Teachers are totally over fidget spinners
If you've never heard of a fidget spinner, it's a toy with a ball bearing in the middle and prongs (usually 3) popping out.
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Petition supported by teachers’ unions asks college to disinvite DeVos
After an historically black college in Florida announced that U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos would deliver its commencement address, an online petition appeared Monday, courtesy of alumni, who asked the college to rescind the invitation.
Harvard Law expands deferral program
Harvard Law School, expanding a pilot program for Harvard undergraduates, said Wednesday that it would allow juniors accepted from any college to defer admission as long as they finish college and spend at least two years working, studying or pursuing research or fellowships.
7,000 bodies could be buried on UMMC campus
Experts estimate up to 7,000 bodies are buried on the University of Mississippi Medical Center campus.
Holy Cross College told to produce plan to get out of financial hole
Facing financial pressures, like some other small liberal arts colleges across the country, Holy Cross College has been ordered by an accrediting agency to develop a four-year plan to get out from under increasing yearly borrowing and the need to eliminate positions during the summer to balance its budget.
U. of Alabama using technology to detect gunfire on campus
The University of Alabama and the city of Tuscaloosa are implementing a new technology that notifies police in the campus area within seconds if gunfire is heard nearby.
Workforce training initiative seeks to turn dropouts into lifelong learners
Amid political pressures to raise federal minimum wages and create more US-based jobs, multinational companies like McDonald’s have stepped up to the plate to address an issue that impacts communities everywhere: low high school graduation rates.
50-year-old Bible college to sell campus, switch to online-only instruction
The campus of Nazarene Bible College in Colorado Springs is up for sale, but the 50-year-old professional school of ministry isn't going away.
Taxing higher ed. endowments called unconstitutional
Supporters say it would be a way to invest in public education and have tax-exempt higher education institutions work to counteract growing inequality, but opponents of legislation to tax some private university endowments claim it is unconstitutional and would harm Massachusetts' image as a bastion of higher education.
College Board, Zuckerberg join ‘Manhattan Project’ of academic motivation
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI), the charity created by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, to give away their billions, is about to cut loose with an undisclosed amount of cash to get millions more students into college.
