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Recruitment Changes Needed to Expand Access to Higher Ed

Admissions policies in higher-ranking universities and colleges favor high-achieving applicants. While much has been written about access, affordability, diversity and student loans, the focus on GPA, aptitude tests and the reputation-enhancing concept of “selectivity” has negatively impacted minorities and underprivileged applicants.

March 25, 2018

Working with Schools

Air Mobility Command is hard at work looking to expand partnerships with area schools near and surrounding military installations. Ensuring a strong science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics curriculum, known as STEAM, benefits school districts and the Air Force alike. However, not necessarily for the reasons one may think. For the Air Force, this need […]

March 23, 2018

Working with Schools

Author, Veteran Reflects on Journey with ALS

For Thomas P. Gill, retired Air Force officer and author, giving back to his community comes naturally. “I volunteer across the state providing talks to schools, libraries, writers groups, reading associations, and anyone else interested in hearing my stories and the process it takes to write, edit, publish and market literary works,” said Gill. “I […]

March 23, 2018

Veteran Reflects on ALS

Bill to Help Medics Transition Becomes Law

A bill to help former military medics transition into the workforce is now law in Maine. It gives qualified veterans with healthcare training the ability to utilize their military credentials when seeking civilian employment. About 400 military veterans in Maine have obtained valuable skills, training, and experience in healthcare while serving their country. A bill […]

March 23, 2018

Military Medics Bill

Former CIA Spy Unveils World of Espionage

She was an international spy and former counterterrorism officer with the CIA who once escaped ISIS, and now Michele Rigby Assad is an author with a powerful message to tell the world. She does so through her recently released book, “Breaking Cover: My Secret Life in the CIA and What it Taught Me About What’s […]

March 23, 2018

For-Profit College Settles Deception Claims

BOSTON — A for-profit college based in Boston has settled claims that it broke state rules meant to curb deceptive practices. Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey announced March 22 that her office reached an agreement with the New England College of Business and Finance. The online college was accused of excessively calling potential students and […]

March 23, 2018

For Profict College Settles Claims

Rep. Messer Testifies on His Bill to Ease Veterans’ Entry to College

U.S. Rep. Luke Messer (IN-06) testified in front of the House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity Tuesday about his legislation that makes it easier for veterans to take the first step toward a college degree. The Reducing Barriers for Veterans Education Act would allow veterans and servicemembers to use their Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits to cover the cost […]

March 23, 2018

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Woman Will Command Citadel Student Corps for First Time

A woman will become regimental commander of cadets at The Citadel in South Carolina for the first time in the military college’s 175-year history. Sarah Zorn will lead the South Carolina Corps of Cadets as regimental commander, the highest-ranking cadet officer who commands the entire 2,350-student corps, the Military College of South Carolina said Tuesday. […]

March 23, 2018

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Teacher Fired for Tirade on the Military

A history teacher who was videotaped telling his students that only dumb people join the U.S. military has been fired by the suburban Southern California school district where he has taught for more than 15 years. El Rancho Unified School District President Aurora R. Villon announced Gregory Salcido’s dismissal at Tuesday night’s school board meeting. […]

March 23, 2018

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Gathering Addresses Sexual Misconduct, Title IX Solutions

Higher education leaders and the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights recently gathered in the same room to discuss solutions to the challenges that institutions face addressing sexual misconduct on campus.

March 22, 2018

Fired Officer Who Killed Unarmed Black Man To Get Back Pay

CINCINNATI — A White police officer fired after he fatally shot a Black unarmed motorist will get about $344,000 in back pay and legal fees from the University of Cincinnati, the school said Thursday. The university is paying Ray Tensing to settle a union grievance brought on his behalf for his 2015 firing, following his […]

March 22, 2018

Five Universities Partner To Combat Cybersecurity Threats

BLOOMINGTON, IND. – Five Big Ten Academic Alliance institutions have partnered to help enhance the schools’ cybersecurity. Indiana University, Northwestern University, Purdue University, Rutgers University and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln announced on Wednesday the launch of OmniSOC, a sector-based cybersecurity operations center that provides cyber intelligence to its members. “With tens of thousands of students, […]

March 22, 2018

Court: California Colleges Have Duty To Protect Students

SAN FRANCISCO — Colleges in California have a responsibility to protect students from foreseeable acts of violence in the classroom and other settings connected to their studies and can be held liable for failing to do so, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday in a lawsuit by a UCLA student who was stabbed by a […]

March 22, 2018

Recruitment & Retention

Success Formula for Student Recruitment and Retention

How does a college determine its student enrollment strategy to effectively impact growth, meet net tuition revenue goals and increase graduation rate? To properly grow and maintain enrollment in a competitive future, try this formula.

March 22, 2018

HBCUs To Get Funding Hike in Federal Budget

Historically Black colleges and universities will receive a 14 percent increase in federal funding in the U.S. Senate’s omnibus bill following strong advocacy by senators Kamala Harris and Doug Jones.

March 22, 2018

Program Preps Latinx Students for Professoriate in Humanities

The Penn Center for Minority Serving Institutions recently held its inaugural Cross-Institutional Conference for the HSI Pathways to the Professoriate Program, a $5.1-million grant initiative sponsored by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation that aims to diversify the professoriate by supporting 90 students at three Hispanic Serving Institutions as they prepare to apply and matriculate into doctoral programs in the humanities.

March 22, 2018

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MESHEA POORE

MESHEA POORE has been named vice president of diversity, equity and inclusion at West Virginia University. Previously, she operated her own law practice. She received a bachelor’s degree from Howard University and a law degree from Southern University Law Center.

March 22, 2018

LINDA SHINOMOTO

LINDA SHINOMOTO has been named vice president for human resources at Wentworth Institute of Technology. She served as the director of Human Resources and Title IX coordinator at Brandeis University previously. She received a bachelor’s degree from California State University, East Bay, and a master’s degree from Harvard University.

March 22, 2018

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