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Elite Colleges Pledge More Access for Low-Income Students

Elite Colleges Pledge More Access for Low-Income Students

One hundred institutions have signed on to create more opportunities for these students, but will the initiative limit growth opportunities for smaller colleges?

Battle over College Course Material Is a Textbook Example of Technological Change

Battle over College Course Material Is a Textbook Example of Technological Change

A revolution in college course materials is raising questions about cost, access, and fairness. Publishers say their high-tech courseware - electronic books glowing with videos and interactive study guides - can improve the quality of learning at a small fraction of the cost of traditional textbooks. But student advocates call for adoption of open-source textbooks that can be downloaded for free and worry that the same companies that drove up the price of print textbooks are dominating the digital space and will ultimately introduce higher costs there.

More Than 60% of Teen Girls Regret Not Studying STEM

More Than 60% of Teen Girls Regret Not Studying STEM

Accenture study shows 62% of teenage girls regret not studying science, technology, engineering and maths subjects for longer.

Would College Students Retain More If Professors Dialed Back The Pace?

Would College Students Retain More If Professors Dialed Back The Pace?

Why do we forget so much of what we read? Anthropologist Barbara J. King suggests that the answer might point toward benefits of a slower pace of teaching in the college classroom.

Girls Led to Science, Coding by Retired Educator Who Saw the Need for High-tech Options

Girls Led to Science, Coding by Retired Educator Who Saw the Need for High-tech Options

At Camp Invention in Norwalk, Connecticut, elementary school girls string beads marked with 0s and 1s. They’re getting an introduction to the binary system that underlies computer coding.

Grad Tuition Waiver Tax Dead, Student Loan Interest Deduction Saved in Final GOP Bill

Grad Tuition Waiver Tax Dead, Student Loan Interest Deduction Saved in Final GOP Bill

Senate and House Republican leaders have agreed to abandon many of the controversial proposals that higher education leaders and students had rallied to thwart.

Rwanda's First All-Female University Is Training Up The Next Generation Of Women Leaders

Rwanda's First All-Female University Is Training Up The Next Generation Of Women Leaders

Rwanda is the global leader in terms of percentage of women in government, but the idea of women in positions of leadership is still seen as a taboo.

EU to Prioritise Deeper Higher Education Cooperation and Mobility

EU to Prioritise Deeper Higher Education Cooperation and Mobility

European leaders and the European Commission have backed proposals to step up higher education mobility and exchanges and create a network of European universities with integrated study programmes and curricula that enable students to study abroad.

More Than 100 Universities and Colleges in Offshore Leaks Data

More Than 100 Universities and Colleges in Offshore Leaks Data

More than 100 educational institutions, including some of the world's most prestigious, appear linked to blocker funds and other offshore investments.