1 novembre 2018

By Lindsay McKenzie. American Chemical Society and Elsevier are again suing academic networking site ResearchGate in an attempt to stop it distributing copyrighted research papers. More...

By Lindsay McKenzie. A $30 million initiative to make New York City a hub for cybersecurity innovation was announced by the New York City Economic Development Corporation Monday. More...

By Lindsay McKenzie. A growing number of academics are experimenting with new technologies powered by artificial intelligence, but many of the technologies aren't yet ready for prime time. More...

By Lindsay McKenzie. Seven colleges and universities are working with industry partners to develop digital badges to help underserved students display their skills and gain employment as part of a pilot project called #TeeUpTheSkills. More...

By Lindsay McKenzie. An online textbook priced at almost $1,000 has infuriated students trying to navigate an already confusing textbook marketplace, but Louisiana-Lafayette officials insist they had "good intentions." More...

By Paul Fain. State performance-funding policies that link a relatively high percentage of base funding for community colleges to student outcomes on average lead to more short-term certificate (instructional time of a year or less) completions and fewer associate-degree completions, according to a new study. These results suggest potentially damaging consequences for students, because short-term certificates tend to lead to negative or minimal wage gains, while associate degrees offer substantial wage gains. More...

By Paul Fain. The Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools, an embattled national accrediting agency, has sanctioned Niels Brock, a Danish business college, over concerns that the college lacks approval from the Danish government to issue bachelor's degrees. More...

By Paul Fain. Moody's cited fall application data from a survey conducted by the Graduate Management Admissions Council, which founded that 59 percent of U.S. business schools saw a decline in applications, with a 6.6 percent overall decline in volume. More...

By Paul Fain. A new report from California Competes found that four million Californians between the ages of 25 and 64 completed some college courses but do not hold a degree. More...

By Paul Fain. Trump administration recommends restoring the controversial accreditor of many for-profits, citing a federal court ruling. Meanwhile, ACICS faces questions about its approval of a Danish business school's degree programs. More...