The Guardian Higher Education

MARCH 9, 2024

Under Dr Cathy Foley’s world-first open access model, all Australians would have access to research papers for free Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast Before Latin mass was abandoned in the late 1960s, the average church-goer got by picking up snippets of phrases and the meanings of gestures. To Dr Averil Cook, that’s what scientific research is like in the 21st century.

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Research IT Higher Education Education 111

Ray Schroeder

MARCH 9, 2024

Idaho lawmakers should “request or file appropriate legal action” a gainst the state education board’s plan to acquire the University of Phoenix through a nonprofit corporation affiliated with the University of Idaho, a lawyer for the Legislature wrote in a memo released last week. Last May, the Idaho State Board of Education approved the University of Idaho’s request to form a nonprofit corporation, now called Four Three Education, to acquire the University of Phoenix’s assets for $550 million.

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Education 65

The Guardian Higher Education

MARCH 9, 2024

The science and innovation secretary falsely accused two academics with whom she disagreed of holding extremist views Conservative ministers have in recent years bullied civil servants , been criminally sanctioned for breaking the law and sent restricted material to those unauthorised to receive it. Now there is a new misdemeanour to add to the list: the science and innovation secretary, Michelle Donelan, has had to pay damages and apologise to two academics after they launched legal action, acc

Media 101

Media Higher Education Research Education 101

Ray Schroeder

MARCH 9, 2024

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker is asking state legislators for half a billion dollars for quantum technologies in the proposed budget he released Wednesday—the latest show of support for a regional quantum ecosystem that has attracted millions of dollars in corporate and government investment in recent years and is emerging as a central driver of U.S. leadership in the field.

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Government 50