Tag: universities
Teen makes college dreams come true
Ashley Adirika, 17, was accepted into multiple Ivy League schools. WATCH THE FULL EPISODE OF ‘WORLD NEWS TONIGHT’: https://bit.ly/3uHCDO5 WATCH OTHER FULL EPISODES OF WORLD…
ABC News Live: Biden gives remarks on US special forces operation in Syria
Plus, Russia has accused the U.S. of fueling military tensions as the Ukraine crisis escalates, and the FBI has launched a hate crime investigation into…
One of U.S.’ largest student loan services agrees to $1.8B settlement l GMA
Navient agreed to pay nearly $2 billion to settle claims by 38 states and the District of Columbia that made predatory loans to thousands of…
Major Amazon Web Services outage affects many l WNT
Amazon’s AWS cloud server suffered a major outage on Tuesday that caused problems for many services, including universities, governments, companies and individual users. WATCH THE…
Education Department looking into college cheating scam
The Wall Street Journal reports the U.S. Department of Education is looking into eight universities where athletic coaches are allegedly involved in the college cheating…
The exploding cost of college
ABC News’ Linsey Davis speaks with author and New York Times Columnist Ron Lieber about the rising cost of college and how to navigate financial…
By the Numbers: College enrollment on the decline
A new study finds that college enrollment is down this year overall, and particularly at the nation’s community colleges. source
HBCUs see soaring applications
ABC News’ Kenneth Moton reports on historically black colleges and universities seeing a surge in popularity, bucking application trends for colleges. SUBSCRIBE to ABC NEWS:…
Historically Black colleges making moves to forgive student debt
ABC News’ MaryAlice Parks reports on the growing number of historically Black colleges and universities, known as HBCUs, paying off student loans as Congress considers…
Students square off against police in Hong Kong l ABC News
Schools across the territory are closed as police and pro-democracy protesters clash. READ MORE: https://abcn.ws/2qfzREK #ABCNews #HongKong #HongKongProtest #HongKongPolyU #CarrieLam #HK source
University suspends fraternity after brawl leaves student injured
Nikolas Panagiotopoulos is suing Texas State University’s Pi Kappa Phi chapter, alleging he was left unconscious and suffered spine and traumatic brain injuries after the…
Hot Pockets heiress sentenced in college cheating scandal | ABC News
Michelle Janavs was sentenced to five months behind bars and will pay a $250,000 fine after pleading guilty to paying bribes to get her daughters…
Battle over school tuition pricing begins
As many universities are moving partly or fully online, parents and students alike believe tuition should be reduced. source
Schools and universities struggle with reopening plans during pandemic
One district in Arizona was forced to cancel classes after more than 100 teachers and staff refused to show up for fear of contracting COVID-19….
Professor Cornel West on why he left Harvard over tenure dispute
ABC News’ Linsey Davis speaks with Dr. Cornel West about why he chose to leave Harvard after a dispute over being denied tenure, and about…
