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Why Are Universities Buying Military Arms?

Sending an ominous signal to student protest movements nationwide, universities across the US are once again able to equip their police forces with castoff military gear, tying them ever more intimately into the military-industrial complex. In August, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced at a Fraternal Order of Police convention that Program 1033 would resume providing […]

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Some Faculty Critical of Purdue’s Online Plan

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind.— Purdue University’s plans for a new online school are drawing criticism from some faculty members. The proposed school, called NewU, would emerge from Purdue’s purchase of for-profit Kaplan University, which was announced five months ago, the Journal & Courier reported. Some Purdue faculty members who question those plans say they’re worried about […]

V.M.I.: Confederate Statues Will Stay Put

Leaders of Virginia Military Institute said Tuesday that the school will keep its Confederate statues and consider adding more historical context in the aftermath of last month’s violent white nationalist rally in Charlottesville. At a VMI board of visitors meeting Tuesday, VMI Superintendent J.H. Binford Peay III defended the school’s traditions while declaring that “there’s […]

High-Tech Grad School Opens in NYC

NEW YORK — The city’s quest to make itself a legitimate rival to Silicon Valley as a high-tech hub has long bumped up against some harsh realities, among them the fact it hasn’t had a top-tier technology school pumping out the next generation of entrepreneurs and engineers. A potential answer to that problem, a new […]

Loan Forgiveness for For-Profit Fraud Stalled at DOE

WASHINGTON — Tens of thousands of former students who say they were swindled by for-profit colleges are being left in limbo as the Trump administration delays action on requests for loan forgiveness, according to court documents obtained by The Associated Press. The Education Department is sitting on more than 65,000 unapproved claims as it rewrites […]

Under DeVos, For-Profit Stocks Promise High Returns

For-profit education companies finally seem to be winning their fight against the Obama-era regulations that pushed two behemoths, Corinthian Colleges and ITT Tech, into bankruptcy, while the others saw their stock prices and enrollment plunging. The Department of Education under Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has delayed implementation of gainful employment rules, withdrawn key federal student […]

Senator Wants Some Bases Closed

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — U.S. Sen. Jack Reed said he wants Congress to authorize a new round of military base closings. The Rhode Island Democrat filed an amendment with Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain to the Senate’s defense authorization bill for fiscal 2018 on Monday to authorize a round of base closures and realignments, starting in […]

MOOCS — Harbingers of Major Change in Learning

Technology has long been used to improve how we learn, but today’s digital advances, particularly with social media, have taken learning in powerful new — and for some — entirely unexpected directions. The vast co-created commons of the Internet have long been seen as a way for the connected and motivated to learn on their […]

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List for F1 Visas Includes Many “Ghost Colleges”

Here’s the scenario: A U.S. consular official at an overseas location is facing an alien who wants a student (F-1) visa. The alien has a piece of paper from an American graduate school that says he has been admitted and is eligible for the visa. He also has documentation of his graduation from a local […]

AG Sues to Keep Arizona Tuition as Free as Possible

PHOENIX — The state’s top prosecutor is charging that the Board of Regents is ignoring a constitutional requirement that tuition for Arizona residents be “as nearly free as possible.” In a 20-page complaint filed Friday in Maricopa County Superior Court, Attorney General Mark Brnovich said board members have “dramatically and unconstitutionally” increased the cost of […]

Program Assists Spouses During Deployments

With the impending deployment of 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, Aurora Military Housing officials are working to remind family members of the benefits of their Deployed Spouse Program. Available to all families of active duty service members living in Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson housing, the program lends a hand during longer military deployments, […]

Jackson State ROTC Gets First Woman Leader

JACKSON, Miss. — A Mississippi university has installed its first female commander of the Air Force ROTC program. Lt. Col. Shander Adams is taking over leadership of the program at Jackson State University from retiring commander Lt. Col. Timothy Henderson. Adams was celebrated in an installation ceremony that also included a ribbon-cutting for the ROTC’s […]

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