VIDEO: 12-Year-Old Boy Graduates High School, College in Same Week
Becoming the high school valedictorian is a huge achievement, and 12-year-old Mike Wimmer recently made it happen.

Becoming the high school valedictorian is a huge achievement, and 12-year-old Mike Wimmer recently made it happen.
HBO’s Real Time With Bill Maher host Bill Maher slammed higher education as a “grift” and a “luxury daycare center” staffed with “overpaid babysitters,” on the latest episode broadcast Friday.
Princeton University will no longer require students to take Latin or ancient Greek to earn a classics degree, a change that comes as part of a larger effort by the school “to address systemic racism” on campus.
As colleges open their commencement ceremonies for in-person attendance after the Chinese coronavirus pandemic, the Biden White House is barring Cabinet members from in-person speeches as President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris do not adhere to the same rules.
Biden’s DOJ and activists are threatening to sue states that have put laws in place to protect female athletes from transgender competition.
An 18-year-old high school student who was saving up his money for college won a scholarship. Now, he is using the money he saved to give back to others.
Calvin E. Tyler Jr. quit college nearly 60 years ago because he could no longer afford it, but this week his school said he gave $20 million to a scholarship fund established in his name.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) on Friday nudged President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris to cancel student debt — a long-held agenda item for progressives.
A National Student Clearinghouse Research Center report on fall enrollment in U.S. colleges reveals that the higher education sector lost 400,000 students this fall because of the coronavirus — twice the rate in 2019.
A 74-year-old grandmother who received her bachelor’s degree in anthropology 42 years after taking her first college class is graduating college beside her granddaughter.
A veteran in Little Rock, Arkansas, is using her own experiences to encourage others to work hard and be successful.
University of Manchester students ripped down “prison-like” metal barriers erected around their dormitories to enforce social distancing, as England went into full lockdown on Thursday.
A 14-year-old in Keller, Texas, added another major accomplishment to his already impressive resumé in August.
Sen. Kamala Harris pledged to forgive student loan debt for graduates of historically black colleges and universities who make less than $125,000 a year.
Just days before this forced retirement became official, Mike Adams is dead by his own hand.
A new poll suggests that patriotism and favorable views of America among young adults tend to decline as they go to college.
A new survey commissioned by the Young America’s Foundation called the Youth Patriotism Index revealed that American colleges and universities are contributing to making students less patriotic. According to the survey, high school students are much more likely than college students to be proud to live in the United States.
Over one million students that have used the OneClass e-learning platform may have had their personal data breached. A report published on Thursday suggests that the popular educational platform experienced a significant data breach this week, creating a “goldmine for criminal hackers.”
“Silence is violence” is a totalitarian slogan demanding compliance and reminiscent of political coercion within the former Soviet Union, said William Jacobson, professor of law at Cornell University and founder of Legal Insurrection.
A new poll has revealed that young and college-educated Americans are more likely to support the recent riots that have taken place in major cities around the nation. 58 percent of respondents with a four-year degree agreed that riots are “fully or partially justified,” including such acts as burning a police station down.
A recent study revealed that 62 percent of college students acknowledge that they have cheated on tests and coursework, and that online courses have facilitated more opportunities for students to engage in academic dishonesty. According to the National College Testing Association, online classes leave universities “more vulnerable to scandal and controversy related to academic dishonesty.”
Autumn Hope Johnson lived in poverty out of a yellow delivery truck. Ten years later, she graduated college on the Dean’s List with plans to go on to law school.
Millions of Americans are canceling or changing their education plans at institutions of higher learning due to the Chinese virus pandemic, according to an ongoing survey.
A young man in Jacksonville, Florida, recently got the surprise of his life after being named his high school’s valedictorian.
Rather than paying tuition and suffering through online classes, incoming freshmen should consider taking a year to serve communities hard hit by coronavirus.
Women are leading the charge to put laws in place to protect female athletes from competing against biological male “transgender” competitors.
U-Haul is offering college students free storage for a month after universities began evacuating campuses as a precaution against the Chinese coronavirus.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is asking colleges and universities to “consider” postponing or cancelling their upcoming foreign exchange or study abroad programs, as well as to consider asking students who are currently studying abroad to return home. The CDC’s suggestion is in response to the international coronavirus outbreak.
Two people were killed and another person was injured during a firearm-based attack at Texas A&M University-Commerce on Monday.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) reached his highest support among college students, a Chegg/College Pulse poll released Thursday indicated.
A 91-year-old grandmother in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, achieved a lifelong goal Saturday after putting it off for the past 73 years.
The University and College Union (UCU) has declared that anyone can “self-identify” as “black, disabled, LGBT+ or women”.
Audrey and Richard McIntosh are fighting to change the Title IX process in higher education after their son was expelled from college.
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is conducting a propaganda war in university halls across the United Kingdom, using threats and intimidation to implement a pro-Beijing narrative on campus.
At the very least, Felicity Huffman should be serving at least six months. When freedom is only two weeks away… Come on…
Nearly half of young Americans say that a college education is no longer necessary, noting that they believe their degrees were not needed in order to obtain their current jobs. 89 Percent of the members of Generation Z surveyed are also considering options outside of a traditional four-year degree.
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) came out against providing free college tuition to illegal aliens living in the United States at the expense of American taxpayers during CNN’s 2020 Democrat presidential primary debate.
Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis’ volleyball coach Steven Payne will not serve a day of prison time for pedophilia.
Democrat presidential candidate and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) introduced a bill alongside Rep. Al Lawson (D-FL) Wednesday aimed at combatting “hunger” among students on college campuses.
The Chinese government has ordered the suspension of certain Advanced Placement (AP) exams in an effort to crack down on educational material that the Communist Party deems “unfriendly.” The censored material includes AP tests on United States history.