Harvard has been accused of racial bias in picking students. Should universities really consider ethnic backgrounds?

Changes in the number of applications submitted to various institutions were reviewed to identify 100 colleges where applications climbed the most.

The first study of why people struggle to solve statistical problems reveals a preference for complicated rather than simpler, tuitive solutions -- which often leads to failure in solving the problem altogether. The researchers suggest this is due to unfavorable methods of teaching statistics in schools and universities, and highlight the serious consequences when applied to professional settings like court cases.

His father was selling his services. Sneaker companies were coordinating payments. Prosecutors say the universities were the victims. Were they?

After rapidly intensifying over the past several days, Hurricane Michael made landfall on the Florida Panhandle on Wednesday afternoon as a Category 3 storm, bringing winds of up to 150 mph and a massive storm surge along the coast, according to The Associated Press. The storm is officially one of the most intense hurricanes to ever hit the mainland United States and is the most powerful record to reach Florida's Panhandle, a 200-mile stretch of coastline that is home to universities, military bases, and fishing towns. Michael was fed by abnormally warm waters in the Gulf of Mexico which caused the winds from the storm to surge, sending torrential sheets of rainfall sideways as tree limbs...

Believed to be part of last month's attacks against global education institutions, the hackers breached 52 accounts across four Singapore universities including NTU and NUS to gain access to research articles.

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Further evidence has been found by Universities of Leicester and Bristol researchers to suggest statins could "significantly reduce" the occurrence of blood clotting in certain parts of the body.