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Are Archaic Premises Fueling Feds’ Pursuit of WGU?
A recent report from the U.S. Department of Education grabbed headlines by proffering the opinion that Western Governors University should repay more than $700 million in Title IV aid received by the university via attending students.
October 3, 2017
Students
Fantastic Five: Strada Grantees Look Ahead to Implementation
Last year, five minority serving institutions, or MSIs, each received $325,000 grants from Strada Education Network, formerly known as USA Funds, to close the gap between academic and professional success.
October 3, 2017
Students
University of Vermont Responds to Some Diversity Concerns
BURLINGTON, Vt. — The president of the University of Vermont says the school still has work to do on racial justice issues, but he didn’t agree to every change requested by students. UVM President Tom Sullivan says the school would not expel a student found to have stolen a Black Lives Matter flag because the […]
October 3, 2017
Students
Kennesaw State Fraternity Investigated for Student Misconduct
ATLANTA — Members of a fraternity are being investigated for possibly violating the student code of conduct at a suburban Atlanta university. News media outlets are quoting Kennesaw State University officials as saying the investigation involves the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity. They did not release any details about what the members allegedly did. The reports […]
October 3, 2017
Students
Hungary: George Soros-founded School Hopes for Imminent Deal
BUDAPEST, Hungary — A university founded by Hungarian-American billionaire philanthropist George Soros is hopeful of a deal allowing it to remain in Hungary. Central European University spokeswoman Colleen Sharkey said Tuesday that negotiations between New York state, where CEU is accredited, and the government of Hungary, where the school has been based since 1993, “have […]
October 3, 2017
Students
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
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RETHINKING Student Recruitment and Retention
October 3, 2017
Blogs/Opinion
“You Need to Get Out”
The nation, especially our commander-in-chief, just got a lesson on how to talk about race and racism, especially when it comes to written racial slurs directed at African-American students. You face the public immediately and directly. You don’t play politics. You don’t say there were many fine people on both sides. Heaven forbid, you don’t […]
October 3, 2017
Veterans
Veterans Training Program in Texas Shuts Down Abruptly
The Department of Veterans Affairs has abruptly revoked a Garland, Texas vocational training school’s ability to enroll veterans through the G.I. Bill, halting classes and sending as many as 300 students home with less than half of their training program completed. The VA confirmed to WFAA Thursday afternoon that the Texas Veterans Commission Education Program […]
October 3, 2017
Policy
Schools Near Base Threaten Punishment for Kneeling
BATON ROUGE, La. — Several high schools in north Louisiana are threatening to punish student athletes if they don’t stand throughout performances of the national anthem, an interscholastic response to a debate roiling professional sports leagues. The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana says punishing students who “take a knee” during the anthem would violate […]
October 3, 2017
Other News
Can Grand Canyon Restore Image of For-Profits?
During the waning years of the Obama presidency, the future of for-profit education (FPE) looked rather bleak. One of the biggest players, ITT Educational Services (ESI), the operator of the ITT Technical Institutes, was forced to close down entirely under the weight of repeated legal actions at the state and federal levels. Other big names, […]
October 3, 2017
Academics
Marine Corps Led to Life of Education, Public Service
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — Not quite ready to head to college, Don Butler had just graduated from high school in Mays Lick when he and his older brother met a group of U.S. Marine Corps recruiters at a bar in a Greyhound bus station in Cincinnati. After an evening chatting with the recruiters, Don and […]
October 3, 2017
Other News
V.A. Wants to Scrap For-Profit Ethics Law
The Department of Veterans Affairs is pushing to suspend a 50-year-old ethics law that prevents employees from receiving money or owning a stake in for-profit colleges that pocket hundreds of millions of dollars in tuition paid through the G.I. Bill of Rights. The agency says the conflict-of-interest law — enacted after scandals enveloped the for-profit […]
October 3, 2017
Other News
Air Force Academy Head Delivers Warning on Race Bias
AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. — The leader of the Air Force Academy delivered a poignant and stern message on race relations in a speech to thousands of cadets after someone wrote racial slurs on message boards outside the dorm rooms of five black students. Lt. Gen. Jay Silveria warned students that he would not tolerate […]
October 3, 2017
Academics
Last of U.S. Navy College Offices Close
PENSACOLA, Fla. — Naval Education and Training Command (NETC) announced that the remaining four Navy College Offices (NCO) in the continental United States will close as scheduled Oct. 1. Sixteen NCOs closed a year ago, with the modernization of the Navy College Virtual Education Center (NCVEC), which now serves as the Navy College Program’s (NCP) […]
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
Leadership & Policy
Serrata’s Rise to Presidency a Positive Change in Plans
He would have been content pursuing his vocation as a student affairs and enrollment manager indefinitely, but fate had other plans for Dr. William Serrata, president of the El Paso County Community College District.
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
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