Posts Tagged by Education
10 college degrees that will be increasingly desirable in the 2020s
| 11/21/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
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While some industries are slowly dying out, others are growing. To determine which college majors are expected to grow in desirability throughout the next decade, we looked at industries on the rise and the majors that best prepare people for that career path. Computer and […]
‘Go Away’: Hundreds Of Protesters Disrupt Ann Coulter Event At UC Berkeley
| 11/21/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
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Multiple people were arrested. One woman interrupted the right-wing author’s address, calling her a “Nazi.” read more >>> Source:: HuffingtonPost.Com
How To Talk To Your Teen About STIs In A Helpful, Not Awkward Way
| 11/20/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
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Sex educators share tips for making conversations about sexually transmitted infections less embarrassing for parents and kids. read more >>> Source:: HuffingtonPost.Com
A tiny pharmacy school in upstate New York outranked Harvard, Yale, and Princeton in ROI for its students, and it’s a case study in getting bang for the undergraduate buck
| 11/20/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
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An undergraduate degree from Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences yields a higher median income 40 years after graduation than a degree from more than 4,500 undergraduate programs. This is according to a study from Georgetown University’s Center for Education and the Workforce, “First […]
Syracuse University Students ‘Terrified’ After Racist Manifesto Circulated On Campus
| 11/20/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
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The manifesto is the latest in a recent string of racist incidents at the school. University officials said Tuesday that campus security would be ramped up. read more >>> Source:: HuffingtonPost.Com
Apple CEO Tim Cook explains the ‘revelation’ he had late in life that led him to realize his ‘highest value’ (AAPL, CRM)
| 11/20/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
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Apple CEO Tim Cook said everyone’s highest purpose in life is to “help somebody else.” Cook made the remark at Salesforce’s Dreamforce conference, where he talked about how his values guide his business decisions at Apple. Cook said that by focusing on serving others, a […]
Georgia Teen Planned To Attack Predominantly Black Church: Police
| 11/20/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
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The unnamed white teenage girl had a notebook with detailed plans to kill worshippers at Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Gainesville police say. read more >>> Source:: HuffingtonPost.Com
The 20 US colleges with the best return on your investment 40 years after you’ve enrolled
| 11/19/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
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The Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce published a study titled “A First Try at ROI: Ranking 4,500 colleges.” It ranks universities by their return on investment (ROI) for students 10, 15, 20, 30, and 40 years after enrollment. Forty years after enrollment, […]
Critics Fear Ohio Bill May Allow Students’ Religious Beliefs To Trump Scientific Facts
| 11/16/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
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The legislation could require teachers to accept scientifically inaccurate, faith-based answers to homework assignments, one Democratic lawmaker said. read more >>> Source:: HuffingtonPost.Com
Racist Graffiti At Syracuse University Spurs Outrage, State Investigation
| 11/16/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
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Multiple hateful messages including a swastika have been found over the last two weeks on or near campus. read more >>> Source:: HuffingtonPost.Com
Gay Teen Who Punched Classmate Opens Up About Bullying He Says Prompted Viral Incident
| 11/15/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
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Jordan Steffy of LaPorte, Indiana said the classroom fight was a breaking point. But he wants supporters to direct their anger elsewhere. read more >>> Source:: HuffingtonPost.Com
Google’s search results can now help you pronounce tricky words (GOOG)
| 11/14/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
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Google released a new feature that can correct your pronunciation, giving feedback as you practice. Speech-recognition and machine-learning technology help the tool understand what you’re saying, and teach you how to pronounce the word. Images will also accompany nouns in search results starting today, and […]
Multiple Victims In Shooting At Saugus High School In Santa Clarita: Police
| 11/14/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
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Police in California are searching for an “Asian male suspect” in dark clothing. read more >>> Source:: HuffingtonPost.Com
The 20 college majors that pay the least
| 11/14/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
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Some collegiate fields of study may not guarantee great wealth, even if they still lead to socially useful and emotionally satisfying careers. Using Census data, we found the 20 college majors with the lowest average personal incomes post-graduation. Many of the majors on the list […]
Minnesota School Apologizes After Taking And Tossing Indebted Kids’ Meals
| 11/14/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
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Students who owed more than $15 in lunch debt had their lunches taken away and replaced with a cold meal. read more >>> Source:: HuffingtonPost.Com
A teacher suing her school district is alleging it made her pay for school supplies and work unpaid hours
| 11/13/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
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A teacher in South Carolina is suing her school district, alleging that the district required her to pay for school supplies and work for free at school-related events. The lawsuit, obtained by WIS Digital, claims the school district violated state and federal law. The Department […]
‘Enraged’ Parents Say Catholic School Made Gay Teen Undergo Conversion Therapy
| 11/13/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
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Magali Rodriguez’s parents say they were in the dark about counseling sessions their daughter allegedly attended at the Los Angeles area high school. read more >>> Source:: HuffingtonPost.Com
An exercise Stanford professors developed to map out how your life will unfold removes the agony from big career decisions
| 11/12/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
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Design thinking is a way of approaching problems or decisions. It’s usually applicable within a business context, like improving the way that products or services function. However, Bill Burnett and Dave Evans write in “Designing Your Life” that design thinking can enhance your life in […]
Betsy DeVos Might Outlast Them All
| 11/11/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
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Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is one of the Trump administration’s most reviled Cabinet members. Here’s why she’s here to stay. read more >>> Source:: HuffingtonPost.Com
How A Gang Of Angry Teachers Beat Kentucky’s Donald Trump
| 11/07/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
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Frustrated educators “always believed we could shock the world” by ousting Gov. Matt Bevin. But “it was still kind of shocking when we did it.” read more >>> Source:: HuffingtonPost.Com
Kamala Harris Wants To Extend The School Day To Help Working Parents
| 11/07/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
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The senator and presidential hopeful introduced a bill to fund programs allowing kids to stay at schools until 6 p.m. read more >>> Source:: HuffingtonPost.Com
University Accepts Peanut Butter And Jelly As Payment For Parking Tickets
| 11/06/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
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Anyone with unpaid parking fines at the University of Alaska Anchorage campus has the option to reduce or cover the cost of their tickets with peanut butter and jelly. read more >>> Source:: HuffingtonPost.Com
Florida Sheriff’s Deputy Arrested After Throwing Girl To Floor By Her Neck
| 11/06/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
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Broward County Deputy Willard Miller was charged with child abuse after video showed his encounter with a 15-year-old student at Cross Creek School. read more >>> Source:: HuffingtonPost.Com
A search expert at Google reveals 3 common mistakes that can prevent you from getting the best search results (GOOG, GOOGL)
| 11/05/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
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Daniel Russell, a senior research scientist at Google, shared with us three common mistakes that can prevent you from finding the perfect search results. Such habits include performing only one search on a particular topic, tailoring search results to get a specific answer rather than […]
Principal, Teacher Suspended After Student Dresses As Hitler In Halloween Parade
| 11/04/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
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The boy, a student at Creekside Elementary School in Utah, reportedly threw up a Nazi salute during the event. read more >>> Source:: HuffingtonPost.Com
Woman Sold Medical Excuse Notes To Students For $20 Each: Sheriff
| 11/02/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
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News outlets report 52-year-old Belinda Gail Fondren was charged with filing or maintaining false public records. read more >>> Source:: HuffingtonPost.Com
Here’s the salary breakdown for Chicago-Booth’s class of 2019, including the industries that are paying its MBA grads the most
| 11/01/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
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The University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business ties for third-best business school, and takes first place for part-time MBAs, according to US News. Booth’s 2019 Employment Report shows that over 65% of the class of 2019 went into careers in consulting or finance, both […]
Chicago Teachers Union Reaches Deal To End 11-Day Strike
| 10/31/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
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More than 300,000 students missed days of classes, but they will be made up at the end of the school year under the terms of the deal. read more >>> Source:: HuffingtonPost.Com
Principal Who Said He Couldn’t Confirm The Holocaust Was Real Is Fired
| 10/31/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
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William Latson defended Holocaust deniers in an email to a parent who was inquiring about his Florida school’s World War II curriculum. read more >>> Source:: HuffingtonPost.Com
Reading Proficiency Among U.S. Students Declines, Nation’s Report Card Reveals
| 10/31/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
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Math scores of fourth-graders and eighth-graders have also stagnated, prompting Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to warn of a “student achievement crisis.” read more >>> Source:: HuffingtonPost.Com
Every question you have about filling out the FAFSA for your MBA, answered
| 10/30/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
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The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is a questionnaire that applicants fill out for schools to consider them for financial aid. It’s available for grad students — including those applying for MBAs — although there are only two types of loans available to […]
33 photos show what it’s like to go to school in a war zone
| 10/28/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
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An estimated 420 million children are living in war zones. In 2017, 262 million children were thought to be out of school. The worst areas affected are Africa and the Middle East, in countries like Syria, Yemen, and Iraq. Schooling continues, in whatever way it […]
Chicago Reaches Tentative Deal With School Support Staff, But Not With Teachers Union
| 10/28/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
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The standoff between Mayor Lori Lightfoot and the Chicago Teachers Union has resulted in an eighth day of striking, the city’s longest in over 30 years. read more >>> Source:: HuffingtonPost.Com
Felicity Huffman Released From Prison Three Days Early
| 10/25/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
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The former “Desperate Housewives” star will also have to pay a $30,000 fine and do 250 hours of community service. read more >>> Source:: HuffingtonPost.Com
Betsy DeVos Held In Contempt For Violating Order On Student Loans
| 10/25/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
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The Education Department improperly tried collecting on loans to former students defrauded by the defunct for-profit chain Corinthian Colleges. read more >>> Source:: HuffingtonPost.Com
Why I Dropped Out Of An Ivy League College Just 3 Weeks Into Freshman Year
| 10/25/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
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I was following the promise of fortune and success as defined by my parents. read more >>> Source:: HuffingtonPost.Com
Here are the 62 companies that have hired nearly all of Wharton’s class of 2019
| 10/25/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
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Wharton has a strong job placement rate (98.5%) for students looking for roles after graduation. Two industries attracted students from the class of 2019 the most: finance (35.8% overall accepts) and consulting (25.1%). Here are the 60-plus companies that hired two or more graduates from […]
What happened when US presidents Andrew Johnson, Richard Nixon, and Bill Clinton faced impeachment, and how it compares to today
| 10/24/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
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On September 24, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced a formal impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. The inquiry in investigating Trump’s attempt to get Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukraine’s president, to investigate Democrat presidential candidate Joe Biden and his son. If Trump’s impeached, he will then be […]
The billionaire who dished out $34 million to pay off student loans for an entire college class says America’s student loan system is a ‘catastrophe’
| 10/24/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
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Robert F. Smith, the billionaire software investor who spent $34 million to pay off student loans for an entire college class, called American’s $1.5 trillion in student loans “atrocious” in an interview with Ford Foundation president Darren Walker. In September, Smith expanded that pledge when […]
Parenting Book Author Gets Prison For U.S. College Admissions Scam
| 10/24/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
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Jane Buckingham admitted to paying $50,000 to have a corrupt test proctor secretly take the ACT college entrance exam on her son’s behalf. read more >>> Source:: HuffingtonPost.Com
Student Lunch Debt Can Mean Prom And Field Trip Bans, New Jersey District Says
| 10/24/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
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Students with debt higher than $75 can be barred from extracurricular activities under a Cherry Hill Board of Education policy. read more >>> Source:: HuffingtonPost.Com
Here’s the salary breakdown for Wharton’s class of 2019, including the industries that are paying its MBA grads the most
| 10/23/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
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The median base salary for Wharton grads of the class of 2019 was $15,000 higher than the median for the class of 2018, according to Wharton’s MBA Careers Report. The median base salary for the class of 2018 was $135,000, while the median for this […]
Chicago Teachers Are On Day Five Of A Tense Strike
| 10/23/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
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About 25,000 teachers are on strike in the Windy City — and negotiations are fraught. read more >>> Source:: HuffingtonPost.Com
A Detroit university just agreed to provide city high school grads free tuition — and it’s pointing to a nationwide trend toward lessening the burden of college costs
| 10/23/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
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Wayne State University, located in Detroit, Michigan, just announced a plan to provide free tuition for area high school graduates. The Detroit Free Press first reported the news. Michigan is in the top ten worst states for student loan debt, and state schools charge slightly […]
Sen. Elizabeth Warren Joins Striking Chicago Teachers To Support Unions And Schools
| 10/23/2019 | Posted by BusinessMediaguide.Com under General World News |
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The Massachusetts Democrat and 2020 presidential candidate stood alongside the Chicago Teachers Union in its sixth day of striking for a better contract deal. read more >>> Source:: HuffingtonPost.Com
