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• The Higher Education System That Produces 90 Percent of Black Science and Tech Grads Is Going Under
• Lawyer for badly beaten fan says LA Dodgers skimped on security
• Judge says NYC not liable for suicide of bullied 12-year-old
• Utah students upset about altered yearbook pics
• Bloomberg bashes liberal McCarthyism at Harvard commencement
• School criticized for altering yearbook photos
• School digitally alters students' clothing in pics
• Elder Bush, Queen of Soul honored at Harvard
• Students upset over digital cover-ups in yearbook
• PHOTOS: Yearbook digital cover-ups
• Education Reform’s Vital Court Case

The Higher Education System That Produces 90 Percent of Black Science and Tech Grads Is Going Under Posted: 29 May 2014 03:58 PM PDT Higher education has been billed as the single most important investment in the future—and the proof is in the pudding: University graduates earn nearly 50 percent more than people with just a high school diploma, and the unemployment rate for grads is 5.6 percent, lower than the national average. But while universities across the country engage in an arms race, complete with elaborate building projects and high-paid, rock star professors that garner prestige—all while passing ballooning tuition costs on to students—Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) are struggling to survive. Bolstered by multi billion-dollar endowment funds, institutions like Harvard, Columbia, Ohio State, Emory, and Stanford were able to ride out the recession. In our allegedly post-racial world it's easy to wonder if we still need institutions that were founded at a time when colleges and universities refused to admit black students.

Lawyer for badly beaten fan says LA Dodgers skimped on security Posted: 29 May 2014 03:43 PM PDT By Dana Feldman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A baseball fan suing the Los Angeles Dodgers and the team's former owner for $35 million could have been spared a brutal beating that left him with brain damage if the team had not skimped on security spending, a lawyer for the fan told jurors on Thursday. Bryan Stow, who can no longer work as a paramedic after the attack at Dodger Stadium on opening day of the 2011 season, is seeking $35 million in compensation to pay for past and future medical care and the college education of his two children, his lawyer Thomas Girardi said. Stow's lawsuit accused the Dodgers and former owner Frank McCourt of scrimping on security to support the lavish lifestyle of McCourt and his then-wife, saying Stow was beaten in a poorly lit parking lot area where there was no security guard on duty. Attorneys for the Dodgers argued that the team provided heavy security at the 2011 opener against the team's long-time rival, the Giants.

Judge says NYC not liable for suicide of bullied 12-year-old Posted: 29 May 2014 03:19 PM PDT By Daniel Wiessner ALBANY N.Y. (Reuters) - New York City cannot be held liable for the suicide of a 12-year-old boy bullied by classmates who thought he was gay since he did not kill himself at his school, a state judge has ruled. State Supreme Court Justice Phyllis Flug in Queens on Wednesday dismissed the bulk of a suit by Bergouhi Elissa, the mother of Elijah Mendez, because her son took his life in 2010 at their apartment and not while under supervision of the school. Elissa, who is seeking funeral expenses and other damages, claimed that officials at the school in the Astoria neighborhood of Queens failed to respond to repeated complaints that the seventh grader was being taunted because of his "perceived sexual orientation." The judge dismissed all of Elissa's claims over the suicide but allowed her to proceed with claims against the Department of Education that the school failed to prevent the bullying. The City Law Department and the Department of Education declined to comment on the decision.

Utah students upset about altered yearbook pics Posted: 29 May 2014 05:25 PM PDT HEBER CITY, Utah (AP) — A group of Utah high school students said they were surprised and upset to discover their school yearbook photos were digitally altered, with sleeves and higher necklines drawn on to cover bare skin.

Bloomberg bashes liberal McCarthyism at Harvard commencement Posted: 29 May 2014 02:53 PM PDT By Scott Malone and Daniel Lovering BOSTON (Reuters) - Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg used his commencement address at Harvard University on Thursday to bash a U.S. academic culture that he described as increasingly intolerant of ideas from outside a narrow liberal spectrum. Citing the campus protests that caused luminaries including former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and International Monetary Fund head Christine Lagarde to back out of planned speeches, Bloomberg criticized students and faculty for being hostile to ideas that clashed with their own ideologies. Standing amid the centuries-old stone buildings of Harvard Yard, he compared the atmosphere in U.S. academia to that which prevailed during Senator Joseph McCarthy's 1950s campaign to ferret out Communists in public life. "In the 1950s the right wing was attempting to repress left-wing ideas," said Bloomberg, who started his career on Wall Street before launching the news and data company that bears his name.

School criticized for altering yearbook photos Posted: 29 May 2014 12:52 PM PDT SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A group of Utah high school students said they were stunned and upset to discover their school yearbook photos were digitally altered, with sleeves and higher necklines drawn on to cover up bare skin.

School digitally alters students' clothing in pics Posted: 29 May 2014 12:21 PM PDT SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A group of Utah high school students said they were shocked and upset to discover their school yearbook photos were digitally altered, with sleeves and higher necklines drawn on to cover up bare skin.

Elder Bush, Queen of Soul honored at Harvard Posted: 29 May 2014 12:14 PM PDT CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — A former president and the Queen of Soul have received honorary degrees from Harvard University.

Students upset over digital cover-ups in yearbook Posted: 29 May 2014 09:53 AM PDT SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A group of Utah high school students said they were shocked and upset to discover their school yearbook photos were digitally altered, with sleeves and higher necklines drawn on to cover up bare skin.

PHOTOS: Yearbook digital cover-ups Posted: 29 May 2014 04:33 AM PDT A group of female Utah high school students say they're shocked to discover their yearbook photos were digitally altered to cover up bare skin.

Education Reform’s Vital Court Case Posted: 29 May 2014 02:45 AM PDT You didn't know that nine California kids were suing their state over substandard teaching at their public schools? You should—it's an example to all who want equal access to education.

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