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Crews Contain Fire to Main Kansas State University Library

MANHATTAN, Kan. Crews in Manhattan Tuesday fought to contain a fire at the main Kansas State University library. The university says on its website that the smoke was reported around 4 p.m. Tuesday in Hale Library, which had been undergoing repairs. The 400,000-square-foot building was evacuated, and the university urged students to stay away from […]

May 23, 2018

Florida Sued Over Ban on Early Voting on College Campuses

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – A Florida voting rights group and university students from two schools sued the state’s chief election official on Monday over a 4-year-old edict banning the use of college buildings as early voting sites. The lawsuit takes aim at a decision made by Secretary of State Ken Detzner in 2014 that the University […]

May 23, 2018

Community Colleges

California Community College System Expands Foster Youth Support Program

San Diego Mesa College, Sacramento City College and Butte College are the latest community colleges to launch a student support program geared toward foster youth in higher education, according to an announcement last week from the California Community Colleges.

May 22, 2018

Growing Roses in White Concrete

As an academic, I am constantly traveling to present at conferences, network and create change in communities. The one question I am always asked is, “Where are you from?” My response is Salt Lake City, Utah. It is my home, and not the answer people expect to hear.

May 22, 2018

Online Social Media Identity Management

Employers are increasingly using online social media sites (SMS) such as Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn to screen job candidates. The fact of the matter is that your social media profile is a direct reflection of your personal and professional identity and may hold the key to you landing that perfect job or not landing a job at all.

May 22, 2018

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Broadening Experience

In the early 1920s, Major Dwight Eisenhower benefitted from a world-class, personalized leader development program. While serving as a Brigade Executive Officer in the Panama Canal Zone under the command of General Fox Conner, Major Dwight Eisenhower, found a mentor that would influence him through the rest of his career as a Soldier and politician. […]

May 22, 2018

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Loan Repayment Options Open for Online Students

Online courses in higher education are growing in popularity and reputation. Once thought of as chiefly in the domain of for-profit colleges, both public and private nonprofit schools are also increasingly offering online degree programs and students are taking them at record numbers. However, depending on the school and the program, online degrees may still […]

May 22, 2018

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Service Members Train Educators on Active Shooters

In the wake of the Santa Fe shooting, Friday, teachers and school officials at Diboll ISD received hands-on, active shooter training, Saturday. The “Bridge of Life” training technique focuses on teaching teachers or any other bystander how to keep an injured student alive and get them to a trained medic. Read More

May 22, 2018

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N.Y. Senate Bills Support Military

NEW YORK— Senator Patrick M. Gallivan reported that the New York State Senate has passed a package of bills in order to support current and active military service members. These 29 bills passed give protection to active duty soldiers and veterans as well as memorial sites and cemeteries along with adding funding to previously cut […]

May 22, 2018

Former Military in Demand for Many Jobs

When servicemen and women get out of the armed forces, they usually can expect a very bright future, so what jobs are available where they will be able to put their valuable skills to use? Veterans have attributes that employers consider a great asset, according to Military.com. These include leadership skills, setting and accomplishing goals, […]

May 22, 2018

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N.J. Offers to Probe For-Profit Fraud if U.S. Doesn’t

Reports that the U.S. Department of Education is quietly shutting down investigations into possible fraud committed by for-profit colleges caught the attention of New Jersey’s new Democratic attorney general, who offered to finish the probes himself if the agency won’t. Gurbir Grewal, confirmed in January as the state’s top law-enforcement officer, said in a May […]

May 22, 2018

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Viral Story Comparing Military vs. School Deaths Erred

The Washington Post has been forced into making several corrections to a story claiming that the number of people killed in US schools this year was double that of those killed serving in the military. The newspaper revised the piece after it emerged that reporter Philip Bump had based his findings on incomplete figures gleaned […]

May 22, 2018

New Brigade for Fort Carson; Most Soldiers There Since Vietnam

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Tribune News Service) — Fort Carson will get more than 800 new troops in the coming months as the Army adds a brigade with expertise in training foreign militaries. The move will elevate troop numbers on Fort Carson above 25,000 – the most soldiers in Colorado Springs since the Vietnam War. It […]

May 22, 2018

University of Missouri to Raise Undergrad Tuition by 1%

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The University of Missouri will raise in-state, undergraduate tuition by 1 percent beginning this fall. The increase was announced in a press release Monday, after university officials reached a deal with state lawmakers to keep higher education funding stable. Out-of-state and graduate students, however, will see their tuition increase by […]

May 22, 2018

Michigan Democrats Propose Free Community College Plan

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan’s House Democrats want the state to provide full-tuition scholarships for community college students. Lawmakers announced the plan, titled the HirED Opportunity Act, in the Capitol on Monday. It would grant the scholarship to recent high school graduates who enroll fulltime in a community college. They must maintain a 2.0 grade […]

May 22, 2018

Ohio College Student Graduates With 8 Associate Degrees

KIRTLAND, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio student who recently earned eight associate degrees from his community college now has his eye on getting a bachelor’s degree and a job as an engineer. The News-Herald in Willoughby reports 33-year-old Chris Hayden graduated with all of those degrees from Lakeland Community College in Kirtland on May 12. […]

May 22, 2018

Boston Foundation Report Urges College-Prep Program Collaboration

Students in the city of Boston have greater access than ever to programs that assist with getting into and persisting in college, but the impact could be far greater if these programs increased their collaboration, according to a report by the Boston Foundation and the Success Boston College Completion Initiative.

May 21, 2018

Leaders of California’s Big University Systems Look Ahead at Finances, Safety, Capacity

Finances, safety and institutional capacity are the main challenges ahead for leaders of two of the nation’s biggest university systems, who discussed the topics recently at the Education Writers Association National Seminar in Los Angeles.

May 21, 2018