The week’s honorable mentions.
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PTA May Not Help Students Succeed and Other Fascinating News on the Web
September 6, 2013
Bionic Eye Could Restore Sight for Many
A bionic eye. How cool is that? Even more snazzy when you think that blind people—or at least those with age-related macular degeneration and retinal pigmentosa—may be able to see at least shapes and colors with a new device …
Stanford Out of Luck: Baylor’s Griffin Wins the Heisman Trophy
Beating out longstanding favorite Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck, Baylor’s junior QB Robert Griffin III — better known as RG3 — took the 77th Heisman trophy home to Waco, Texas. Griffin became the first ever winner from …
U.S. News & World Report’s Shocker-Free 2012 College Rankings
U.S. News & World Report released its annual list of America’s Best Colleges today and the news is, well, not exactly surprising.
Fellowship Pays Students $100,000 To Not Attend College
In an apparent hunt for the next Mark Zuckerberg or Bill Gates (both famously college dropouts), Peter Thiel, the co-founder of PayPal, will pay 24 college-aged students $100,000 to not attend college for two years. Instead, the …
Would You Sacrifice Pay to Work for An Ethical Company?
A new study shows that nearly 9 out of 10 new business grads would.
Women’s Basketball Final Four: A Lesson in Staying Power
Feeling bad about your NCAA bracket being busted up? Maybe you should have filled out a women’s bracket too. Where predictability is more in line with the norm, traditional powers start clashing at the Final Four—right where …
Stanford Tops List of College Applicants’ Dream Schools
The Ivy League stalwarts have been upended by universities on the left coast. We’re chalking this one up to the weather (just a hunch).