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Picking up the pieces
It took 53 days for George Rammell to get back a sculpture he’d made caricaturing his university's president ...
Starbucks says 2,000 staffers apply for online college program
About 1,000 baristas, shift supervisors and other Starbucks workers are starting the program at Arizona State University this month, about two-thirds of them as juniors or seniors who will get full tuition reimbursement
Vanderbilt’s MOOCs enroll 600K students
Nearly 600,000 people have signed up for Vanderbilt University’s free, open-to-the-public online courses since the first offerings launched early last year.
Cornell Plans to Expand Off-Campus Engagement
Not just conducting laboratory experiments about water filtration, but building water filtration systems and installing them in towns that cannot afford to buy them.
Mansfield University announces program suspensions, faculty layoffs
Mansfield University today announced plans to place several academic programs in moratorium and lay off 12 faculty amid financial stresses that include enrollment losses and reduced state aid.
Repeat Non-Completers
Only one third of non-first-time students -- adult learners who re-enroll in college after at least a year away from higher education -- earn a degree after six to eight years, according to a study released today.
2 Hong Kong college students emerge as leaders in mass protest
Just months after being elected leader of Hong Kong's biggest university student group, Alex Chow joined in the city's annual, orderly July 1 pro-democracy march.
Mass. education leaders set sights on boosting grad rates
A group of leading education officials and organizations in Massachusetts will unveil a new push Wednesday to improve local college graduation rates.
A Flag and Race at Bryn Mawr
A debate about a Confederate flag two students put up in their dorm room at Bryn Mawr College has escalated to a demonstration involving hundreds and a broader debate about diversity and inclusiveness at the institution.
