Tag Archives: education

Open Thread | So, They Are Now Reclassifying What Counts as a PROFESSIONAL DEGREE?

Posted on November 24, 2025 by rikyrah

Full list of degrees not classed as ‘professional’ by Trump admin Students doing certain degrees may no longer receive the same amount of reimbursement for their studies now that the Department of Education is implementing various measures from President Donald … Continue reading →

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Open Thread | In These Times, Just Trying to Highlight Someone Who Is Trying to Use Their Fortune to Help Others

Posted on November 10, 2025 by rikyrah

‘Pivotal moment’: MacKenzie Scott makes $38M donation to Alabama HBCU Taylor Ardrey USA TODAY Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has made a monumental donation to another historically Black college or university (HBCU), which the school is touting as a “defining moment.” In … Continue reading →

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Open Thread | Harvard University Rejects Trump’s Takeover

Posted on April 16, 2025 by rikyrah

From Hopeium: Harvard University is 140 years older than the United States, has an endowment greater than the G.D.P. of nearly 100 countries and has educated eight American presidents. So if an institution was going to stand up to the … Continue reading →

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Open Thread | President Biden to Deliver Commencement Address at Morehouse College…and Those College Protests…

Posted on April 24, 2024 by rikyrah

It came out yesterday that President Biden would be delivering the Commencement Address at Morehouse College. Morehouse College (@Morehouse) posted at 6:39 PM on Tue, Apr 23, 2024: Morehouse College will welcome Joseph R. Biden, the 46th President of the … Continue reading →

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Open Thread | About All Those ‘ But, the young men are so lonely’ Articles….

Posted on January 31, 2024 by rikyrah

I am tired of reading the articles about how all these young men are so ‘ lonely’. How all these men, who support Trump, as having a hard time in the dating pool. Inevitably, it always comes back to how … Continue reading →

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Open Thread | Scholastic Book Fair – What’s With the Censorship?

Posted on October 20, 2023 by rikyrah

As a kid, one of my fondest memories from school was when I got the little paper flyer, informing us that we were going to have a Book Fair, and all the options that would be there. I would sit … Continue reading →

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Open Thread | More on President Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness Program

Posted on August 30, 2023 by rikyrah

Going to say this again: IT MATTERS who is President and their experiences and their viewpoint. President Biden respects the PROCESS. And, he’s also enough of a political nerd to understand that getting into the weeds, you can do a … Continue reading →

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Open Thread | President Biden Continues to Try and Help With Regards To Student Loans

Posted on August 10, 2023 by rikyrah

President Biden is not giving up with helping those who have student loans. Biden administration launches new SAVE student loan repayment plan. Here’s how to apply PUBLISHED MON, JUL 31 202310:32 AM EDT UPDATED MON, JUL 31 202312:00 PM EDT … Continue reading →

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Open Thread | Houston School District Firing Librarians and Turning Libraries Into ‘ Disciplinary Centers’

Posted on July 31, 2023 by rikyrah

From the moment I read this story, I was enraged. HISD to eliminate librarians, turn some libraries into discipline centers at 28 campuses HOUSTON – Houston Independent School District will be eliminating librarian positions at 28 schools this upcoming year … Continue reading →

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Open Thread | How The Affirmative Action Case Might Effect HBCU’s

Posted on July 3, 2023 by rikyrah

One of the issues that came up after the Supreme Court’s horrible Affirmative Action, was how this would affect HBCU’s. Historically Black Colleges and Universities were developed post-Civil War to educate the newly freed Black populace. The question was what … Continue reading →

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