Former Vice President Joe Biden blasted Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’ plan to rescind sexual assault reporting procedures on college campus. “Sexual assault is the ultimate abuse of power, and its pernicious presence in our schools is unacceptable,” Biden wrote in a Facebook post on Thursday. “Policies that do not treat this epidemic with the utmost […]
Six of the largest school districts in the United States have closed due to the devastating effects — both real and anticipated — of Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma. These six districts — Houston Independent, Orange County, Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Hillsborough County, and Puerto Rico Department of Education — serve 1.65 million students in […]
A former Notre Dame football player is suing the university for allegedly concealing the results of an MRI, allowing the player to risk a spinal chord injury while he continued on the field, The Indianapolis Star reported. The suit was filed by former linebacker Douglas Randolph and names head coach Brian Kelly among the defendants. […]
Snapchat is asking student newspapers to create campus editions for its Discover section, which already includes large outlets like BuzzFeed and The New York Times. The stories will be visible to Snapchat users located near each respective campus. Like larger publishers, participating student newspapers will be able to monetize their efforts by sharing revenue from […]
In international tests, Chinese children consistently outperform Americans. American Leonora Chu enrolled her young son in the Chinese public school system in Shanghai. In her book about the experience, “Little Soldiers,” she explores how culture influences this academic achievement gap. It comes down to Chinese people displaying a psychological concept known as a “growth mindset” […]
The Department of Education confirmed Secretary Betsy DeVos will deliver a “major policy address on Title IX enforcement” at George Mason University Thursday afternoon. The announcement is expected to relate to the enforcement of sexual assault on college campuses as it pertains to Title IX — the federal law that prohibits gender discrimination. In July, […]
As Hurricane Irma approaches Florida, residents are preparing for flooding and winds that can topple trees and knock out power lines. But, many high schoolers have a more immediate concern: the ACT test, which is scheduled for Saturday, September 9. Dozens of students tweeted at the ACT’s account asking for clarification about what would happen […]
The New York City Department of Education announced Wednesday that all public school students, regardless of family income, will receive free lunch. The program — called Free School Lunch For All — aligns with the start of the school year, and ends a feud between New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and City Council […]
Every year, incoming college students create magic by transforming bland cement rooms into glamorous pads. This year is no different. Extreme dorm designs became a trend when Ole Miss freshmen Abby Bozeman and Lindy Goodson transformed their first-year dorm into a charming home-away-from-home. “We wanted our room to be cozy and comforting while we were […]
Artificial intelligence can’t understand meaning or emotion just yet, but it can write a pretty good essay on 17th-century maritime trade. At the 2017 TED Conference this past April, AI expert Noriko Arai gave a talk presenting her Todai Robot, a machine that has been programmed to take the entrance exam to Japan’s most prestigious […]
Kids may spend the better part of 12 years inside a classroom as students, but teachers can spend three times as long in those classrooms over their careers. It shouldn’t be a surprise that a great deal of learning takes place at the head of the class. Business Insider spoke with a handful of retired […]
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 whether the […]
Harvard President Drew Faust harshly condemned the Trump Administration’s decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. “This cruel policy recognizes neither justice nor mercy,” Faust wrote in an email to community members shared with Business Insider. “In the months to come, we will make every effort to have our voice heard, […]
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg called the Trump administration’s decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program on Tuesday “cruel” and “a sad day for our country.” “This is a sad day for our country,” Zuckerberg wrote on his Facebook page. “The decision to end DACA is not just wrong. It is particularly […]
At The General Yermolov Cadet School in Stravropol, Russia, academics and military training occur side by side. The state-run school, named after Alexei Yermolov, a former Russian general and hero of the Caucasus War, blends a normal academic course load with physical drills, weapons training, and overnight camp-outs. Information about the school is sparse, but […]
In Scrabble, words are valuable resources — the more you have, the greater your chances of success. And while most of the 200,000 words in the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary are relatively useless in everyday life, expert Scrabble players dedicate hundreds of hours to memorizing them to increase their chances of winning. There’s no better […]
Harvard freshmen arrived on campus at the end of August and have started their first semester classes at the Ivy League school. Since then, the school’s student paper, The Harvard Crimson, surveyed freshmen on questions pertaining to academics, social life, and family characteristics. The Crimson published the results of the survey, which it conducts annually, […]
A judge has thrown out manslaughter and assault charges against eight Penn State fraternity brothers in the hazing death of 19-year-old sophomore Tim Piazza, Philly.com reported. Piazza died in February after a hazing ritual called “The Gauntlet,” an event at which pledges drank at a series of alcohol stations and consumed four to five drinks […]
Over the past few years, Bill Gates, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and Netflix CEO Reed Hastings have all endorsed a teaching method known as “personalized learning.” It involves students guiding their own lessons with the help of technology, while teachers take on more of a coaching role if problems emerge. For its apparent benefits in […]
Birth order is said to be a predictor of success later in life, with oldest children traditionally performing better in school and holding more leadership positions. A survey given to incoming Harvard freshmen bolsters such research. More of the incoming class of 2021 are firstborn than any other position in birth order, according to the […]
Ask any proud alum about the beauty of their college and they are sure to describe the unique charm their campus possesses. But some are just a notch above the above the rest. Conde Nast Traveler searched far and wide to find the most beautiful colleges in America. Beauty is, of course, subjective, so the […]
Cramped spaces, cinderblock walls, and low-grade lighting are the things college students typically expect from their housing experiences. You won’t find any of that in the dorms on this list, however. We’ve researched schools across the country to compile a list of the 11 dorms that provide the most unique living and learning experience. From […]
A study from the RAND Corporation and RAND Europe found delayed start times could add $83 billion to the US economy by 2027. The increases would come from improved high school graduation rates leading to better jobs and fewer costs associated with sleep-related car crashes, obesity, and mental illness. Schools may need to make short-term […]
A group of 15 Ivy League professors wrote a letter to incoming college freshmen, challenging them to avoid conforming to dominant views. “We are scholars and teachers at Princeton, Harvard, and Yale who have some thoughts to share and advice to offer students who are headed off to colleges around the country,” they wrote. “Our […]
College dining halls are usually large, cafeteria-style establishments that feed thousands of students quickly three times a day. That is to say, they’re not typically seen as producing restaurant-caliber food. But at some college dining halls, the food is a step above the rest. Niche, a company that researches and compiles information on schools, published […]
Google has a much-deserved reputation as a difficult place to land a job. Angela Taylor’s career proves that with hard work and a can-do attitude, you can go from no programming experience to a Google engineer, without a computer science degree. The tactics she used to land her dream job can be used by anyone. […]
USC Village was completed in August 2017 and cost a whopping $700 million. The village has a number of retailers including Trader Joe’s, Target, and Starbucks, and is open to the public as well as students. The development is the biggest in the history of South LA. The University of Southern California unveiled an enormous […]
The Panyaden International School in Chiang Mai, Thailand is made entirely out of earth and bamboo. The school uses Buddhist values in their curriculum and instills a respect for nature. One of their buildings is a massive sports hall with over 2,500 sq ft of open space made only with natural materials. Join the conversation […]
Tiny humans aren’t the only ones entering a classroom for the first time in the fall. Increasingly, robots are too. According to Karen Panetta, dean of graduate engineering at Tufts University and editor-in-chief of IEEE WIE Magazine, artificial intelligence software and early-stage humanoid robots are playing a growing role in pre-K and kindergarten. Over time, […]
Inquisitive millennials are more likely to Google the answers to nagging questions rather than asking a human for help, according to results from a new survey. A Harris poll conducted by the nonprofit Growing Leaders found 69% of people 18 to 34 years old said they think they learn more from technology than from people. […]
As the summer comes to an end, a new crop of college freshman are starting to move onto a campus that will become their home away from home for the next four years. For those wondering how their new college residence stacks up against the competition, Niche, a company that researches and compiles information on […]
A new study of online conversations between economists identifies the words most commonly used to describe men and women, and appears to show the biases faced by women in the field, The New York Times reported. The study, “Gender Stereotyping in Academia: Evidence from Economics Job Market Rumors Forum” was conducted by Alice H. Wu, […]
When most people think of Scrabble, they think of a leisurely game night in grandma’s living room. But for a few thousand people, the iconic board game is a competitive, adrenaline-filled, highly cerebral discipline, worthy of hundreds of hours of study and a lifetime of obsession. I’m one of those few, and last month, I […]
Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan have hired a chief financial officer for The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, the philanthropic fund they created in 2015 to give away the vast majority of their fortune. The role has been filled by Peggy Abkemeier Alford, a PayPal veteran who was most recently the company’s senior VP of […]
In a demonstration against hate and racism, University of Virginia students held a vigil Wednesday night, retracing the steps white supremacists marched nearly a week ago, according to a news release from the school. UVA students and faculty were joined by members of the Charlottesville, Virginia community in a powerful display of solidarity in the […]
On Thursday, Arizona State University (ASU) marks the beginning of its fall term, which doubles as the grand opening for Tooker House — a brand new, high-tech dorm for first-year engineering students. Tooker House sports cutting-edge amenities, including a workspace with 3D printers and laser cutters for students to use. This dorm is designed to […]
College campuses are abuzz with excitement during the first few weeks of school, as freshman embark on a journey to make new friends, browse course catalogs, and explore a new city. But incoming freshmen to the University of Virginia (UVA) are still grappling with the images of white supremacists marching on their soon-to-be-new campus and […]
A few weeks before violence erupted in Charlottesville, Virginia, Brendan Novak wrote an opinion piece in The Cavalier Daily arguing that “Unite the Right” rally organized by white nationalists should occur. Novak, an editor at University of Virginia’s student paper, now calls his statement wrong and naive, in a follow-up column also cited in The […]
The president of Washington State University’s College Republicans, James Allsup, has resigned after he attended the “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, local Seattle station King 5 News reported. His resignation comes after The College Republican National Committee (CRNC) condemned white supremacy and called on leaders in CRNC who supported “Unite the Right” to […]
A “White Lives Matter Rally” is set to take place on Texas A&M’s campus on September 11, according to the Texas A&M Battalion. The rally’s organizer, Preston Wiginton, claims prominent white nationalist Richard Spencer will attend the event. Wiginton, a 51-year-old alumnus of Texas A&M, organized Spencer’s earlier visit to the school last December. Spencer […]
The University of Virginia (UVA) is set to welcome an incoming class of students Friday, less than a week after a violent white-nationalist rally rocked Charlottesville, Virginia, where the campus is located. New students move onto campus beginning Friday, August 18, and classes begin for undergraduates on Tuesday, August 22. In all, about 22,000 undergraduate […]
Many American students are gearing up for their first day back to school. While the start of the school year differs by country, the first day back is normally a big day no matter where you’re from. It’s usually marked by excitement — or perhaps some dread if you don’t want to give up your […]
Hundreds of white nationalists clashed with counter-protesters on the University of Virginia’s Charlottesville campus Friday, according to Reuters. The scene was a prelude to a much larger demonstration for a “Unite the right” rally, called in response to a plan to remove a statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee from a park in Charlottesville, […]
University of Virginia president Teresa A. Sullivan condemned demonstrators who participated in a white-nationalist march on the campus Friday night. The march was a preview of a larger planned white-nationalist event called “Unite the Right” scheduled for Saturday. Sullivan said she was “deeply saddened and disturbed by the hateful behavior” displayed at the planned event. […]
Attending a top private high school provides a solid academic foundation, helps students gain entrance into first-rate colleges, and prepares them for the challenges of the real world. Niche, a company that researches and compiles information on schools, released its newest rankings of the best private high schools in the country. The ranking looked at […]