Tag: Around Academe
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Bard College admits 17 students solely based on submitted essays
Bard College, in Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y., offered high school seniors with average grades a chance to…
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Magazine urged to make campus safety part of college rankings
U.S. lawmakers from both parties sent a letter to U.S. News & World Report asking…
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Anonymous donor gives $100-million gift to Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College announced it received a gift of $100 million, the largest single donation in…
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STEM enrollment increases
Undergraduate enrollment in science and technology fields is increasing, while professional field enrollments are shrinking,…
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Labor board grants Northwestern U. football players right to unionize
Football players at Northwestern University were deemed employees of the university and eligible to form…
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Study finds that taking notes by hand is better for student retention
Laptops in the classroom may pose problems beyond students checking social media sites during lectures.…
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Cyberattacks costly for colleges
Data breaches not only hurt the reputations of colleges and universities that become victims to…
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Study finds more than 50 percent of US veterans graduate college
The majority of post-9/11 veterans who attended college on the GI Bill have received degrees…
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New UC Davis center to focus on studying popular caffeinated drink
The University of California, Davis has created a Coffee Center focused on studying the popular…
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Former Franklin College dean named interim president at Florida State U.
Garnett S. Stokes, who was dean of UGA’s Franklin College of Arts and Sciences from…
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More students in Asia taking GRE
The number of students in Asia, in particular India, taking the Graduate Record Examinations rose…
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College Board to redesign SAT
The SAT college entrance exam is getting a makeover for 2016, according to the College…
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Columbia University discontinues academic credit for internships
Columbia University no longer will give academic credit for internship experience, according to an article…
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College Board makes suggestions for simplifying financial aid process
The College Board released proposals for simplifying financial aid applications in a February paper.The suggestions…
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University of Maryland database hit by massive cybersecurity attack
State and federal agencies are helping the University of Maryland investigate a cybersecurity attack of…
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Harvard gets $150 million for financial aid, professorship of business
Ken Griffin, a Chicago hedge-fund chief, gave a $150 million donation to Harvard University largely…
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American wives increasingly are more educated than their husbands
A record percentage of wives are more educated than their husbands, according to the Pew…
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Canada pledges $1.5 billion toward research to boost competitiveness
In its latest budget, the Canadian government pledged $1.5 billion over a 10-year period to…
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S.C. lawmakers propose merger of two Charleston colleges
In a move reminescent of recent higher-education consolidation efforts in Georgia, two South Carolina lawmakers…
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Gifts to colleges reach record level
For the first time since the Great Recession, giving to colleges has reached a record…
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Disparity grows between millennials with, without college degrees
The gap between income earnings of millennials with college degrees and those without has grown…
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Report: High school grades are biggest factor in college admissions
More than standardized testing or high school rank, students’ grades and course rigor matter most…
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College exit exams building steam
Students have long taken tests such as the SAT or ACT to get into college.…
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Website helps students find more college options with algorithm
A new website is helping students find more college options based on a “Netflix-like” algorithm,…
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