Tag: graduate

17 MAY

Barack Obama Gives Keynote Address During Graduate Together Primetime Special — Watch Live Stream

RELATED STORIES This Saturday, Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020 will celebrate the graduates and families across the country affected by school closures stemming from the coronavirus pandemic. Celebrities, educators and leaders from around the world will pitch in to offer sage advice and praise the achievements of those who have worked […]

31 MAY

An Israeli-Palestinian Harvard graduate quit his job to travel the world — and is now one of the most successful creators on Facebook

Facebook/Nas Daily Nuseir Yassin, better known by Nas Daily, quit his cushy New York tech job in 2016 to travel the world full-time. Nas has committed to documenting every day of his life for 1,000 days. Two years into his project, Yassin’s one-minute Facebook videos now garner millions of views. Yassin sat down with Business […]

04 APR

Meet the 17-year-old genius who was offered more than $2 million is financial aid from 9 different graduate programs

Camille Weeks At 15, Corinne Weeks skipped the last half of high school to start college. Three years later, the Ohio native is about to graduate with a major in applied mathematics. Nine schools accepted Corinne with free tuition and housing stipends, worth more than $ 2.3 million in total, according to an estimate by […]

21 NOV

Oxford graduate sues university for £1m over ‘inadequate’ teaching… 17 years later

Published time: 21 Nov, 2017 19:44 An Oxford graduate is suing his old university for £1 million (US$ 1,324,415) on the grounds that his failure to get a top degree 17 years ago cost him the chance of a lucrative legal career. Faiz Siddiqui alleges he received “inadequate” teaching during parts of his course. Siddiqui, […]

12 NOV

Denmark’s free education policy has created ‘eternity students’ who never graduate

Reuters/Jim Young Denmark has a term for people who don’t graduate in the normal five-year track: eternity students. Because Danish students receive a monthly grant and pay no tuition, some feel compelled to move through their studies without thinking about the future. A 2015 amendment made it easier for universities to push students through, but the trend still exists. […]

18 MAY

3 core lessons from the book Bill Gates recommends to every new college graduate

Darren McCollester/Getty Images Giving a new college graduate an 832-page book by a professor sounds like a terrible idea — except your gift will probably register when you say it’s on the recommendation of none other than Microsoft cofounder and billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates. “If I could give each of you a graduation present, it […]

26 APR

Sex scandal in Russian orphanage: Graduate opens up on years of mass pedophile abuse

Children at a St Petersburg orphanage were “threatened to be sent to a mental health facility” if they refused to please their abusive tutors, a graduate has revealed in a shocking documentary, which prompted a large-scale investigation and multiple arrests. “I was 13 years old… I have been abused by an orphanage graduate… He took […]

21 APR

This College Student Had The Best Clapback To His Stepdad, Who Said He Wouldn't Graduate

1. Daivon Reeder from Detroit, Michigan, will be graduating on Saturday from Eastern Michigan University, where he studied criminal justice and military science. View this image › 2. In a celebratory mood, Reeder sent out a tweet on Thursday clapping back at his stepdad who, Reeder said, had previously told him it was “pointless to […]