June 21, 2021
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Academic tenure: What it is and why it matters
In the 2018-2019 academic school year, 45.1% of professors at U.S. colleges and universities overall had tenure. Tom Werner/DigitalVision George ... -
Too few women get to invent – that’s a problem for women’s health
Inequality has cost women the benefits of thousands of “lost” medical inventions. Ron Levine/Stone via Getty Images Rem Koning, ...June 21, 2021 -
Why gain-of-function research matters
In February 2021, a World Health Organization team investigating the origins of COVID-19 visited the Wuhan Institute of Virology in Wuhan, China. ...June 21, 2021 -
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College Board and ACT: Should Big Test remain as gatekeeper of higher education?
Colleges are increasingly making standardized tests optional for applicants, leading to questions about whether or not the companies profiting from ...June 21, 2021 -
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Earth tipped over on its side 84 million years ago and then righted itself, new study finds
Earth tipped over on its side and back between 79 million and 86 million years ago, a study shows. The planet tilted by 12 degrees - which ...June 19, 2021 -
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Education Department discharges $500 million in debt for 18,000 ITT students in sign of borrower defense progress
The Education Department (ED) is discharging $500 million in student loan debt held by 18,000 borrowers who had been defrauded by now-defunct ...June 17, 2021 -
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The average female college grad gets a $35,000 starting salary - not much more than the typical borrower's student-debt load, report finds
The American Association of University Women compared women's student-debt burdens to their income. Black women have more student debt than ...June 15, 2021 -
Intensive tutoring, longer school days and summer sessions may be needed to catch students up after the pandemic
Some students were 7-8 months behind on average in math and reading. Ben Hasty/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle via Getty Images Thomas Goldring, ...June 13, 2021