Record number of foreigners study in U.S. while more American students go overseas
A record number of foreign students are enrolled at American colleges and universities in 2012 — led by hundreds of thousands of Chinese — while, at the same time, more American students are studying abroad than ever before, according to a new report. The annual report, released Monday by the Institute of International Education, says […]
John Lennon’s ‘bad boy’ behavior: School detention records up for sale
I’ll use any excuse to write about John Lennon, but here’s a really good one: Twice, John Lennon earned three detentions in the same day when he was a young student at Quarry Bank High School for Boys in Liverpool, according to school detention records being auctioned. According to this story in the Independent (which is […]
America’s veterans: Who they are
Here are some facts and figures explaining who America’s veterans are, when they fought, and more. This is courtesy of the U.S. Census Bureau, which puts out data on major American holidays every year. Veterans Day 2013: Nov. 11 Veterans Day originated as “Armistice Day” on Nov. 11, 1919, the first anniversary of the end […]
Why Veterans Day is on Nov. 11
The 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month. That’s when the armistice ending World War I began in 1918, and that is the origin of Veterans Day (note that it is spelled without an apostrophe), a U.S. holiday often confused with Memorial Day. Memorial Day honors America’s war dead, while Veterans Day […]
Why colleges shouldn’t check online life of applicants
Yes, Jacob and Sophia and Emma and Mason and all you other students planning to apply to college some year soon: Your online life can affect your chances of getting into the school of your dreams — or any school at all. Fair or not. According to a new survey, more college admissions officers than […]
11-10-13 The Answer Sheet
The Answer Sheet: Tolstoy endures — but here’s why the liberal arts might notAre the liberal arts really dying in higher education, and if so, how fast? Writing about it in this post is Liz Willen, editor at The Hechinger Report, an independently funded unit of Teachers College at Columbia University. She is also director of The Hechinger Institute on Education and the Media at Teachers College