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DeVos Calls for Higher Ed Reset at Factious Hearing

In a contentious Senate confirmation hearing in which Democrats cast her as unqualified to be secretary of education but Republicans and supporters portrayed her as a much-needed change agent.

January 18, 2017

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Morehouse Students, Faculty Shut Out of Process of Ousting President

Student and faculty trustees at Morehouse College decry lack of input in board of trustees’ decision over the weekend not to renew the contract of President John Wilson.

January 17, 2017

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Donald Trump Fails John Lewis History Lesson

The fact that Donald Trump would have the unmitigated gall to allude to John Lewis being incompetent, ineffective and useless to his constituency is beyond insulting.

January 17, 2017

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Diverse Docket: Court Rules Kankakee CC Did Not Violate Religious Rights

An Illinois community college did not violate the religious rights of a student excluded from its paramedic program for refusing to be vaccinated, an appeals panel has ruled.

January 17, 2017

Rodriguez: Arizona Moves to Ban Social Justice and Academic Freedom

Lawmakers have introduced legislation that would have the effect of banning social justice classes, activities and events, from K-12, to colleges and universities statewide.

January 17, 2017

The Case for Rebranding Minority-serving Institutions

“Equity-oriented institutions” should replace “minority-serving institutions” in our lexicon.

January 17, 2017

University of Michigan Announces Efforts to Address Poverty

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The University of Michigan is planning a series of projects that aim to bridge the gap between research and community efforts to prevent and alleviate poverty, the school announced Tuesday. The initiative, called “Poverty Solutions,” will explore and test models to ease the effects of poverty and broadly share that knowledge. […]

January 17, 2017

Immaculata University to Cut Tuition by 23% for 2017-18

MALVERN, Pa. — A Catholic college in suburban Philadelphia has announced plans to reduce its tuition by 23 percent for the 2017-18 academic year to offset the rising cost of higher education. Tuition to Immaculata University in Chester County will be reset from $34,410 to $26,500 next year. Without the reduction, university officials say tuition […]

January 17, 2017

Kansas House Committee Will Consider Halting Campus Carry

TOPEKA, Kan. — Several Kansas lawmakers are seeking to weaken a law that will allow concealed guns on state college campuses starting this summer. A bill introduced Tuesday would permanently exempt several types of health care facilities and colleges from the law that allows guns in public buildings. That exemption will otherwise expire July 1. […]

January 17, 2017

Trump, Make Adult Education a Priority

Donald Trump was elected president with the votes of millions of disenfranchised and unemployed workers who feel that they are not sharing in the country’s economic prosperity. One method of bringing this group back into the mainstream of working America is as old as the American dream itself, and that is education. While the value […]

January 17, 2017

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Veteran Reconnect Funds New Services in Tennessee

Martin, TN – The Tennessee Higher Education Commission selected the University of Tennessee at Martin as one of six institutions to receive funding through the 2016 Veteran Reconnect program in the fall of 2016. The first of many new resources available to student veterans is the creation of a dedicated veterans’ services coordinator. “We have, […]

January 17, 2017

WWII Dropout Gets Honorary Diploma

CINCINNATI — Ninety-year-old Louis Schipper never earned his high school diploma. In 1943, as a 17-year-old boy, he convinced his mother to let him leave St. Xavier High School behind and fight in World War II. “He was the only freshman in the classroom with calluses on his hands,” recalled George Wood, a former classmate. […]

January 17, 2017

Online Courses Help College Reclaim Military Ed Role

WHILE BEING STATIONED in some hot spot probably doesn’t sound like the best time to be working on your graduate degree, students in new online programs offered by New England College are doing just that from remote locales all over the world.The MBA in Strategic Leadership and the MA in International Relations were tailored to […]

January 17, 2017

Troops to Teachers Defunding Disrupts Services

GREAT FALLS, Mont. – Head to the Troops to Teachers website, and all you’ll find are blank pages. Try calling a state office, and you’re told your call won’t go through. Instead you have to call an operator at the program’s national headquarters in Pensacola, because all regional funding to Troops to Teachers has been […]

January 17, 2017

DOD Awards Robotics Hub to Consortium

The Department of Defense (DoD) awarded the 14th Manufacturing USA institute – the Advanced Robotics Manufacturing (ARM) Innovation Hub – to American Robotics, Inc. today. The eighth DoD-led institute, the ARM Institute joins the Manufacturing USA network in its collective effort to help revitalize American manufacturing and incentivize companies to invest in new technology development […]

January 17, 2017

Change in White House Could Effect College Rules

Sweeping new regulations covering higher education institutions, particularly for-profit colleges, are due to take effect in July, but it is unclear where the Trump administration will stand on them and whether they will remain intact. The regulations include a “borrower defense” rule that makes it easier for students to gain debt forgiveness, more stringent credit […]

January 17, 2017

Obama’s DOE Discharges $30M in For-Profit Loans

BOSTON – Students of the now-shuttered American Career Institute will have more than $30 million in federal student loans forgiven under a deal announced by Massachusetts’ attorney general. Attorney General Maura Healey asked the U.S. Department of Education to cancel the loan obligations after her office sued the for-profit school over fraud allegations and the […]

January 17, 2017

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We Need “Single Payer”

At his press conference Wednesday at Trump Tower, President-elect Donald Trump said that as soon as the Senate approves his pick for health secretary, he will unveil a “repeal and replace” plan for the Affordable Care Act, known as “Obamacare.” He gave no hints at the details of Trumpcare, other than to say the country […]

January 17, 2017

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