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Section: Other News
Other News
University Leaders Trumpet Alternative Programs
Channing Tatum went to Harvard Business School. He was classmates with LL Cool J. Tyra Banks, too, posed for a photo by the Business School’s Centennial Bell when she attended courses there. “Smiling ear2ear on the Harvard Business School campus w/ my diploma!” the model and TV personality Tweeted. But none of these celebrities who […]
May 30, 2017
Other News
Nevada Law Protects Students If For-Profits Close
LINCOLN, Neb. — A new state law allows students at Nebraska’s for-profit colleges to be protected financially if those schools suddenly close. Under the measure passed May 16 and signed into law by the governor a week later, student records from for-profit schools that close will be sent to the University of Nebraska in Lincoln. […]
May 30, 2017
Policy
Trump Weighs Shifting Student Loan Oversight to Treasury
The Trump administration is considering moving responsibility for overseeing more than $1 trillion in student debt from the Education Department to the Treasury Department, a switch that would radically change the system that helps 43 million students finance higher education. The potential change surfaced in a scathing resignation memo sent late Tuesday night by James […]
May 30, 2017
Other News
Free Tuition Plan Sparks Debate
SARANAC LAKE — The head of the Department of Labor and other state officials took questions and comments from parents, guidance counselors and North Country Community College faculty and staff Tuesday during a round-table discussion on New York’s new Excelsior Scholarship program. Enacted earlier this year, the program provides free tuition at the state’s two- […]
May 26, 2017
Academics
William & Mary Gets Troops to Teachers Grant
The William & Mary School of Education has been chosen to establish a Troops to Teachers center in Virginia to help military veterans and soon-to-be veterans become K-12 teachers, Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe announced last week. The $400,000 grant was awarded through the Defense Activity for Non-Traditional Education Support (DANTES), a U.S. Department of Defense […]
May 26, 2017
Other News
DeVry Parent Company Changes Name
DOWNERS GROVE, Ill. — The company that owns one of the nation’s largest for-profit college chains is changing its name. DeVry Education Group, which owns DeVry University, announced Wednesday that it will now be called Adtalem Global Education. Company CEO Lisa Wardell said the new name “makes clear our purpose to empower students and our […]
May 26, 2017
Academics
Scientists Study Challenges in Digital Education
Education data scientists from Harvard’s Office of the Vice Provost for Advances in Learning (VPAL) hosted dozens of their peers from colleges and universities across the country late last month to discuss emerging challenges in research and design of digital higher education programs. Digital learning produced at Harvard has had a far-reaching impact, both globally […]
May 26, 2017
Veterans
Soldier for Life Center Eases Transition
There comes a time in Soldiers’ lives when they must transition back to civilian life, which for many can be stressful, but the Soldier for Life program aims to help make that transition a smooth process. The Soldier for Life – Transition Assistance Program Center is a place where Soldiers get help when undergoing the […]
May 26, 2017
Other News
Data: For-Profits Failing to Graduate Needy Students
New data from the U.S. Department of Education shows private, for-profit institutions do the worst job of graduating Pell-eligible students. While 3 in 4 students at these institutions receive Pell grants, only 16% actually graduate with a bachelor’s degree in six years, and The Hechinger Report’s Jon Marcus and Sarah Butrymowicz noted in their analysis […]
May 26, 2017
Policy
Scathing Senate Report Released on Wounded Warriors
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Following media reports last year of lavish spending by Jacksonville-based Wounded Warrior Project, the U.S. Senate launched its own investigation of the nonprofit. That Senate committee released its critical findings on Wednesday, and the nonprofit’s CEO said the organization will be reviewing the report through the weekend to learn how it can […]
May 26, 2017
Other News
California Colleges Welcome Summer Pell Grants
California’s colleges and universities are celebrating what many describe as a happy surprise: the revival of federal financial aid for summer school. The move will help more low-income students graduate on time and help reduce college debt, its proponents say. Congress recently approved, and President Trump signed, omnibus budget legislation that included funding for those […]
May 25, 2017
Academics
Who’s the Typical Online MBA Student?
Online MBAs offer students the flexibility to study when and where they want. That’s part of what makes them so appealing to working professionals. By pursuing an online MBA, students can often balance a full-time job with an education, squeezing in time to study and complete assignments even after a day in the office. Business […]
May 25, 2017
Other News
For-Profit Tactics Might Spread to Public Universities
Unless you’re a resident of Indiana, you probably haven’t heard about Purdue University’s recently announced acquisition of troubled online for-profit college Kaplan University. This acquisition is highly unusual and has many unknown implications for Indiana students and educators and beyond — and media’s limited and uncritical coverage of the unprecedented merger is exactly what the […]
May 25, 2017
Academics
Tough Day for Class After Lieutenant’s Murder
COLLEGE PARK, Md. — A black Bowie State University student who police say was fatally stabbed by a white stranger was honored Tuesday at the commencement ceremony where he would have walked across the stage. The gown of Richard Collins III was draped over a chair in the front row, and his family accepted his […]
May 25, 2017
Academics
Troops to Teachers Could Combat Shortages
Efforts to combat teacher turnover rates in high-poverty and high-needs schools could tap into a growing pool of military veterans entering the classroom. But veterans who are interested in becoming teachers need more encouragement, and states with large military and veteran populations are offering increased support through programs like Troops to Teachers. Shane Larkin, a […]
May 25, 2017
Other News
Budget: Military Wins, Poor and Disabled Lose
WASHINGTON — The poor and the disabled are big losers in President Donald Trump’s $4.1-trillion budget proposal while the Pentagon is a big winner. Trump’s plan for the budget year beginning Oct. 1 makes deep cuts in safety net programs, including Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program. The proposal also includes big cuts in […]
May 25, 2017
Other News
Advocates Slam Trump’s Cuts for College Students
WASHINGTON — Education advocates say President Donald Trump’s budget contradicts his campaign pledge to make college more affordable with its proposed elimination of subsidized student loans and cuts in other programs that help students pay tuition. The 2018 budget, unveiled Tuesday, slashes discretionary funding for the Education Department by 13.5 percent and overall funding by […]
May 25, 2017
Other News
Online, For-Profit School Closing
The California National University for Advanced Studies, which has provide online instruction in Torrance since 1993, will close its doors at year’s end, becoming the latest in a string of for-profit educational institutions to go out of business, the Daily Breeze has learned. The school, which operates out of a modest Hawthorne Boulevard office, is […]
May 23, 2017
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