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Edward Thorp, a mathematician, hedge fund manager, and blackjack player, has some advice on how to beat life's odds.
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Planning out a college class schedule is a special art. There are some classes that can be taken during winter break or “May intersession,” for instance, and those cram a whole semester’s worth of work into about two weeks—but substantially s...
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A data scientist named Ali Ahmadalipour told Insider how learning new skills and building an online brand helped him make a career jump.
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Newly unsealed court documents made public on Monday night reveal that a survivor of Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking testified that she was forced to have a threesome with Alan Dershowitz, the former lawyer of both Epstein and former President Do...
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"Faculty hiring networks in the United States exhibit a steep hierarchy in academia and across all domains and fields…." There are approximately 5,300 universities and colleges in the United States. In 2020, 18.99 million students were enrolled...
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When cities partner with academia they can gain access to expertise, students seeking to learn and conduct research, and sometimes even grant funding.
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After being denied tenure twice, Carolyn Chun is speaking out about gender bias in student reviews and tenure decisions.