Ohio University is removing Roger Ailes’ name from its campus newsroom, The Post, Ohio’s student paper, reported on Tuesday. The move follows deliberation over what should become of the school’s WOUB newsroom, which has been called the Roger E. Ailes Newsroom since 2007. WOUB is a radio and TV outlet at the university’s Scripps College […]
There’s a number of ways students can show pride in their school, but nothing shows school spirit quite like showing up on gameday. Whether it’s for a basketball game, football game, or a smaller niche sport, students celebrate their schools by covering themselves head-to-toe in school colors and filling stadium seats. They tailgate long before […]
High-school senior Brittany Stinson recently shared with Business Insider a humorous admissions essay that got her into five Ivy League schools and Stanford. That essay — which got her into the University of Pennsylvania, Yale, Columbia, Dartmouth, and Cornell and Stanford — went viral. In the essay, Stinson reflected on her inquisitive personality, told against […]
Student-loan debt in the US has grown to a staggering $1.3 trillion, and the average 2016 graduate will have to repay more than $37,000. With that in mind, ProPublica compiled data to demonstrate the soaring rate of tuition increases at public universities since the year 2000. The report found that the average coast of in-state […]
In a letter to US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Robert McDonald, Republican vice presidential nominee Mike Pence urged the federal government to repay veterans who used military benefits to attend ITT Tech, the for-profit college that abruptly closed in early September, Politico reported. Pence called for a full refund of all GI Bill […]
Parents are saving for college at record levels — but they’re still coming up short. 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 2007. But despite this increase, the study found that just 29% of parents […]
Follow thousands of super-bright kids for four and a half decades and you learn a thing or two about how to raise a high-achiever. One of the biggest takeaways: Even kids with genius-level IQs need teachers to help them reach their full potential. Since it began in 1971, the Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth (SMPY) […]
After 14 years of school, many low-income kids turn to government-issued Pell grants and need-based scholarships to secure the promise of higher education and a brighter future. This is a noble goal. The trouble, at least according to a decade of mounting research into academic achievement, is that the bulk of federal aid arrives 14 […]
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 […]