Nov 06 For-profit colleges aim to fight regulation with new lawsuit By Kimberly Hefling, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The for-profit college sector filed a lawsuit Thursday that seeks to halt new regulations of its industry. Continue reading
Nov 06 Popular, short-term training programs may not pay off for students By Kyla Calvert Mason Workers considering heading back to school to boost their earning power may want to avoid certificate programs that last less than a year. By the end of the decade more than 60 percent of U.S. jobs are expected to require… Continue reading
Nov 04 Youth reporters investigate how minimum wage, gender and social media affect politics By Thaisi Da Silva As Democrats and Republicans seek out the young adult vote PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs looked at issues surrounding elections in their home states, from a bill on the minimum wage in Arkansas to the role of gender and social… Continue reading
Nov 04 Students’ excitement to run for office tempered by politics By Anna Christiansen PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs asked teens across the country for their reaction to an 18-year-old running for office and whether they could ever imagine themselves doing the same. Continue reading
Nov 04 Teens weigh in on future of American political system By Thaisi Da Silva In October, the PBS NewsHour's Extra team sent an anonymous online questionnaire about politics to 80 schools in the Student Reporting Labs network, which trains middle and high school students in video journalism. Here's what they had to say. Continue reading
Oct 31 Cheating suspicions keep Chinese, South Korean students waiting for SAT scores By Kyla Calvert Mason SAT scores for college hopefuls that took the exam in October are out. That is, unless the test taker is a resident of China or South Korea. Concerns over cheating have the College Board and the Educational Testing Service, the… Continue reading
Oct 30 For toddlers, it’s the quality of the screen time that matters, study reveals By Kyla Calvert Mason Parents, you can give up the twinge of guilt you feel when you let your toddler watch television or play with your smartphone or tablet, according to a new report from Zero to Three. Continue reading
Oct 30 For-profit colleges face ‘gainful employment’ rule By Kimberly Hefling, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- For-profit colleges that don't produce graduates capable of paying off their student loans could soon face the wrath of the federal government. Schools with career-oriented programs that fail to comply with the new rule being announced Thursday by… Continue reading
Oct 28 1 in 6 female undergrads sexually assaulted on MIT campus, survey finds By Kirk Carapezza, WGBH In an unprecedented, broad-based survey, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology polled students about their attitudes and experiences with sexual assault on campus. One in six female undergraduate students who responded to the survey say they’ve experienced sexual assault on the… Continue reading