Organizers at Columbia, Tulane and the University of Virginia write to attorneys general arguing schools’ investments are illegalCampus organizers at three universities filed legal complaints on Monday arguing that their schools’ investments in planet-heating fossil fuels are illegal, the Guardian has learned.The students from Columbia University, Tulane University and the University of Virginia each wrote to the attorneys general of their respective states calling on them to scrutinize their...
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More education typically, but not always, leads to higher incomes. There is plenty of research showing that individuals with associate or bachelor degrees or higher end up with better jobs and higher pay than their counterparts with only a high school diploma. Nationally, about 62 percent of high school (or equivalent) graduates go on to
Tragic deathMohammad Abdul Arfath, a 25-year-old Indian student, pursuing a Master's in IT at Cleveland University, was found dead in Cleveland, Ohio, after being missing for a month.The death of Mohammad Abdul Arfath, who hails from Nacharam, Hyderabad, is the second such incident within a week and the 11th in 2024.Investigation The Consulate General of India in New York expressed condolences to Arfath's family and assured of collaborating with local agencies to investigate his death and...
Naima Khatoon has been appointed as the Vice Chancellor of the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), making her the first woman to hold the top post in over 100 years, sources said on Monday.
A University of Edinburgh student who was diagnosed with cancer aged just three is gearing up to run the London Marathon this Sunday. Billy Greenall, 22, has teamed up with six of his friends to raise £100,000 for charity in the run-up to the race. He survived Wilms’ Tumour, a form of kidney cancer, after being diagnosed in 2005. The experience has inspired Billy to help others in similar positions - and his efforts will go to help the charity Young Lives vs Cancer. He said: “When we were told...
A female student at the University of Chicago was able to thwart an armed robbery, and the brave act was caught on surveillance video. The student was walking back to her apartment on Wednesday before 3 p.m. when video showed her being confronted by a man who appeared to point a gun at her. The student identified herself only as Maddi and spoke to WLS-TV about the incident. "I was just walking home from class and I see a man in a mask approach me," she recalled. "And he kind of comes...
Nathan Cofnas, an early career research fellow in the Faculty of Philosophy, has had his relationship with the college ended following an investigation into his conduct.
Video shows a University of Chicago student being confronted as she was walking down a sidewalk, and she spoke with ABC7 about the ordeal. The school issued a safety alert Wednesday after multiple students were robbed.
Thousands of public school districts and charter schools have turned to tutoring as a popular and effective way to jumpstart lagging student performance post-pandemic. Educators strongly endorse tutoring, when done right, and believe it can help students make real academic gains. In an effort to spur the tutoring movement, the Biden administration recently called on […]
The University of Iowa pays poverty-level wages to graduate workers despite incredible fundraising and an endowment of over $3 billion. The Board of Regents has increased tuition yet again and is desperately seeking funds from new private partnerships in order to “maintain academic excellence”. How can one school be so wealthy and yet so anxious
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