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Vox
Bill Clinton
“Maybe we want to make it just a little more difficult”: GOP senator on college students voting
Vox - Emily Stewart
Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith said her voter suppression comment was just a joke. Days after raising eyebrows with a campaign trail joke about attending a “public hanging,” Mississippi Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith
USA TODAY
U.S. Dept. of Education
Why an Ivy League degree isn't necessarily better than any other college degree
USA TODAY - Jennifer Moses
Jennifer Moses, a multi-genre writer, shares her opinion on access to higher education in this piece. The Harvard affirmative action case, in which a group of Asian students has taken the university to
New York Magazineadded this to The Cut
Sexual Harassment
The Most Terrifying Parts of Betsy DeVos’s New Sexual-Assault Policy
thecut.com - Sarah Nechamkin
Betsy DeVos. On Friday, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos officially proposed her long-held plan to protect students accused of sexual assault on …
Miami Heraldadded this to News
Florida
Education: Students need smaller classes and safer schools, teachers need more pay
miamiherald.com
Chairman: CINDY ARENBERG SELTZER. Members: CAROL DOVER, EDUARDO PADRON, STEVE ZACK, FEDERICK INGRAM, FELICE GORORDO, MARIA ALONSO. THE QUESTION: How …
rhotwireadded this to WALRAVEN'S PICKS
China
China's campus crackdown intensifies
Axios - Bill Bishop of Sinocism
The government has decided that college campuses are in need of enhanced security and ideological hardening, and is implementing different control …
Mediaiteadded this to Mediaite
Sexual Harassment
Top Five Reasons to Loathe Betsy DeVos Today
lawandcrime.com
You might’ve lost sight of Betsy DeVos lately. The fall foliage has obscured a solid view of her yacht and her hellscape of a summer house has been …
New Hampshire
New Hampshire Democrats set to oust secretary of state notorious for backing GOP voter suppression
dailykos.com - Stephen Wolf
While the position of secretary of state is directly elected in most states, in New Hampshire, it’s chosen by the members of the state legislature. …
Danny DeVito
These College Students Found A Shrine To Danny DeVito In A Bathroom And Wow This Is Weird
buzzfeednews.com - Stephanie McNeal
Unfortunately, the shine's viral fame led to its demise. In a follow-up tweet, the school said it hopes the shrine can be installed somewhere else. One …
The Inquisitr added this to Entertainment
Masters Degree
‘Princess Bride’ Writer William Goldman Dies Following Complications From Colon Cancer
The Inquisitr - Kelly Butler
William Goldman, writer of the iconic, fan favorite, film The Princess Bride has died in his Manhattan home following complications from colon cancer …
National Reviewadded this to The Corner
‘Cleansing’ the Washington and Lee Campus to Suit the Left
National Review - George Leef
Over the last several years we have seen an eruption of the bossiness that lurks within left-wing academics and students who demand that college …
Drug Test
CHR warns schools on drug testing
philstar.com - Janvic Mateo
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) on Thursday cautioned higher education institutions (HEIs) on implementing mandatory drug testing on students.
The Washington Post
Higher Education
For U.S. colleges, playing the great expectations game comes at a cost
The Washington Post
By Jeffrey J. Selingo Jeffrey J. Selingo Email Bio Follow Americans expect a lot from their colleges and universities. They want higher education to prepare students for jobs and as citizens in a democratic
PBS NewsHouradded this to Headlines
George Mason
Non-degree ‘badges’ are booming. Are they really useful?
pbs.org - Matt Krupnick, The Hechinger Report
When graduate student Atis Degro got an email about a George Mason University course in resilience last year, he had to look up what the word …
scottawadded this to Science & Nature
Pacific Northwest
4.5-magnitude earthquake hits Pacific Ocean off Oregon coast
oregonlive.com - By Jim Ryan
Multiple earthquakes hit in the Pacific Ocean off the southern Oregon coast Thursday night and Friday morning. A magnitude-4.5 quake, largest of the …
Two Average Gamersadded this to Gaming
Graduate School
Looking Glass Was 'Game Development Grad School' Says BioShock Developer – IGN Unfiltered
IGN - IGN Entertainment
Joe Fielder has learned a lot from working with many developers from the famed studio. Looking Glass Studios is responsible for some of gaming’s most …
Toronto Sunadded this to Toronto Sun News
North America
8 St. Michael’s College students expelled, 1 suspended over alleged sex assaults
torontosun.com - Joe Warmington
St. Michael’s College School expelled eight students and suspended another in the wake of two incidents, one allegedly involving sexual assault.The …
Josh Gardneradded this to INT'L RELATIONS & GLOBAL POLITICS
Human Rights
Venezuelan rape-survivor-turned-lawyer finally gets justice
AlJazeera - Al Jazeera
Inter-American Court on Human Rights finds Venezuela responsible for 2001 torture of Linda Loaiza Lopez Soto. The Inter-American Court of Human Rights found Venezuela responsible on Friday for failing
Bleacher Report
Carmelo Anthony
Carmelo Anthony Surprises Gun Violence Survivor Whose Brother Saved Lives (B/Real)
Bleacher Report
Middle Tennessee State University wide receiver Zack Dobson lost his younger brother, Zaevion, when he was shot and killed while protecting the lives of three girls. Now, Zack reps his brother as motivation
Associated Press
Voting
Democrats gear up for more digital spending in 2020
Associated Press - By BRIAN SLODYSKO
WASHINGTON (AP) — One of the largest outside Democratic groups says ramped-up spending on digital advertising played a key role in midterm battleground races, offering a lesson for potential presidential
Higher Education
Governor's budget proposes increase for higher ed
universitybusiness.com - Stefanie Botelho
Mon, 11/19/2018Top NewsHigher education officials celebrated big brains and big bucks Thursday at the University of Montana.The Montana Board of …
Graduate School
Why companies are ditching performance reviews
theweek.com
Here are three of the week's top pieces of financial insight and advice, gathered from around the web: An end to the ratings game The traditional …
aperçu énergieadded this to Discoveries
Near-Infrared
Sealing up wounds with a laser beam
boingboing.net - David Pescovitz
OK, it's not quite Dr. Crusher's dermal regenerator (seen above), but Arizona State University researchers have demonstrated a laser system for …
ThinkProgress
White Supremacism
Ben Shapiro: ‘Left-wing anti-Semitism’ is more dangerous than violent white supremacists
ThinkProgress - Frank Dale
The New York Times' celebrated 'cool kid's philosopher' is at it again. Ben Shapiro, the right-wing wunderkind who was infamously anointed as “the …
The Hindu Groupadded this to The Hindu
Two college students drown in Madduvalasa reservoir in A.P.
thehindu.com - K.Srninivasa Rao
Two engineering students of GMR Institute of Technology, Rajam were drowned in Madduvalasa reservoir near here. Their bodies were traced on Saturday …
News18.comadded this to News18 Latest News
Graduate School
Two Killed, Eight Injured in Bomb Blast in Karachi
news18.com - Associated Press
Nobody has so far claimed responsibility but Karachi, the country's economic and commercial hub, has long been in the grip of militant, sectarian and …
Houston Chronicleadded this to Trending Houston headlines
United Methodist
Chapelwood Foundation scholarship program honors collegiate scholarship recipients at ‘Path with a Purpose’ luncheon
houstonchronicle.com - Courtesy photo
The Chapelwood Foundation held its biannual “Path with a Purpose” scholarship luncheon on Oct. 18 at Chapelwood United Methodist Church to honor …
Grieving
Teen sisters grieving loss of parents, cherish love and support from school
wxyz.com - www.wxyz.com
DETROIT (WXYZ) - Jamila Lawson, 16, and Ayanna Lawson, 17, have already suffered a lot of loss in their young lives. Two years ago, not long after …
Refinery29
Women of Color
Mollie Tibbetts Is Still Missing. So Are These 5 Women Of Color.
Refinery29 - Leah Carroll
Mollie Tibbetts, a 20 year old college student from Iowa, has been missing for three weeks. Her case has attracted an enormous amount of national …
The Guardian
Emmeline Pankhurst
Should all art students learn to paint and draw?
The Guardian - Alexandra Genova
We’re losing traditional artistic techniques, one critic laments – but others say this view is outdated In a new paper, What Happened to the Art Schools?, the painter and art critic Jacob Willer claims
Conservative View
Stacey Abrams Accepts Defeat -- But with a Caveat (Plus: a Perfect 10 of Stupidity)
redstate.com - Posted at 8:24 pm on November 16, 2018 by Alex Parker
It’s official: Stacey Abrams accepts defeat in the Georgia race for governor. But also, it’s official: it isn’t fair. Those dang Republicans stole …