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Middleton: Higher Ed Leaders Should Take Heed to Student Protesters
Higher education leaders should take heed to the concerns of student protesters and use them as a springboard for conversation, a group of panelists said Tuesday at a convening of the Association of Governing Boards.
April 19, 2016
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University, Colleges Must Seek Help to Better Assist Students
A university president shares advice on how to balance the need to increase completion rates and maintain quality at the Association of Governing Boards’ national conference Monday.
April 18, 2016
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NCAA Board Must Reject Satellite Camp Ban
Satellite camp? Sounds like something high tech, space station kind of stuff.  Practically STEM-ed. Never heard od it before? It’s a big deal if you’re a young kid in high school with the dream of playing college football. But if you’re talking good old boy, big time college football, then the idea is just a major annoyance. […]
April 17, 2016
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Melton Breaks Down Diversity Barriers in Intercollegiate Sports
Nicole Melton has spent the last four years of her budding career in higher education teaching students the importance of breaking barriers in the intercollegiate sports arena.
April 17, 2016
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Secret Harvard Club Breaks Silence, Followed by an Apology
BOSTON — A Boston business chief who broke the public silence of a 225-year-old Harvard all-male club apologized after critics said his comments blamed women for sexual assault. Charlie Storey, the president of Boston’s Harpoon Brewery, wrote a letter to Harvard’s student newspaper defending the school’s social clubs for refusing to accept women. He was […]
April 14, 2016
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John Kerry Urges Miami College Students to Embrace Diversity
Secretary of State John Kerry exhorted Miami Dade Honors College students to pursue an inclusive American dream that includes “what our country stands for internationally.” To encourage freedom, he said, the United States wants to help “the Cuban people to begin a new chapter in their history.” He acknowledged that there are critics who believe […]
April 14, 2016
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UC Davis Spent Thousands to Scrub Pepper-spray References from Internet
UC Davis contracted with consultants for at least $175,000 to scrub the Internet of negative online postings following the November 2011 pepper-spraying of students and to improve the reputations of both the university and Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi, newly released documents show. The payments were made as the university was trying to boost its image […]
April 14, 2016
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Alliance Creates Scholarships to Boost Study Abroad
A new three-year initiative aimed at increasing student study abroad at minority-serving institutions will receive financial support from the Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE).
April 13, 2016
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Ex-Iowa State Athlete Sues School Over Response to Rape Case
AMES, Iowa — A former Iowa State University basketball player who faced a rape charge that was later dropped is suing the school, claiming its response ruined his chances of playing professional basketball. The Des Moines Register reports Bubu Palo’s lawsuit accuses university officials of wrongly punishing him even after the criminal case against him […]
April 13, 2016
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Penn State Survey Finds Sexual Misconduct is Common
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — A survey of sexual misconduct at Penn State’s main campus found that more than three-quarters of undergraduate women have experienced offensive or harassing behavior from other students, university officials announced Wednesday. The Penn State Sexual Misconduct Climate Survey was completed in fall 2015 by nearly 3,000 of the campus’ approximately 40,000 […]
April 13, 2016
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Excelencia: Community Colleges Need to Embrace Latino Role
President Sarita Brown said she believes community colleges can play a critical role in assuring Latino students’ academic success.
April 12, 2016
President Sarita Brown said she believes community colleges can play a critical role in assuring Latino students’ academic success.
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2 Econ Professors Cite Student Borrowing as Contributor to Rising Tuition
Increased student borrowing, more generous financial aid and the increased value of a college degree have all conspired to drive up tuition, two economics professors argue in a new paper released Tuesday.
April 12, 2016
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Report: U.S. Didn’t Find Trouble at College Before it Failed
WASHINGTON — Education Department reviewers found in 2013 that a major for-profit college chain had systematically raised students’ tuitions without properly telling them. As a result, the U.S. government demanded a refund — but only for the handful of students whose records had led to the discovery. Though the company’s schools had more than 100,000 […]
April 12, 2016
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Need for Research that Centers on Female Experiences at HBCUs
Historical accounts of HBCUs often exclude the stories of Black women at these institutions and the history of women’s access to higher ed focuses mainly on experiences and struggles of White women.
April 11, 2016
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Egypt’s Oldest Secular University Honors Saudi Monarch
CAIRO — Egypt’s oldest secular university on Monday granted King Salman of Saudi Arabia an honorary doctorate for his “unique services” to Arabs and Muslims, the final function in a five-day visit clouded by opposition to Cairo’s intention to hand over control of two Red Sea islands to Riyadh. In its citation, Cairo University said […]
April 11, 2016
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UConn: Sexual Violence Survey Shows Students Feel Safe
STORRS, Conn. — A survey on sexual violence shows students feel safe on University of Connecticut campuses, school officials said Monday. The university released the results of the anonymous survey of 6,000 random students, which was administered in November 2015 by the Higher Education Data Sharing Consortium. About 1,500 students from Storrs and regional campuses […]
April 11, 2016
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Expert at AERA: States not Equipped to Support Schools
Even though states have new flexibility under the Every Student Succeeds Act their departments of education aren’t set up to take advantage of it.
April 10, 2016
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Italy’s Ambassador Leaves Egypt Over Student’s Killing
CAIRO — Italy’s ambassador left Egypt on Sunday, Egypt’s state-run news agency said, two days after Italy said it is recalling its envoy to protest what it described as a lack of cooperation in the investigation of the killing of an Italian student in Cairo, Italian doctoral student Giulio Regeni’s body was found nine days […]
April 10, 2016
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