Academics targeted for men of color The College Board unveiled an initiative at a forum at Harvard University yesterday to improve the academic achievement of young men of color, saying that bolstering their educational success should be a national priority.
Big Ten’s Delany among four commissioners paid $1 million Four of college football’s six powerhouse conferences paid their top executives $1 million or more, an Associated Press analysis of tax records shows, far eclipsing the compensation of most university presidents.
The Scientist Communication helps target tumors A new technique that uses nanoparticles and engineered proteins to broadcast the location of cancer in the body can deliver up to a 40-fold greater concentration of chemotherapy drugs to tumors than untargeted cancer treatments. The new technique, published online yesterday (June 19) in Nature Materials, could inform the development of more efficient therapies that […]
The Cooperstown Crier Granddaughter follows in local grandmother’s tradition Mabel Chase taught history at Milford Central School for 20 years. Now her granddaughter, Mackenzie Chase, is promoting education for another generation.
NECN Rising cost of college Hardly news that the cost of college is skyrocketing here’s how much. According to inflation data dot com the price of just about everything you buy the overall inflation rate between 1985 and 2010 was 107%. But the increase in the price of tuition and other associated costs over that same 25 year period was […]
CBS Sports Crime data don’t support Ray Lewis’ claims Most of us are aware of Ray Lewis’ warning last month that if the lockout looms, and there is no football, crime rate will increase.
Colleges should stop imitating Harvard Is college an invaluable waste of time? You bet. But it’s about to get even more valuable.
The Boston Herald It wasn’t always this way for Boston fans Boston’s young generation of sports fans - already relishing seven championship wins in their short lives – have been spared the heartache and misery the Hub teams gave their parents growing up.
Mass. economic recovery shows weakness in May Massachusetts continued its uneven economic recovery last month as employers cut payrolls last month and thousands of residents stopped looking for work â a sign that jobs are still hard to get.
Global Post Egypt struggles to lure tourists back to the country On the night of Jan. 28, as Cairo’s police forces retreated from the waves of angry protesters advancing on Tahrir Square through thick clouds of white tear gas, just one block away, thieves broke into the world-famous, and once-highly secure, Egyptian Museum.
Business Week Getting In MBA Admissions Directors Tackle Plagiarism Business schools are making it a priority to combat plagiarism in admissions essays, following an incident last year when a Penn State admissions officer discovered dozens of MBA applicants who copied verbatim from an online essay. Next Wednesday, admissions officers will be gathering in Boston to speak about plagiarism and integrity in application essays at […]
Students seek productive summer Too old for traditional summer camp but too young to hold jobs, middle school students are at an impressionable stage â and they have time on their hands, said David Roach, cochairman of the governor’s Commonwealth Corps Commission.