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Clearing the Way for Profit Rip-Offs

Remember when candidate Trump promised to make college affordable for everyone? Yeah, that’s not happening. Instead, Trump is turning to the notorious corporateers who have been pouring McDiplomas on the nation’s steaming trillion-dollar student debt pyre to shake up higher education. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’s controversial pick for a special assistant—for-profit college corporate lawyer Robert […]

April 7, 2017

N.M. Art School Won’t Take New Students

SANTA FE, N.M. — The future of the Santa Fe University of Art and Design is in doubt after negotiations for the sale of the school to an Asian company broke down. While interim President Maria Puzziferro is downplaying the option of closing, the for-profit school has decided not to accept any new students for […]

April 7, 2017

Veterans’ Center Opens

Teresa Leyba Ruiz, Interim President of Glendale Community College, perhaps described the new GCC Veteran Services Center best, when she said, “In 2010, as soon as we opened the doors, we knew it was too small.” Since that time, 16,000 families have walked through the door. Leyba Ruiz and other college and military officials made […]

April 7, 2017

Indiana Boasts Lowest Jobless Rate for Veterans

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana has the nation’s lowest unemployment rate for veterans, according to a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 2016 report on the employment situation of former military members. The report found that just 1.8 percent of Hoosier veterans were unemployed on average during 2016. The highest unemployment rate for veterans was 7.6 percent in […]

April 7, 2017

Veteran Earns Prestigious Internship

East Tennessee State University student David Lutz is one of only 25 people in the country to be selected for the prestigious Veterans Employment Trajectory Initiative, an all-expenses-paid summer internship at The Washington Center Sponsored by the Prudential Foundation, the VET Initiative is designed to cultivate veterans’ career advancement and workforce preparedness. The 10-week professional […]

April 7, 2017

Wounded Warrior Is Pillar of Strength

Brendan Ferreira was lying on a mat at the Somerset gym he owns, a small foam roller under his side, rocking back and forth on it. I noticed his left arm ended just past the elbow. “When you get blown up,” he said, “you have a lot of deep scar tissue.” If you don’t work […]

April 7, 2017

Iowa Campus Opens Dialogue on PTSD

CEDAR FALLS — Snowflake. Crazy. Reclusive. Those, and some less-polite words, are ways people with post-traumatic stress disorder said their condition is viewed by others. They are subjected to personal questions about their trauma. They can be triggered by something like a professor repeatedly asking a question or the sound of a person’s laugh. They […]

April 7, 2017

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College’s Abrupt Closing Raises Questions

The abrupt closure of Westech College in Southern California marks the latest in a string of failed for-profit trade schools – a disappearing act sparking debate over whether there’s a growing training gap for those seeking skilled work. Westech — with campuses in Fontana, Moreno Valley and Victorville — shut its doors over the weekend […]

April 7, 2017

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April 7, 2017

Martin Learned to be Game-Changer Off the Field

Although he was the first Black football player at North Carolina State University, Dr. Marcus L. Martin will be the first to admit that he didn’t exactly make an indelible impression as a student-athlete.

April 6, 2017

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Stats Show Diversity Hiring in College Sports Still Gets Failing Grade

A study by The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport shows that virtually 90 percent of all men’s and women’s head coaches are White, and the same goes for athletic directors, faculty athletic reps and sports information directors.

April 6, 2017

Study: Black Teachers Bolster Black Student Achievement

Having at least one Black teacher in the third through fifth grade “significantly reduces” the likelihood that Black male students will drop out of high school and increases the likelihood that both Black male and female students will aspire to attend college, according to a new study.

April 6, 2017

Faculty & Staff

Egypt Professor Faces Possible Dismissal Over Dancing Video

CAIRO — An Egyptian professor could face dismissal over a video posted on Facebook showing her belly dancing on her rooftop, which sparked an investigation by her college in the Red Sea port city of Suez. In the video, which was later shared widely online, Mona Prince was not wearing the kind of revealing outfit […]

April 6, 2017

Northeastern Illinois University to Cancel Class for 3 Days

CHICAGO — Northeastern Illinois University is planning to cancel three days of classes in order to cut costs as public universities in Illinois struggle to make ends meet during the state’s budget stalemate. The Chicago-based university will no longer hold classes April 11, 12 and May 1. Illinois has been without a budget for 21 […]

April 6, 2017

Penn State Opposing Grad Students’ Effort to Form Union

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Penn State University’s president says the school is opposing efforts by graduate students to form a union to protect their bargaining rights as teachers. The Coalition of Graduate Employees filed paperwork in February with the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board. The university said then it recognized the graduate students’ rights to try […]

April 6, 2017

Leadership & Policy

Beleaguered Chancellor of UMass-Boston to Step Down

BOSTON — The beleaguered chancellor of the University of Massachusetts Boston has announced that he is stepping down. Keith Motley announced his resignation Wednesday, shortly after meeting with UMass President Marty Meehan. Motley will officially step down at the end of the academic year and after a sabbatical, return to the faculty. Motley has come […]

April 6, 2017

Don’t Limit Choices

Recently, politicians, journalists and college administrators have been discussing policies on college affordability without student input. However, as we see with Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s proposal for free tuition in New York state, it is impossible to legislate an issue effectively without the input of those who are affected. College affordability is a real issue for […]

April 6, 2017

ThanksUSA Offers Family Scholarships

On April 1, ThanksUSA will launch the 2017 application season for financial need-based scholarships benefiting the children and spouses of our service men and women. The national non-profit organization, dedicated to thanking U.S. troops through the gift of education, is accepting applications at www.ThanksUSA.org beginning tomorrow through May 15, 2017. “1.1 million children and 700,000 […]

April 6, 2017