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NEWARK, N.J. – Just two months ago, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg was at a conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, and found himself seated at dinner with Newark Mayor Cory Booker.
One morning last winter I watched a middle-school teacher named Al Doyle give a lesson, though not your typical lesson. This was New York City, a noncharter public school in an old building on a nondescript street near Gramercy Park, inside an ordinary room that looked a lot like all the other rooms around it, with fluorescent lights and linoleum floors and steam-driven radiators that hissed and clanked endlessly
The University of California , which prides itself as a leader on social and environmental issues, voted against hundreds of shareholder resolutions designed to promote human rights, environmental sustainability and efforts to fight discrimination, a review of U.C.’s voting record shows. Enlarge This Image Ajit Solanki/Associated Press Protesters in India have accused PepsiCo of depleting groundwater and producing drinks that contain high levels of pesticides. A nonprofit, nonpartisan news organization providing local coverage of the San Francisco Bay Area for The New York Times
A year after a disastrous 27 percent decline that prompted layoffs, salary freezes and a halt to some campus expansion, the Harvard endowment on Thursday reported a solid 11 percent increase in its $27.4 billion portfolio for the fiscal year ended June 30. Enlarge This Image Jodi Hilton for The New York Times Jane Mendillo, president and chief executive of Harvard Management Company
NEWARK — Shortly after landing at Malcolm X Shabazz High School as a Teach for America recruit, Dominique D. Lee grew disgusted with a system that produced ninth graders who could not name the seven continents or the governor of their state. He started wondering: What if I were in charge?
The trustees of the New School , an eclectic university in downtown Manhattan, selected David E. Van Zandt , dean of the Northwestern Law School, on Thursday to be its eighth president.
IN shaky economic times, going back to school needs to be treated like any other investment: you need to weigh the potential returns while closely managing the costs. Enlarge This Image Darren Hauck for The New York Times Paula Hogan, left, a financial planner, and Jane Schroeder, a career counselor, in Ms
UNTIL just a few years ago, looking for a job was a relatively straightforward process. Write a r?sum
GRINNELL, Iowa — In order to separate doting parents from their freshman sons, Morehouse College in Atlanta has instituted a formal “Parting Ceremony.” Enlarge This Image Brian C. Frank for The New York Times Boyd Monson, 19, and his father, Ronald Monson, at Grinnell College in Iowa, which holds a ceremony to formalize separation