Programing Glitch Puts 3,000 Scholarship Winners' Data Including Social Security Numbers Online [Education News]

A state agency is telling 3,000 college scholarship recipients in South Carolina that their personal information was posted online for 10 months. The Commission on Higher Education sent a letter to students who earned Palmetto Fellows scholarships, saying their names, addresses and Social Security numbers were posted in May 2017 when the agency switched programs.

Do Tech Incubators Work? NYU Tandon Future Labs Answer: 3,200 Jobs And $4B For New York [Education Jobs News]

NYU Tandon School of Engineering's FutureLabs reported an estimated economic impact on New York City's economy of $4.06 billion since launching in 2009 as the first incubators with city support through the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC). The NYU Tandon Future Labs supported 3,201 jobs in New York State, including 2,740 jobs in New York City.

Big Businesses Create App-etizing Programs for Hispanic Students by <b> Mary Ann Cooper </b>

For many Hispanics community colleges are the first step in the higher education journey, but the road to a college degree begins long before high school graduation. Although Hispanic college enrollment has been growing over the past decade, Latinos still earn less than 9 percent of bachelor’s degrees among all graduating college students. How can more Hispanic students be funneled into the higher education pipeline, starting with community college? Three high profile corporations have created very different programs to change the minds and hearts of young Hispanics – some as young as middle school student, as well as high school students – and create a passion for pursuing a college education. Here are the stories of what these programs have to offer.

Community College In Kansas to Offer Drone Degree Program

A Record $84 Million Raised for Charities Through eBay in 2017 [On A Positive Note Beyond Education]

eBay announced that together with its global community, the platform raised $84 million for charities in 2017, bringing the total funds raised to nearly $810 million since 2003. Looking ahead to 2018, eBay for Charity will launch a variety of high profile campaigns to help raise funds for significant causes including equality, women's rights, environmental sustainability and animal welfare.

With FCC’s Net Neutrality Ruling the US Could Lose Its Lead in Online Consumer Protection

(THE CONVERSATION)(AP) The internet may be an international system of interconnecting networks sharing a rough global consensus about the technical details of communicating through them – but each country manages its own internet environment independently. As the U.S. debate about the role of government in overseeing and regulating the internet continues, it’s worth looking at how other countries handle the issue.

What Is Net Neutrality and Why Does It Matter?

The Federal Communications Commission voted on December 14 on a proposal that would not only undo the Obama-era net neutrality regulations that have been in place since 2015, but would forbid states to put anything similar in place. Here’s a look at what the developments mean for consumers and companies.

Will the AI Jobs Revolution Bring About Human Revolt, Too?

Unlike other worker revolts, a white-collar rebellion could move the levers of power so as to uproot the underlying problem: a politico-economic system that concentrates wealth, increases inequality, protects corporations from public accountability and fails to separate wealth and state.

New Survey Reveals More than Half of College Students Prefer Classes that Use Digital Learning Technology

Learning science company McGraw-Hill Education announced the results of its fourth annual Digital Study Trends Survey. The latest results, compiled by Hanover Research from the responses of more than 1,000 U.S. college students, show an overwhelming majority of students feel digital learning technology has positively affected their schoolwork and that more than half (53 percent) of students prefer classes that use such tools.

Sally Ride Science Junior Academy at UC San Diego Girls See Themselves in a New Light by <b> Sylvia Mendoza </b>

“Seventy percent of fourth graders say they love math and science, but by the time they reach eighth grade, almost half the students lose interest. The goal is to link classroom learning to real life careers and give them classroom tools to keep them engaged.” — Sally Ride Science video

HSCI Networking Event Targets First-generation College Students <b> Mary Ann Cooper </b>

Keeping in mind that the burgeoning population of Hispanics are the fastest growing demographic in higher education, statistics from last year’s event shows that about 50 percent of attendees were from Hispanic families where no one had previously pursued a college degree. This matches up well with Montclair State where more than a third of students are the first member of their families to pursue a college education.

MOSI Spurring Love of Science Through Innovation and Awards by <b>Jeff Simmons</b>

It’s the largest children’s science center in the nation, but when students – no matter what age – step into the Tampa, Fla.-based Museum of Science and Industry (MOSI), they will be able to learn if they embrace one cardinal rule.