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Epstein Used His Fortune to Infiltrate America's Most Prestigious Universities
Just this week, Richard Axel, a Nobel laureate Columbia professor, and Lawrence Summers, the decorated economist and former Harvard president, stepped down from positions at their institutions because of their Epstein ties.
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Popular college majors with the highest unemployment rates
Computer science, engineering and social sciences topped the list of some of the most popular college majors with the highest unemployment rates, according to data from the New York Fed and the National Center for Education Statistics.
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Justice Department suit accuses UCLA of failing to protect Jewish employees from campus hostility | CNN
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The Justice Department is suing the University of California over allegations that UCLA failed to protect Jewish employees from antisemitic harassment amid pro-Palestinian protests that roiled the campus in 2023 and 2024.
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Hunter professor's racist hot mic comments 'offensive and...
CUNY's chancellor slammed the "clearly offensive and abhorrent" hot mic comments Hunter professor Allyson Friedman made about black students -- but said she was still teaching as of Tuesday.
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Justice Department suit accuses UCLA of failing to protect Jewish employees from campus hostility
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Justice Department is suing the University of California over allegations that UCLA failed to protect Jewish employees from antisemitic harassment amid pro-Palestinian protests that roiled the campus in 2023 and 2024.
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One in 4 people are behind on student loans. These groups blame Trump.
Graduates arrive at the University of Maryland's commencement ceremony in College Park on May 22. (Allison Robbert/For The Washington Post)
One in four people with a student loan due is behind on their payments, nearly three times the delinquency rate as that before the coronavirus pandemic brought repayment to a halt, according to a report released Friday.
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The Pentagon marked 33 universities as 'moderate' or 'high' risk. Here are the schools on the leaked list.
The Defense Department has cut ties with Harvard, which the email identified as "fully off limits. "
The Pentagon is rethinking its ties with dozens of universities, which could affect tuition assistance and other programs for military students.
#EpsteinScandal #ColumbiaUniversity #HigherEducation
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Columbia Punishes 2 Who Helped Epstein's Girlfriend Enter Dental College
The release of documents tied to Jeffrey Epstein has sent ripples through the worlds of business, politics and academia, including at Columbia, where he helped his girlfriend gain entry.
#HigherEducation #CampusSafety #PrayersForTheCommunity
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Central State offers prayers, support after South Carolina State deadly shooting
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A local university is offering prayers and support after a shooting at South Carolina State University (SCSU).
#MilitaryEducation #TuitionAssistance #HigherEducation
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Pentagon may bar tuition aid for top universities in Hegseth's crackdown on 'biased' schools
Military officers could soon find dozens of top colleges and universities across the United States abruptly off limits for tuition assistance as part of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's campaign against schools he describes as being biased against the US military and sponsoring "troublesome partnerships with foreign adversaries.
#ColumbiaUniversity #JeffreyEpstein #HigherEducation
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Columbia University axes personnel after files reveal Ivy League...
Columbia University axed members of its administration after recently released Epstein files revealed the Ivy League school admitted the child sex trafficker's girlfriend through "irregular admissions," according to school officials.
#ArtificialIntelligence #HigherEducation #HumanIntelligence
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Opinion | How A.I. Companies Are Preying on College Students
Dr. Connelly is a vice dean for artificial intelligence initiatives at Columbia University.
As educators, we are duty bound to defend -- and advance -- human intelligence.
#StudentLoans #RepaymentPlans #HigherEducation
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Student loan payment could triple under new Trump rules -- here's when
Millions of federal student loan borrowers could soon face higher monthly payments as the Education Department moves to implement new repayment regulations tied to last summer's Republican-led overhaul of student lending, with some examples showing bills nearly tripling once the changes take effect.
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Why 'campus carry' is the wrong answer for New Hampshire, UNH: Selig
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When a grandmother writes that she is "thankful that screaming does not permeate this email," it signals genuine alarm about where state policy is headed.
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Colleges with low-earning grads could lose access to student loans. Here's why.
Aimee Picchi is the associate managing editor for CBS MoneyWatch, where she covers business and personal finance. She previously worked at Bloomberg News and has written for national news outlets including USA Today and Consumer Reports.
#ArtificialIntelligence #HigherEducation #UniversityFunding
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Elite California universities spending up to $17M on Chat GPT, AI for...
Prestigious universities across California are shelling out millions of dollars on artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT for students -- even as they lay off professors, The Post has learned.
