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Sweet Briar College announced today that it is shutting down at the end of this academic year. Small colleges close or merge from time to time, more frequently since the economic downturn started in 2008. But the move is unusual in that Sweet Briar still has a $94 million endowment, regional accreditation and some well-respected…
Shot of a reporter ready to conduct an interview on the street | PeopleImages.com via Getty Images Entry Text We’re back with your daily dose of depressing journalism news: unemployment rates are dropping for nearly all college majors, with the notable exception of journalism students.A new study from Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the…
A lawsuit was filed against Corinthian last year by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which, among other complaints alleges that Corinthian ‘falsely inflated its job placement statistics’. Photograph: Chloe Cushman Nathan Hornes didn’t think he’d still be working in fast food on his 25th birthday. He had a plan: he wanted to be a pop…
If you are a regular reader of this blog, it’s not news to you that I’ve offered up some critique of the AHA’s Tuning Project. After conversing with some “Tuners” at the recent annual meeting of the AHA in New York, I remain skeptical of the “History Discipline Core” that is the key source document…
Are you a young, college-educated woman? Are you looking to settle down one day with a young, college-educated man? A word of advice: Stay away from Sarasota, Florida. INSERT IN_ARTICLE AD No offense intended to Sarasota’s bachelors — I’m sure they’re lovely. But for every ten guys under 35 with a diploma, there are roughly 18 female…
Uh-oh. Rand Paul is in hot water over the revelation that, as it turns out, Paul lied about having a bachelor’s degree. The Washington Post fact-checked some of the senator’s comments, and concluded that, despite having a medical degree from Duke University, Paul has seriously misled the public about his undergraduate history. First off, let’s examine a conversation…
The Education Department trumpeted this week that the nation’s high school graduation rate has reached a record high…of 81 percent. Viewed another way, the data shows that nearly one in five students who started high school in 2009 didn’t graduate four years later. While that’s not a bad stat as far as the U.S. is…
Journalists and netizens quickly investigated the suspect, discovering his Facebook profile, with an avatar proclaiming “Atheists for equality”, and a photo of a handgun, posted on January 21st. Radical “atheist” perspectives on his Facebook page have fuelled speculation that the attack is religion-motivated. Combat gear were also found included in his purported Amazon wish list….
cache hit 73:single/related:57e9fdb783359c4a460dfd4c98a1c7fa empty The BBC has revealed its fiendish side—tricking kids into learning how to code with a free Doctor Who game. The Doctor and the Dalek is available now on Android, iOS, and Amazon app stores, and combines a platforming adventure with an introduction to Boolean logic-based programming.Peter Capaldi, the current incarnation of The…
A collection of personal letters, photos and papers from civil rights icon Rosa Parks is being made public for the first time. (Published Tuesday, Feb 3, 2015) Rosa Parks, who refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus, reflected later on how it felt to be treated less than equal and once feistily…