Demographics, Education: 1 in 3 companies are removing college degree requirements for jobs
The use of a college degree to filter out large numbers of job applicants is no longer necessary.
Education: College majors with best return on investment
Which are best and which are worse, for monetary return on investment?
Education: Biggest factor in post grad employment is choice of degree and internships
About half of college grads now work in jobs that only require a high school diploma.
Climate: Portland schools blame ClimateCrisis
A winter storm left several schools damaged due to flooding from burst pipes caused by freezing temperatures. Two of the schools will be closed for a long time as repairs…
Norway’s Minister for Research and Higher Education plagiarized her thesis
She plagiarized extensively in her own thesis but punished students for plagiarism.
Demographics, Education: Are today’s college students dumber than in the past? Not exactly
The average IQ of today's college students is less than the 1940s - but it is because almost no one went to college in the 1940s.
Education: More college grads today than % who finished high school in 1940s
Less than 50% of adults had finished high school as of the late 1960s. Stunning, huh?
Demographics, Business: Gen Z grads unprepared for work life
Survey claims new Gen Z workers lack work experience and basic job skills.
Education: Plagiarism is now hip
Apparently all academics engage in plagiarism so it's not really a big deal anymore.
Climate, Economy, Education, Etc: Shhhh-don’t tell anyone but much is getting better
Improvements | Gapminder Ask any journalist and they will tell you their purpose: Or as Poynter now writes it: This is interpreted as finding something that someone views as wrong…