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The bosses who don’t care about your Ivy League degree

It’s hard to get a job at Charlie Gipple’s financial advisory firm if you went to the wrong college—like Harvard, Yale or Princeton. “If I were hiring somebody to be my right-hand person today, there’s not a chance in hell it would be an Ivy League person," says Gipple, who graduated from the University of Northern Iowa and manages a …

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6 months, 1 week ago

Ivy league: Inside the subreddit that predicts your chances of getting into top schools.

Slate

“Female, Caucasian, FL, medium-sized public high school, middle class.” A description like this starts almost every post in the subreddit r/ChanceMe. The demographic one-liner is usually followed by a cryptic string of letters and numbers like “ACT: 31 4.651w/4.000u; 2/317” and lists of schools labeled “Safety,” “Match,” and “Reach.” Finally, posts typically end with a variation of the same two …

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1 year ago

Harvard seeks to move past firestorm brought on by school President Claudine Gay’s resignation

Associated Press

— Harvard University on Wednesday sought to move beyond the firestorm brought on by the plagiarism allegations, congressional testimony and resignation of Claudine Gay, the school’s first Black president, as it seeks a new leader and tries to heal divisions at the elite Ivy League school. The search for a new president will begin “in due course” and will include …

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1 year ago

Republican Elise Stefanik claims credit for Harvard president’s resignation

The Independent

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1 year ago

Claudine Gay steps down as Harvard President over plagiarism claims, antisemitism controversy

Hindustan Times

Harvard University President Claudine Gay resigned Tuesday amid plagiarism accusations and criticism over testimony at a congressional hearing where she was unable to say unequivocally that calls on campus for the genocide of Jews would violate the school’s conduct policy. Dr. Claudine Gay, President of Harvard University, testifies before the House Education and Workforce Committee at the Rayburn House Office …

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1 year ago

Harvard president Claudine Gay resigns amid plagiarism claims, backlash from antisemitism testimony

Associated Press

— Harvard University President Claudine Gay resigned Tuesday amid plagiarism accusations and criticism over testimony at a congressional hearing where she was unable to say unequivocally that calls on campus for the genocide of Jews would violate the school’s conduct policy. Days later, the Harvard Corporation said it found two additional examples of “duplicative language without appropriate attribution.” The board …

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55 years ago

The College President Discourse Has Taken an Even Dumber Turn

Slate

This is Totally Normal Quote of the Day, a feature highlighting a statement from the news that exemplifies just how extremely normal everything has become. Elise Stefanik and Kathy Manning Elise Stefanik wasn’t too terribly concerned about antisemitism in 2021, when she Stefanik’s campaign against Ivy League presidents didn’t just rely on antisemitism charges; it also featured a rearguard effort …

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1 year ago

Harvard board keeps president as leader of Ivy League school following antisemitism backlash

Associated Press

— Harvard President Claudine Gay will remain leader of the prestigious Ivy League school following her comments last week at a congressional hearing on antisemitism, the university’s highest governing body announced Tuesday. President Gay has apologized for how she handled her congressional testimony and has committed to redoubling the university’s fight against antisemitism.” In an interview with The Harvard Crimson …

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1 year ago

Backlash to House testimony shines spotlight on new generation of Ivy League presidents

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The university presidents called before a congressional hearing on antisemitism last week had more in common than strife on their campuses: The leaders of the University of Pennsylvania, Harvard and MIT were all women who were relatively new in their positions. The presidents drew fire for carefully worded responses to a line of questioning from New York Republican …

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1 year ago

Harvard president will stay on the job despite backlash over her congressional testimony

LA Times

Harvard President Claudine Gay will remain leader of the Ivy League institution despite a backlash over her comments last week at a congressional hearing on antisemitism, the university’s highest governing body announced Tuesday. “Our extensive deliberations affirm our confidence that President Gay is the right leader to help our community heal and to address the very serious societal issues we …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Ivy League university in crisis after top donor threatens to pull $100m

The Independent

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Harvard President Claudine Gay said in …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Harvard president apologizes for remarks on campus antisemitism

The Independent

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. At the Tuesday hearing, Gay said …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Ivy League presidents reckon with swift backlash to remarks on campus antisemitism

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Facing heavy criticism, the University of Pennsylvania’s president walked back some of her remarks given earlier this week at a congressional hearing on campus antisemitism, saying she should have gone further to condemn hate against Jewish students. Much of the blowback centered on a heated line of questioning from Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., who repeatedly asked whether “calling …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Ivy League presidents reckon with swift backlash to remarks on campus antisemitism

The Independent

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Much of the blowback centered on a heated …

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1 year, 10 months ago

‘Every number is good': Analytics helping speed up baseball

Associated Press

A strike zone that looks more like a stop sign than a rectangle. There probably is more coming,” Major League Baseball executive vice president Morgan Sword said Friday at the MIT Sloan School Sports Analytics Conference. “We’re rushing to get stuff done that should have been done 30 years ago,” James said on the conference’s baseball rules panel. The robo-umps …

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2 years, 1 month ago

NFL games during 2020 season led to significant COVID spikes, study says

LA Times

Dallas Cowboys players run onto the field at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, before a game against the Philadelphia Eagles on Dec. 27, 2020. A study published Friday determined NFL games played during the 2020 season before a vaccine was available led to spikes in COVID cases. “Given what we knew about COVID-19 and the way it spreads, we weren’t …

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2 years, 7 months ago

Op-Ed: Tired of memorizing so many passwords? Too bad: The alternatives aren’t better yet

LA Times

Delta Air Lines allows passengers to use facial recognition cameras to confirm their identity at an LAX boarding gate in 2019. Signing in via face or fingerprint recognition saves us from memorizing yet another password, and can reduce the risks of hacking and phishing — when online attackers trick users into handing over their passwords. Microsoft’s Windows Hello biometrics program …

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3 years, 2 months ago

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell 'was paid $128million in salary and bonuses the last two years'

Daily Mail

Thanks largely to new media deals worth more than $113 billion over the next decade, and a new collective bargaining agreement with players that promises to maintain labor peace over that time, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell earned $128 million in salary and bonuses over the last two years, it has been revealed. Thanks largely to new media deals worth more …

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3 years, 3 months ago

10 US universities you can apply to with top courses and subjects on offer

India Today

The US often comes across as the first choice for aspirants who are aiming for quality higher education abroad and in turn a global career. The University has 13 different degree schools, and the most popular among which are: The University of Chicago Booth School of Business The University of Chicago Law School Biological Sciences Division Physical Sciences Division 6. …

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3 years, 11 months ago

FBI Arrests Prolific Racist Twitter Troll 'Ricky Vaughn' For 2016 Election Interference

Huff Post

Douglass Mackey, a financial industry washout turned notorious white nationalist Twitter troll, was arrested in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Jan. 27, 2021. HTTPS://GAB.AI/CANTWELL A notorious alt-right operative, Douglass Mackey, whom HuffPost unmasked in 2018 as Donald Trump’s most influential white nationalist Twitter troll, “Ricky Vaughn,” was arrested in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Wednesday on federal election interference charges …

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4 years, 5 months ago

US student visa: Top universities back Harvard, MIT lawsuit

Live Mint

Almost 60 U.S. universities filed a brief supporting Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in their effort to stop the Trump administration from enforcing new visa guidelines that would bar some international students from entering and staying in the country to attend college. They’re being represented by Jenner & Block, which was among several law firms that convinced …

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5 years ago

Ivy League universities condemn police violence against students

Live Mint

Students and faculty from several institutions, including Ivy League universities, came out in support of students at several varsities where protests continued against the Citizenship Amendment Act and against the police assault on protesters. The ripple effect of protests on Indian campuses saw reactions from top educational institutions in the world, including Oxford, Harvard, Yale, Stanford, and the Massachusetts Institute …

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The bosses who don’t care about your Ivy League degree

Ivy league: Inside the subreddit that predicts your chances of getting into top schools.

Harvard seeks to move past firestorm brought on by school President Claudine Gay’s resignation

Republican Elise Stefanik claims credit for Harvard president’s resignation

Claudine Gay steps down as Harvard President over plagiarism claims, antisemitism controversy

Harvard president Claudine Gay resigns amid plagiarism claims, backlash from antisemitism testimony

The College President Discourse Has Taken an Even Dumber Turn

Harvard board keeps president as leader of Ivy League school following antisemitism backlash

Backlash to House testimony shines spotlight on new generation of Ivy League presidents

Harvard president will stay on the job despite backlash over her congressional testimony

Ivy League university in crisis after top donor threatens to pull $100m

Harvard president apologizes for remarks on campus antisemitism

Ivy League presidents reckon with swift backlash to remarks on campus antisemitism

Ivy League presidents reckon with swift backlash to remarks on campus antisemitism

‘Every number is good': Analytics helping speed up baseball

NFL games during 2020 season led to significant COVID spikes, study says

Op-Ed: Tired of memorizing so many passwords? Too bad: The alternatives aren’t better yet

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell 'was paid $128million in salary and bonuses the last two years'

10 US universities you can apply to with top courses and subjects on offer

FBI Arrests Prolific Racist Twitter Troll 'Ricky Vaughn' For 2016 Election Interference

US student visa: Top universities back Harvard, MIT lawsuit

Ivy League universities condemn police violence against students