The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is an extraordinary achievement amid aggressive geopolitics, self-defeating trade wars, and accelerating global pandemic. It is also a leap toward a better future. Last June, the ministers of RCEP countries underscored their determination to sign the free-trade agreement amid unprecedented headwinds in global trade, […]
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Poll finds ‘stark racial and income disparities’ in COVID-era education | Education
Support Local Journalism Your subscription makes our reporting possible. {{featured_button_text}} He said the state must find a way to address the unequal education and learning opportunities that otherwise will hinder children’s development. The results were released amid increasing pressure to move to even more remote learning, as the number of […]
Howard University honors alumna Kamala Harris’s historic campaign
“May God Bless!!,” wrote Wayne A.I. Frederick, president of the university. Harris has been outspoken about Howard and the ways the school has shaped her life and career. She arrived on the Washington campus in the 1980s, eager to build a community of students like herself. Now, Howard is honoring […]
Academics, video game makers team up in rare collaboration
LONDON (AP) — A study by Oxford University researchers on how playing video games affects mental health used data from video game makers, marking what the authors say is a rare collaboration between academics and the game industry. Lack of transparency from game makers has long been an issue for […]
Is Jeffrey Toobin’s career over?
For many working in media, Jeffrey Toobin has enjoyed a career to kill for, starting with the fact that he has been a longtime writer for the New Yorker, one of the most enviable journalism gigs on the planet. The former federal prosecutor, 60, also has penned best-selling books on […]
Celebrating First-Generation College Day And Beyond
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Nicole Ojeda is the president of our Student Government Association on Pace University’s New York City campus. In fact, she’s a born leader. She has been executive secretary of our Latin American student organization and the founding executive vice president of our hip hop dance team, Urban Sound. Nicole is […]
Apex Learning and Illuminate Education Partner to Inform Meaningful Instruction
Apex Learning, a recognized leader in online learning and Illuminate Education, a leading K-12 student performance system, announce a new partnership. The new partnership provides schools and districts the ability to correlate learning gap assessments to digital curriculum, enabling individualized learning pathways for students in the critical subjects of Math and […]
Howard university celebrates Kamala Harris
Hundreds of people gathered on the campus of Howard University to celebrate their sister Kamala Harris after her announcement as Vice President-Elect. WASHINGTON — Hundreds of people gathered on the campus of Howard University to celebrate their sister Kamala Harris after her announcement as Vice President-Elect. “When you come to […]
China positions rocket ahead of ambitious lunar mission
BEIJING (AP) — China on Tuesday moved a massive rocket into place in preparation for launching a mission to bring back materials from the moon for the first time in four decades. The Long March-5 was transported by tractor from its hangar to the nearby launch site at the space […]
Making A Career Pivot From Ballet Dancer To Business Development
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“Once you begin to feel a sense of success and accomplishment in a new role, you begin to build more confidence, which will only keep you going in the right direction. Life is a journey and there are many layers so just keep going!” – Angessa Lynn Hughmanick Angessa Lynn […]
Uneven Impact But Not As Bad As Originally Expected
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getty Last spring after all colleges and universities abruptly closed their campuses and went to remote learning, predictions about enrollment in fall 2020 were dire. Expectations of significant enrollment declines were pervasive as the recruitment process for new students was upended and as many current students expressed dissatisfaction with online […]
Higher Education Leaders Team Up to Reimagine Online Pedagogy
CHICAGO, Nov. 19, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — A new coalition of former college presidents and higher education experts, announced today, will help colleges and universities more effectively use technology to spark students’ intrinsic curiosity and improve academic outcomes. Convened by the pioneering inquiry-based engagement platform Packback, the initiative, known as the Academic […]
Edinboro University to cut the equivalent of dozens of faculty jobs in spring
EDINBORO — Edinboro University plans to eliminate the equivalent of 56 full-time faculty jobs next spring. © GREG WOHLFORD FILE PHOTO/ERIE TIMES-NEWS The Edinboro University campus is shown in this Sept. 9 photo. Affected faculty members were notified by the university Friday. Load Error The cuts include 21 tenured or tenure-track faculty […]
How Old Is the Oldest Stuff in the Solar System?
The Earth is old. Real old. Sometimes it is hard to truly grasp just how old it is compared to human lifespans, but if we say time represented in a century is the same as the length of a football field (100 yards or 91 meters), then all of Earth’s […]
Scotland captain Andy Robertson hails ‘most emotional night’ of his career after reaching Euro 2020
© Provided by The Independent Andrew Robertson described Scotland’s tense Euro 2020 play-off final win over Serbia as the most emotional match of his career. The captain missed one of Scotland’s best chances in the game but it mattered not as they came through a dramatic penalty shootout 5-4, having […]
BBC Learning and Tynker Collaborate on Coding for Kids with a Next-Generation Education Technology Mini-Computer
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–BBC Learning, a division of BBC Studios and Tynker, a world-leading K-12 creative coding platform have partnered to bring engaging next-generation coding education to students with the BBC Doctor Who HiFive Inventor, including coding lessons narrated by the star of the Thirteenth Doctor, Jodie Whittaker, on November 23, […]
Earth is fighting a laser duel with the exploding Carina Nebula
Four orange laser beams blaze through the Milky Way while an angry purple nebula transfixes us with its death-stare. Happily (or sadly, depending on how much news you’ve consumed this week), Earth is not doomed; in fact, it’s an Earthly telescope that’s launching the lasers in this epic image from […]
Tiger Roll’s career in doubt after Cheltenham pull up
The racing career of Tiger Roll, the Grand National winner in 2018 and 2019, is shrouded in doubt after an uncharacteristically listless display in the Glenfarclas Cross-Country Chase here on Friday, which prompted Robbie Power to pull up on the 10-year-old with more than a mile still to run. Tiger […]
College Football Rankings 2020: Week 11 Standings, Schedule and Predictions | Bleacher Report
Rogelio V. Solis/Associated Press For the first time in the 2020 college football season, the No. 1 spot in the AP Top 25 and Coaches Poll changed hands. The Alabama Crimson Tide are now on top after the Clemson Tigers’ Week 10 loss to the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, and […]
Walmart and North Carolina A&T State University Team up to Launch ‘Equity in Education Initiative’
Walmart and North Carolina A&T State University Team up to Launch ‘Equity in Education Initiative’ Today, Walmart and America’s largest and top-ranked historically black university, North Carolina A&T State University, are announcing plans to launch the Equity in Education Initiative, a new program aimed at increasing the number of African […]