Outcomes for workers without a degree are improving In fact, young adults without a college degree are doing better than they have in years, according to Pew’s analysis of government data. Their earnings mostly trended lower since the mid-1970s, largely due to increased automation and a shift away from manufacturing and unionization. Then things turned … Read more
Ute Grabowsky | Photothek | Getty Images Computer science is not a new major at top schools, but with AI jobs in high-demand, there’s a growing list of colleges and universities offering a four-year “AI” degree specifically. These programs generally move beyond the foundations of computer science to home in on topics such as machine … Read more
Watch out, Ivies, there’s a new endowment performer in town. Baylor University’s $2 billion endowment — a fraction of those in the Ivy League — generated a 6.4% return for the fiscal year that ended June 30, outperforming the entire conference. Harvard’s endowment, the largest at $50.7 billion, returned 2.9%. What’s more, Baylor’s annualized return … Read more
Watch out, Ivies, there’s a new endowment performer in town. Baylor University’s $2 billion endowment â a fraction of those in the Ivy League â generated a 6.4% return for the fiscal year that ended June 30, outperforming the entire conference. Harvard’s endowment, the largest at $50.7 billion, returned 2.9%. What’s more, Baylor’s annualized return … Read more
NEW YORK — A New York City medical school will be tuition-free for all students from now on thanks to a $1 billion donation from a former professor, the widow of a Wall Street investor. Ruth Gottesman announced the gift and its purpose to students and faculty at Albert Einstein College of Medicine Monday, bringing … Read more
The U.S. Department of Education announced Monday it is introducing a “FAFSA College Support Strategy” with additional personnel, funding, resources and technology to help colleges process the new Free Application for Federal Student Aid forms after the rollout was repeatedly complicated by a number of setbacks. “We are determined to get this right,” U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel … Read more
A judge says a former UCLA gynecologist who was sentenced to prison for sexually abusing student patients can be retried on charges involving four other women ByThe Associated Press November 3, 2023, 8:28 PM FILE – James Heaps appears in the Los Angeles Superior Court on June 26, 2019. Heaps, a former gynecologist at the … Read more