A senior US official has sent chills down Chinese students and their families by suggesting that their studies at American universities will be restricted to the humanities by geopolitics. Deputy secretary of state Kurt Campbell said on Monday that his country needed to recruit more international students in STEM subjects (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) […]
Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) clinics to guide high school students with completing the applications will be provided by the Education Equalizer Foundation. The foundation received a $10,000 Grant from the U.S. Department of Education as part of the Education Credit Management Corporation’s (ECMC) Student Support Strategy program, officials say. Part of the […]
A now-former Wake County high school special-education teacher has been charged with assaulting two students with disabilities. James Rencher III of Raleigh has been charged with 12 counts of assault on an individual with a disability, the Wake County Sheriff’s Office announced Friday. The incidents are alleged to have occurred in 2022 when Rencher taught […]
The leader of America’s biggest bank wants to see schools doing more to bring students up to pace with the working world, instead of leaving it to businesses to bridge the gap. Jamie Dimon has long been an advocate of getting younger people into well-paid positions, and believes schools should be monitored on whether their […]
A judge on Thursday laid out a plan for a June 2025 trial date for the man accused of murdering four University of Idaho students almost two years ago — a sign that after months of lawyers sparring over legal motions in the high-profile case, both the defendant and the victims’ families are closer to […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio lawmakers advanced a ban on transgender students using bathrooms that fit their gender identity in a late-night state House vote Wednesday just before they left Columbus for the summer. The Republican-backed bill was sent back to the Senate with the amended provision, which pertains to public K-12 schools and institutions […]
The Ohio House on Wednesday voted to ban transgender students from using school bathrooms that align with their gender identity. The surprise, late-night vote concluded a marathon legislative session before lawmakers break for the summer − and potentially until after the November election. House Republicans tacked the measure onto a separate bill dealing with the […]
Refugee students in the Fort Worth Independent School District will soon have access to on-campus counseling services to help them navigate challenges they face in starting school in a new country. The district’s school board approved a memorandum of understanding allowing Catholic Charities Fort Worth to place certified counselors on campuses to work with students […]
Tracie Frazier, a Navy veteran from Florida, enrolled with the University of Arizona Global Campus in August 2022 to advance her career in behavioral health. Three months later, she abruptly unenrolled when she learned the online school had taken out an over $8,000 student loan in her name — without her knowledge. Sonyee Jackson, an […]
The Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office published a report on Tuesday offering information about the impact of gun violence on teenagers. The ‘teenTALK’ report comes after Attorney General Michelle Henry visited four school districts in the last year, including McKeesport, for “candid conversations with students about how gun violence impacts their mental health and what changes […]
This article was originally published in Iowa Capital Dispatch. Always make sure you have an escape route. Stay on paved roads when you can. Don’t get too close. Iowa State University students and instructors chasing storms this spring knew those rules well, remembering their own experiences and having lessons on storm chasing drilled in over […]
Automatic Textbook Billing: Does it help students save money or cost them more? Textbooks can set college students back hundreds or even thousands of dollars. Now some universities are turning to digital course material to try to lower those prices. But some students have mixed reviews about this effort. “I was kind of confused why […]