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The desperate need to renovate student dorms and access to basic facilities

Dorms are dumps, but the architecture is fine in Princeton

Mihir Sharma
October 1, 2019

Maintenance problems of bathrooms and inaccessible basic facilities of the student dorms at Princeton University sorely needed attention. The concerns...

Finance United States

Funding cap for special education to be removed

Kelvin Maina
October 1, 2019

Special education schools are eligible to be reimbursed by Medicaid if a proposed bill is passed in Wyoming. This would...

Law and Courts United States

Student-athlete endorsements welcomed in California

Ken Vincent Rosales
October 1, 2019

Student-athlete endorsements became legal in California when Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the bill allowing California college athletes to receive payment...

Teachers United States

Financial struggles as a student teacher: Cost versus Compensation

Ken Vincent Rosales
September 30, 2019

“I want to be a teacher” is probably one of the most common ambitions we find in high school yearbooks,...

Duke-UNC get their funding for CMES after intervention by the Education Department

Government United States

US Education Department releases CMES $235K funding

Mihir Sharma
September 30, 2019

The Education Department led by Betsy DeVos supported the Consortium of Middle East Studies (CMES) in Duke University-University of North...

New bill to allow personal finance lessons in high school

Finance United States

Personal finance lessons bill wins 49-0 in Penn

Kelvin Maina
September 30, 2019

US Senate Bill 723 will introduce common sense finance classes in high school where students can learn about personal finance....

Online programs sparking interest at Illinois College

E-Learning United States

Online programs increased enrollments at Illinois College

Brian Njuguna
September 30, 2019

Online programs have emerged to be appealing to students at Illinois College as the enrollments at the College have reached...

Security United States

SC shooting incident: Campus security tightened

Ken Vincent Rosales
September 30, 2019

A lockdown was issued Friday dawn after a shooting incident took place on South Carolina State University (SCU) campus injuring...

Finance United States

APARC faces uncertainty with fund expiry

Aroosa Nadeem
September 30, 2019

Asian Pacific American Resource Center (APARC) at the University of Minnesota gets shrouded with doubt since its funding is expiring...