Education
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Hefty university fees are sending some grad students to food banks
As costs rise, students and faculty members are pushing back -
A vaunted program for boosting the diversity of U.S. academic scientists is starting to spread
Until recently, few universities tried to replicate the Meyerhoff Scholars Program. But that’s changing -
A wave of graduate programs drops the GRE application requirement
Amid concerns about diversity and the test’s predictive value, an increasing number of science Ph.D. programs are joining the "GRExit" movement, according to our investigation -
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In a first, U.S. private sector employs nearly as many Ph.D.s as schools do
With academic jobs no longer the norm, universities look to adapt -
University research center will search for extraterrestrial intelligence
Penn State search for extraterrestrial intelligence center could boost underfunded field -
How much do graduate students benefit from studying abroad?
NSF reopens Graduate Research Opportunities Worldwide and reviews its support for international travel programs -
NSF reviewing program that allows graduate fellows to study abroad
Agency won't say why it has blocked applications for the Graduate Research Opportunities Worldwide awards -
What NSF’s new diversity grants say about attempts to help minority students
INCLUDES Alliance awards fund partnerships across higher education -
A year after Hurricane Maria, mainland scientists have helped Puerto Rican colleagues recover
Extensive damage led to extensive diaspora -
A new way to engage kids? Science museum teams with local school district to educate preschoolers
Carnegie Science Center teams with local schools in yearlong preschool program -
Making grad school work for STEM students
Report says student-centered training is key to preparing the next generation of researchers -
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Head of controversial agency becomes Russian minister for science and higher education
Mikhail Kotyukov headed the Federal Agency for Scientific Organizations, which seized control of the Russian Academy of Sciences’s property after 2013 reform
