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Campus Climate
U.S. Renews Call for Hungary to Engage with Besieged University
BUDAPEST, Hungary — The Hungarian government should “engage directly” with a university founded by billionaire George Soros which may have to leave Budapest because of recent amendments to the law on higher education, the United States said Tuesday. State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said the U.S. government urges Hungary to suspend the implementation of the […]
May 23, 2017
Disabilties
MBA for Mom Who Went to All Classes with Quadriplegic Son
ORANGE, Calif. — A Southern California university has awarded an honorary degree to the mother of a quadriplegic student after she attended every class with him and took his notes while he pursued his Master of Business Administration. Judy O’Connor, a retired elementary school teacher, pushed her son Marty in his wheelchair for him to […]
May 23, 2017
Leadership & Policy
CU President to Review Ex-coach’s Domestic Assault Handling
BOULDER, Colo. — University of Colorado President Bruce Benson will have the final say on how to handle university officials’ failure to report claims of domestic violence against a former assistant football coach. The Daily Camera reports the university’s Board of Regents had decided the president should make the decision on Monday after a seven-hour […]
May 23, 2017
Leadership & Policy
SUNY Provost Set to be New University of Missouri Chancellor
COLUMBIA, Mo. — The University of Missouri System is set to hire the provost and executive vice chancellor at the State University of New York to run its flagship campus in Columbia, two years after the previous chancellor resigned amid protests over racial concerns on campus. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, citing multiple sources it didn’t […]
May 23, 2017
Blogs/Opinion
Year-Round Pell Grants: A Step Forward
We’re in agreement with two prominent Carolina Republican legislators who have announced their support for making Pell grants accessible year-round. U.S. Rep. Mark Walker of Greensboro and U.S. Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina support not only the continuation of the Pell grant program, but also asked that the program be accessible once again year-round, […]
May 23, 2017
Other News
Online, For-Profit School Closing
The California National University for Advanced Studies, which has provide online instruction in Torrance since 1993, will close its doors at year’s end, becoming the latest in a string of for-profit educational institutions to go out of business, the Daily Breeze has learned. The school, which operates out of a modest Hawthorne Boulevard office, is […]
May 23, 2017
Other News
Students Still Waiting for Loan Forgiveness
BOSTON — The Massachusetts attorney general says thousands of students who were promised federal loan forgiveness have yet to have their debt cleared. Education officials under the Obama administration agreed to forgive $30 million in debt for 4,500 students of the American Career Institute, a now-defunct for-profit college chain. The chain acknowledged that it misled […]
May 23, 2017
Academics
Tests During Service Build College Credits
Members of the armed forces can earn college credit for knowledge gained in high school, during military training or though independent study by taking a standardized test to prove proficiency in a particular subject. The credit gained through these exams can expedite a service member’s path to a degree, experts say, and help them maximize […]
May 23, 2017
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Academics
Survey: Can Online Innovation Can Be Sustained?
It’s now more than 20 years since online learning came on the scene. At the outset, many skeptics questioned its quality and reliability. Online learning faced widespread resistance among faculty conditioned by centuries-old, classroom-based education and lacking in computer skills. There were substantial start-up costs, technical deficiencies, and regulatory uncertainty to overcome. With all these […]
May 23, 2017
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Other News
DOE Keeps Obama Loan Plan
The Education Department on Friday took up an Obama-era plan to streamline federal student loan servicing by moving to a new, single platform for managing the loans of 43 million borrowers. The department had indicated it might jettison the previous administration’s initiative, which was intended to simplify a system that consumer advocates have complained is […]
May 23, 2017
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Other News
Report: Why Are Few Pell Students at Elite Schools?
A new report from the Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce has sparked a lively debate on the merits of class-based affirmative action in higher education. The report found that approximately 86,000 Pell Grant recipients score well enough on standardized tests to qualify for selective colleges (1120 or higher on the SAT/ACT, according to […]
May 23, 2017
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Policy
Chelsea Manning Begins Life Outside Prison
Chelsea Manning, the transgender Army private who passed a trove of sensitive government documents to WikiLeaks in 2010, walked out of the disciplinary barracks at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., on Wednesday morning after serving an abbreviated sentence in connection with one of the most notorious leaks of classified documents in U.S. history. Manning’s 35-year sentence was […]
May 23, 2017
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Students
Why Betsy DeVos Will Never be the HBCUs’ ‘Boo’
What the Betsy DeVos debacle at Bethune-Cookman University provides is an opportunity for critical reflection and a “teachable moment.”
May 22, 2017
Students
Montana State U., Tribal College Students to Seek Answers Together
Montana State University researchers have received a $282,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to create a new approach to solving issues on Montana’s Indian Reservations.
May 22, 2017
Dr. Ed Dratz said he wants to see the interns “engage in learning new approaches to problem solving.”
Students
Rodriguez: Arizona Court to Decide What We Can Learn
The long-anticipated trial to determine whether there were racial motivations in terminating Tucson Unified School District’s highly effective Raza Studies Department begins next month.
May 22, 2017
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Sports
Study: Tech Workforce’s Lack of Diversity Goes Deeper than Pipeline
A recent study suggests that the top reasons for the technology sector’s racial homogeneity isn’t the absence of a diverse pipeline but young graduates’ lack of industry contacts and an information gap about job prospects.
May 22, 2017
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Students
Carleton College Suspends 13 Over Hazing; Assault Alleged
NORTHFIELD, Minn. — Officials at a small private college say they suspended 13 students over hazing at an initiation into a secret social club that involved extreme alcohol consumption, and police are investigating a reported sexual assault that followed. Carleton College said it suspended the students for three trimesters, or one academic year, for violating […]
May 22, 2017
Women
Film Producer, Parents Donate $25M to St. Lawrence University
CANTON, N.Y. — A private college in northern New York has received a $25 million donation from an award-winning film producer and her parents. Officials at St. Lawrence University in Canton announced over the weekend that it has received the largest gift in the college’s 161-year history from 1982 graduate Sarah E. Johnson and her […]
May 22, 2017
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