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Texas Tech's School Of Medicine To Stop Considering Race In Admissions

6:37am April 10, 2019

David Greene talks to Wall Street Journal reporter Michelle Hackman, who got access to documents detailing the agreement between the Texas Tech medical school and the Department of Education.

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Texas Tech Medical School To End Use Of Race In Admissions

8:43pm April 09, 2019

by Richard Gonzales

The decision is a victory for the Trump administration's efforts to pressure schools to abandon affirmative action policies still allowed by the Supreme Court.

News Brief: DHS Secretary, Iran's Revolutionary Guard, College Scandal

6:43am April 09, 2019

Replacing Cabinet secretaries has become routine. U.S. labels Iran's Revolutionary Guard a foreign terrorist group. In Boston, 14 people agreed to plead guilty in the college admission scandal.

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14 People Who Pleaded Guilty Face Prison Time In College Admissions Case

6:38am April 09, 2019

by Elissa Nadworny

Prosecutors are pushing for jail time for the 13 parents and one coach who have said they will plead guilty to using bribery and other forms of fraud as part of the college admissions scandal.

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Federal prosecutors say that one coach and 13 parents, including actress Felicity Huffman, will plead guilty to fraud charges in the college admissions scandal. Huffman is seen here arriving at federal court in Boston last week.

Felicity Huffman And 12 Other Parents To Plead Guilty In College Cheating Scandal

7:08pm April 08, 2019

by Laurel Wamsley

A former head men's tennis coach at the University of Texas also will plead guilty. The 14 defendants were charged with conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest-services mail fraud.

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Felicity Huffman And 13 Others Plead Guilty In College Admissions Scandal

5:24pm April 08, 2019

by Anya Kamenetz

Thirteen parents and one university athletic coach have agreed to plead guilty to charges of mail fraud and honest services mail fraud in connect with the college admissions scandal.

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How Students May Be Cheating Their Way Through College

6:41am April 08, 2019

by Tovia Smith

Concern is growing at the nation's colleges and universities about a burgeoning online market, where students can buy ghost-written essays. Schools are trying new tools to catch it.

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Maryland High School Students Confront Male Behavior In #MeToo

5:56pm April 07, 2019

Former Vice President Joe Biden has been called out for behavior that has made women uncomfortable. At a high school in Maryland, students are having similar discussions about their own behavior.

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At George Mason University in Virginia, a fleet of several dozen autonomous robots deliver food to students on campus.

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The Robots Are Here: At George Mason University, They Deliver Food To Students

3:16pm April 07, 2019

Several dozen autonomous robots roam the Virginia campus providing options such pizza and coffee. "We were amazed by the volume of orders," Starship Technologies executive Ryan Tuohy says.

Wheeler still owns the Hungarian Rubik's Cube that Berzsenyi gave him. Berzsenyi also gave one to Jimmy Wilson.

A Math Teacher's Life Summed Up By The Gifted Students He Mentored

2:47pm April 07, 2019

by Joe Palca

A biologist at Harvard was chatting with a colleague about a mentor who pushed him to do harder math problems. It turns out the colleague had the same mentor — and so did many others.

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