Community colleges’ cash crunch threatens Obama’s retraining plan
Some schools rally around a football team. Harper College has rallied around a number, Reuters reports.
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German Education Minister quits amid plagiarism scandal
German Education Minister Annette Schavan resigned on Saturday after being stripped of her doctorate for alleged plagiarism, in an embarrassing blow to her ally Angela Merkel, Reuters reports.
Learning firm Lynda.com wins $103 million investment from Accel, Spectrum
Online learning company Lynda.com has won $103 million in new funding from venture capital firm Accel Partners and equity investor Spectrum Equity, the company said on Wednesday, Reuters…
Report: Apple testing new iPhone, iOS 7
Apple Inc has started testing a new iPhone and the next version of its iOS software, news website the Next Web reported.
Study: Companies, universities must collaborate on skills gap
Companies should get more involved with university courses to close a skills gap and ease graduates' path to employment, according to a report on Wednesday, Reuters reports.
Scientists find gene link to teenage binge drinking
Scientists have unpicked the brain processes involved in teenage alcohol abuse and say their findings help explain why some young people have more of a tendency to binge…
Attacker at Wyoming college kills two, commits suicide
A man armed with a sharp-edged weapon that some media reports described as a bow and arrow killed two people, including a college faculty member, in Casper, Wyoming,…
U.S. for-profit colleges spend big on marketing while slashing other costs
Google's biggest advertiser is neither a bank nor a retailer, Reuters reports.
Professor finds profiling in ads for personal data website
Dr. Latisha Smith, an expert in decompression sicknesses afflicting deep sea divers, has cleared criminal background checks throughout her medical career. Yet someone searching the Wwb for the…
The app’s the thing as Shakespeare goes digital
William Shakespeare's plays are getting a 21st century-style makeover in the form of new apps for tablets and smart phones nearly 500 years after the Bard took pen…