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Women
Katy Perry Visits UNLV Dorms, Urges Students to Vote Clinton
LAS VEGAS ― UNLV students relaxing in their dorms got an unexpected knock on their doors Saturday afternoon from Katy Perry, who was roaming the halls and drumming up support for Hillary Clinton on the first day of early voting in Nevada. The singer famous for songs like “Teenage Dream” and “Waking up in Vegas” […]
October 23, 2016
Students
Immigration Status Serves as Barrier for Some Students
SANTA FE, N.M. ― Some students say they’re losing out despite a New Mexico law that allows them in-state tuition at public colleges or universities and state-funded financial aid regardless of their immigration status. The law has been in effect for 11 years but New Mexico’s public universities and colleges operate independently from one another […]
October 23, 2016
Students
University of Virginia Creates Julian Bond Endowed Professorship
The University of Virginia is honoring the late Julian Bond, with an endowed professorship in his name.
October 23, 2016
Students
U.S. Policy Makers Urged to Act on Degree Attainment Lag
Although the U.S. was the first nation to offer universal high school to all students, American students have since fallen woefully behind their peers in China, Korea and Canada in math.
October 23, 2016
Opinion
Flirting with Facism, Dancing with Apartheid
The University of Arizona, where I teach, is probably little different than most universities; there’s little support for the GOP nominee here.
October 23, 2016
Sports
Expert: Non-Whites Must Flex Growing Political Muscle Now
Based on longstanding efforts to squelch their voice at the polls, people of color in the U.S. must prepare for the political power they stand to gain through population increase—or risk being ruled by a White minority.
October 23, 2016
Other News
New York Times Condemns For-Profit College Industry and Congress
The New York Times editorial board published a blunt condemnation of the role that both college accreditors and Congress have played in allowing subpar schools to hurt students and shoulder taxpayers with the burden of repaying defrauded students’ loans. Accreditation agencies are essentially gatekeepers of federal dollars. They review courses and programs to ensure a […]
October 21, 2016
Blogs/Opinion
The Answer to Skyrocketing Student Debt
There’s only one answer to the skyrocketing college debt problem in New Jersey. It’s actually the answer to the skyrocketing debt problem all over the country. We have to start looking at college as just an option. At least in the case of the traditional four year degree. Only people who can afford it should […]
October 21, 2016
Policy
Graduate Earnings Play Role in College Rankings
PayScale introduced its first college salary report in 2008, and the College Scorecard from the federal government followed last year, ushering an elephant into the hallowed halls of college admissions: What do the schools’ graduates actually earn? Despite the hand-wringing of many in academia, who saw the immeasurable richness of a college education crassly reduced […]
October 21, 2016
Policy
What Is Obama’s Legacy in Higher Ed?
President Barack Obama arrived in Washington in 2008 in the midst of one of the nation’s worst financial recessions, with a message of hope and change as an empowering element of advancement for the middle class. Part of that message was an emphasis on higher education reform, with a platform of growing the industry to […]
October 21, 2016
Academics
It’s the Price, Not the Cost, That Goes Up
This election season Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders aimed to galvanize millennial voters by raising the issue of college debt. In a new book, Paying the Price: College Costs, Financial Aid, and the Betrayal of the American Dream, sociologist Sara Goldrick-Rab lays out why college has grown far too expensive, and why […]
October 21, 2016
Academics
Clinton and Trump’s Plans Could Affect Private Colleges
This year’s presidential campaign between Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and Republican nominee Donald Trump has been characterized more by personality than policy. Among the policy discussions, higher education has been less prominent than a handful of other topics, including immigration, national security and trade. However lesser-known the proposals, their potential impact on private colleges could […]
October 21, 2016
Other News
Clinton’s Free College Plan: How Would She Pay for It?
Hillary Clinton said during the debate that as president, tuition at public colleges and universities would be free for students from households earning up to $125,000, as part of a far-reaching $450 billion higher education plan. So how would she pay for that? Clinton’s campaign has said the candidate would reinstitute Ronald Reagan-era cuts on […]
October 21, 2016
African-American
Linda Johnson Rice to Kick Off Howard University Entrepreneurship Speaker Series
Linda Johnson Rice will pay a visit to Howard University on November 9 to launch the John H. Johnson Endowed Chair in Entrepreneurship Speakers Series.
October 20, 2016
African-American
Scholars: Snopes Clears Up Race-based Rumors
Much like the nation itself, the fact-checking website snopes.com increasingly has been dealing with rumors that revolve around issues of race.
October 20, 2016
Students
Online Guide Helps Military-connected Navigate Higher Ed’s Path to Success
There is o¬ften a disconnect between the needs of veterans in regard to higher ed and the actual points of access that will get them to the careers they desire.
October 20, 2016
Students
South African Student Leader Injured in Protest
JOHANNESBURG ― The student council at a leading South African university says a student leader was hit multiple times in the back by police rubber bullets during a protest for free education. The council at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg said on Twitter that Shaeera Kalla, a former council head, was being treated […]
October 20, 2016
Students
Strike Enters 2nd Day at 14 Pennsylvania State Universities
HARRISBURG, Pa. ― Professors at 14 Pennsylvania state universities are expected to hit the picket lines again Thursday as their strike enters its second day. Members of the Association of Pennsylvania State College and University Faculties went on strike at 5 a.m. Wednesday after contract negotiations with the state stalled. The union represents more than […]
October 20, 2016
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