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Executive Leadership Academy Fellows Prepped for Top Campus Roles
At first, Krystal Lyons thought she was headed to another one of those conferences where you frequently check your cell phone under the table because you’ve heard it all before. But she was delighted to find that assumption wrong within the first few hours of the Executive Leadership Academy (ELA) at the University of California – Berkeley.
October 9, 2018
Blogs/Opinion
Getting Release Forms
If you’re a servicemember who is returning to civilian life, one of the critical administrative jobs you need to complete is obtaining a copy of your DD-214 (Certificate of Release or Discharge). What you probably don’t know, however, is how difficult it can be to access this document. Most DD-214s are kept at the National […]
October 9, 2018
Veterans
3 Nontraditional Ways to Get a Bachelor’s Degree
In 2013, 20-year-old Carmel Wright, who had worked as a nanny and tutor after graduating from high school, was ready to consider college. Then she mysteriously lost the use of her right leg. What turned out to be an unusual muscle-bone condition set her on a yearlong path of treatment in Sacramento, Calif., where she […]
October 9, 2018
Veterans
Transition Requires New Skills
Most service members agree that transitioning from the military into civilian life requires a new set of skills regardless of rank or the number of years served. Whether you plan to seek employment, attend an institution of higher education, obtain a credential or start a business, the Transition Assistance Program (TAP) curriculum, Transition Goals, Plans, […]
October 9, 2018
Veterans
5 Tips for Women in Transition
According to Department of Labor, the unemployment rate for women veterans continues to drop. Evidently, more women veterans are entering and persevering in the workforce. Programs geared towards post-911 female veterans have been instrumental in helping them transition into new jobs and stay off the streets. Women veterans are the fastest growing group in the […]
October 9, 2018
Veterans
Van Uses Technology to Promote Benefits
ELKO – Want to know more about veteran benefits? Follow new Veterans Resource Center mobile outreach vehicle to their offices at Great Basin College. The vehicle is styled with a colorful vinyl wrap featuring two Great Basin College student veterans and college president Joyce Helens and a digital screen that can be customized with messages […]
October 9, 2018
Other News
Education Department Overstated Endorsements for Accreditor
EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OVERSTATED ENDORSEMENTS OF FOR-PROFIT COLLEGE ACCREDITOR: The Trump administration’s recommendation last week to continue the federal approval of a controversial accreditor of for-profit colleges cited endorsements by peer accreditors that those organizations never made. Read more
October 9, 2018
Academics
Changes Planned for College Scorecard
The U.S. Department of Education is planning to add a lot more data to its College Scorecard, the online database of information about two- and four-year colleges and universities. It has been heavily criticized for lacking information on the earnings and debt for college students. Users can look up individual institutions to find details on […]
October 9, 2018
Policy
Students Struggle as Glitch Holds Up GI Bill Payments
If Jane Wiley and her husband, Ryan Wiley, both discharged from the Marines, don’t receive the housing allowance they get through the GI Bill by Nov. 1, she expects that they will run out of money for food and rent. They will also have to stop attending school if they can’t afford child care for […]
October 9, 2018
News Roundup
Navajo Technical University Programs Receive ABET Approval
The electrical and industrial engineering programs at Navajo Technical University (NTU) were recently approved for accreditation by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET). NTU’s approval makes it the first Tribal College or university (TCU) to offer ABET-accredited engineering programs, according to the Tribal College Journal. The TCU’s accreditation is retroactive and extends back […]
October 9, 2018
Latinx
$2.5 Milllion Grant to Aid Students at Notre Dame de Namur U.
A $2.5 million Title V grant was awarded to Notre Dame de Namur University in California to support programs for Latinx, transfer and first-generation-to-college students, according to university officials. The U.S. Department of Education grant will be dispersed over a course of five years to fund the college’s STARS (Success in Transfer and Retention for Students) […]
October 9, 2018
Native Americans
Indigenous Peoples’ Day Observed at Montana State
Montana State University celebrated Indigenous Peoples’ Day in Bozeman on Monday, according to a report from KRTV in Great Falls, Montana. More than 100 people attended the celebration, including Bozeman Mayor Cyndy Andrus who said the community should be safe and welcoming for students and others of all backgrounds. The college, which was established 125 […]
October 9, 2018
Asian American Pacific Islander
Remembering Chancellor Chang-Lin Tien, Champion of Affirmative Action
This past week, I was moved by the memorial for the late Chancellor Chang-Lin Tien. The first Asian American to head a major research university, University of California Berkeley, which he led from 1990 to 1997, he was remembered again on the tenth anniversary of the naming of an East Asian Library in his honor.
October 9, 2018
Latinx
HACU Leaders Focus on Internationalization, Immigration Reform
Conversations on the importance of Hispanic-serving institutions (HSIs) internationalizing their campuses, advocacy for DREAMers and collaborative partnerships between other minority-serving institutions for Hispanic student success filled the final day of the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities’ Annual Conference.
October 8, 2018
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Gordon State’s New President Reflects on First 100 Days
Dr. Kirk Nooks, Gordon State College’s new president, spent his first 100 days in office not teaching, but learning as much as he can about the institution and the student body it serves. Nooks, who assumed his role on June 1, spent the first three weeks of classes living among students in a first-floor room […]
October 8, 2018
Opinion
Recognizing the Importance of Access and Social Capital
Have you ever heard, “it’s not about what you know… it’s about who you know?” Unfortunately, this idea that your network can have a significant impact on the opportunities you have access to, is true.
October 8, 2018
Blogs/Opinion
Addressing Sickle Cell
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced in a recent press release the launch of a new “Cure Sickle Cell Initiative” to help accelerate cures for sickle cell disease. The goal of the Initiative is to advance the development of the latest gene- and cell-based therapies safely into clinical trials for sickle cell disease within […]
October 8, 2018
Policies
Cheaper Insurance Policies Have Big Gaps
If you’re looking for cheaper health insurance, a whole host of new options will hit the market starting Tuesday. But buyer beware! If you get sick, the new plans – known as short-term, limited duration insurance — may not pay for the medical care you need. Read More
October 8, 2018
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