Tag: Education
What would it take to solve the student debt crisis?
The possibility of federal student loan forgiveness grabs all the headlines. But experts say no single policy — not even wiping the slate clean...
Tenure for slavery project journalist back to UNC trustees
RALEIGH, N.C. — The offer of a tenured teaching position to journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones has been resubmitted to the board of trustees at a...
Basketball-centric UConn proving it’s also a baseball school
STORRS, Conn. — UConn baseball coach Jim Penders doesn't mind working at a school where it's still snowing when the season starts and fans...
Stephen Hawking’s archive, office acquired for UK public
LONDON — The Cambridge University library and London’s Science Museum said Wednesday they have acquired a large collection of items belonging to late physicist...
Italy orders trial for 4 Egyptians accused in student death
ROME — A Rome judge on Tuesday ordered four high-ranking members of Egypt’s security forces to stand trial for the abduction, torture and killing...
Tennessee bans teaching critical race theory in schools
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee is the latest state to ban teachers from teaching certain concepts of race and racism in public schools.
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Arkansas school apologizes for inaccuracies in yearbook
BENTONVILLE, Ark. — School leaders in northwest Arkansas are apologizing for inaccuracies printed in a junior high yearbook, including a current events section that...
State board urges renaming of 2 Virginia community colleges
RICHMOND, Va. — The board that oversees Virginia’s community colleges has asked two schools to reconsider their decisions to keep names that honor people...
Rutgers adds NCAA champ Anthony Ashnault to wrestling staff
PISCATAWAY, N.J. — NCAA wrestling champion Anthony Ashnault has been hired as an assistant coach at Rutgers.
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GOP legislators protest Indiana University’s vaccine order
INDIANAPOLIS — Nearly 20 state legislators are protesting Indiana University’s decision to require all students and employees to receive COVID-19 vaccinations, and they want...