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News Roundup
Pennsylvania OKs New College Saving Grants for Newborns
Pennsylvania is starting a program proposed by state Treasurer Joe Torsella to provide college savings accounts for newborns, beginning with a $100 grant. Torsella said Monday the program will be open to any child starting next year who is a Pennsylvania resident at birth or adopted by a Pennsylvania family. Parents will be notified about […]
June 26, 2018
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Effort to Establish National Museum of the American Latino Gains Traction
An effort to establish an American Latino Smithsonian Museum on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., is picking up steam. The museum would focus on how Latino culture and history have impacted United States society.
June 26, 2018
Students
Whose Responsibility Is It? The Role of Faculty in Student Success
As college professors, we hear it all the time, especially during the end of the semester, when it seems that’s the only time students decide to pay you an office visit. “Can you tell me how I’m doing in your class?”
June 26, 2018
Sports
New Maryland Athletic Director Finds Redemption
Damon Evans was officially named the full-time athletic director at the University of Maryland after serving as the interim since October 2017, when his predecessor Kevin Anderson announced he was taking a six-month sabbatical before ultimately leaving the school altogether.
June 26, 2018
News Roundup
No Deal for Insurer and University of Mississippi Hospital
Mississippi’s largest hospital and largest private insurer remain on track to split Saturday. Officials with the University of Mississippi Medical Center and Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi tell the Clarion Ledger they haven’t reached an agreement. The Medical Center in April said it would end its Blue Cross contract June 30, attempting to […]
June 26, 2018
News Roundup
ACT or No ACT? Ask University of Chicago
Chances are, if you have children in high school, or had children in high school, or work in a school system, you have heard the students stress over the ACT standardized test. In their minds, understandably, they think a bad, or not good enough, ACT score will derail their chances of getting accepted to some […]
June 26, 2018
Other News
Follow the Money
When 39 university associations send an open letter to Congress expressing “grave reservations” about proposed legislation, you can be sure that money is involved. No matter how they describe their concern about students, our colleges and universities have spent money at a pace well above inflation for decades, and they have raised tuition and fees […]
June 26, 2018
Veterans
$1 Million Gift to Support Research and Education
MILWAUKEE _ The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee has received a $1 million gift from Mrs. Billie Kubly to establish the Dr. Michael C. Kubly Military & Veterans Mental Health Endowment. The endowment was named in honor of Mrs. Kubly’s late husband, a veteran and renowned orthopedic surgeon in Milwaukee who died in January. Mrs. Kubly has […]
June 26, 2018
Policy
Rule Change Will Help Military Spouses
OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) – For dozens of military families, school this upcoming year may be the opportunity they were looking for. From here on out military spouses have fewer hurdles to jump through to teach in the state. “That’s a huge step forward for Nebraska,” said Meagan Patton-Paulson. Patton-Paulson’s husband is in the military. “I […]
June 26, 2018
Policy
Bill to Support Vets Higher Ed Introduced in Senate
(Washington, DC)—Representatives Annie Kuster (NH-02) and Gus Bilirakis (FL-12), members of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, welcomed the Senate introduction of their legislation, the Servicemembers Improved Transition through Reforms for Ensuring Progress (SIT-REP) Act by Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and John Boozman (R-AK). Kuster and Bilirakis led the House version of the bill, which […]
June 26, 2018
Academics
Navigating Loan Forgiveness
The government created the public service loan forgiveness program with a simple premise: Take a job to help the greater good and get some debt relief down the road. In reality, the process of getting that promised relief has been neither simple nor forgiving. A confusing set of rules and servicers who provided misleading or […]
June 26, 2018
Academics
Ex-Employee of Contractor Pleads Guilty to Tuition Fraud
A woman admitted Friday in federal court to stealing from a Fort Wayne defense contractor through a tuition assistance program. Jessica L. Shutt is the fifth former BAE Systems employee this week to plead guilty in U.S. District Court in Fort Wayne to wire fraud. She admitted taking $12,000 from the tuition assistance program, and […]
June 26, 2018
Academics
Missouri Western Will Allow In-State Tuition for Military
St. Joseph is home to thousands of active military personnel and retired veterans who are working not only to protect and serve but also trying to earn a college degree. For those who reside outside of Missouri but are taking campus courses at Missouri Western State University while being stationed in St. Joseph, or prior […]
June 26, 2018
Other News
Rules Change Would Let V.A. Employees Work at For-Profit Schools
Employees at the Department of Veterans Affairs aren’t allowed to moonlight at for-profit schools or receive gifts, services or other financial benefits from such institutions, which enroll tens of thousands of veterans using the GI Bill. But VA officials are considering waiving that rule for most employees ― a proposal that has several military and […]
June 26, 2018
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Racist Comments Spark Investigation at Texas Tech
Officials and students at Texas Tech University are condemning recent “offensive” messages in a “Frat Chat” filled with racist comments that prompted the resignation of the school’s Interfraternity Council president.
June 25, 2018
African-American
Burnim Comes Out of Retirement to Lead UMES on Interim Basis
Higher education officials in Maryland have called seasoned college administrator Dr. Mickey Burnim out of retirement to serve as interim president of the University of Maryland at Eastern Shore (UMES) starting next week as a replacement for retired president Dr. Juliette Bell.
June 25, 2018
Students
A Seat at the Table for KIPP Alumni
WASHINGTON – The Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP) centered students who are alumni of the charter school network at the forefront of a conversation this week about what it takes to get to and through college during a panel on Capitol Hill.
June 25, 2018
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A Scholar-Practitioner
New book details how Dr. Melvin C. Terrell championed diversity and equity in student affairs.
June 25, 2018
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