Sean Joyce Tu'87 has been appointed executive assistant director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's National Security Branch, according to a Wednesday FBI press release. The NSB is comprised of the Counterterrorism Division, Counterintelligence Division, Directorate of Intelligence and the Weapons of Mass Destruction Directorate. Joyce began his career in the FBI as a special agent in 1987, and has previously served in the Dallas Division, Fort Worth Resident Agency, the Miami Division, the Washington Field Office and the Counterterrorism Division's International Terrorism Operation Section, the release said. He was previously appointed assistant director of the FBI's International Operations Division. Joyce has won several FBI service awards for his counterterrorism and investigative work, according to the release.
The U.S. Department of Labor released a statement Wednesday with a new set of guidelines for determining when private employers can offer unpaid internships, according to The Chronicle of Higher Education. The new guidelines are a response to increased national attention to the hiring of unpaid interns by private companies. The criteria state that an employer may choose not to offer monetary compensation if the primary beneficiary of the internship is the intern and if the internship is "similar to training which would be given in an educational environment." Unpaid interns must also be under close supervision, cannot replace paid employees and cannot be guaranteed a job after their internships are complete. If all of these factors are met, employers can choose not to offer minimum wage compensation and overtime provisions, which are otherwise mandated under the Fair Labor Standards Act, according to The Chronicle.
McGill University has received a warning from Quebec officials for its plan to introduce a sizable tuition hike for its MBA program, The Globe and Mail of Toronto reported Tuesday. McGill has announced that starting this fall, the annual tuition fees for its MBA program will increase from $1,700 to $30,000 for Quebec residents and out-of-province and international students can be expected to pay more, according to The Globe and Mail. Administrators said that the University needs additional revenue to maintain the quality of its MBA program, but Quebec officials maintained that the government should have the final say in setting tuition fees, according to The Globe and Mail. Education Minister Michelle Courchesne has threatened to withhold funding from the University in order to offset any financial advantage from the proposed tuition hike, according to the article.
