Today: September 21, 2024
Today: September 21, 2024

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California faculty at largest US university system launch strike for better pay

California State University faculty are launching four days of strikes across campuses for better pay and benefits

California faculty at largest US university system launch strike for better pay
Education|News|Sports

NCAA President Charlie Baker calls for new tier of Division I where schools can pay athletes

NCAA President Charlie Baker says he wants the association to create a new tier of Division I athletics where highly resourced schools would be required to offer at least half their athletes a payment of at least $30,000 per year

NCAA President Charlie Baker calls for new tier of Division I where schools can pay athletes
Education|News

Texas high school sends Black student back to in-school suspension over his locs hairstyle

A Texas high school sent a Black student back to in-school suspension for refusing to change his hairstyle, renewing a monthslong standoff over a dress code policy the teen’s family calls discriminatory

Texas high school sends Black student back to in-school suspension over his locs hairstyle
Arts|Education

Greece opens ancient life artefacts' exhibition at Acropolis museum

Greece on Wednesday opened to the public an exhibition of more than 1,100 artefacts, from statues and table games to children's toys, found in an ancient Athens neighbourhood during

Greece opens ancient life artefacts' exhibition at Acropolis museum
Business|Economy|Education

Carlyle, KKR win auction for $10 billion student loan book from Discover Financial, FT reports

Carlyle and KKR & Co won an auction for a $10 billion student loan book from Discover Financial, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter.

Carlyle, KKR win auction for $10 billion student loan book from Discover Financial, FT reports
Business|Education|Technology

Prosus writes off its 9.6% stake in India's Byju’s

Tech investor Prosus NV said it has written off the fair value of its 9.6% stake in Indian edtech firm Byju's during the financial year 2024, making the Dutch firm the first to

Prosus writes off its 9.6% stake in India's Byju’s
Business|Education

Incoming Harvard freshman spends summer developing personal finance curriculum

Incoming Harvard freshman spends summer developing personal finance curriculum

Incoming Harvard freshman spends summer developing personal finance curriculum
Education|Health

Nursing student provides home for autistic woman from Israel

Nursing student provides home for autistic woman from Israel

Nursing student provides home for autistic woman from Israel
Education|Lifestyle|Sports

Iowa Baseball Camp for the Deaf brings accessibility to the sport

Iowa Baseball Camp for the Deaf brings accessibility to the sport

Iowa Baseball Camp for the Deaf brings accessibility to the sport
Health|News|Science

US professor charged with manipulating data for Alzheimer’s drug trial

A U.S. medical professor has been charged with fraud for allegedly submitting false data to get millions of dollars in public funds for research into a drug

US professor charged with manipulating data for Alzheimer’s drug trial
Business|Education|Entertainment|Lifestyle

6-year-old girl gets special ribbon cutting ceremony for entrepreneurship

6-year-old girl gets special ribbon cutting ceremony for entrepreneurship

6-year-old girl gets special ribbon cutting ceremony for entrepreneurship
Business|Education

How one school bus driver made $124,000 last year

How one school bus driver made $124,000 last year

How one school bus driver made $124,000 last year
Education|Food|Lifestyle

Teacher hosts YouTube dinner parties to keep students connected to the kitchen

Teacher hosts YouTube dinner parties to keep students connected to the kitchen

Teacher hosts YouTube dinner parties to keep students connected to the kitchen
Education|News

Family settles with city for $170k over alleged 2019 assault of student

Family settles with city for $170k over alleged 2019 assault of student

Family settles with city for $170k over alleged 2019 assault of student
Education

CDS student's Kennel Kindness Project bridges animal care, youth education

CDS student's Kennel Kindness Project bridges animal care, youth education

CDS student's Kennel Kindness Project bridges animal care, youth education
Education

Bezos Academy, a tuition-free preschool, under construction in Okolona

Bezos Academy, a tuition-free preschool, under construction in Okolona

Bezos Academy, a tuition-free preschool, under construction in Okolona
Economy|Education|News

Australia doubles foreign student visa fee in migration crackdown

Australia said on Monday it had more than doubled the visa fee for international students, the latest move by the government to rein in record migration that has

Australia doubles foreign student visa fee in migration crackdown
Economy|Education|Health

World bank approves $700 million to boost Jordan's education, health and social care

The World Bank said on Monday that it had approved $700 million for two new programs aimed at strengthening Jordan's education, health and social assistance sectors.

World bank approves $700 million to boost Jordan's education, health and social care
Education|News|Political

Canadian court allows police to clear pro-Palestinian campus encampment

An Ontario judge ordered pro-Palestinian protesters to leave their two-month-old encampment at Canada's largest university by Wednesday evening, granting the University of Toronto's

Canadian court allows police to clear pro-Palestinian campus encampment
Education|News|Science

Study firms up date of famous ancient shipwreck off Cyprus

When scientists in the 1960s excavated the wreck of an ancient Greek merchant ship off the northern coast of Cyprus, what they found was an amazing time capsule

Study firms up date of famous ancient shipwreck off Cyprus
Education|News

Former Uvalde, Texas, school police chief indicted over deadly shooting

A grand jury in Uvalde, Texas, indicted former school district police chief Pedro Arredondo over the police response to the 2022 shooting at Robb Elementary

Former Uvalde, Texas, school police chief indicted over deadly shooting
Education|Opinion

Oklahoma orders schools to teach the Bible in every classroom

Oklahoma's Department of Education ordered every teacher in the state to have a Bible in their classroom and to teach from it, in an announcement on Thursday that

Oklahoma orders schools to teach the Bible in every classroom
Education|Lifestyle|Travel

Trip down memory lane for Japan's emperor and wife on final day of UK visit

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and his wife took a trip down memory lane on Friday, the final day of their week-long stay in Britain, with a visit to the medieval university city

Trip down memory lane for Japan's emperor and wife on final day of UK visit
Education|News

Ex-employee of Boston's Northeastern University convicted of hoax bombing

A former employee of Northeastern University was convicted on Friday of U.S. charges that he staged a hoax explosion in 2022 and fabricated a story about being

Ex-employee of Boston's Northeastern University convicted of hoax bombing
Economy|Education

World Bank approves $1.25 billion loans for the Philippines

The World Bank said on Saturday its board of executive directors has approved $1.25 billion in loans for the Philippines' education and public infrastructure sectors.

World Bank approves $1.25 billion loans for the Philippines

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