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Spencer Platt/Getty East Coast college grads may have a leg up in the dating game. That’s according to new data from the dating app Hinge, which launched a new app last fall to help people find relationships. Hinge combed through its user data to uncover which colleges and universities have the most sought-after alumni, revealing […]
How can the U.S. solve the problem of lasting poverty? For some, the answer starts with education. Many studies show that young people who go to college earn more than their non-college peers and that teenagers from poor families that attend selective schools especially benefit. While the country’s neighborhoods may be stratified, and its boardrooms […]
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images While President Donald Trump spent the week generating goodwill among the varied white nationalist groups that descended on Charlottesville, Virginia over the weekend, a wide swath of corporations, universities and localities was pushing back against them. PayPal, Patreon, Facebook, Squarespace, Spotify, Google, GoDaddy, Texas A&M University, the University of Florida, Michigan State University, […]
Trinity College Dublin/Facebook Take a walk around any city, and you will probably spot the signs of other countries and cultures. Crossing Pearse Street in Dublin, you can pop into Trinity College Dublin’s Science Gallery for a coffee, and browse the latest exhibition on sound and noise, which features displays from around the world. Stopping […]
Over a half of university students in Australia were sexually harassed in 2016, with one in every four students experiencing the troubling trend in a university or travelling to and from college, a new survey by the country’s Human Rights Commission (AHRC) revealed. “Incidents of sexual assault and sexual harassment are occurring at unacceptable rates […]
Thomson Reuters JULY 5, 2017 —After nine years in prison, Syrita Steib-Martin was ready for college. With 30 transfer credits and a 3.8 GPA from taking classes while incarcerated, the Louisiana native filled out an application to attend the University of New Orleans. When she reached the box asking whether she had a criminal record, […]
© AFP Johannes EISELE Shanghai (AFP) – A 21-year-old student walked around her campus in China using invaluable skills she learned in class: Holding a selfie stick aloft, she livestreamed her random thoughts and blew kisses at her phone. Jiang Mengna is majoring in “modelling and etiquette” at Yiwu Industrial & Commercial College near Shanghai, […]
A recent investigation shows that demand for mental health care at UBC and universities across Canada is growing, but some students say universities services aren’t enough. CBC | Health News
States such as Kentucky, Wisconsin and Arkansas have adopted, or are considering, funding models for higher education that allocate money based on outcomes like student graduation and retention rates. WSJ.com: What’s News US
