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AAC&U Annual Meeting Addresses Evolving Role of Higher Education

Education leaders gathered at the 104th annual meeting of the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) to discuss higher education’s role in helping students achieve the “American dream” despite emerging discourse that the two are disconnected.

January 25, 2018

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Emerging Scholar Profile: Curry and the Relevance of Philosophy

Having grown up in a working-class family in Lake Charles, La., Dr. Tommy Curry is no stranger to intellectual adversity.

January 25, 2018

17 Universities Oppose Anti-Smoking Group with Tobacco Ties

Seventeen public health schools in the U.S. and Canada pledged Thursday to refuse research money from a new anti-smoking group funded by the tobacco industry. The Foundation for a Smoke-Free World was created in September with nearly $1 billion from the Philip Morris tobacco company, saying it aims to end smoking worldwide and support research […]

January 25, 2018

Grad Student Accused of Scamming Woman to Pay His Tuition

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A Brown University graduate student was charged Thursday with scamming a Florida woman out of $30,000 by telling her he wanted to open a school for poor children in Dubai. Shishuai Li, a 25-year-old computer science student, instead used the money for tuition and living expenses, authorities said. Li did not enter […]

January 25, 2018

Michigan State President Resigns in Wake of Nassar Scandal

EAST LANSING, Mich. — Michigan State President Lou Anna Simon submitted her resignation Wednesday amid an outcry over the school’s handling of allegations against Larry Nassar. The announcement that Simon was stepping down came hours after the sentencing of Nassar , who worked at Michigan State as a doctor and received 40 to 175 years […]

January 25, 2018

Good Business

Why Hiring Veterans is Good Business. Leaving the military was scary. After years of physical training, skills development and frequent relocation… military service had become my “normal.” Those were some of the most challenging and rewarding years of my life. When I decided to return to the civilian world, it was nothing less than a […]

January 25, 2018

Wash U Law Offers 2 Online Master’s with 2U

Imagine you run a university. You know from the data that more students want online programs, particularly when it comes to graduate degrees they can pursue alongside full-time employment. And yet your university specializes in brick-and-mortar higher education. It’s what you do. It’s who you are. Sure, you might have experimented with online learning using […]

January 25, 2018

The Failing U. Report

Failing U analyzes and grades each state’s laws, regulations, and accountability measures related to the private, for-profit postsecondary institutions in that state. The report does not analyze efforts by states’ attorneys general who seek to protect their residents through enforcement efforts and litigation. While laudable, such actions are needed in significant part because state oversight […]

January 25, 2018

Report Finds Massachusetts Failing to Protect Students

Almost the entire country comes up short on overseeing and regulating private for-profit colleges, according to a new report that dinged Massachusetts for not requiring tuition refunds in the event of a school closure and not mandating that performance measures be disclosed to students. Massachusetts is among 43 states that received a failing grade in […]

January 25, 2018

Bill Would Offer Scholarships for Older Students

SANTA FE, N.M. — About 26,000 New Mexico college students get tuition help through the legislative lottery scholarship every year, but only those who started college shortly after high school are eligible. Now a state lawmaker is pitching a program that could help older and other nontraditional students. Sen. Bill Tallman, D-Albuquerque, has introduced the […]

January 25, 2018

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Survey: Financial Issues Keep Many Adults from Pursuing Education

Vermont Business Magazine A new survey from Champlain College Online (link is external) says that while most adults see the value in higher education to prepare them for advancement in the workplace, ongoing concerns over incurring student debt and affordability are the major barriers to returning to school to complete a certificate, associate degree or […]

January 25, 2018

In Evolving World of Microcredentials, Needs Differ

Many colleges these days are experimenting with short-form online degrees to try to reach new audiences and offer new options, often at a lower cost. And new upstart providers are also getting into the mix, including coding bootcamps and startups like Udacity, which offers unaccredited nanodegrees. These trends raise a host of questions about the […]

January 25, 2018

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DeVos May Reverse Ruling on For-Profits

DEVOS MAY REVERSE OBAMA RULING ON FOR-PROFIT COLLEGE CONVERSIONS: The Trump administration is considering undoing a landmark ruling by the Obama-era Education Department regarding colleges that seek to convert from for-profit schools into nonprofit institutions. The Center for Excellence in Higher Education, which is based in Utah and owns a chain of career colleges, is […]

January 25, 2018

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Lawmaker Seeks Control Over Public University Tuition Hikes

The state Legislature would have control over tuition increases at South Dakota’s public universities under a bill introduced at the Capitol. Republican Rep. Lynne DiSanto said Tuesday that the state Board of Regents, which currently sets tuition and fees, needs more oversight. DiSanto’s bill says the board would fix tuition only after the Legislature has […]

January 24, 2018

Vanderbilt to Add 4 Residential Colleges in $600M Project

NASHVILLE, Tennessee – Vanderbilt University is undertaking a $600 million project to add four new residential colleges by 2023, billing the initiative as its largest capital project ever. The 205,000-square-foot E. Bronson Ingram College will open this fall with living spaces, a communal dining hall, a great room, a performing arts rehearsal studio and four […]

January 24, 2018

Suspended Fraternities Rapidly Regaining Status on Ohio State Campus

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Two months after Ohio State University suspended fraternity organization activities, nearly all of the fraternities have regained the right to recruit new members. Ohio State suspended all social, recruitment and new member activities on Nov. 16 after 11 chapters were placed under investigation for violations of the Code of Student Conduct. The Office […]

January 24, 2018

Emerging Scholar Profile: Achiume Combats Intolerance Internationally

Growing up, E. Tendayi Achiume wanted to be a physicist or an engineer, inspired by a high school physics teacher.

January 24, 2018

Emerging Scholar Profile: Bimper Builds the Athletics Bridge

Having grown up in Dallas, Tx., Dr. Albert Bimper Jr.’s experience attending Colorado State University (CSU) as an undergraduate was “very different” racially and culturally, he says. While some of his experiences as a student athlete were positive, at other times, it was challenging.

January 24, 2018

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