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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
Students
Bloomsburg University to Guide Foster Care Youth Toward College
This summer, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania will roll out a program designed to encourage more students from the foster care system to attend college.
May 24, 2017
Students
Higher Ed Policy Experts Placing Premium on Student Privacy
As experts examined ways to help students and families make higher education decisions at a hearing Wednesday on Capitol Hill, they were reminded that student privacy should always be priority.
May 24, 2017
Students
Congress, Save Public Service Loan Forgiveness
Many services are facing deep cuts and/or being defunded altogether in the proposed education budget. However, I want to address one specific proposed cut: Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF).
May 24, 2017
Students
Federal Student Aid Boss Runcie Resigns
James Runcie, who led the Office of Federal Student Aid for the past seven years as chief operating officer, abruptly resigned from his position on Tuesday night.
May 24, 2017
Students
New York Governor Offers Talks with Hungary on Soros School
BUDAPEST, Hungary — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday he is ready for talks with Hungary’s government on the status of Central European University, which may be forced to leave Budapest due to recent amendments to the law on higher education. CEU, founded by billionaire George Soros, is also accredited in New York state. […]
May 24, 2017
News Roundup
Parent Company of DeVry University Changing Its 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 24, 2017
Faculty & Staff
Wilberforce University Announces Layoffs, Pay Cuts to Handle Debt
WILBERFORCE, Ohio — One of the country’s oldest historically Black private colleges is laying off workers and imposing steep pay cuts in an ongoing struggle to survive. Wilberforce University cut $750,000 from its payroll last year, but the president of the small Ohio school says that’s not enough to deal with large debts that threaten […]
May 24, 2017
Students
DeVos to Review Rejected College Prep Grants Applications
The U.S. Department of Education will reconsider awarding grants to dozens of programs that help low-income students prepare for college after their initial applications were rejected due to formatting errors such as not being double-spaced. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos told a House subcommittee on Wednesday in Washington that her agency will reconsider the 77 rejected […]
May 24, 2017
Other News
23 million fewer people would have insurance under GOP Obamacare repeal bill, CBO says
The current Republican bill to repeal and replace major parts of Obamacare will lead to 23 million fewer Americans with health insurance coverage by 2026 if it becomes law, the Congressional Budget Office projected Wednesday. That is only 1 million fewer uninsured people than had been projected for an earlier version of the GOP bill. […]
May 24, 2017
Blogs/Opinion
The Jimmy Kimmel Test
On May 12th, Jimmy Kimmel gave an emotional monologue on his late night TV show Jimmy Kimmel Live! about his newborn son’s health complications. In the week since, the video has been viewed over 10 million times on YouTube. It’s easy to dismiss it as just another feel good story, but there are several important […]
May 24, 2017
Nursing
Arkansas University Restores Nursing Program
PINE BLUFF, Ark. — The Arkansas State Board of Nursing has approved the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff’s request to bring back its pre-licensure nursing program. The university’s approval for the program, which extends through 2020, is the final step before accreditation, the Pine Bluff Commercial reported. “The action of the Arkansas State Board […]
May 24, 2017
Other News
Famine in Africa Increases Risk of HIV Epidemic
No one should ever have to choose between starving to death and exposure to HIV, however millions of women and children struggling to survive in the drought-stricken countries of southern Africa aren’t being given a choice. When both Somalia and South Sudan declared states of emergency due to severe drought and conflict in February, humanitarian […]
May 24, 2017
Disparities
University Aims to Improve Tribes’ Education, Healthcare
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — South Dakota State University president Barry Dunn says he can see a future in which reservation hospitals and health centers across South Dakota employ pharmacists and lab scientists educated at his school, with doctors and administrators also trained at institutions in the state. The land-grant university is pursuing a new initiative […]
May 24, 2017
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