When we think about company founders, especially in the tech industry, there’s the enduring story of the college dropout — Peter Thiel will even fund kids to not go to college. Yet, some foundational knowledge and connections gained in business school can be useful for a founder. PitchBook tracked business-school graduates over the last 10 […]
To maintain order in the classroom — and to keep their jobs — there are some things teachers just can’t tell their students, even if they want to. But some of these things, while perhaps controversial, could end up being a service to young people, if only someone would just tell them. So we asked […]
More than 30 football players at Charleston Southern University have reportedly been suspended for a game after they spent book money, given by the school, on non-book supplies at the bookstore, Ariya Massoudi of the FSView first reported. Senior running back Ben Robinson posted a message to Facebook on Thursday explaining the situation. “30+ players […]
The US has faced a striking increase in student debt over the past decade. Total student debt now sits at roughly $1.3 trillion and over 40 million Americans have student loans to pay back. While the White House believes the growth of student debt is actually a good thing, the Federal Reserve Bank of New […]
While Peter Thiel is famous for paying wanna-be entrepreneurs not to go to college, there are still thousands of founders who do go to college and go on to form well-funded companies. But there are some schools who tend to churn out more venture-backed founders than others. In its 2016 report, PitchBook analyzed 10 years […]
Mark Zuckerberg has invested in Byju, an Indian startup that teaches kids subjects like math and science with a mobile app. Zuckerberg’s philanthropic organization, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, is leading the $50 million investment, along with other venture capital firms, according to The Economic Times. It’s the second investment Facebook’s CEO has made through the […]
A University of New Hampshire (UNH) librarian, who spent a lifetime living frugally, surprised the school by donating his entire estate, worth $4 million, to the school, The Boston Globe Reported Robert Morin, who died a little over a year ago, graduated from UNH in 1963 and worked in the school’s Dimond Library as a […]
The New York Federal Reserve Bank published a report that displays in stark terms just how much the for-profit college sector has exploded over the past 15 years. “In 2015, nearly three times as many students attended for-profit schools as did in 2000, and there were 36% more for-profit schools,” according to part one of […]
Doubleday published Aaron James’s thought-provoking little treatise Assholes: A Theory of Donald Trump in early May, but I have not seen a single reference to the book since the candidate clinched the Republican nomination later that month. In the meantime, several million pundit-hours of commentary have gone to assessing the presidential horse race, mainly by […]
Loneliness packs a mean one-two punch. Not only are lonely people forced to confront life’s challenges alone, which can be crushing enough, but they must also confront the reality of their isolating condition without any help — a vicious circle that can end in deep depression or worse. Fortunately, a call center in England, known […]
When choosing where to go to college, academics isn’t the only factor to consider. College years are formative for young adults, so the extracurricular, recreational, and social opportunities offered by schools play an important role in the overall collegiate experience. Business Insider included student-life rankings in its recent list of the 50 best colleges in […]
ITT Technical Educational Services Inc. abruptly announced on Tuesday that it will cease operations at all campuses. The college’s closure, which affects 40,000 students and 8,000 employees, is one of the largest in US history. The Department of Education held a press conference to discuss next steps for affected students, urging them to consider the […]
Business Insider recently released its annual ranking of the 50 best colleges in America, emphasizing metrics like graduation rate, student-life experience, and post-graduation salary. Our top 25 schools feature a lot of familiar institutions — Princeton, Harvard, Stanford, and MIT all make the cut. But of the best schools in the country, whose graduates earn […]
Protesters waited for Brock Turner, the former Stanford student and star swimmer convicted of sexual assault of an unconscious woman, at his home after he was released from jail Friday morning. The protesters stood in front of his parent’s Sugarcreek Township, Ohio home carrying signs that read “Castrate rapists,” and, “If I rape Brock will […]
ITT Technical Educational Services, Inc. abruptly announced that it will cease operations at all campuses. The announcement, which affects 40,000 students and 8,000 employees, is one of the largest college closures in US history. Ben Miller, a senior director at the Center for American Progress and a former senior policy advisor at the Department of […]
Ask just about any educator and they’ll tell you: There are many joys that come with teaching. From witnessing students finally understand something they were struggling with, to seeing how unique every child is, teachers get to share in some pretty special moments. Dig a little deeper, and these teachers will also tell you that […]
Anyone who’s spent at least two years in school knows how quickly the mental cobwebs can pile up over the summer. In June you’re a test-ready warrior. By September, you might feel like a foggy-headed dunce. Sociologists refer to this decline as the summer setback, and it’s widely cited as one of the most corrosive […]
Finding a high-paying job right out of school is the dream for most college graduates. One that pays a healthy, competitive salary? That’s icing on the cake. Luckily, there are a number of colleges in the US where graduates are pulling in high salaries early in their careers. Business Insider recently released it annual list […]
College tuition continues to rise, putting increasing pressure on parents hoping to give their children a hand in paying for school. And more parents than ever are stepping up. According to Fidelity’s recently released 10-Year College Progress Report, 72% of parents reported saving for college this year —a record high — compared to 58% in […]
College affordability has recently become the preeminent issue in higher education, as student-debt figures have hit staggering levels. But most conversations center around the ballooning tuition costs, rather than a less-well-known source that strains the wallets of college students: textbooks. Since 1977, the price of college textbooks has more than tripled the rate of inflation, […]
Stanford University once again claimed a top spot on Business Insider’s annual ranking of the best colleges in America, coming it at No. 4 for 2016. Referred to as the Ivy of the West, Stanford earned a top spot for a number of reasons: it provides a quality education and graduates students on time, it […]
LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman is committing $25,000 to a Crowdpac campaign to recall the judge in the Brock Turner rape case. Judge Aaron Persky is responsible for handing down what many have criticized as a too-lenient punishment for the former Stanford swimmer. Turner was released from jail on Friday after serving 92 days of his […]
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Brock Turner, the former Stanford student and star swimmer convicted of sexual assault of an unconscious woman was released from jail Friday morning, Reuters reports. Turner was sentenced to six months in jail in June. His September release means that he left the Santa Clara County jail three months early for good behavior, as online […]
A report released by an independent investigator on Thursday details the widespread sexual abuse that students at St. George’s School, an elite prep school in Rhode Island, suffered through during the 1970s and ’80s, The New York Times reported. At least 51 students were abused by employees and 10 were abused by students, according to […]
EASTON, Pa. (AP) — A professor at a Pennsylvania college says he’s on a hunger strike over the denial of his application for tenure. Juan Rojo announced his plan during a faculty meeting on Tuesday and says he expects to continue teaching at Lafayette College in Easton through the rest of the semester. He says […]
Georgetown University will award preferential status in the application process to descendants of slaves whose labor benefited the university, The New York Times reported. In 1838 the school sold 272 men, women, and children for about $3.3 million in today’s dollars. The money helped keep the university open during a period of financial difficulty. The […]
Business Insider recently released its annual list of the 50 best colleges in America — and this year a new-and-improved methodology put Princeton University in the top position. Princeton’s Ivy League reputation precedes it in terms of prestige, but the school earns its stripes as an elite institution on its merits. Business Insider’s methodology focused […]
For-profit educator ITT Technical Institute announced Monday that it will no longer accept any new enrollments, according to a notice at the top its website. The news came four days after the US Department of Education (ED) imposed sanctions on ITT Education Services, the college chain’s parent company, barring the school from enrolling students who […]
The California legislature voted in favor of a bill imposing stricter punishment for those convicted of sexual assault on Monday, The New York Times reports. The bill’s passage came just four days before Brock Turner, the Stanford swimmer who was convicted of three counts of felony sexual assault, will be released from jail three months […]
Business Insider recently released its annual list of the best colleges in America, which emphasized schools with high graduation rates, early-career earnings, and top-notch student life experiences. The ranking also took into account the annual net cost of each school — the average cost of tuition for all students that applied for financial aid, after […]
Seventeen-year-old Chessy Prout sat on the stage of NBC’s “Today” show Tuesday and revealed for the first time that she was the victim of the high-profile rape case that took place at St. Paul’s School. “I want everyone to know that I am not afraid or ashamed anymore, and I never should have been,” she […]
George Washington University has hired Jesse Morton, a reformed Islamic extremist, to work as a fellow in its Program on Extremism, The New York Times reported. He’s the first former jihadist to assume a public role in the US. Morton, who the Times described as one of the “most prolific recruiters for Al Qaeda,” was […]
Chronic absenteeism is one of the biggest problems facing America’s low-income schools. Some six million kids miss at least 15 days a year for numerous reasons: sickness, lack of interest, family responsibilities, drugs. But a less talked-about reason kids might not show up is that they don’t have clean clothes, and feel too embarrassed to […]
With over 20 million students expected to attend college in 2016, it’s no wonder admittance to some of the nation’s top schools is getting even more difficult. Business Insider recently published its list of the 50 best colleges in America. Our methodology didn’t give significant weight to selectivity — we instead focused more on graduation […]
Public colleges and universities in Arkansas are starting to unveil their state-mandated plans to prevent unplanned pregnancies, NPR reported. A powerful video, for example, emerged at Arkansas Tech University, one that every freshman is required to watch. Produced by the Arkansas Department of Higher Education, it features men and women who had teenage pregnancies describe […]
Brock Turner, the former Stanford student and star swimmer convicted of sexual assault of an unconscious woman, is scheduled to be released from jail on Friday, September 2, CNN reports. Turner was sentenced to six months in jail in June. His September release means that he will leave the Santa Clara County jail three months […]
Kids can and should practice the skill of learning if they want a fighting chance at fulfilling all those lofty goals their parents set for them. But some people keep studying — and thinking — the same way all their lives without improving their methods. Thankfully, cognitive science has taken a look at how people […]
Business Insider’s 2016 list of the best colleges in America named Princeton University the top school in the country, followed by Harvard University. The Ivy League schools, founded in the 18th and 17th centuries, respectively, are two of the most highly regarded universities in the world, but they offer much more than just prestige. They […]
Most college professors are Democrats because Republicans don’t accept scientific reality. That’s according to William Snider, founding director and professor in the Department of Neurology at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He wrote an op-ed for The News & Observer after Phil Berger, the Republican leader of the North Carolina Senate, accused UNC […]
The University of Chicago says it won’t condone trigger warnings or safe spaces on campus. Amid a nationwide debate over academic freedom and student health and safety, the university’s dean of students tells incoming freshmen not to expect opportunities to excuse themselves from intellectual challenges and uncomfortable conversations, according to the college newspaper, Chicago Maroon. […]
Drugmaker Mylan has come under fire this week for price increases upwards of 500% since 2009 to epinephrine autoinjector EpiPen. As it turns out, this isn’t CEO Heather Bresch’s first brush with controversy. In 2008, West Virginia University stripped her of an MBA she claimed she earned. The situation began when the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette made […]
This fall, college students can avoid doing laundry without making a trip home. Boston-based startup Beantown Bedding is offering a line of “laundry-free linens” that are meant to be thrown away after just a few weeks. The sheets, available in twin extra-long size for those oddly shaped dorm room beds, are biodegradable and compostable. Cofounders […]
What makes a college great? In Business Insider’s latest ranking of the best colleges in America, the top schools share a few common traits: They provide a quality education and graduate students on time, they set graduates up to earn well-paying jobs early in their career, and they provide a memorable and enjoyable campus experience […]
Business Insider recently released its annual list of the best colleges in America, emphasizing schools with high graduation rates and early-career earnings, rather than focusing solely on glamour statistics, like reputation and selectivity. But that’s not to say that the caliber of the students doesn’t play an important role in what makes a school great. […]