Only a quarter of U.S. students proficient in geography: report (Reuters)
Reuters – About a quarter of U.S. students are proficient in geography, according to a report released on Tuesday.
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O’Brien to Dartmouth grads: Failure is freeing (AP)
AP – Conan O’Brien, a Harvard alumnus, had some teasing criticism for another Ivy League school Sunday.
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O’Brien to Dartmouth grads: Failure is freeing
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The Unexpectedly Lucrative Career of Cleaning Up After Ivy Leaguers (The Atlantic Wire)
The Atlantic Wire – At least one woman is making a smooth six-figure salary cleaning up after Penn frat boys. This Cadillac-driving, toilet-scrubbing 51 year-old named Kia Grasty loves her work picking up after some of the Ivy League university’s wealthiest and most privileged students, including the son of NYPD Blue’s Kim Delaney. According to a Daily Beast profile:
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Is the ‘Birther’ Movement a Form of Racism? (ContributorNetwork)
ContributorNetwork – COMMENTARY | Donald Trump proudly said he has a “great relationship with the blacks.” Then he later went on to say he didn’t think President Barack Obama was born in this country and was most certainly not qualified to attend an Ivy League university.
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New Jersey’s Christie to teachers: I could be Mr. Nice Guy (Reuters)
Reuters – New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, a tough talking school reformer, said on Friday that even a hint of compromise from the state teachers union could turn him into Mr. Nice Guy.
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Breitbart Video Claims University of Missouri Teaches Labor Violence (The Atlantic Wire)
The Atlantic Wire – Players: Andrew Breitbart; Judy Ancel and Don Giljum, instructors at the University of Missouri’s Kansas City and St. Louis campuses, respectively; University of Missouri Provost Gail Hackett.
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Breitbart Video Claims University of Missouri Teaches Labor Violence
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Did Amy Chua’s Daughter Really Need a Tiger Mom to Get Into Harvard? (Time.com)
Time.com – Now that her eldest cub is bound for the Ivy League, the Tiger Mom has been tamed
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Can Facebook Posts Lead to College Rejections? (U.S. News & World Report)
U.S. News & World Report – ‘Tis the season. Colleges have sent out their admissions decisions, with prospective students eagerly sorting through acceptances and rejections. This week’s question from Derrick L. in New York, N.Y. tackles the question of whether an applicant’s social media activity has an effect on college admissions.
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Can Facebook Posts Lead to College Rejections?
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Feds investigate sex misconduct complaints at Yale (AP)
AP – Federal civil rights officials are investigating complaints by Yale University students that the Ivy League university has a sexually hostile environment and has failed to adequately respond to sexual harassment concerns.
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Feds investigate sex misconduct complaints at Yale
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The Ivy League Earnings Myth (U.S. News & World Report)
U.S. News & World Report – Do you need to graduate from an Ivy League school or other super elite college to earn the highest salaries?
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The Ivy League Earnings Myth
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