents and gives coaches too much leeway in admissions, a scholar argues.
When colleges rush to serve the needs of business, they risk losing sight of their purpose and entering into bad deals with a selfish partner, a scholar of research and business argues.
Data science is going to grow over the coming decades and requires trained graduates who can handle the work.
Rather than bypass college to pursue their entrepreneurial dreams, members of Generation Z are increasingly partnering with universities to launch new startups, a university president says.
Tensions between the government and the university sector ran high in 2018, with the government cutting funding to student places and research and a big push back from universities.
How an increased use of technology could widen the gender pay gap in higher education.
Glyn Davis lays out the evidence (or lack thereof) for the argument that free speech on campuses is at risk.
Estimates suggest that Oxford lost 19% of those who served, Cambridge 18%, and Manchester and Glasgow 17%.
Energy-efficient water supply is a wicked problem – and we might have found a way to solve it.
Universities should very rarely prevent controversial speakers from spreading their message.
A staggering 20% of globally-mobile higher education students come from China. Here's what they're looking for.
To succeed, Europe needs citizens who are multilingual and open to the world. EU-level universities can lead the way with four key concepts: Identity, Diversity, Essence and Attractiveness
Degrees with a strong visual arts foundation will ensure individuals will flourish, not flounder, when faced with disruptive technologies.
Yet the money spent on student loans, Pell Grants and funding for research is not generally keeping pace with the demand for higher ed.
Under the free trade agreement, Australian universities will be able to have majority ownership of an Indonesian university.
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