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1 novembre 2018

Central Florida Warns Employees of ‘Sextortion’ Scam

HomeBy Scott Jaschik. The University of Central Florida is asking employees to report -- rather than comply with -- extortion attempts many are receiving through their email accounts. The email messages claim to have images of the employee watching pornography and say that the employee has a "wild imagination." The employees are told to pay $900 or risk being exposed. More...

1 novembre 2018

U of Utah Student Shot Dead on Campus

HomeBy Scott Jaschik. A female student at the University of Utah was shot dead on campus outside a dormitory area Monday night, The Salt Lake Tribune reported. More...

1 novembre 2018

Berkeley B-School Vows to Do Better on Diversity

HomeBy Scott Jaschik. The Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley, is vowing to do a better job of recruiting minority students after enrolling a full-time M.B.A. class that many criticized for having only six black students in a class of 291. That's down from 10 black students who enrolled last year, in a smaller class of 282, and a peak in 2016 of 19 black students in a class of 252. A report issued by the business school said that it "failed to react quickly" as black enrollment numbers fell. More...

1 novembre 2018

‘Race on Campus’

HomeBy Scott Jaschik. Author discusses her new book about what she sees as widespread misconceptions about the state of race relations in higher education. More...

1 novembre 2018

Trump May Eliminate Trans Rights

HomeBy Scott Jaschik. Plan reportedly under consideration would bar any definition of sex other than that designated at birth. Transgender students could lose wide range of rights. More...

1 novembre 2018

In Real Game of Life, Attending Wealthy High School Trumps All

HomeBy Scott Jaschik. Socioeconomic status of high school has more impact on educational attainment and life success than does attending a high school with high levels of student achievement, study finds. More...

1 novembre 2018

Common App's Transfer App: Fast Start, Rocky Start

HomeBy Scott Jaschik. The Common Application this fall launched a new application focused on transfer students. The service was designed to make it more convenient for community college students and others to transfer to four-year institutions. More...

1 novembre 2018

Recommendation Letters and Bias in Admissions

HomeBy Scott Jaschik. During the first week of the trial in the lawsuit charging that Harvard University discriminates against Asian American applicants, university officials offered a number of reasons to explain why the admission rate for Asian American applicants (who, on average, have slightly better academic credentials) is a bit lower than that of white applicants. More...

1 novembre 2018

$215 Million Settlement in Suit on Abuse at USC

HomeBy Scott Jaschik. The law firm representing hundreds of current and former students at the University of Southern California on Friday announced -- and USC confirmed -- a $215 million settlement with the university. More...

1 novembre 2018

MIT Announces Plan for $1B Effort on Computing, AI

HomeBy Scott Jaschik. Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Monday morning announced a $1 billion plan to create a new college of computing within MIT, and to promote teaching and research on computing and artificial intelligence. More...

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