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Britain, Canada, France and Germany all launch funding programs to recruit foreign researchers. Will they succeed in capitalizing on perceptions of the U.S. as a less attractive place for research?
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Associate and four-year degrees lead to a growing share of well-paying jobs, study finds, as struggles increase for workers with only a high school credential.
Who says lab work is just for natural scientists? Interdisciplinary social sciences lab at Northeastern U challenges prevailing norms.
Administrators at Massachusetts Institute of Technology say they are “floored” by the quality of students in its half online, half in-person master's degree program. Expansion plans are in the works.
Author discusses her new book about promoting success of at-risk students.
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Scott McLemee writes of the recent passing of George A. Romero, the “godfather of zombie film,” and how his work was simultaneously horrific and satirical.
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David Shorter offers advice on what you might do between now and the next academic hiring season to help land a new job.
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Technology and Learning
July 25, 2017
Where alternative-academics gather.
Rethinking Research
July 24, 2017
Giving researchers the data skills they need to share, review, and validate each other’s work, writes Erin Becker.
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The World View
July 23, 2017
We are insufficiently motivated to pause and engage in slower, more rational thinking. Instead we seek immediate gratification, cognitive ease and simple explanations.
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