Nick Anderson | The Seattle Times

January 15, 2022 at 6:26 am

As the omicron semester starts, online or in person, colleges are tense VIEW

What this COVID surge will mean for campuses in coming weeks remains unclear. Students and professors worry about the public health risks of staying open...

July 6, 2021 at 5:36 am

Nikole Hannah-Jones to join Howard faculty after UNC tenure controversy

WASHINGTON - Journalists Nikole Hannah-Jones and Ta-Nehisi Coates are joining Howard University's faculty, school officials announced Tuesday in a major recruiting victory for the prominent...

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April 29, 2021 at 7:22 am

Little concern about J&J COVID-19 vaccine nationwide

INDIANAPOLIS — A blue card sat on the windshield of Josh Woolvin's black Hyundai Tucson on Tuesday, a spot of color in the sunshine at...

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April 5, 2021 at 5:50 am

More students applied to top colleges this year. How making test scores optional opened the field.

Akosa Obianwu dreams of studying public health, and he has admission offers in hand from Johns Hopkins University and several other competitive schools. Now this...

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March 25, 2021 at 3:16 pm

USC and plaintiffs agree to $852 million settlement in sexual abuse case involving former gynecologist

USC and attorneys for the plaintiffs made the terms public after a hearing in Los Angeles County Superior Court. The magnitude of the settlement made...

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January 19, 2021 at 6:18 am

College Board is scrapping SAT’s optional essay and subject tests

The pandemic, which shuttered schools last March and continues to disrupt all levels of education, has created unprecedented turmoil for the SAT and the rival...

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August 21, 2020 at 9:36 am

Actress Lori Loughlin sentenced to two months in prison in college admissions bribery scandal

Actress Lori Loughlin and her husband, fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli, were sentenced Friday to spend months in federal prison for participating in a fraudulent scheme...

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August 9, 2020 at 3:28 pm

School year like no other launches with chaos coast to coast

WASHINGTON - It's going to be screen time all the time for kindergartners and graduate students alike. Teachers are threatening strikes. And students are already...

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May 21, 2020 at 7:44 am

In a switch, actress Loughlin, husband agree to plead guilty in college admissions case

Lori Loughlin and Mossimo Giannulli have agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy charges in connection with a scheme to get their two daughters fraudulently admitted...

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February 7, 2020 at 12:24 pm

Businessman gets nine months of prison in college admissions scandal, the stiffest penalty yet

A former asset management executive from California was sentenced Friday to nine months in prison for conspiring to commit fraud and money laundering in an...

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