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Mental Health Concerns Arise After Maria
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Locked out of his home and with nowhere else to go, Wilfredo Ortiz Marrero rode out Hurricane Maria inside a Jeep, which was lifted off its wheels by floodwaters in the parking lot. He then endured days without enough food or running water. The lights are back on at his […]
October 10, 2017
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Obama-Era Officials Launch Sign-Up Campaign
WASHINGTON — Former Obama administration officials say they’re launching a private campaign to encourage people to sign up for coverage next year under the Affordable Care Act. With the start of open enrollment just weeks away on Nov. 1, the Trump administration has slashed “Obamacare’s” ad budget, as well as grants to outside organizations that […]
October 10, 2017
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Students
Organizers Offer Chess as Gateway to College
The Cleveland Scholastic Open is distinct among chess tournaments in that organizers go to great lengths to secure scholarships for the winners.
October 9, 2017
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Students
Parents Need Charters, Change and Choice
While much progress has been made, the promise of equal access to quality education has not been fully fulfilled.
October 9, 2017
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Guillermo: Rethinking Campus Carry Laws After Las Vegas
As we try to understand the motives of Stephen Paddock, the Las Vegas massacre shooter, more than one commentator has brought up the 1966 bell tower shooting incident at the University of Texas.
October 9, 2017
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Ortiz Works to Make Underrepresented Feel They Belong
Dr. Elizabeth Ortiz of DePaul University says “imposter syndrome” permeates all levels of the university community that feel marginalized.
October 9, 2017
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University of New Mexico’s Chicano Studies Eyes Grad Degrees
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The University of New Mexico’s Chicana and Chicano Studies Department has submitted a proposal aimed at allowing the program to issue graduate degrees. Department chair Irene Vasquez announced last week that the program turned in a preliminary plan to expand the university’s program that focuses on Mexican-American history and literature. Chicana and […]
October 9, 2017
Faculty & Staff
College of Charleston Gets Nearly $2M for Professorship
CHARLESTON, S.C. — The College of Charleston is getting nearly $2 million for a new professorship. The former chief executive of cybersecurity contractor ISHPI of Mount Pleasant is giving the school $1.9 million for a new faculty position at the school. The school said in a news release that Noah T. Leask’s gift will pay […]
October 9, 2017
Students
Jewish Structure on Kansas State Campus Vandalized, Rebuilt
MANHATTAN, Kan. — Authorities are investigating the vandalism of a temporary dwelling erected outside a Kansas State University residential complex for the Jewish harvest festival Sukkot. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that the sukkah was found late Friday wrapped around the car of graduate student Glen Buickerood, damaging the vehicle. Buickerood, who doesn’t identify as Jewish, […]
October 9, 2017
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Teaching Journalism the Old Fashioned Way
As the dean of student affairs of the Journalism School at Columbia University, Ernest Sotomayor brings years of professional experience to mentoring the next generation of journalists and helping them adapt to life in New York City. This is no easy task, considering the diverse backgrounds students come from.
October 8, 2017
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Sports
Experts Have Low Expectations for Chapel Hill Investigation
The University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and the NCAA on Friday delayed the publication of an infraction report, the result of an extensive investigation into academic fraud within athletic programs at the flagship university.
October 8, 2017
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Opinion
A Seat at the Table
As soon as Donald Trump was elected President, the tacit comparisons to 1930s Germany began. Many people quoted—via memes—the famous line by Martin Niemöller, a Protestant pastor who spoke out against Adolf Hitler and who paid for it by spending the last seven years of his life in a concentration camp.
October 8, 2017
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Accelerating Latino Success in Postsecondary Education is Focus for Excelencia
Excelencia convened higher education and nonprofit leaders in Washington, D.C. late last week to celebrate programs and institutions that are doing particularly outstanding work advancing Latino student success at all levels of the educational pathway, from K-12 to graduate school.
October 8, 2017
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News Roundup
White Nationalists Impose Deadline For Approval On Ohio Campus Speeches
An attorney for associates of white nationalist leader Richard Spencer said Sunday he’ll sue Ohio State University and the University of Cincinnati if they don’t agree by Friday to make campus space available for Spencer to speak. A Georgia college student, Cameron Padgett, contacted both universities last month about renting space in the latest effort […]
October 8, 2017
News Roundup
Rhode Island College Gets Grant for First Generation Students
Rhode Island College has been awarded a $1.1 million federal grant to prepare students for graduate school who are the first in their families to earn a college degree. The state’s congressional delegation announced the grant from the U.S. Department of Education. The Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement grant will be distributed over five years […]
October 8, 2017
News Roundup
Greater Number of Students Leaving Illinois for College
SPRINGFIELD – The state of Illinois is among the states leading the nation in the number of college freshmen pursuing higher education in other states, according to a state agency. The State Journal-Register in Springfield reported the Illinois Board of Higher Education said between 2000 and 2014, the number of freshmen who left the state […]
October 8, 2017
Blogs/Opinion
Rethinking Higher Education
The ways in which the nature of work is changing beyond our control necessitate a more flexible education system, with “students” no longer being defined just as 18-to-22-year-olds on college campuses. In this era of Netflix subscriptions and Blue Apron dinner deliveries, it’s high time we embrace an education system that’s flexible, accessible and affordable, […]
October 6, 2017
Academics
MOOCs Leave English Learners Behind
With the increasing popularity of the online degree and the widespread availability of massive open online courses (MOOCs), the barriers to entry for higher education haven’t just eroded; they’ve tumbled down. Enrollees have the freedom to complete classes on his or her own schedule from a remote location for a fraction of the cost of […]
October 6, 2017
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