Former Harvard student Adam Wheeler, 23, was charged with falsifying documents that helped him get into Harvard University in 2007, where he was granted $45,000 in financial aid, grants and scholarships, according to the Associated Press. Wheeler was admitted to Harvard after creating documents that claimed he earned a perfect academic record at Phillips Academy in Andover and studied for a year at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, according to the AP. Wheeler was in the process of applying to transfer to Yale and Brown when he was caught, Middlesex County District Attorney Gerry Leone told the AP. Before attending Harvard, Wheeler was a student at Bowdoin College from 2005 to 2007, but was expelled for academic dishonesty.
The University of California, Berkeley's College of Letters and Science is asking incoming students to swab the inside of their cheeks with cotton and return the swabs to the University to prompt discussion about personalized medicine, instead of assigning a summer reading book, according to Inside Higher Ed. Scientists will determine if the swabs contain three genes that play a role in people's daily lives genes that allow people to metabolize folate, tolerate lactose and metabolize alcohol according to the report. Students will be able to use that information to learn if they should adjust their consumption of leafy green vegetables, dairy products and alcohol. The program is intended to instruct students on traits that can be managed through behavior, Inside Higher Ed reported. The results of the tests will remain confidential.
Robert Shireman, the deputy under secretary of education, plans to leave his position in early July after spearheading the Obama administration's student loan reforms passed in March, according to Inside Higher Ed. Before accepting the position, Shireman said he would remain in Washington, D.C., for only a short period of time, Inside Higher Ed reported. Shireman is expected to return to California with his wife and children.
