Education funding, particularly at university level, is tighter than ever under current austerity measures. A new study published by SAGE in the journal Theory & Research in Education proposes a radical new approach that ...
Social Sciences
Jan 9, 2014
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Researchers from the ESRC Centre for Population Change (CPC) at the University of Southampton have identified key 'turning-points' in young adults' lives which influence whether or not they return to the parental home.
Social Sciences
Nov 11, 2013
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As a small country that takes special pride in the achievements of its best and brightest, Israelis were delighted that two of their own won this year's Nobel Prize for chemistry. But the celebration was tempered by a single ...
Economics & Business
Oct 10, 2013
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Measured strictly by size, the University of Florida's recent Fundamentals of Human Nutrition class was a resounding success. The class, offered this past spring, was UF's first foray into the online trend of massive open ...
Internet
Aug 23, 2013
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A study led by a Michigan State University scholar questions whether higher education ranking systems are creating competition simply for the sake of competition at a time when universities are struggling financially.
Social Sciences
Aug 14, 2013
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On a warm spring evening, hundreds of investment bankers, venture capitalists and geeky tech entrepreneurs gathered near the pool of the Phoenician, a luxury resort outside Phoenix. The occasion? A high-profile gathering ...
Social Sciences
Aug 4, 2013
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Research from the University of Copenhagen has revealed the effects of a decade of decentralised wage negotiations in the private sector. In an article in the Journal of Labor Economics, researchers conclude that wages have ...
Economics & Business
Aug 3, 2013
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People regularly develop lifelong, sentimental connections to their alma maters, and it's no secret that colleges and universities rely on those feelings to garner financial support from alumni for everything from scholarships ...
Ecology
Jul 23, 2013
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In higher education, 2013 may be remembered as the year of the MOOC. For those playing catch-up, MOOCs, or Massive Open Online Courses, are college-level classes taught entirely over the Internet. Like students in brick-and-mortar ...
Social Sciences
Jun 20, 2013
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(Phys.org) —Married couples who have attained higher levels of education are less likely to divorce than less-educated couples, but a new study conducted at Rutgers School of Social Work points to significant racial differences.
Social Sciences
Mar 7, 2013
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