College Rankings Don’t Tell Entire Story of Higher Ed Success
(Photo: Wikimedia, Creative Commons) By Thomas J. Botzman, Ph.D. President, Misericordia University Forbes Magazine loves lists. The publication features an inventory of the world’s billionaires and measures the wealth of the richest families. It ranks the top 100 wealth managers and offers tips on wealth building, among other interesting topics. It More...
New York City Test Scores Improve, But Opt Outs Hold Strong
(Photo: Pixabay, Creative Commons) The latest standardized test score results show that students in New York City have made significant gains on state reading and math exams for 2016. Results show that 38% of More...
US Parents Encouraging Athletics at Cost of Own Retirement
(Photo: Flickr, Creative Commons) Top young athletes dream of winning Olympic gold and receiving college scholarships, but many parents who invest in their children’s activities do so while doing grave damage More...
Australian TV Host Criticizes Scholarship for LGBTI Students
(Photo: News.com.au) Australian television host Sonia Kruger has ignited controversy with her treatment of a scholarship for LGBT children on the television show Today Extra. She reported that the Australian More...
Alaska Sex Education Bill Becomes Law Without Gov Signature
(Photo: Pixabay, Creative Commons) A bill that results in further restrictions on sexual education for Alaskan public schools has officially become law in the state. Governor Bill Walker was faced with a deadline More...
CDC Issues Zika Travel Warning for Miami Neighborhood
(Photo: Flickr, Creative Commons) The CDC has issued an unusual travel warning that advises women who are pregnant and their partners not to enter a small neighborhood north of downtown Miami where the Zika virus has More...
Text Message ‘Nudges’ Can Help Prospective College Students
(Photo: Pexels, Creative Commons) A West Virginia initiative has provided evidence to demonstrate the effect that text message nudges can have on academic outcomes in college, specially in relation to providing More...
Student Gov’t Sanctions Leader Who Posted ‘AllLivesMatter’
(Photo: David Goldman, AP) The vice president of the Student Government Association at the University of Houston has received a punishment from the student senate for her Facebook post criticizing the Black Lives More...
Rhode Island’s New Law Mandates Recess for Kids
(Photo: Pixabay, Creative Commons) By Julia Steiny Ask adults what their favorite subject in grade school was and often you’ll get “recess.” Yes of course, they also liked the science of erupting More...
Survey of UK Architecture Students Shows Mental Health Concerns
(Photo: Wikimedia, Creative Commons) A survey from British magazine The Architects’ Journal suggests that more than one quarter of all architecture students in the United Kingdom have reported mental health More...