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• Feds investigate Memphis school district over migrant bias
• Turkish President Announces 3-Month State of Emergency After Failed Military Coup
• Why is Turkey cracking down on its educators?
• Iraq PM accepts resignation of another minister: office
• Turkish state media says authorities to close down 626 private schools and other establishments
• 12 Colleges That Have Produced the Most Astronauts
• 5 Tips for Finding Off-Campus Housing Overseas
• E-cigarettes could cut smoking-related deaths by 21 percent: study
• Avoid Falling for These 10 Online Education Myths

Feds investigate Memphis school district over migrant bias Posted: 20 Jul 2016 05:04 PM PDT The largest public school district in Tennessee is under a federal civil rights investigation into bias allegations surrounding district officials' treatment of migrant children from Central America and their parents, U.S. Department of Education officials said Wednesday.

Turkish President Announces 3-Month State of Emergency After Failed Military Coup Posted: 20 Jul 2016 01:55 PM PDT Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared a three-month state of emergency, less than a week after a failed military coup attempted to remove his government from power. The Board of Higher Education yesterday demanded the resignation of 1,577 deans from every university in the country, according to state-run Turkish media. The Ministry of Education also fired 15,200 teachers because of suspected ties to organizers of the coup, according to The AP.

Why is Turkey cracking down on its educators? Posted: 20 Jul 2016 01:12 PM PDT Following last week's military coup attempt, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is leading a sweeping crackdown on those suspected of involvement in the suppressed insurrection. Arrests, detentions, suspensions, and dismissals have already affected tens of thousands of military and government employees, reaching into the corners of the Turkish bureaucratic structure. The decision comes a day after more than 15,000 Ministry of Education teachers and staff were suspended, and the Higher Education Board called for the resignation of 1,577 university deans.

Iraq PM accepts resignation of another minister: office Posted: 20 Jul 2016 12:52 PM PDT Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has accepted the resignation of another minister, his office said on Wednesday, as he seeks to move forward with long-stalled efforts to replace the cabinet. Abadi agreed "to accept the resignation of Minister of Higher Education Hussein al-Shahristani," his office said in a statement, referring to a long-serving official who has also held positions including deputy prime minister and oil minister.

Turkish state media says authorities to close down 626 private schools and other establishments Posted: 20 Jul 2016 09:53 AM PDT ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish state media says authorities to close down 626 private schools and other establishments.

12 Colleges That Have Produced the Most Astronauts Posted: 20 Jul 2016 05:30 AM PDT Before Astronaut School, There Was College

5 Tips for Finding Off-Campus Housing Overseas Posted: 20 Jul 2016 04:00 AM PDT Not all global universities offer dorms or other types of student housing like many U.S. schools do. For this and other reasons, students pursuing long-term international studies or international degree programs may have to fend for themselves when it comes to finding a place to live. Eve Binder, a U.S. student, had to find her own housing in the U.K. prior to starting a master's degree program at the University of Oxford.

E-cigarettes could cut smoking-related deaths by 21 percent: study Posted: 14 Jul 2016 02:12 PM PDT E-cigarettes could lead to a 21 percent drop in deaths from smoking-related diseases in those born after 1997, according to a study published in Nicotine & Tobacco Research. The study, funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the National Cancer Institute and the Cancer Intervention and Surveillance Modeling Network, found that under most plausible scenarios e-cigarettes and other vapor products have a generally positive public health impact. Earlier this year a University of California study of high school students found that those who used e-cigarettes were more than twice as likely to also smoke traditional cigarettes.

Avoid Falling for These 10 Online Education Myths Posted: 07 Jul 2016 06:00 AM PDT Some people are skeptical about online education, but experts say prospective online students shouldn't trust everything they hear. Find out what to believe when it comes to online education on topics ranging from perceptions among employers to transferring credits to and from programs. Online learning requires professors to communicate differently than they would in a traditional classroom, but that doesn't mean the overall quality of instruction is lower, Ramin Sedehi, then director of the higher education consulting division at the Berkeley Research Group, told U.S. News in 2015.

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