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Tag: Graduation: Page 3
Opinion
Why We Celebrate
Graduation season brings me tremendous joy. I love seeing the various photos, video clips, and stories of graduates who have overcome tremendous odds. Unfortunately, this year’s commencement season has been marked by institutional efforts to police how proud graduates mark the occasion.
May 20, 2018
News Roundup
More Colleges Host Women as Grad Speakers
This graduation season, the podium is all hers. For the first time in at least two decades, the majority of the nation’s top colleges are featuring women as their spring commencement speakers, a shift that industry experts credit to the wave of female empowerment that has fueled the #MeToo movement. Yale is bringing Hillary Clinton. […]
May 10, 2018
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Technology Companies Team Up To Eliminate ‘Summer Melt’
Two innovative technology-based education companies are tackling what education researchers coin “summer melt,” a phenomenon of college-intending students failing to enroll at any institution the fall following their high school graduation. Signal Vine, a text messaging platform, and Study.com have created and shared innovative ways to help vulnerable students potentially at risk of “summer melt” […]
July 23, 2017
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California Looks to Add More Four-year Degree Programs to Community Colleges
A new bill, SB 769, would double the number of four-year degree programs that the community college system can offer from 15 to 30.
February 22, 2017
Students
LeBron James’ Foundation Opens Institute to Aid College Students
AKRON, Ohio ― LeBron James isn’t just helping kids afford college. He wants them to stay there and leave with diplomas. The Cleveland Cavaliers superstar, whose foundation announced a partnership with the University of Akron last year to pay for four years of tuition for inner-city public high school graduates who meet certain criteria, has […]
October 13, 2016
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