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2 juillet 2016

Dorms a new front in U.S. battle over transgender rights

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. As lawmakers across the United States battle over whether to allow transgender Americans to use public restrooms that match their gender identities, universities are scrambling to ensure that dorms meet federal standards. More...

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2 juillet 2016

Why are more poor kids going to college in the U.K.?

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Covering much of one wall of Paul Richards’s office at the Calderstones School is an impressive collection of thank-you notes. Many are from students Richards, in his role overseeing the equivalent of the American junior and senior grades of high school, has successfully prodded into college. More...

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2 juillet 2016

Three hard truths that will save higher education

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Computer skills have become essential for nearly 80 percent of middle-skill jobs, but according to a new report, nearly a third (32 percent) of Americans between the ages of 16 and 29 have no work-related computer experience. More...

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2 juillet 2016

China tries to redistribute education to the poor, igniting class conflict

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Cheng Nan has spent years trying to ensure that her 16-year-old daughter gets into a college near their home in Nanjing, an affluent city in eastern China. More...

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2 juillet 2016

The complexities of fixing Peru’s higher education system

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. When it comes to educational heritage, Peru has little competition – its National University of San Marcos is the oldest university in the Western Hemisphere, chartered by Charles V in 1551 – but today, Peru’s educational institutes barely rank among its Latin American peers. More...

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1 juillet 2016

New online platform to help fill empty seats in classrooms

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. A company led by Harvard University students aspires to be “the Airbnb for higher education,” tapping unused capacity – empty seats – in higher education and vocational classrooms. More...

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1 juillet 2016

Obama administration issues rules to overhaul student debt forgiveness

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Students will have a clearer path to loan forgiveness if they are defrauded or misled by their colleges, according to rules issued Monday by the Obama administration, which also create a financial backstop to ensure that schools, not taxpayers, are responsible for the debt. More...

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1 juillet 2016

How Australian universities edge out Ivy League

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Students of Asia: Australia wants you.
An Aussie government plan to boost the already significant role of international education in Australia’s economy makes that message crystal clear. More...

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1 juillet 2016

A state embraces the idea that not everyone needs to go to college

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Dasani Johnson, a sophomore at Southern High School, is using a machine to create a baseball bat out of a piece of foam. Standing over her, as she readies to start the machine, are her teacher and two classmates. More...

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1 juillet 2016

Purdue picks developer for $1.2B west campus

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. As Purdue University interviewed potential master planners for a live-work-play, community-within-a-community concept for west campus, bidders at the Indianapolis-based Browning Investments LLC set out to find similar plans for reference. More...

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