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CLAIM: Harvard Has 3.3 Million Facebook Fans And 'About Three Million Of These Are Fakes'
Harvard University is the most popular higher education institution on Facebook. It has 3.3 million "likes." This isn't surprising, it's one of the most famous universities worldwide and it's widely regarded as one of the best, perhaps the best.
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‘Duke Porn Star’: I Lost My Financial Aid
This year, even after student aid, I faced a $47,000 bill to attend Duke University. My turn to porn to close the gap was so famous, in part, due to my reasoning. Faced with either a degree from a less prestigious school or decades of crushing debt, a few hours of work on a porn set revealed itself to be the best way to avoid getting screwed.
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Elon University bans word "Freshmen" because it promotes sexism?
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World University Ranking - Shanghai Ranking 2015
New 2015 Top 500 world university rankings conducted by CWCU of Shanghai Jiao Tong University (Academic Ranking of World Universities).
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Tulane University College Democrats Tell Mitch McConnell to "SUCK MY DICK" - The Liberty Standard
The account's timeline is full of funny and interesting stuff to be sure.
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What staggering loan defaults at for-profit schools say about accreditors
Accreditation agencies have been the gatekeepers standing between colleges and millions of dollars in federal financial aid for more than half a century. But that role is in question after the stunning collapse of Corinthian Colleges.
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After massive protests, South Africa freezes tuition hikes
South Africa's parliament was the battleground. As Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene prepared to deliver a mid-term budget statement Wednesday, hundreds of students protesting a hike in tuition fees stormed the parliament compound gates, singing struggle songs and demanding to be heard. "We want Blade!" they chanted, asking for Education Minister Blade Nzimande. Heavily armed police officers responded with...
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Inside Stanford Business School’s Spiraling Sex Scandal
The prestigious school’s sexual-harassment policies proved to be no match for a love triangle involving the dean and two married professors. By David Margolick.
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Alabama version of ‘Skull and Bones’ publicly exposed
The fabled Skull and Bones society is the stuff of lore at Yale University. Harvard University has Final Clubs, known as a grooming place for the rich and powerful. In Tuscaloosa, a group called "The Machine" may not rise to Ivy League heights of prestige or mystique. But it's a powerful force at the University of Alabama... By Jay Reeves.
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Fraternity files $25M defamation suit against Rolling Stone
The fraternity that was the focus of a debunked Rolling Stone article about a gang rape filed a $25 million lawsuit against the magazine Monday, saying the piece made the frat and its members "the object of an avalanche of condemnation worldwide." The complaint, filed in Charlottesville Circuit Court, also names Sabrina Rubin Erdely as a defendant. It is the third filed in response to the November 2014 article entitled "A Rape on Campus...
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The Most Militarized Universities in America: A VICE News Investigation
An information and intelligence shift has emerged in America's national security state over the last two decades, and that change has been reflected in the country's educational institutions as they have become increasingly tied to the military, intelligence, and law enforcement worlds. This is why VICE News has analyzed and ranked the 100 most militarized universities in America.
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Yale investigation finds ‘no evidence’ of racism at frat party alleged to have been for ‘white girls only’
The Ivy League university found no evidence to back up students' claim that a fraternity excluded minorities from a Halloween party, a claim that sparked a recent student movement for greater diversity and inclusivity on campus.
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Pass, Fail
For the past seven years, I’ve polled my students at the University of Prince Edward Island on two questions. First: If you were told today that a university education was no longer a requirement for high-quality employment, would you quit? Second: If you decided to stay, would you then switch programs? Positive responses to both questions run consistently in the 50 percent range. That means at least half of my humanities students...
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Audit shows UC admission standards relaxed for out-of-staters
The University of California has been admitting thousands of students from out of state with lower grades and test scores than state residents as a way to raise cash, a state audit released Tuesday reveals. In the last three years, nearly 16,000 nonresident undergraduates — about 29 percent of those admitted — have won spots at the coveted public university with grade-point averages and scores below the median of admitted Californians, according to the 116-page audit.
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University students are struggling to read entire books
Students have reacted to claims from university professors that they struggle to read books from cover to cover by admitting it is true - but insisting it's because universities don't give them enough time to finish them. University academics caused a furore this week by claiming many students found the thought of reading books all the way to the end “daunting”, due to shorter attention spans and an inability to focus on complex philosophies.
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Calls for UC Davis chancellor's ouster grow amid Internet scrubbing controversy
The University of California 's student association late Friday called on UC Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi to resign amid revelations that the university paid to remove Internet references to a 2011 incident in which police pepper-sprayed students.
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Harvard mumps outbreak grows; dozens infected
Please stop infecting each other. That's the message Harvard University has for students after a mumps outbreak left 40 people sick over the past two months. The university first announced mumps cases in February, and infections have steadily increased despite efforts to isolate patients. Paul J. Barreira, director of the Massachusetts university's health services, told the student newspaper that the rise in cases is worrying.
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UCLA Shooter Intended to Kill Second Professor
The investigation into a murder-suicide on the UCLA campus took a more sinister turn Thursday when police announced they suspected the shooter earlier killed a woman in Minnesota then drove to Los Angeles to confront a professor he believed had stolen his work. Detectives also believe that Mainak Sarkar, a 38-year-old former engineering graduate student, intended to kill a second professor Wednesday morning, but he could not find him on campus, Los Angeles police Chief Charlie Beck said. In a search of Sarkar's home in St. Paul, Minnesota...
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Under attack
Curbs on free speech are growing tighter. It is time to speak out
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Why America's Business Majors Are in Desperate Need of a Liberal-Arts Education
Their degrees may help them secure entry-level jobs, but to advance in their careers, they’ll need much more than technical skills.
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