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News Roundup
Tuition Grant Program Doubles Summer School Enrollment at University
In the first summer of the pilot Wings Up Summer Tuition Grant program, enrollment at Our Lady of the Lake University (OLLU) in San Antonio, Texas rose 108 percent from the previous summer and 99 percent of students in the program returned for the fall semester. Designed to help students stay on track to graduate, […]
October 19, 2018
Other News
Companies Pushing Security Products Court Education Department
SECURITY COMPANIES COURT EDUCATION DEPARTMENT: A top Education Department appointee spoke by phone in recent months with companies that push products like electronic locks and technology designed to better detect concealed weapons. — The calls come as the Trump administration weighs recommendations for bolstering school safety and as the security industry has aggressively marketed its […]
October 19, 2018
Academics
Education Department Sued in Armed Teachers’ Case
A coalition of advocacy and teacher groups sued the U.S. Department of Education on Wednesday morning for information related to its decision to allow schools to purchase firearms using federal funds. The American Federation of Teachers, the Southern Poverty Law Center and the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence say the Education Department is […]
October 19, 2018
Academics
GI Bill Benefits Aren’t Taxable
You may wonder if you have to report your GI Bill benefits as income on your taxes, well the good news is that the answer is NO. GI Bill benefits are NOT taxable and should NOT be reported on your tax return as income. You will not receive a W-2 from the VA. Read more
October 19, 2018
Blogs/Opinion
GI Bill
VBA may have lauded its decision to disband the Office of Economic Opportunity, formerly led by Deputy Under Secretary Curtis Coy, until it created a new backlog of the Forever GI Bill veterans’ claims approaching well over 100,000 veterans. In October, reports originally surfaced that around 100,000 veterans did not timely receive their monthly subsistence payment […]
October 19, 2018
Academics
Air Force Academy Grad, Vet Named Teacher or the Year
With science being the lead dancer in the marriage of technology, engineering and math through the popular STEM movement, the discipline has never been as cool as now. But to Dan Ganoza, science has always held the top-dog spot in education. “You can pretty much apply science to every aspect of your life,” said Ganoza, […]
October 19, 2018
Veterans
Students Plant, Sell Deer Corn to Benefit Wounded Warriors
CLEMSON — Freedom is earned by those who aren’t afraid to give a lot of blood, sweat and tears. Some Clemson students are giving a little of their own sweat to help repay America’s veterans. Michael Kule from Aiken, Jamie Lanham from Eastover and Fil Mabry and Joey McCorkle from Columbia are senior agricultural mechanization […]
October 19, 2018
Academics
Cadets from 9 colleges Compete in Texas ROTC Ranger Challenge
Nearly 130 Reserve Officer Training Corps cadets from nine universities in Texas competed in the annual Central Texas region ROTC Ranger Challenge on Fort Hood over the weekend. The Ranger Challenge Tab is the only individual qualification tab awarded exclusively to ROTC cadets. The tab is awarded to cadets who compete in regional ROTC Ranger […]
October 19, 2018
Academics
Robot Teaches Course at West Point
Bina48, the first-ever robot to complete a college course, finished another mission today: It became the first robot to co-teach a university-level class. Why it matters: The experiment at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point sought to determine if AI can “support a liberal education model,” says William Barry, a West Point professor who […]
October 19, 2018
LGBTQ+
Mentoring Emphasized at TIAA Institute Women’s Leadership Forum
The importance of making an impact on higher education and creating pipelines for diverse talent were salient topics at the TIAA Institute Women’s Leadership Forum held on Thursday in New York City.
October 18, 2018
Latinx
Navigating Bias Incidents on Campus as an Administrator
During my tenure as an assistant dean of students, I was involved in a committee charged with responding to reported bias incidents on campus. When a member of the campus community experienced, witnessed or were aware of something that they believed to be bias, they could use an online form to report the incident anonymously. Once a week, this committee I was a part of would read over all the cases and decide how they should be handled.
October 18, 2018
Opinion
Who Are These Diversity Officers?
In 2011, I was arrested for civil disobedience in front of the U.S. Senate, fighting for immigrant rights. While I was being arrested, children of undocumented parents visited senators with heart-shaped cookies asking them to take action on keeping families together. Sound familiar?
October 18, 2018
Students
USC Center Helps Advance Racial Equity
Five months after a group of students at DePauw University angrily confronted their college president following a string of racially charged incidents on campus, Dr. D. Mark McCoy was sitting in front of his office computer actively processing the incident with Dr. Charles H. F. Davis, who was some 2,000 miles away.
October 18, 2018
HBCUs
Bethune-Cookman University Facing ‘Existential Threat’
Bethune-Cookman University (B-CU) interim president Hubert L. Grimes, in a news conference Tuesday, dismissed rumors that the school would close, although it is facing an “existential threat,” he said. Amid ongoing financial issues, including repercussions from a $306-million dormitory deal, B-CU officials plan to address the challenges, the Orlando Sentinel reported. “Our problems reflect the culmination […]
October 18, 2018
News Roundup
Petition for Potential Freeze on SC College Tuition Receives Warm Reaction
A bill that would briefly stop increases in South Carolina college tuition was recently presented to the Joint Education and Finance Study Committee and received warm reactions from committee members. The bill was sponsored by Sen. Vincent Sheheen and states that if passed, it would establish a $125-million trust fund to increase state funding of […]
October 18, 2018
Women
Debra McCurdy Named Baltimore City Community College President
Dr. Debra McCurdy will assume the role of president of Baltimore City Community College (BCCC) this spring after serving as president of Rhodes State College in Ohio for the last 11 years. McCurdy will succeed interim president Dr. James H. Johnson, Jr. in Spring 2019 as the college is working to boost enrollment and graduation […]
October 18, 2018
Academics
Polk State a Pathway for Mom Who is Vet, Student
Brittiny Pearn always knew she wanted to be a teacher, and she is well on her way to being the next leader of a Polk County classroom. She was the first Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education student to pass all three Florida Teacher Certifications and is the student representative on the Polk State Bachelor […]
October 18, 2018
Academics
$10 Million Gift Expands William & Mary MBA Program
The College of William & Mary will expand its online graduate business degree offerings through the new School of Business Center for Online Learning funded by a longtime supporter’s $10 million gift, one of the largest donations the department has ever received. The W&M Raymond A. Mason School of Business will offer a wider array […]
October 18, 2018
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