Technology May 2018

Facebook To Label Election-Related 'Issue Ads' In US [News In Education And Beyond]

Facebook is expanding its advertising disclosure requirements to cover all U.S. ads on polarized issues such as gun control and abortion rights, even if they don't endorse a particular candidate. Ads coming from specific candidates have already included a disclosure label since October.

Global May 2018

Hillary Clinton To Be Honored With Medal From Harvard [Education News]

Hillary Clinton is receiving a medal from Harvard University for her leadership and human rights work. The former first lady, U.S. senator, secretary of state and Democratic presidential candidate will be awarded the Radcliffe Medal on Friday. The university says it honors those who have had a "transformative impact on society."

Global May 2018

Summer Jobs Programs For Students Kicks Off [Education News]

A Baltimore City councilman has kicked off the This is Working summer jobs program in which businesses in his district provide employment for students. The Baltimore Sun reports Councilman Zeke Cohen on Wednesday kicked off the second year of his This is Working summer jobs program in which businesses in his southeast Baltimore district provide employment for students.

Hispanic Community May 2018

Amid Anti-Immigrant Sentiment, Some Spanish Speakers Wary [Beyond Education]

Until recently, Lilly Mucarsel has spoken Spanish just about everywhere since arriving in the United States from Ecuador three decades ago: at the library, the movies, the grocery store. She raised three daughters who also speak Spanish and are passing on the tradition to her American-born grandchildren.

Financing May 2018

U Of Memphis Won't Charge Fallen Soldiers' Families Tuition [Education News]

University of Memphis will become the first higher education institution to accept a scholarship for family of active-duty service members killed or severely injured as full payment. Starting this fall, any student who meets the criteria for the Folds of Honor scholarship will not owe any money to the university.

Global May 2018

American Freed From Venezuelan Jail Returns Home To Utah [Beyond Education]

Nearly two years after a trip to meet the woman he loved turned into an imprisonment in a Venezuelan jail, an exhausted but grateful Utah man arrived home with his wife Monday. Josh Holt arrived at the Salt Lake City airport to a tearful, cheering crowd holding signs in his favorite color, green, with messages such as: "We never gave up."

Hispanic Community May 2018

Visa Woes Have Summer Businesses Looking To Puerto Ricans [Beyond Education]

Frustrated by red tape and visa limits on foreign workers, tourism businesses from Maine to Missouri are turning to Puerto Ricans who are fleeing a shattered economy and devastation caused by Hurricane Maria. Bob Smith, owner of Sebasco Harbor Resort in Phippsburg, hired a half-dozen Puerto Ricans last summer for housekeeping, landscaping and kitchen work, providing relief to his overworked staff.

Hispanic Community May 2018

Study Estimates Higher Death Toll In Puerto Rico Post-Maria [Beyond Education]

A new study contends that many more deaths than normal occurred in Puerto Rico in the three months after Hurricane Maria devastated the island, mostly because of problems getting medicines or medical care. Researchers surveyed a small sample of neighborhoods and from that estimated that up to 4,600 more deaths than usual occurred, far more than earlier studies have suggested.

Financing May 2018

Walmart Offers Employees New Perk: Cheap Access To College [Education News]

Walmart is offering its employees a new perk: affordable access to a college degree. America's largest private employer, which in the past has helped its workers get their high school or equivalency degree, hopes the new benefit will help it recruit and retain higher quality entry-level employees in a tight U.S. labor market.

Financing May 2018

Family Of Teen Killed In Shooting Launches UConn Scholarship [Education News]

The parents of a student killed in the mass shooting at a Florida high school have started a scholarship at the University of Connecticut in his memory. The Hartford Courant reported Tuesday Max Schachter and his wife, Caryn DeSacia, have launched a scholarship in honor of their 14-year-old son, Alex Schachter, who was killed in the February shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

Global May 2018

Trump To Meet With Families Of Victims Of Texas Shooting [Education News]

President Donald Trump will meet with families of the victims of a Texas school shooting that left 10 people dead. Trump is traveling to Texas Thursday. The White House says he'll meet with families of victims as well as community members after the shooting at Santa Fe High School on May 18. Eight students and two substitute teachers were killed.

Hispanic Community May 2018

AP Fact Check: Fallacies On Both Sides In Immigration Debate [Beyond Education]

Since the government acknowledged last month that the Trump administration had lost track of nearly 1,500 immigrant children, the debate over what that means and who is to blame has roiled Twitter. AP takes a look at the partisan claims and a reality check behind the latest immigration fight.

Global May 2018

US To Push Steel, Aluminum Tariffs On EU, Canada And Mexico [Beyond Education]

The Trump administration announced Thursday it will impose tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from Europe, Mexico and Canada after failing to win concessions from the American allies. The decision could provoke retaliatory penalties and exacerbate trans-Atlantic and North American trade tensions. The tariffs would be 25 percent on steel and 10 percent on aluminum.

Global May 2018

Upcoming Summer And Fall Employment And Networking Fairs [Education News]

Saginaw Valley State University in Michigan is hosting several upcoming employment and networking fairs in June, August, September, October and November. Fairs focuses include but are not limited to education employment, part-time jobs, accounting and finance employment, and health and human services employment.

Hispanic Community May 2018

Puerto Rico Grid 'Teetering' Despite $3.8 Billion Repair Job [Beyond Education]

After months of darkness and stifling heat, Noe Pagan was overjoyed when power-line workers arrived to restore electricity to his home deep in the lush green mountains of western Puerto Rico. But to his dismay, instead of raising a power pole toppled by Hurricane Maria, the federal contractors bolted the new 220-volt line to the narrow trunk of a breadfruit tree.