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Fear, self-loathing and stress affect students appearing for competitive exams
Growing competition and pressure of performance is turning Indian students into victims of stress. …
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I was a college academic advisor. I wish parents understood that AP classes, straight A's, and competitive sports do not equal success for students.
The author was an advisor for six years and shares how straight-A students in high school might not…
Sarah Wernsing
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Justice Scalia Bemoans The Existence Of 'Law And Feminism' Classes
He also said that law professors focus much more on publishing books and academic articles than the…
Rebecca Baird-Remba
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Google announces scholarship for female computer science students residing in Asia-Pacific countries
Google is welcoming women living in Asia-Pacific countries to apply for scholarships worth $1000 fo…
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The 10 colleges where students get the best education for their money
U.S. News & World Report recently released its best-value colleges list for 2018, ranking the t…
Tanza Loudenback,Anaele Pelis…
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US colleges expelled thousands of Chinese students last year for bad grades and cheating
WholeRen representatives pointed out to The Journal that "huge numbers" of Chinese students study a…
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Create a failure résumé to feel more satisfied about your career, says an author who researches regret
Author Daniel Pink spoke to Bloomberg about his latest book, 'The Power of Regret.' He gave advice …
Stephen Jones
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Some successful people keep a 'failure resume' filled with the jobs they didn't get and the awards they didn't win
Johannes Haushofer, an assistant professor of psychology and public affairs at Princeton University…
Mark Abadi
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India wants more IITs to have wellness centers to curb stress and depression
The Indian government wants to address mental disorders and well-being of students and prevent suic…
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Former UNC Student-Athletes Detail Fake 'Paper Classes' In New Lawsuit Against School And NCAA
The scandal centers around so-called "paper classes" - which typically never met and only required …
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Top General: Americans Are Increasingly Lacking The Smarts And Fitness Needed To Join The US Army
Similarly, an "erosion in academic qualification of the young people we are engaging with" has left…
Jeremy Bender
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Nobel-Prize Winning Economists: The War On Drugs Is A Catastrophic 'Billion-Dollar Failure'
"It is time to end the 'war on drugs' and massively redirect resources towards effective evidence-b…
Paul Szoldra
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The former head of a St. Louis Charter school was sentenced for his role in a $2.4 million education fraud scheme
Michael Malone, the former head of St. Louis College Prep, was charged with just over one year in p…
Madison Hall
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I was a student-athlete in high school before getting picked in this year's MLB draft at 19. Juggling academia and training was worth it.
Stone Russell played baseball in high school. Now he's playing for one of the Kansas City Royals' …
Stone Russell
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Here's how pharma companies figure out which drugs to bet on years before they'll ever make money
It's a process that can often take more than 10 years, sometimes even closer to 20. So what's key i…
Lydia Ramsey
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Meet Anjali Sud, the Indian-origin CEO of Vimeo who took the video-streaming platform public
In Vimeo's journey to becoming a public company, its Indian-American Chief Executive Officer (…
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The UK will spend $1 billion on a moonshot agency to fund cutting-edge tech and compete with the US and China
According to a planning document from September, a UK ARPA would "give academics longer term fundin…
Shona Ghosh
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Marxist philosopher and cultural critic Slavoj Žižek offers a hot take on Greek bailout negotiations
The ongoing EU pressure on Greece to implement austerity measures fits perfectly what psychoanalysi…
Shane Ferro
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I'm a high-school teacher and I have one piece of advice for parents: Let your kids fail
The author says parents don't let their kids fail and that it's affecting teens. She recommends tha…