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Veterans
$1 Million in Grants Will Give Veterans Commercial Driver Training
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has awarded nearly $1 million toward programs aimed at helping train military veterans to be commercial drivers, the agency announced in a press release on Tuesday, Oct. 18. Specifically, the money has been awarded to seven technical and community colleges across the United States to help train veterans and […]
October 28, 2016
Academics
Center for Online Education Offers Perspective
After years of experience guiding students toward success in online education, OnlineColleges.net has relaunched as the Center for Online Education (COE). The new name formally establishes COE’s transition into a holistic resource for online college students. Online education instructor and expert Melissa Venable, PhD will lead the team of subject matter experts behind the COE […]
October 28, 2016
Veterans
$400 Million College Bond Includes Funds for Veterans Support
The Southwestern College district is asking voters on Nov. 8 to approve Proposition Z, a $400 million bond measure to finance repairs and construction at its four South County campuses. District officials said bond money is needed to renovate classrooms and facilities in order to provide more instruction and job training to South County residents […]
October 28, 2016
Other News
Convicted Molester, Drug Dealers Among Trump U Staff
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump says he hand-picked only the best to teach success at Trump University. But dozens of those hired by the company had checkered pasts — including serious financial problems and even convictions for cocaine trafficking or child molestation, an Associated Press investigation has found. The AP identified 107 people listed as speakers […]
October 28, 2016
Other News
New Rules Clear Debt in Fraud Cases
BOSTON —The government has issued new rules meant to help students get their federal loans erased in cases involving fraud and misconduct by their schools. Federal education officials have been working to create a more detailed system for students to file claims since the Education Department received thousands of claims from former students of the […]
October 28, 2016
Academics
Could “Finish in Four” Initiative Be Harmful?
There is an internal struggle between colleges making sure that graduates are not being passed through to graduation and the notion that many learners have financial or academic capacity to handle a 15-hour course load. While it is the traditional path to completion in four years, it does not account for new models of learning […]
October 28, 2016
Academics
How Artificial Intelligence Could Shape Higher Education
Artificial intelligence will be able to conduct much of the scientific and research-based work of the future, with the ability to run or to predict millions of trials based upon billions of variables and data points. But what robots and computer programs will not be able to do is identify key areas of human suffering […]
October 28, 2016
Academics
Higher Ed Is Being Upended By Dwindling Funding
In a panel during the annual meeting of the Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities Monday, college leaders from around the country agreed: the biggest challenge facing public higher education today is the dwindling state support for the enterprise. Beyond that, however, finding ways to reassert the value of the degrees they offer was the […]
October 28, 2016
Students
Grand Valley State Accused of Delaying Assault Reports
ALLENDALE, Mich. ― Ottawa County authorities said Grand Valley State University has a policy discouraging prompt reporting of sexual assaults that undermines investigators’ ability to gather evidence and successfully prosecute the crimes. Ottawa County Prosecutor Ronald Frantz told MLive that the process is concerning because it hampers the ability to build cases. The university’s police […]
October 27, 2016
Students
Fraternity Parties Back at UC Berkeley with New Guidelines
SAN FRANCISCO ― Fraternity and sorority parties will be back this weekend at the University of California, Berkeley after a one-week suspension, but with new guidelines aimed at keeping the often booze-filled bashes free of sexual violence. Berkeley’s Greek system imposed a voluntary ban on parties a week ago, a move it called unprecedented, after […]
October 27, 2016
Students
Report Underscores Racial, Class Disparities in College Degree Attainment
The figures the clearinghouse released Thursday reveal a stark reality that frustrates efforts to contravene the notion that “demography is destiny” when it comes to college degree attainment.
October 27, 2016
Students
Role of Chief Diversity Officers Expanding on College Campuses
Institutions have come to realize just how critical a chief diversity officer is to getting things done regarding diversity and inclusion as well as to legitimizing these efforts in the eyes of constituents.
October 27, 2016
Students
Study Finds Black Youth Interest in Technology Growing
The majority of African Americans between the ages of 11-17 are self-reportedly confident about their computer skills, about half say that they want to learn how build their own website, and a third want to learn how to code.
October 27, 2016
Students
Brigham Young University Stops Honor-code Reviews of Sex Abuse Victims
SALT LAKE CITY ― Students at Brigham Young University who report sexual assault will no longer be investigated for possible violations of the strict honor code that bans drinking and premarital sex, the Mormon-owned school announced in a major reversal to a practice that drew widespread scrutiny. The college on Wednesday accepted several recommendations made […]
October 27, 2016
Students
UVa Attorney Wanted ‘Jackie’ to disavow Rolling Stone story
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. ― A University of Virginia attorney asked a student who claimed in a Rolling Stone story that she was gang-raped to disavow the article after it was published. The Washington Post reports that the university had wanted the woman identified only as “Jackie” to release a statement saying the 2014 story “A Rape […]
October 27, 2016
News Roundup
Ex-South Texas College of Law in Houston Changing Name Again
HOUSTON ― An attorney says a downtown Houston law school will change its name again to end a federal trademark lawsuit filed by the University of Houston System. The Houston Chronicle reports the Houston College of Law, formerly the South Texas College of Law, will announce its new name by Nov. 4 in a court […]
October 27, 2016
Blogs/Opinion
Academic Freedom in Accrediting
“College Accreditors Need Higher Standards” (editorial, Oct. 20), quite appropriately, calls on the accrediting community to focus more attention on protecting students and to demand better performance from colleges and universities that are accredited. The editorial reflects a growing consensus — from Congress, the Department of Education, members of the media and some in the […]
October 27, 2016
Other News
Pentagon Strengthens Transition Program
After your time in the military is up, how do you get ready to go back to the civilian world? For Cpl. Fabian Purvis, it involved a five-day seminar at Camp Pendleton that taught him things like how to translate his military experiences into something a civilian human resources department could better understand, along with […]
October 27, 2016
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