Timothy Geithner '83 will conduct a series of university seminars beginning in early March, Politico reported. The seminars will focus on economic crises prevention and the policies used to approach them, all aiming to help the public understand how the government makes decisions when approaching public policy issues. They will be closed to the public, off the record and done for no fee. Geithner has agreed to conduct seminars at Harvard University, Northwestern University, the University of Michigan, Princeton University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and plans to announce additional university stops. The engagements come after Geithner's term as Secretary of the Treasury, an office he left in January.
In a letter sent to members of the College Board, board president David Coleman announced plans to redesign the SAT but did not specify the time frame for implementing the changes, Inside Higher Ed reported. The test was last changed in 2005 with the addition of the writing section and elimination of analogy questions. Coleman said he expects changes to the SAT will focus on core skills that are essential for excelling in college and ensure that the test fosters "equity and fairness." The letter also pledged to include feedback from educators in efforts to improve the SAT. Last year was the first time that more students took the ACT than the SAT. Private admissions counselor Nancy Griesemer said the new changes to the SAT are likely a reaction to the test's decrease in popularity with the ACT. In recent years, a number of colleges and universities dropped testing requirements and gauged student performance on grade point average or the submission of other materials.
Members of Emerson College's Phi Alpha Tau fraternity raised over $5,130 to fund surgery for a member to undergo a female-to-male gender confirmation surgery that removes his breasts, The Huffington Post reported. When sophomore Donnie Collins discovered that his student insurance would not cover the operation, members of his fraternity initiated an internet campaign to raise the $4,800 necessary to fund the procedure. Fraternity members created personalized thank-you cards, videos and songs to express gratitude to donors. They announced on Wednesday that the extra money they raised will be donated to the Jim Collins Foundation, which provides financial assistance to transgender people for gender-confirmation surgeries.
