San Francisco Art Institute to Merge with University of San Francisco

Leaders of the financially troubled San Francisco Art Institute say they have formalized their plans to integrate operations and academic programs with the University of San Francisco, a private Jesuit university, eventually leading the university to buy the 150-year-old university. Art School. In a newsletterThe art school said Wednesday that the heads of the two …

As US Hunts Chinese Spies, University Scientists Warn

This fear emerges as China begins to experience a reverse brain drain. In the last decade, an increasing number of Chinese scientists withdrawn to the country with the promise of plentiful funds, impressive titles and national pride. More recently, scientists returning to China cited a hostile environment in the United States as a factor. Westlake …

Richard M. Ohmann, 90, Died; Brought Radical Politics to University

He used his leadership role at Wesleyan University in Connecticut to help create some of the nation’s first programs in gender studies and African-American studies, and was editor of College English and Radical Teacher, two influential journals that spread his ideas in academia. World. He invited other left-wing scholars to edit the topics he devoted …

University of Arizona Holds Open Auditions for Football Season

When asked what position she hopes to play in, Rachel Shamblott, a 5-foot-6, 135-pound freshman from Minneapolis, smiled and said: “Tight end – like Gronk.” (All-Pro tight end and jolly Rob Gronkowski was an Arizona star.) Two former high school football players said they were inspired by Vanderbilt football goalkeeper Sarah Fuller, who received critical …

Creating Accounts for Kindergartens and Hoping to Grow the University

Feeling unprepared after high school, Ms. Tiller struggled at community college and eventually dropped out. “I know life is hard,” she said, “and I don’t want to see them struggling like I have to.” Child savings accounts were designed 30 years ago by Michael Sherraden, founder From the Center for Social Development at the University …

Robinhood Hits University Campuses That Credit Card Companies Fear

Robinhood, the free stock trading app 21 million active users and counting, about to go college coffee shop tour to gain new customers. Now where have we heard this before? Ah, yes, the credit card industry. The campus antics of the card companies up to twenty years ago were so gruesome that 2009 federal law …

Robinhood Hits University Campuses That Credit Card Companies Fear

Robinhood, the free stock trading app 21 million active users and counting, about to go college coffee shop tour to gain new customers. Now where have we heard this before? Ah, yes, the credit card industry. The campus antics of the card companies up to twenty years ago were so gruesome that 2009 federal law …

Rice University Says A Covid Test Error Caused False Positives

Rice University, where more than 95 percent of students are vaccinated, announced the transition to remote classrooms last week after testing saw an extremely high number of community members have breakthrough Covid infections. The university now says these results were badly skewed by a test error. Of the 4,500 tests administered at the Rice campus, …

New Report Measures ‘Return on Investment’ of Various University Degrees

Here are some questions and answers about college costs: How much does a four-year college degree cost these days? The average published cost of a four-year public university, including in-state tuition, fees, room and board, is currently about $22,000 One year, according to the College Board. Average annual costs at four-year private, for-profit colleges are …