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U. of Liberia to Admit 1,800 Who Failed Entry Exam
The University of Liberia has announced that it will admit 1,800 students, even though they (like all 25,000 applicants this...
Eagle Doesn't Perform as Expected at Oral Roberts
Oral Roberts University had a special feature planned for a chapel service last week: A bald eagle was supposed to...
MOOC Makes Oxford Dictionaries
While some observers say academe is already moving to a post-MOOC era or one dominated by MOOC-like offerings that aren't...
‘Citation Stacking’ Scheme Discovered
A “citation stacking" scheme, in which editors of certain Brazilian journals published articles cross-citing each others' publications in order to...
Pearson, Knewton Expand Adaptive Learning Partnership
Pearson will expands its partnership with the adaptive learning technology company Knewton to offer MyLab and Mastering products to six...
Academic Minute: The Jet Stream and Greenland Warming
In today’s Academic Minute, Edward Hanna of the University of Sheffield reveals the connection between a pattern in the jet...
Education Dept. Rejects Charges of Anti-Jewish Bias at U. of Calif. Campuses
The Education Department's Office for Civil Rights has rejected charges that some protests against Israel at the University of California...
Painting a Real Body to Teach Anatomy
Claudia Diaz, a senior anatomy lecturer at RMIT University in Australia, has come up with an unusual way to bring...