Wylie High School alum arrested in Louisiana college hazing death Wylie High School alum arrested in Louisiana college hazing death 00:31 A 20-year-old Southern University student died after an alleged off-campus fraternity hazing ritual in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in late February. The student, Caleb Wilson, “died as the direct result of a hazing incident where…
College student’s classroom is the farm where he works – CBS News Watch CBS News At a time when college is unaffordable for many, some schools are re-imagining higher education, shifting their curricula from general knowledge to providing free training for specific jobs. Mark Strassmann reports from Merced, California. Be the first to know Get…
U.S. headed toward demographic cliff as population ages – CBS News Watch CBS News The U.S. is heading toward a demographic cliff. Over the next decade, there will be fewer 18-year-olds available to fill the nation’s universities. An analysis of census data projects by 2039, the pool will drop by 15% every year thereafter. Jeff…
I loved to obsessively track my two sons on Life 360. When my eldest went to college, I lost sleep because I tracked his every movement. He asked me to stop, and suddenly, I felt peace. When my eldest child was born 21 years ago, I realized that the hospital wasn’t going to give me…
A college student in China missed her last chance to see a dying relative after her dormitory manager insisted on the curfew rule, sparking public fury. Many from the Guangdong Eco-Engineering Polytechnic in southern China’s Guangdong province posted the young woman’s accusations against dorm managers’ indifference in their dorm group chat, on November 24. The…
In part one of a two-part series, the Post takes a look at some of the descriptions and phrases which have arisen in modern-day China. These highlight the dramatic changes that mainland society has undergone in recent times and reflect the very real struggles that people face as they strive for a better life, often…
Credit: Sam Balye Researchers investigated whether letting students use their phones for very brief amounts of time can enhance classroom performance—and it seems to have worked. Their long-term experiment showed that allowing one-minute mobile phone breaks in college classrooms could result in more focus, less mobile use during lectures, and higher test scores. Phones can…