For all the importance of learning science, technology, engineering and math, there’s nothing like a good, squishy liberal arts education to get you thinking about things you otherwise wouldn’t
Jackson Jr. Auction Canceled Over Authenticity of Items
Disgraced former congressman may have bought fraudulent memorabilia
Colin Powell: We Can Fix Education, But Congress Is Failing Us
Powell recommends schools mimic the military to fix their problems.
What U.S. Needs to Be the Leader in STEM Again
There’s nothing like being successful in the past to make you feel like a loser today. Take America—particularly America’s science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) sector. The big wins of the 20th century were pretty …
Bank Chairman: Don’t Turn Schools into Businesses
Academic and corporate leaders map path for schools struggling in current financial climate
Anti-Liberal Online Tirades Earn Penn. Police Chief a Pink Slip
Mark Kessler’s pro gun videos have been watched hundreds of thousands of times online.
Nancy Gibbs Opens the 2013 TIME Summit on Higher Education
Fareed Zakaria: Is America Losing the Knowledge Wars?
TIME’s editor at large, Fareed Zakaria, addresses the TIME Summit on Higher Education in New York City on September 19th, 2013. You can find more from the summit here.
13 Wounded in a Hail of Gunfire in Chicago Park
Eyewitnesses said the shooter appeared to be firing randomly at passersby
Condoleezza Rice: Don’t Give Up On the Humanities
In the opening panel for the TIME Higher Education Summit, in New York City on September 19, 2013, Condoleezza Rice sounded off on the importance of humanities in an increasingly tech-focused academic climate. Check out her …
Back to the Future: How College Classrooms Can Compete With MOOCs
Fareed Zakaria, TIME’s editor at large, opened the TIME Summit on Higher Education on Thursday evening in New York City by reminding his audience that “eight of our top 10 universities in the world are American.”
Yet, …
Activists Attempt Blocking the Keystone XL Pipeline With a Barn
Environmental activists in Nebraska are fighting back against the Keystone XL pipeline by building a solar-powered barn in the pipe’s path on the Hammond family’s farm. If the proposed pipeline is built, it will run directly …
California Passes Ride-Share Guidelines
Becomes first state to regulate the popular service