Susan Svrluga The Washington Post
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Woman Who Paid $9,000 To Have Someone Take Classes As Son Pleads Guilty
A woman from California has agreed to plead guilty to a charge filed Monday alleging that she paid $9,000 to have someone take online classes to help her son graduate from Georgetown University, according to federal prosecutors.
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Babies Understand Aspect Of Counting Way Before Saying Numbers: Study
When she was a graduate student at Johns Hopkins University, Jinjing Jenny Wang kept wondering: How do children learn to count?
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Palestinian Student Denied Entry To US Now Allowed To Attend Harvard
A Palestinian student who was denied entry to the United States last month is now on campus at Harvard University and is expected to begin classes Tuesday, a Harvard official confirmed.
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Harvard Freshman Deported From Airport Over Friends' Social Media Posts
Ismail Ajjawi touched down at Boston Logan International Airport on Friday night, prepared to begin his freshman year at Harvard University. The 17-year-old Palestinian student never left the airport.
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"Run, Hide Or Fight": False Alert Causes Panic At US University
An alert buzzed on cellphones and computers Tuesday morning, warning of an active threat to George Mason University: "Mason Alert: A person with a weapon is on the Fairfax Campus. RUN, HIDE, or FIGHT," the email began.
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On First Day Of School, Retired Official Stabbed To Death In California
A retired administrator was fatally stabbed Monday on the first day of the school year at California State University at Fullerton, with the assailant seen fleeing the scene, police said.
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After Warning, US Universities Worry At Possible Loss Of Chinese Students
China's warning Monday about the "risks" to students of coming to the United States could pose a major challenge for U.S. higher education because China is the largest source of international enrollment for America's colleges and universities.
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Colorado Community Mourns 'Hero' Student Who Died In School Shooting
He was a high school senior, set to graduate this week.
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2 Killed, 4 Injured In US University Campus Shooting On Last School Day
Two people were killed and four others were injured after shots were fired Tuesday at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
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Harvard Sued By Slave Descendant Over 19th Century Images Of Her Ancestor
When Tamara Lanier was a little girl, she said, her mother would often tell her stories about her great-great-great-grandfather, whom she called Papa Renty. He was from Congo, enslaved on a plantation in South Carolina, Lanier said, and her mother was especially proud he taught other enslaved people to read with a blue-backed spelling book. He woul...
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Florida College Student Arrested With Automatic Rifle, Ammunition In Car
A University of Central Florida sophomore was arrested after police found an automatic weapon in his car on campus, according to university officials.
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Ex-Student Sues University For Negligence After His Attempted Suicide
A Washington and Lee University freshman was contemplating suicide, planning to plunge off a campus bridge. The student went to see a counselor, who, after five or 10 minutes, excused herself because she had another appointment, according to a lawsuit filed this week.
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Court Tells North Korea To Pay $501 Million For Death Of US Student
A federal court judge on Monday ordered North Korea to pay the parents of Otto Warmbier more than $500 million, holding the country accountable for the "barbaric mistreatment" and death of the University of Virginia student.
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Google Offers Money to Universities to Use Artificial Intelligence to Scale Up Research
Google is offering $25 million to universities and nonprofits that have research ideas that can be expanded by using artificial intelligence and other technology to solve problems.
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Play More, Worry Less: A Class At Yale Aims To Help Students Learn How To Live The Good Life
It was mid-semester, with exams and papers looming, everyone exhausted and stressed. There was one rule: They couldn't use the hour and a quarter of unexpected free time to study. They had to just enjoy it.
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Woman Who Paid $9,000 To Have Someone Take Classes As Son Pleads Guilty
A woman from California has agreed to plead guilty to a charge filed Monday alleging that she paid $9,000 to have someone take online classes to help her son graduate from Georgetown University, according to federal prosecutors.
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Babies Understand Aspect Of Counting Way Before Saying Numbers: Study
When she was a graduate student at Johns Hopkins University, Jinjing Jenny Wang kept wondering: How do children learn to count?
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Palestinian Student Denied Entry To US Now Allowed To Attend Harvard
A Palestinian student who was denied entry to the United States last month is now on campus at Harvard University and is expected to begin classes Tuesday, a Harvard official confirmed.
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Harvard Freshman Deported From Airport Over Friends' Social Media Posts
Ismail Ajjawi touched down at Boston Logan International Airport on Friday night, prepared to begin his freshman year at Harvard University. The 17-year-old Palestinian student never left the airport.
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"Run, Hide Or Fight": False Alert Causes Panic At US University
An alert buzzed on cellphones and computers Tuesday morning, warning of an active threat to George Mason University: "Mason Alert: A person with a weapon is on the Fairfax Campus. RUN, HIDE, or FIGHT," the email began.
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On First Day Of School, Retired Official Stabbed To Death In California
A retired administrator was fatally stabbed Monday on the first day of the school year at California State University at Fullerton, with the assailant seen fleeing the scene, police said.
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After Warning, US Universities Worry At Possible Loss Of Chinese Students
China's warning Monday about the "risks" to students of coming to the United States could pose a major challenge for U.S. higher education because China is the largest source of international enrollment for America's colleges and universities.
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Colorado Community Mourns 'Hero' Student Who Died In School Shooting
He was a high school senior, set to graduate this week.
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2 Killed, 4 Injured In US University Campus Shooting On Last School Day
Two people were killed and four others were injured after shots were fired Tuesday at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
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Harvard Sued By Slave Descendant Over 19th Century Images Of Her Ancestor
When Tamara Lanier was a little girl, she said, her mother would often tell her stories about her great-great-great-grandfather, whom she called Papa Renty. He was from Congo, enslaved on a plantation in South Carolina, Lanier said, and her mother was especially proud he taught other enslaved people to read with a blue-backed spelling book. He woul...
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Florida College Student Arrested With Automatic Rifle, Ammunition In Car
A University of Central Florida sophomore was arrested after police found an automatic weapon in his car on campus, according to university officials.
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Ex-Student Sues University For Negligence After His Attempted Suicide
A Washington and Lee University freshman was contemplating suicide, planning to plunge off a campus bridge. The student went to see a counselor, who, after five or 10 minutes, excused herself because she had another appointment, according to a lawsuit filed this week.
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Court Tells North Korea To Pay $501 Million For Death Of US Student
A federal court judge on Monday ordered North Korea to pay the parents of Otto Warmbier more than $500 million, holding the country accountable for the "barbaric mistreatment" and death of the University of Virginia student.
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Google Offers Money to Universities to Use Artificial Intelligence to Scale Up Research
Google is offering $25 million to universities and nonprofits that have research ideas that can be expanded by using artificial intelligence and other technology to solve problems.
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Play More, Worry Less: A Class At Yale Aims To Help Students Learn How To Live The Good Life
It was mid-semester, with exams and papers looming, everyone exhausted and stressed. There was one rule: They couldn't use the hour and a quarter of unexpected free time to study. They had to just enjoy it.
