What If Elite Colleges Switched To A Lottery For Admissions?
What if we just pulled names out of a hat to find out who gets into America's top colleges? K-12 lottery systems might give us an idea about what would happen.
Education
Critics Worry American Music College Will Be Shuttered After Proposed Sale
The newly disclosed sale agreement of Westminster Choir College to a conglomerate partly owned by the Chinese government appears to state that the prospective owners can close the school at any time.
Sparkle Unicorns And Fart Ninjas: What Parents Can Do About Gendered Toys
Toys are more pink and blue than ever before, experts say. But before you ban the sparkle unicorns and foam-dart blasters, consider other ways to help kids expand their play possibilities.
Duke Whistleblower Gets More Than $33 Million In Research Fraud Settlement
Duke University is paying the U.S. government $112.5 million to settle accusations that it submitted bogus data to win federal research grants.
Trump Turns To Higher Education; And A Selective New York City High School Struggles With Diversity
Also in this week's roundup: the White House outlined its proposals on the Higher Education Act, and only 7 black students were admitted into one of New York's most selective high schools.
This Refugee Was A Daydream Believer When It Came To College
John Awiel Chol Diing and his family fled South Sudan when he was 4. He grew up in camps but always hoped he'd find a way out of the "end zone."
How Admissions Really Work: If The College Admissions Scandal Shocked You, Read This
There are lots of legal ways that wealthy students get into America's top schools.
Students In Ukraine Learn How To Spot Fake Stories, Propaganda And Hate Speech
A new report says students who received media literacy training were 18 percent better at identifying false reports than students without the lessons. Girls gained more knowledge than boys.
Trump And Universities In Fight Over Free Speech, Federal Research Funding
The president signed an executive order on Thursday conditioning research grants on "compliance with the First Amendment."
Charlottesville Schools Closed Following 'Racially Charged' Threat
Police say they have arrested a 17-year-old male for allegedly making threats targeting specific ethnic groups at Virginia's Charlottesville High School.