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University of New Mexico Professors Seeking Immigrant Student Protections

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A group of professors at the largest university in the nation’s most Hispanic state are asking for more protection of immigrant students joining a movement of campuses around the country. Professors and instructors at the University of New Mexico delivered a letter Friday to the school’s president, Bob Frank, amid uncertainty from […]

November 20, 2016

Wake Forest University Naming Dorm for Poet Maya Angelou

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Wake Forest University is naming a new residence hall in honor of famous former faculty member Maya Angelou. The private university in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, said Friday the five-story building now under construction will house more than 200 first-year students when it opens in January 2017. University President Nathan Hatch says Angelou […]

November 20, 2016

Rutgers Confronts Ties to Slavery in Groundbreaking Report

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — Rutgers University is confronting its historical ties to slavery. The New Jersey school founded in 1766 has compiled research that sheds new light on its beginnings, including an untold story of a slave who helped build the university’s iconic Old Queens administration building. The detailed report released Friday is published in […]

November 20, 2016

Grad Rates Are Core of Potential Accreditation Overhaul

A recent joint statement from higher education accrediting bodies has heightened the focus on college and university graduation rates, but some advocates and executives say that accountability requires a greater value of institutional context. The Council of Regional Accrediting Commissions this week announced plans to conduct more intensive review of four-year colleges and universities with […]

November 18, 2016

Wounded Warrior Scholarship Recipients to be Honored

Colorado Technical University will recognize Colorado’s 2017 Wounded Warrior Scholarship recipients during a ceremony Thursday at Garden of the Gods Club and Resort, 3320 Mesa Road, in Colorado Springs. There are 11 Colorado recipients of the Wounded Warrior Scholarship and 50 nationwide. For the past eight years, the university has recognized active duty military service […]

November 18, 2016

“Troops to Teachers” Veteran Nominated for Teacher of the Year

CALLA Einchenberger of William S. Reyes Elementary School and Alvin Jesse Y. Borja of San Vicente Elementary School are among the nominees for this year’s Teacher of the Year Award. Einchenberger has been with the Public School System for seven years now. Her favorite quote is “Be the change you want to see in the […]

November 18, 2016

Lord Fairfax College Eases Veteran’s Return After 25 Years

In times of unrest, we look to our men and women in uniform. When they come home, it’s Lord Fairfax Community College’s policy that their service is recognized. “They are allowed to register for classes early. We’re also academic advisors, and one of the other key areas for a veteran would be helping them use […]

November 18, 2016

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Indiana Wesleyan Offers Veterans Discount

Indiana Wesleyan University has announced that it will begin offering a tuition discount to veterans. Through this new initiative, IWU is extending a 10-percent tuition discount to veterans who have exhausted their Post 9/11 GI Bill benefits, or veterans who are no longer eligible for those benefits. To be eligible for the tuition discount, veterans […]

November 18, 2016

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Report: Public College Grads in Trades Earn More

The for-profit college sector often markets itself as the most efficient route for students looking to use higher education to skill up and get a better paying job. But data released by the Department of Education Thursday indicates that these students are likely better off attending a public school. The mean salary of graduates of […]

November 18, 2016

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Distance Learning Explodes at Private Schools

Several surveys and higher education experts have predicted the demise of small and liberal arts private schools, and with good reason. Considering the number of schools currently facing financial crisis and ongoing efforts from the federal Department of Education to regulate postgraduate outcomes which may run counter-cultural to school missions and majors, that these institutions […]

November 18, 2016

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Leadership & Policy

A Great Choice for University President, Until She Doesn’t Want to Be Bossed

Just as we saw immense sexism, including internalized sexism among White women, we are seeing sexism at HBCUs.

November 17, 2016

Faculty & Staff

Diverse Docket: Gender Bias Suit Against Slippery Rock not Reinstated

A tenure-track history faculty member whose contract wasn’t renewed after one year has lost his bid to revive a gender bias suit against Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania.

November 17, 2016

Trump has Undocumented Students and Their Families Scrambling

By now a great majority of the country seems to have arrived at the stage of the worst political hangover any of us have ever experienced.

November 17, 2016

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Education Department Graduate Earnings Data Rekindles Controversy

New data shows graduates from public undergraduate certificate programs earn an average $9,000 more per year than counterparts at for-profit programs.

November 17, 2016

Melania Trump’s College Experience Amended on Bio

America’s future First Lady Melania Trump “paused her studies” to pursue a modeling career in Milan and Paris. That’s according to her new biography on President-elect Donald Trump’s transition website, GreatAgain.gov. The biography states that Melania Trump “would pursue a degree at the University of Ljubljana in Slovenia, but paused her studies to advance her […]

November 17, 2016

Mississippi Initiative to Help Former College Students Finish Degrees

JACKSON, Miss. —Leaders of Mississippi’s universities and community colleges say as many as 67,000 Mississippians who never graduated may have passed enough courses for a degree. They announced a plan Thursday to encourage those people to obtain degrees, as well as another 200,000 who dropped out short of the needed classwork over the last 15 […]

November 17, 2016

College Students Protest Donald Trump’s Deportation Plans

College students at campuses around the United States marched and rallied Wednesday, urging administrators to protect students and employees against immigration action under a Donald Trump presidency. Rallying supporters on social media with the hashtag #SanctuaryCampus, organizers said actions were planned at more than 80 schools, including Vermont’s Middlebury College, where about 400 people gathered, […]

November 17, 2016

For-Profits Must Prove Their Worth

Lisa Wardell, president and chief executive of DeVry Education Group, lays out how for-profit higher education can change the perception of the industry and its value to students. — Danielle Douglas-Gabriel For-profit higher education has faced major challenges recently as policymakers focus on ensuring that institutions serve their students. Schools have been forced to close […]

November 17, 2016

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