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Report: Students at For-profit Schools in Maine Carry Heavier Debt

AUGUSTA, Maine — A new report finds students at for-profit colleges in Maine carry much heavier debt loads than those at public and private nonprofit colleges in the state. The non-partisan Center for Responsible Lending says the debt burden falls on low-income, female and minority students who disproportionately enroll at Maine for-profit schools. About 75 […]

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UC Berkeley Flip-flops on Ann Coulter, Proposes May Date

BERKELEY, Calif. — University of California, Berkeley officials said Thursday they have a “grave concern” of violence on campus if Ann Coulter follows through on her vow to speak next week at the university. Chancellor Nicholas B. Dirks instead proposed an alternate May 2 date for the conservative author. Dirks said police have “very specific […]

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Vermont’s College of St. Joseph Names 6th President

RUTLAND, Vt. — The interim president of the College of St. Joseph in Vermont now has the job full-time. The Rutland Herald reports Lawrence Jensen is the college’s sixth president. The chairman of the college’s board of trustees says Jensen is the “right choice” and praised his business experience. Over the past year under Jensen, […]

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Baylor Hires 1st Female President Amid Sex Assault Scandal

WACO, Texas — Baylor University has hired its first female president as the nation’s largest Baptist school faces several lawsuits stemming from a sexual assault scandal. Linda Livingstone comes to Baylor from George Washington University in Washington, D.C., where she has been a dean and professor of management. Her academic career includes previous administrative and […]

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University Presidents Seek Restored Funding in New Mexico

A council of university presidents from New Mexico is lobbying to have about $745 million put back in the state’s public colleges and universities coffers.

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Private Colleges Group Slams U. Northern Iowa Lobbying Push

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa — A group representing private colleges is slamming the University of Northern Iowa’s attempt to get a piece of its schools’ state financial aid program as “despicable and greedy.” UNI’s Panther Caucus said in an email Friday that “it’s not fair” UNI students are shut out of the $50 million Iowa Tuition […]

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Quinnipiac President to Step Down after 3 Decades on the Job

HAMDEN, Conn. — The president of Quinnipiac University, who oversaw massive growth at the Connecticut school, has announced that he will step down after more than three decades on the job. President John Lahey said in a weekend message to the school community that he plans on retiring on June 30, 2018. The university in […]

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President of UMaine at Augusta Abruptly Resigns

AUGUSTA, Maine — The University of Maine at Augusta is looking for its fifth president since September 2014. The search will begin after President James Conneely abruptly resigned Tuesday night. The resignation takes effect at the end of June. Conneely said in his resignation letter that it’s been an honor to serve since January 2016. […]

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U. of Wisconsin Leaders Reject Governor’s Proposal to Rank Campuses

MADISON, Wis. — University of Wisconsin System leaders want to allocate $42.5 million in performance-based funding among campuses themselves rather than use a ranking system Gov. Scott Walker proposed in his two-year budget. UW System President Ray Cross said Thursday at an Assembly Committee on Colleges and Universities hearing that system leaders should determine appropriate […]

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New Board Chair: Time to Get Morehouse in Order

As Morehouse College settles in to the overhaul in leadership that occurred last Friday, Morehouse constituents are in agreement that it is time for the college to turn a new page.

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New Mexico Nursing Board Puts College on Notice

SANTA FE, N.M. — Santa Fe Community College won’t be able to accept any new students into its nursing program until its graduates’ test results improve or it wins an appeal. The Santa Fe New Mexican reports that the state nursing board has placed the college’s nursing program on conditional status for two years due […]

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Western Michigan University picks Georgetown Dean as President

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — Western Michigan University has picked a dean and professor of economics at Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy as its next president. The Kalamazoo, Michigan school’s trustees on Wednesday approved the selection of Edward B. Montgomery to the post. His selection follows a national search to find a successor to John […]

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