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
Education
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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 -
Duke’s mishandling of misconduct prompts new U.S. government grant oversight
The National Institutes of Health imposes unusual requirements on funding -
India’s education minister assails evolutionary theory, calls for curricula overhaul
Scientists condemn chemist’s remarks as part of broader assault on science in India -
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From band director to chief data cruncher: Trump’s choice to lead U.S. education statistics agency raises eyebrows
Pick has unusual background for job -
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House science committee investigating sexual harassment allegations against Boston University geologist
Lawmakers demand documents from university, federal funding agencies -
Filling the pipeline for computer science teachers
Lack in preprofessional training forces teachers to look for computer science preparation outside of the classroom -
One in three Chinese children faces an education apocalypse. An ambitious experiment hopes to save them
A U.S. economist hopes to overcome an yawning gap in childhood development between rural and urban China -
