Sat.Aug 10, 2024

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Harvard declines to remove Sackler name from museum and campus building

The Guardian Higher Education

Committee rejects student denaming proposal despite role of Sackler-owned Purdue Pharma in US opioid epidemic Harvard University has decided that it will not remove the name of the Sackler family from two of its buildings, despite years of protests from families of opioid overdose victims and anti-opioid groups. In its recent denaming proposal update, a Harvard review committee rebuffed a 23-page proposal filed in October 2022 by Harvard College Overdose Prevention and Education Students to dena

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Winter 2024 Sponsored Projects at the College for Creative Studies

College for Creative Study

Over the course of the Winter semester, the College for Creative Studies hosted 13 sponsored projects and competitions across a variety of disciplines. Students from Communication Design and Fashion Design to Graduate Color and Materials Design and Product Design were able to partner with local and global brands to work on a specific project tailored to meet the needs of our industry partners.

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More UK students set to get into first-choice university than in previous years

The Guardian Higher Education

As international intake dwindles, leading institutions become less cautious about offers post-Covid School leavers collecting their A-level results on Thursday will have an easier time getting into their chosen university than their predecessors in the past two years, experts are predicting. A record number of 18-year-olds are competing for university places this year, but experts said that many universities hope to fill accommodation and lecture theatres with more UK students, due to anxiety ab

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ISA Veritas: The Program and My Experience

ISA Journal

I believe that everyone’s experience in ISA Veritas is unique depending on the term and location, but I wanted to share my personal story of what it has been for me this summer in Seville, Spain. What is Veritas? Veritas is a Christian study abroad program that exists within ISA.

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2U Collapse Puts Sallie Mae and SLABS Back on the Radar (Glen McGhee)

Higher Education Inquirer

The collapse of 2U and its subsidiary edX has put Sallie Mae (SLM) on the radar. Many of those elite brand certificate programs (under the name Harvard, MIT, Cal Berkeley) were propped up by Sallie Mae private student loans. When the adult learners who took these certificate courses from edX did not get better jobs that they were promised, some ended up struggling to pay their loans.