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☆ Hedge fund billionaire Leon Cooperman: Students protesting Israel have ‘sh*t for brains’
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-27 | by ( Matt Egan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York CNN —Hedge fund billionaire Leon Cooperman is blasting college students for protesting against Israel, joining a growing list of powerful university donors to speak out on the issue. “These kids in college have sh*t for brains,” Cooperman told CNN in a phone interview. Earlier this month, a Columbia University student who was hanging up posters in support of Israel was assaulted. Samantha Slater, a Columbia University spokesperson, declined to comment on whether the university plans to take disciplinary action against Massad. “Columbia is grateful to Mr. Cooperman for his years of generosity and service to Columbia Business School,” Slater said in a statement to CNN.

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☆ Here are the 14 highest-paying bachelor's degrees
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Madison Hoff | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Insider examined the median earnings by field of bachelor's degree using data from the Census Bureau. Finance, accounting, and nursing are non-engineering degrees that also had high median earnings. The following chart shows median earnings based on the field of the bachelor's degree for the first major reported by survey respondents. Below are the highest median earnings by field of bachelor's degree based on just those with a bachelor's. Looking at these results, which include graduates that might have more advanced degrees, the median earnings for electrical engineering was $121,600.

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☆ Billionaire who gave $25m+ to Columbia says students are stupid for not supporting Israel, threatens to stop donating
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Joshua Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A billionaire Columbia grad said college students have "shit for brains" for not supporting Israel. AdvertisementAdvertisementA billionaire who gave more than $25 million to Columbia University said students had "shit for brains" for not supporting Israel, and he may have to donate elsewhere unless he sees a "change.'" Leon Cooperman, the chairman and CEO of Omega Advisors and a 1967 graduate of Columbia Business School, made the comments during an appearance on "The Claman Countdown" on Fox Business on Wednesday afternoon. He was primarily referring to a walkout at Columbia University on Wednesday, where students stepped out of their classes to support Palestinians amid worsening violence in Gaza. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe hedge fund boss said he has given "probably about $50 million over many years" to Columbia University.

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☆ Clarence Thomas ruled against student debt relief. Now a Senate panel alleges his healthcare exec pal forgave his $267,230 loan.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Sonam Sheth | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A Senate committee found that Clarence Thomas had a substantial loan forgiven by a wealthy friend in 2008. Thomas' friend, healthcare exec Anthony Welters, loaned him over $260,000 that Thomas used to purchase a luxury RV. The findings came four months after Thomas joined a majority Supreme Court opinion striking down Biden's student debt forgiveness plan. The Senate Finance Committee said Thomas didn't report the loan on his ethics forms. "Justice Thomas should inform the committee exactly how much debt was forgiven and whether he properly reported the loan forgiveness on his tax returns and paid all taxes owed.

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☆ Mobile billboard at Columbia University shows names and faces of students allegedly linked to anti-Israel statement
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Matt Egan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York CNN —A mobile billboard truck drove outside the entrance of Columbia University on Wednesday displaying the names and faces of students that a conservative nonprofit responsible for the truck says were linked to a statement blaming Israel for the Hamas terror attack. Photos viewed by CNN showed Columbia students following the truck and blocking it with balloons and posters. The truck was sent by the same group that sent a billboard truck earlier this month near Harvard displaying the names and faces of Harvard students linked to an anti-Israel letter. The group said the students whose names and faces were displayed on the Columbia truck were linked to a statement published earlier this month by Palestinian solidarity groups. Multiple Columbia students told CNN on Wednesday they were alarmed by the “doxxing truck.”“I was at once heartbroken and infuriated.

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☆ An Oregon State University bomb threat involving food delivery robots had some students feeling sympathy — for the machines
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Hannah Getahun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Oregon State University issued a safety bulletin telling students to "avoid all robots" on campus. The company who makes the robots told Insider that the chaos was the result of a student prank. The person who made the bomb threat was apprehended, an OSU spokesperson told Insider. AdvertisementAdvertisementOregon State University students and faculty got a taste of what a robot revolution would feel like on Tuesday after panic ensued over a fake bomb threat involving tiny autonomous food delivery vehicles. Urgent OSU Alert: Bomb Threat in Starship food delivery robots.

Persons: —, James Cameron Organizations: Oregon State University, OSU, Service, State University, — Oregon State University, school's Department of Public Safety, Starship Technologies

☆ China Increases Bond Issuance to Help Its Economy
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Stella Yifan Xie | Lingling Wei | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

A record number of Chinese college students graduated this summer, but landing their dream job may be a long shot. WSJ takes a look at why China’s youth unemployment is at all-time highs. Photo illustration: Adam AdadaChina ramped up efforts to stimulate its beleaguered economy, issuing additional sovereign bonds and raising its budget-deficit target, the first time it revised its budget outside the regular legislative session in more than a decade. The country’s top legislative body approved on Tuesday a plan to raise 1 trillion yuan, equivalent to around $137 billion, in additional sovereign debt, half for use before the end of this year and half for next year, according to the official Xinhua News Agency. Policy makers said the bond issuance was intended for infrastructure projects in the wake of severe flooding and other natural disasters, Xinhua reported.

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☆ Racial minorities, first-generation college students reported higher rates of depression and anxiety during the pandemic, new study shows
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Aditi Shrikant | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

The Covid-19 pandemic took a toll on the mental health of many college students. Now a new study has found that cases of depression and anxiety were even worse for students who were a racial minority at their schools. More than half of students at a predominantly white university who self-identified as non-white reported feelings of mild depression, according to the University of Georgia study, with 17% reporting they experienced moderate to severe depression. Students attending a historically black college who self-identified as non-Black also experienced higher rates of anxiety and depression than those who were Black. "To be isolated during this time can be associated with depression and anxiety as we found in our study, compounded by a lack of sense of belonging as a result of being a minority group."

Persons: Janani Rajbhandari, Thapa Organizations: University of Georgia

☆ Activists erased $10 million in student debt for nearly 3,000 HBCU students — and said Biden can do the same for all borrowers
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-23 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The Debt Collective announced it's erasing student debt for former Morehouse College students. It also called for Biden to do the same for all borrowers with federal student debt. The debt that was eliminated is not federal student debt, but rather, institutional debt that a college owns, like unpaid tuition and other school-related expenses. In May of 2022, the Debt Collective took the same action for former Bennett College students, eliminating $1.7 million in college debt for 462 students dating back as far as 1996. Still, the Debt Collective is calling for Biden to act on federal student debt for all borrowers.

Persons: Biden, —, Braxton Brewington, We're, It's, Tamy Abernathy Organizations: Morehouse College, Service, Jubilee Fund, HBCU, Bennett College, Education Department, Higher Locations: Georgia

☆ LinkedIn issues warning to a site shaming pro-Palestinian sentiment.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-22 | by ( Ryan Mac | More About Ryan Mac | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

Online posts asking to “#PrayForPalestine.” Entreaties for peace. The site asked users to submit posts that they believed should be exposed, and included a numeric “hate score” for companies. Some people who were highlighted on the site have already deleted their LinkedIn posts or their LinkedIn profiles. Mr. Liptz, who said he did not expect the site to become as popular as it did after spreading via WhatsApp groups, called the far-ranging capture of all pro-Palestinian sentiment a mistake. Mr. Liptz denied that his site extracted the LinkedIn information through scraping, while Mr. Ophir said he believed that LinkedIn was trying to infringe on his right to free speech.

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☆ China Stabilizes, in the Shadow of Country Garden and Evergrande
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( Nathaniel Taplin | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

A record number of Chinese college students graduated this summer, but landing their dream job may be a long shot. WSJ takes a look at why China’s youth unemployment is at all-time highs. Photo illustration: Adam AdadaChina’s economy no longer resembles a newly paved parking lot: Things are moving again and green shoots are creeping up through the cracks. Official data released Wednesday showed the Chinese economy grew 4.9% year-over-year in the third quarter and 1.3% quarter-over-quarter. The latter figure was nearly twice as fast as the second quarter’s 0.8% increase.

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☆ Opinion: Why student protests against Israel are so painful, polarizing and complicated
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( Opinion Nicole Hemmer | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Student radicals have been targets of condemnation since at least the early 1960s, when they experimented with new forms of protest against anti-Black racism, the Vietnam War, poverty and censorship. “I think they oughta shoot ‘em if they’re carrying the Vietcong flag,” actor John Wayne said of the protests. In the 1960s, student radicals occasionally waved the Viet Cong flag to show solidarity with the people of Vietnam. But students did have the power to disrupt, to grab camera time and to create the iconic imagery of an era. You may hate these student activists’ words and actions, but they’re not the ones with the power here.

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A majority of American college students blame Hamas for the Oct. 7 attack on Israel, and two-thirds describe the attack as an act of terrorism by Hamas, according to a Generation Lab poll of two- and four-year college students. The poll finds 86% of college students saying they’re aware of the Oct. 7 attack on Israel. More than half, 52%, of the college students who say they’re aware of the Oct. 7 attack blame it on Hamas. By party, 73% of Republicans, 50% of Democrats and 50% of independents say they blame Hamas for the attack on Israel. And by race, 58% of white college students, 47% of Latinos and 36% of Black college students believe Hamas deserves blame for the attack.

Persons: Israel's Organizations: Hamas Locations: Israel, Gaza

☆ How the CHIPS Act is aiming to restore a U.S. lead position in semiconductors
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( Ian Thomas | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

That's where the bipartisan $52.7 billion CHIPS Act comes in, with a goal of having the U.S. compete once again with countries like South Korea and Taiwan in semiconductors. "The CHIPS Act was a bipartisan recognition that is not an acceptable status quo." There is also funding from the CHIPS Act earmarked for worker development. However, as now more than a year has passed since President Joe Biden signed the CHIPS Act into law, many in the U.S. semiconductor industry are waiting for that money to flow into it. "This is a global industry and will remain a global industry and that's a good thing, but we want the United States to be a core part of their business models."

Persons: Michael Schmidt, Schmidt, Joe Biden, we've, CNBC's Morgan Brennan, isn't Organizations: CNBC, Treasury Department, Nvidia, Qualcomm, AMD Locations: U.S, South Korea, Taiwan, United States

☆ Vivek Ramaswamy says it's 'not productive' for companies to blacklist Harvard students who make 'dumb' statements like blaming Israel for the Hamas attacks
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-15 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

"I say this as someone who vehemently disagrees with those Harvard student groups," he wrote on X. "The Harvard student groups who co-signed the anti-Israel letter are simple fools," Ramaswamy wrote. "But it's not productive for companies to blacklist kids for being members of student groups that make dumb political statements on campus." I say this as someone who vehemently disagrees with those Harvard student groups." But it’s not productive for companies to blacklist kids for being members of student groups that make dumb political statements on campus.

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☆ Bill Ackman's misguided Harvard crusade
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( Linette Lopez | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

"The names of the signatories should be made public," Ackman fumed, "so their views are publicly known." Look, it's classic Wall Street to complain about the younger generation being a bunch of good-for-nothing freaks. It's also classic Wall Street to throw money around as a way to exercise power over institutions, forcing rivals you dislike to bend the knee. In his initial post, Ackman said that "a number of CEOs" shared his desire to publicly out the Harvard students. AdvertisementAdvertisementOn Wall Street, Ackman is known as the king of uninformed, unnecessary, and seemingly unlimited tweets — a breathtaking achievement in an industry full of workaholic, screen-addicted information junkies.

Persons: Bill Ackman, —, Ackman, Larry Summers, Joe McCarthy, Mark Rowan, It's, it's, he's, JC Penney, Michael Pearson, Herbalife, Sam Bankman, Pershing, Linette Lopez Organizations: Pershing, Capital Management, Harvard, Wall, Treasury, Apollo Global Management, University of Pennsylvania, JC, isn't Locations: Israel, Canadian, Washington, Palestine

Students nationally are holding people in power accountable, said Jackie Alexander, incoming president of the College Media Association and director of student media at the University of Alabama-Birmingham. With growing reports of student journalists being doxxed, ostracized on campus and otherwise harassed, the College Media Association is looking into ways to help them, Alexander said. “I've never seen a better front page,” veteran editor and Columbia Journalism School professor Bill Grueskin said on social media. “So many people think of student journalists as students first,” Martin said. “But in a lot of ways student journalists are just journalists.

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☆ CEOs call on Harvard to name students linked to statement blaming Israel for Hamas attack
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Matt Egan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

The CEO of Pershing Square Capital Management said he wanted to ensure his company and others don’t “inadvertently hire” any students belonging to Harvard groups that signed the letter. Following a backlash to the statement, some of the student groups have since withdrawn their endorsements. Others warn that naming the students whose groups backed the statement could put the students in harms way and did not account for differences of opinion within the student groups. But Harvard President Claudine Gay issued a statement Tuesday saying “no student group – not even 30 student groups – speaks for Harvard University or its leadership.”Harvard student groups’ statementThe controversy comes in response to a joint statement released by a coalition of Harvard student groups following the attacks by Hamas that have killed more than 1,000 Israelis and at least 14 American citizens. Another Harvard student, Danielle Mikaelian, said she resigned from the board of a group that signed the statement on Israel and didn’t have a chance to read it until it was too late.

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☆ Here are the CEOs and investors who want Harvard to release the names of students blaming Israel for the Hamas attacks — so they can avoid hiring them
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Kai Xiang Teo | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Billionaire Bill Ackman wants Harvard to name the students whose organizations co-signed a letter laying blame for the Hamas attacks on Israel. His post saying the names should be released so CEOs can avoid hiring them drew over 10 million views on X. AdvertisementAdvertisementBillionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman called on Harvard to release the names of students whose organizations signed a letter blaming Israel for the Hamas attacks, so CEOs can avoid hiring them. Harvard, Ackman, Resnik, Varsavsky, Duel, Ready, Montague, Levy, Wurzack, McQuaid, Newman, and Broukhim did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Insider. These CEOs and investors are directing their ire at a letter written by Harvard Palestine Solidarity Groups published on Sunday.

Persons: Bill Ackman, —, Israel, Ackman, We'll, Martin Varsavsky, Varsavsky, Jonathan Newman, Michael Broukhim, David Duel, Newman, Michael McQuaid, Bloq, Stephen Ready, Hu Montague, Art Levy, Jake Wurzak, Levy, Wurzack, McQuaid, Broukhim, Mehdi Hasan, MSNBC's Mehdi Hasan Organizations: Harvard, Service, Dovehill Capital Management, Harvard Palestine Solidarity Groups Locations: Israel, Montague

☆ Bill Ackman says the students who blamed Israel for Hamas' attacks have to stop hiding behind the Harvard brand
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Bill Ackman says Harvard students who stand by a statement slamming Israel should be held accountable. That is the essence of free speech," Ackman wrote on X. AdvertisementAdvertisementBill Ackman is doubling down on his stance that the Harvard students who stand by their organizations' statement on the Hamas-Israel war should not be allowed to hide behind the Harvard brand name. In response, Ackman wrote that he believes in free speech, and that "everyone is entitled to their opinion." But you shouldn't hide behind a Harvard branded corporation while doing so anonymously," Ackman wrote.

Persons: Bill Ackman, Ackman, —, MSNBC's Mehdi Hasan, Hasan, Israel, Jonathan Newman, Jake Wurzak, Michael Broukhim, Winston, Strawn, Ryna Workman, Workman Organizations: Harvard, Israel, Service, Harvard Palestine Solidarity Groups, Dovehill Capital Management, NYU Student Bar Association, Ackman, Pershing Locations: Israel, Hamas

☆ A prominent Black voting rights activist says there are 'saboteurs' within the Democratic Party who don't want Kamala Harris to succeed, arguing they are worried about her 'outshining' Biden
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Kamala Harris' tenure as vice president has been marked by a series of high-profile ups and downs. Voting rights activist LaTosha Brown told The New York Times Magazine she feels some Democrats have undermined the VP. AdvertisementAdvertisement"I think there have been saboteurs within the administration," Brown told The Times' Astead W. Herndon. The vice president has also been an in-demand speaker among college students — especially at historically Black colleges and universities. Dunn also shut down any rumors that Harris might be replaced as Biden's running mate next year.

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☆ As more colleges are promising high schoolers guaranteed admission, 'everybody wins,' expert says
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( Jessica Dickler | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Sonoma State University Courtesy: Sonoma State UniversityTo help make college a reality, Sonoma State University is trying a relatively new approach: High school students who have completed the requisite coursework and have a minimum 2.5 high school GPA are now "guaranteed admission" to the Rohnert Park, California-based school. Last spring, the State University of New York sent automatic acceptance letters to 125,000 graduating high school students. College enrollment is droppingSonoma State University Courtesy: Sonoma State UniversityStill, fewer students are going to college. More high schoolers want career trainingMost Americans still agree a college education is worthwhile when it comes to career goals and advancement. High schoolers are putting more emphasis on career training and post-college employment, the nonprofit found after polling more than 5,000 high school students six times since February 2020.

Persons: Ed Mills, Mills, Robert Franek, Franek, Lakhani, Doug Shapiro, Cole Clark, Connie Livingston Organizations: Sonoma, Sonoma State University, California State University, Finance, Princeton, Virginia Commonwealth University, State University of New York, Sonoma State University Still, Nationwide, CNBC, National Center for Education Statistics, Student Clearinghouse Research, College Board, Public, USA, ECMC Group, Junior Achievement, Citizens, Brown University Locations: , California, Sonoma State, Richmond , Virginia, New York, U.S

☆ Bill Ackman calls on Harvard to release the names of students in groups holding Israel responsible for Hamas violence — so CEOs don't 'inadvertently hire' them
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( Madeline Berg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Bill Ackman is calling on Harvard to release the names of students who are part of groups that signed a letter solely blaming Israel for the crisis in Gaza. The billionaire says he and other CEOs want to know so they don't "inadvertently hire any of their members." The letter has drawn backlash from many Harvard alums, including Ackman, for its staunch position. AdvertisementAdvertisementBillionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman has called on Harvard University to release the names of students who are members of organizations that signed a letter saying Israel is "entirely responsible" for the violence unfolding in the region. His request to release students' names has received a mixed response on Twitter — certainly not everyone agreed.

Persons: Bill Ackman, Israel, —, Ackman, Ian Bremmer, Larry Summers, Seth Moulton, Ted Cruz, Hama, Claudine Gay Organizations: Harvard, Service, Harvard University, Eurasia Group, Harvard Palestine Solidarity Groups, Harvard Palestine Solidarity Committee, US, Pershing, Capital Management, Pershing Square Foundation, Center for Jewish, Rights Watch, America, Twitter Locations: Gaza, Israel, Harvard Palestine, Harvard

☆ School spirit days are great for students — even if they stress parents out
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( Ana Homayoun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

AdvertisementAdvertisementMany of us remember the school spirit days of simpler times: Pajama Day, Wacky Wednesday, Superhero Day, or Ugly Sweater Day. I see the benefits in kidsWhen I was in high school, I avoided anything but the most basic attempts at school spirit. AdvertisementAdvertisementAfter attending a university with unabashed school spirit and spending over two decades as an academic advisor to middle school, high school, and college students, I've seen the many ways school spirit days can have a positive impact on connection, collaboration, and creativity. At a time when so many students feel isolated among peers, school spirit days can facilitate community bonding by increasing interaction and engagement. For elementary school students, focusing on a few school spirit days with a simple theme that do not require last-minute costume shopping reduces adult overwhelm.

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