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DOE Announces Vision to Transform Student Aid
Today, the U.S. Department of Education (the Department) took an important next step in fulfilling the promise of U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos to transform the delivery of financial aid to millions of students and their families. To an audience of more than five thousand financial aid professionals from around the world, Dr. A. […]
December 8, 2017
Policy
Former Academy Student Tells Her Assault Experiences
Lynn Hall wishes she could go back to her 20-year-old self standing on the University of Colorado Boulder campus, grab her younger shoulders and share the news that she proudly published a memoir about her rape on the United States Air Force Academy campus in Colorado. “My younger self wouldn’t have believed it,” she said. […]
December 8, 2017
Home
Critical Reading & the American Education System
The entirety of Geoffrey Galt Harpham’s slim but wide-ranging historical look at the rise of American English departments emerges out of a single anecdote.
December 7, 2017
Home
Home-Grown Candidate Selected as Next President of CCNY
Interim President Dr. Vincent Boudreau has been tapped to fill the permanent position.
December 7, 2017
MSIs
Easing the Transition from Education to Employment
A new grant from Strada Education Network will help prepare MSI students for employment opportunities.
December 7, 2017
Blogs/Opinion
Deceiving Students
At this week’s Department of Education ongoing public meeting to advance Betsy DeVos’s plan to repeal and replace the Obama rules on for-profit colleges, owners and executives of those institutions repeat familiar themes, both during formal sessions and in hallway conversations. Faced with evidence that many for-profit college students end up dropping out, or graduating […]
December 7, 2017
Other News
For-Profits Target Veterans
The Department of Education began negotiations to change regulations related to the for-profit college industry in December, a move that some advocates say will harm students. “This proceeding is blocking a regulation that was carefully considered and carefully crafted to protect students and taxpayers from well-documented abuses by some career colleges… These students, as before, […]
December 7, 2017
Other News
Accreditor Clears South University
HIGH POINT — South University got good news from its accrediting body, but several other North Carolina colleges remain in trouble over their finances. The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges announced Tuesday that it had removed South University from probation. The commission had placed the chain of colleges on warning status […]
December 7, 2017
Academics
Educator Recognized for Work with Military
Seventy years after its founding as a school for World War II veterans, UNCW continues its strong support of Americans who serve in the armed forces. Ashley Adamovage, military liaison and program manager in the UNCW Office of Military Affairs, serves as president of the Southeastern Council on Military Education. The organization supports military education […]
December 7, 2017
Academics
Missouri Guard Helps Student Members Avoid Debt
JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri – At a time when America’s youth are increasingly concerned with student loan debt, tuition assistance is consistently ranked as a top reason many join the Missouri Air National Guard. The opportunity to earn a bachelor’s degree at little or no direct financial cost draws many to military service, said Senior Master […]
December 7, 2017
Academics
9 Soldiers Graduate from Career Skills Program
JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM — Soldiers preparing to re-enter the civilian sector graduated from the Career Skills Program, Dec. 1, in a ceremony at the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument, here, at Pearl Harbor Visitor Center. These nine Soldiers, from various units, took a 12-weeklong course with Concrete Preservation Institute (CPI). […]
December 7, 2017
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Widow Graduates Thanks to VA Survivor Benefits
When she graduates from the University of Mary Washington with a degree in psychology this month, Carolyn Huffstickler, 68, will have benefited from a free college education. The Stafford County resident is grateful, but she wouldn’t call herself lucky. “People say I’m so lucky to have gotten a free education,” she said, wiping tears from […]
December 7, 2017
News Roundup
College Gets Grant for Research into Depression Treatments
PHOENIX — A $2.3 million federal grant will fund University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix research aimed at developing new treatments for depression. The college says the research team led by Deveroux Ferguson will focus on a protein-coding gene’s role in anxiety and depression behaviors. According to the college, the new research builds on Ferguson’s […]
December 7, 2017
Other News
Innovation of the Year Is Purdue-Kaplan Deal
The news of Purdue University’s plan to acquire online and for-profit Kaplan University shook up the entire higher ed industry when it was announced in April. “This is a critical, historic step in the future of college education” says Peter Smith, a former U.S. congressman who held top positions with public and private universities, including […]
December 7, 2017
Other News
Parent Firm Transfers DeVry to New Owner
DeVry University, one of the nation’s largest remaining for-profit college chains, is getting a new owner. The university’s parent company, Downers Grove-based Adtalem Global Education, plans to transfer ownership of DeVry University and its Keller Graduate School of Management to Silicon Valley-based Cogswell Education, according to a news release. The deal, which still needs regulatory […]
December 7, 2017
News Roundup
College Professor Beaten by Group of Teens in Staten Island
NEW YORK — Authorities say a City University of New York college professor was beaten by a group of teenagers when he tried to stop them from starting a fire. WABC-TV reports the attack happened in Staten Island’s St. George neighborhood Wednesday evening. Authorities say the professor, who teaches at CUNY St. George, was walking […]
December 7, 2017
News Roundup
University Leaders Seek Change in Lottery Scholarships
SANTA FE, N.M. — Leaders of colleges and universities in New Mexico are requesting the state Legislature to separate lottery scholarships from tuition costs. The Santa Fe New Mexican reports that New Mexico State University Chancellor Garrey Carruthers presented the request to a Legislative Finance Committee hearing on Tuesday on behalf of the Council of […]
December 7, 2017
Sports
Student-Athletes Share Perspectives at Intercollegiate Athletics Forum
Giving student-athletes opportunities to achieve academic excellence was a recurring theme at this year’s Intercollegiate Athletics Forum.
December 6, 2017
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