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News Roundup
Hartwick College Program Will Groom Peace Corps Volunteers
ONEONTA, N.Y. Hartwick College is working with the Peace Corps to create a preparatory program for the overseas agency. The Harwick Peace Corps Prepartory Program will prepare interested Hartwick students for careers or volunteer service abroad. The program being launched Nov. 1 is designed to help students at the college west of Albany, New York, […]
October 22, 2017
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Tuition Remission Benefit was a “Blessing in Disguise”
Even though her mother worked the night shift cleaning crew at Linfield College, Giselle Naranjo-Nelson never considered going to the college herself because she always thought the school was financially out of her family’s reach. All that changed when the director of a now-defunct Upward Bound program at Linfield asked Giselle if she had planned to apply to the college where her mother worked.
October 22, 2017
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ACE Encourages Congress to Take Action on DACA Policy
The American Council on Education has urged members of Congress to pass a “long-time legislative fix to protect Dreamers,” according to a letter that the organization’s president, Ted Mitchell, says is likely the largest sign-on in the organization’s history.
October 22, 2017
HBCUs
Prominent Ivy League Veteran Named President of Prairie View A&M
Dr. Ruth J. Simmons, who made history when she became the first Black woman to become the president of an Ivy League school, will become the next president of Prairie View A&M University.
October 22, 2017
News Roundup
NAACP Names New Leader For More Active Future
WASHINGTON — The NAACP turned to an insider Saturday to help bring the nation’s oldest civil rights organization back to prominence. Derrick Johnson, 49, of Jackson, Mississippi, was hired as the NAACP’s 19th president and CEO after having served as interim leader since July and previously as vice chairman of the NAACP board of directors. […]
October 22, 2017
Blogs/Opinion
Can Online Training Maintain Quality?
Today, we have access to high-speed internet in most parts of the world. Resultantly, we are seeing mainstream adoption of various trends, including the adoption of online training for students and employees around the globe. While text portals were popular for information consumption online in the past, there is increasingly a shift towards other forms […]
October 20, 2017
Academics
Database Change Broadens View of Outcomes
One big flaw of the Integrated Postsecondary Education Database System (IPEDS) has been fixed. The U.S. Department of Education has revamped its higher education database to begin tracking non-traditional students — the ones who aren’t attending school full-time or aren’t entering college as freshmen right from high school — an additional 650,000 people. According to […]
October 20, 2017
Other News
Lawmaker Offers Apprenticeship Bill to Help With Transition
EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14) — Rep. Beto O’Rourke has introduced a new bill aimed to make it easier for soldiers to find jobs outside of the military. He said the Veteran Apprenticeship and Labor Opportunity Reform (VALOR) Act is designed to help streamline apprenticeship programs for troops transitioning into civilian life. O’Rourke said it will […]
October 20, 2017
Veterans
College Makes It Easier for Vets to Use Credits
Pellissippi State Community College is making it easier for military veterans to receive college credit for their experience. With a state $70,190 Veteran Reconnect grant, Pellissippi State plans by next fall to improve its process for veterans to know what credit they can receive before they enroll in college. Currently about 500 Pellissippi State students […]
October 20, 2017
Other News
2 Investigations Confirmed at Air Force Academy
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Cheating by more than a dozen freshman cadets on a test and alleged misconduct by members of the lacrosse team are under separate investigations at the Air Force Academy. The Colorado Springs Gazette reports the academy says 13 freshmen were accused of cheating on a test of basic Air Force knowledge. […]
October 20, 2017
Academics
Research Examines Learning Potential
New Morgridge College of Education Assistant Professor of Research Methods and Information Science, Denis Dumas, recently published research that could potentially change the way educational researchers understand student learning capacity, and the way students are tested in school. The humble beginnings of a new testing model. “Dynamic Measurement Modeling: Using Nonlinear Growth Models to Estimate […]
October 20, 2017
Academics
University of Colorado to End Course Fees
BOULDER, Colo. — The University of Colorado is eliminating all course and program fees starting in the fall of 2018. The Daily Camera reports that the eliminated fees will collectively save students $8.4 million per year. Chancellor Phil DiStefano announced the commitment to lowering costs for students at the university’s annual State of the Campus […]
October 20, 2017
Academics
University Offers 3-Year Bachelor’s, 1-Year Master’s
There are two major barriers to completing a college degree and they are time and money, according to Paul Percy, provost and executive vice president at Carson-Newman University. “The longer people stay in school, the longer they have to keep finding ways to come up with money, to pay for school and for money to […]
October 20, 2017
Other News
Apollo Global Biggest For-Profit Manager in the World
Back in 2013, the future looked bleak at academic publisher McGraw-Hill. They’d been around for over a century, but with the advent of digital technology, more and more course material was moving online. While they’d been the top dog in the academic publishing just a few years before, they agreed to a $2.4 bn buyout […]
October 20, 2017
Students
As Protestors Rally at University of Florida, Penn State Hopes to Steer Clear
As protesters circled the University of Florida auditorium where White nationalist Richard Spencer spoke Thursday, Penn State decided to avoid this scenario altogether.
October 19, 2017
Students
Ky. Community College in Position to Help Veterans Make Career Transition
Over the past five years, West Kentucky Community and Technical College has built a comprehensive support network for student veterans.
October 19, 2017
Faculty & Staff
Senators Again Seek Loan Relief for Adjunct Faculty
Adjunct faculty members will get another chance to gain eligibility for a federal student loan relief program under proposed legislation by two U.S. senators.
October 19, 2017
Students
Lawsuit Challenges DeVos’ Guidance on Campus Sexual Assault
BOSTON —A national women’s rights group is challenging Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’ new guidance on investigating campus sexual assault. The organization Equal Means Equal and three women who say they were assaulted in college filed a federal lawsuit Thursday in Boston alleging the rules violate civil rights laws. On Sept. 22, DeVos scrapped President Barack […]
October 19, 2017
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