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Grace University in Omaha to Shut Down
OMAHA, Neb. — Officials say Grace University in Omaha will end academic operations at the end of the school year in spring. On Tuesday university CEO Bill Bauhard blamed financial struggles and significant declines in new undergraduate student enrollment over the past few years. The private Christian college was founded in 1943. This year’s enrollment […]
October 3, 2017
Students
More Study Abroad Opportunities Needed for Students of Color
According to NAFSA, the Association of International Educators, students of color made up only 27 percent of study abroad students in 2015.
October 2, 2017
Students
Georgia State Backed Up Analytics With Support System
Georgia State University’s academic achievement success story can be traced to the university’s decision to hire 42 academic advisors to act on the information gleaned from its use of predictive analytics.
October 2, 2017
Students
Blackburn College Offers Free Tuition for Low-income Students
CARLINVILLE, Ill. — A liberal arts college in southern Illinois is offering free tuition to area families earning less than $60,000 a year. WUIS Radio reports that Blackburn College in Carlinville is making the offer to lower income students from Macoupin County. Students will have to meet the regular admission requirements and apply for financial […]
October 2, 2017
Students
Grateful Lawyer Bequeaths $140 million to 3 N.C. Universities
RALEIGH, N.C. — Three private North Carolina universities will share $140 million bequeathed by a Charlotte attorney and business investor, the schools said Monday. The money left by Porter Byrum are for scholarships for students to attend Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, Queens University of Charlotte and Wingate University. With this final gift, the Wake […]
October 2, 2017
Students
McCaskill Asks to Speak With Trump About Campus Sexual Assault
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill wants to speak with President Donald Trump about campus sexual assault policy. In a Monday letter, McCaskill both criticized his administration’s handling of the issue so far and asked to talk with him about working together on new policy. McCaskill said Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’ decision to […]
October 2, 2017
Students
Dollar General Latest Business Offering Tuition Reimbursement
As part of a growing trend among businesses seeking to attract and retain dedicated talent, Dollar General announced that employees will be eligible for a tuition reimbursement program covering all or much of the cost of attending an online degree program at Bellevue University.
September 28, 2017
Students
Fresno State President Takes Pride in Identifying With Students
Like many of the students he currently serves at Fresno State, President Joseph I. Castro was the first in his family to go to college.
September 28, 2017
Students
Southern Cal Celebrates Quality of Its Freshman Class
About a month into the school year, the University of Southern California touts its freshman class as its brightest, most engaged and most diverse ever.
September 28, 2017
Students
Trump Creates Chaos and Confusion
The current president of the United States of America is always in the middle of chaos and confusion.
September 27, 2017
Students
Student Loan Default Rate Rises Slightly
The portion of students defaulting on their federal student loans inched up 11.3 to 11.5 percent, data released Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Education show.
September 27, 2017
Students
Evaluation Tool Gives Writing Instructors a Helping Hand
A web-based evaluation tool is allowing writing instructors to spend more time improving student writing outcomes at their institutions.
September 27, 2017
Students
Agents of Change: Increasing the Millennial Vote at MSIs
What would the young, ethnic minority voting bloc look like if more Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) became polling sites for local and national elections?
September 27, 2017
Students
Lopez Helps University of Phoenix Spread Its Cross-Cultural Wings
Saray E. Lopez, the assistant dean of community outreach & inclusion, is a driving force behind the University of Phoenix’s successful minority outreach efforts.
September 27, 2017
Students
Confederate Posters Found at American University
WASHINGTON — American University says 10 confederate flag posters with cotton attached to them have been reported on the school’s Washington, D.C. campus. University President Sylvia Burwell said in a statement on Wednesday that video shows “the perpetrator(s) coming on to the campus and hanging the posters.” University police are investigating and have released an […]
September 27, 2017
Students
Several Arrested at UC Berkeley Protest Amid Tense Exchanges
BERKELEY, Calif. — Police arrested at least four people Tuesday during a small but tense rally staged by a politically conservative group at the University of California, Berkeley. Amid heavy police presence, the protest was led by Joey Gibson, leader of a group called Patriot Prayer, and supporters including Kyle Chapman, a self-described “American nationalist.” […]
September 27, 2017
Students
Expert: Lower-income Dual Enrollment Students Need Additional Support
A new report from the Community College Research Center (CCRC) sheds some light on postsecondary degree-completion outcomes once dual enrollment students leave high school on a state-by-state basis.
September 26, 2017
Students
Analysis: States’ Interest in Outcomes-based Higher Ed Funding Grows
Twice as many states – four – as the prior year adopted outcomes-based funding in higher education in 2017, and a growing number of state legislatures made an effort to do so but got thwarted in the end, a new analysis released Tuesday by the Education Commission of the States shows.
September 26, 2017
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