Today: September 20, 2024
Today: September 20, 2024

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Business|Education|Technology

Bain Capital in talks to buy education-software provider PowerSchool, source says

Buyout firm Bain Capital is in talks to take education-software provider PowerSchool private, a person familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.

Bain Capital in talks to buy education-software provider PowerSchool, source says
Business|Education|Sports

Underpaid and overworked. Colleges, universities having trouble hiring, retaining athletic trainers

Colleges and universities are having a difficult time hiring, recruiting and retaining members of their athletic training staffs because of a number of below-market conditions, a survey shows

Underpaid and overworked. Colleges, universities having trouble hiring, retaining athletic trainers
Education|News

Correction: Campus Protests-Mask Law-Ohio State story

In a story published May 8, 2024, about Ohio’s campus protests, The Associated Press erroneously reported the number of public, four-year universities

Correction: Campus Protests-Mask Law-Ohio State story
Education|News|Political

Virginia school board considers restoring Confederate names to schools

A U.S. school board in Shenandoah County, Virginia, will vote on Thursday on whether to restore previously removed Confederate names to two schools, potentially becoming the

Virginia school board considers restoring Confederate names to schools
Education

5 books to help you better understand today’s campus protests

These books shine light on a rich history of campus protests in the US that goes back to the 1960s.

5 books to help you better understand today’s campus protests
Education

Divesting university endowments: Easier demanded than done

Divestment from Israel may violate state laws – at least for public institutions. Private universities with large endowments may face other obstacles.

Divesting university endowments: Easier demanded than done
Education|News|Sports

NCAA removes cap on official recruiting visits in basketball to deal with unlimited transfers

The NCAA has approved a waiver that will allow men’s and women’s basketball programs to pay for unlimited official recruiting visits to help teams deals with roster depletion caused by transfers, according to a memo obtained by The Associated Press

NCAA removes cap on official recruiting visits in basketball to deal with unlimited transfers
Education|News|Political|World

Militants bomb a girls school in northwestern Pakistan, once a Taliban stronghold. No one was harmed

Police say suspected militants bombed a girls school in a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban in the country’s volatile northwest, badly damaging the structure

Militants bomb a girls school in northwestern Pakistan, once a Taliban stronghold. No one was harmed
Education|News|World

Xavier University cancels UN ambassador’s commencement speech after student outcry

Xavier University of Louisiana has reversed course and canceled Saturday’s planned commencement address by U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield

Xavier University cancels UN ambassador’s commencement speech after student outcry
Education|Political|Science|Technology

US committee targets Georgia Tech's alleged ties to Chinese military linked research

A U.S. congressional committee on China has asked leading research university Georgia Institute of Technology to detail its collaboration with a Chinese

US committee targets Georgia Tech's alleged ties to Chinese military linked research
Education|News

Harris congratulates HBCU graduates in video message for graduation season

Vice President Kamala Harris has recorded a video commencement message that is being played for graduates at historically Black colleges and universities across the country this spring

Harris congratulates HBCU graduates in video message for graduation season
Education|News|Political

Police were advised to avoid mass arrests; then came the US campus protests

In the three tumultuous weeks since protests broke out at U.S. universities, police have descended on dozens of campuses to sweep up students in mass arrests, adhering to

Police were advised to avoid mass arrests; then came the US campus protests
Education|Entertainment|Health

Prince Harry and Meghan, greeted with cheers, talk mental health in Nigeria

Prince Harry and his wife Meghan were greeted with wild cheers, song and dance as they visited a school to talk about mental health in

Prince Harry and Meghan, greeted with cheers, talk mental health in Nigeria
Education|News|Political

School board in Virginia votes to restore Confederate names

The education board for a rural Virginia county voted early on Friday to restore the names of Confederate generals stripped from two

School board in Virginia votes to restore Confederate names
News|Education|World

In reversal, Virginia school board votes to restore Confederate names to 2 schools

A Virginia school board has voted to restore the names of Confederate military leaders to a high school and an elementary school four years after the names were removed

In reversal, Virginia school board votes to restore Confederate names to 2 schools
Education|News|Political

Name and shame: Pro-Israel website ramps up attacks on pro-Palestinian student protesters

Weeks after attending a pro-Palestinian demonstration, Egyptian-American student Layla Sayed received a text message from a friend

Name and shame: Pro-Israel website ramps up attacks on pro-Palestinian student protesters
Education|Opinion

Billionaire investor Ken Griffin calls on Harvard to embrace ‘Western values’

Billionaire investor Kenneth Griffin called on his alma mater Harvard University on Saturday to embrace "Western values", saying that the turmoil across college campuses was the product of

Billionaire investor Ken Griffin calls on Harvard to embrace ‘Western values’
Education|Health|News|Political|Technology

Schools turn to artificial intelligence to spot guns as companies press lawmakers for state funds

Schools across the U.S. are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence and video cameras to spot guns

Schools turn to artificial intelligence to spot guns as companies press lawmakers for state funds
Arts|Education|Lifestyle|Opinion|Travel|World

Buddha's birthday: When is it and how is it celebrated in different countries?

Buddha's birthday is an important holiday in several countries in Asia where there are large Buddhist populations

Buddha's birthday: When is it and how is it celebrated in different countries?
Education|Entertainment|Opinion

Seinfeld speech at Duke commencement prompts walkout protesting his support for Israel

Dozens of students walked out of Duke University's commencement ceremony on Sunday as some chanted "free Palestine" to protest its guest speaker, comedian Jerry Seinfeld, who has supported

Seinfeld speech at Duke commencement prompts walkout protesting his support for Israel
Education|Sports

Northwestern attacker Izzy Scane breaks NCAA record for career women’s lacrosse goals

Northwestern attacker Izzy Scane has broken the Division I record for women’s lacrosse goals

Northwestern attacker Izzy Scane breaks NCAA record for career women’s lacrosse goals
Education|News

Gazans strive to study as war shatters education system

Pupils sitting cross-legged on the sand take classes in a tent near Khan Younis in Gaza.

Gazans strive to study as war shatters education system
Education|News|World

Campus protests over Israel-Hamas war scaled down during US commencement exercises

Protests over the Israel-Hamas war have spread across U.S. university and college campuses in recent weeks, leading to disruptions and arrests

Campus protests over Israel-Hamas war scaled down during US commencement exercises
Education

Mary McLeod Bethune, known as the ‘First Lady of Negro America,’ also sought to unify the African diaspora

A former archivist at Mary McLeod Bethune’s last residence in Washington, DC, recounts how the experience led her to see Bethune as a global figure.

Mary McLeod Bethune, known as the ‘First Lady of Negro America,’ also sought to unify the African diaspora
Education|World

Mississippi governor signs law restricting transgender people's use of bathrooms and locker rooms

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves has signed a new law regulating transgender people’s use of bathrooms, locker rooms and dormitories in public education buildings

Mississippi governor signs law restricting transgender people's use of bathrooms and locker rooms

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