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Obama Chief of Staff Joins Notre Dame Global Affairs Faculty
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — One of former President Barack Obama’s top White House aides is joining the University of Notre Dame’s international affairs program. The university says Denis McDonough will be an instructor for the first class of graduate students in master of global affairs program. McDonough became the White House chief of staff in […]
August 22, 2017
Students
Poland to Boost Defenses by Training Student Volunteers
WARSAW, Poland — Poland’s Defense Ministry says it is starting a new program to boost the nation’s defenses by offering military training to university student volunteers. Poland has been making efforts to increase its defense capabilities amid security concerns raised in the region by Russia’s military activity. It is upgrading its military equipment and increasing […]
August 22, 2017
Students
New Lawsuit Alleges Baylor Failures Under New Rape Policies
WACO, Texas — A woman who reported that she’d been sexually assaulted filed a lawsuit Monday against Baylor University, alleging questions she faced from the university shifted blame away from her attacker toward her. The lawsuit filed in a Waco federal court on Monday alleges Baylor’s response to the attack violated federal Title IX laws […]
August 22, 2017
Faculty & Staff
Pennsylvania Professors Want to Revoke Trump Honorary Degree
BETHLEHEM, Pa. — Professors at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania have come out in support of a petition urging the school to revoke the honorary degree of President Donald Trump after he said both sides were to blame for the deadly White nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. Kelly McCoy, a recent graduate of the private university […]
August 22, 2017
Leadership & Policy
William Paterson University President to Retire
WAYNE, N.J. — William Paterson University’s president is retiring. Kathleen Waldron announced on Tuesday she’ll step down in June, at the end of the 2017-18 academic year. She became the New Jersey school’s seventh president in 2010. Waldron says she’ll turn 70 in September 2018 and she hopes the advances she’s made will have a […]
August 22, 2017
Blogs/Opinion
Recalling a Legacy
Last summer, the Harry Colmery Plaza was dedicated in downtown Topeka exactly 72 years after President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Serviceman’s Readjustment Act of 1944 — legislation more commonly known as the GI Bill. After serving in World War I, Colmery became a tireless advocate for veterans, and his involvement with the American Legion […]
August 22, 2017
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Program Bridges Gap in Spouse Employment
California, MD- Traditionally, it is difficult for military spouses to expand their careers because of the demands of the military and their transient lifestyles. About 16 percent of military spouses are unemployed, despite their education, experience and credentials. The National Military Spouse Network (NMSN) is stepping in to help reduce those unemployment numbers. “The military […]
August 22, 2017
Veterans
WKU’s Veterans Upward Bound program turns 25
When U.S. Army veteran Philip Parsons completed his service in 2010, he had no high school diploma and couldn’t see a way to a better future. That changed the day he saw a card for Western Kentucky University’s Veterans Upward Bound program while visiting an unemployment center. Now, after graduating in May with his master’s […]
August 22, 2017
Other News
College Expands Support for Veterans
YUCAIPA >> Veterans attending Crafton Hills College have a new site they can visit for help. The college campus held a grand opening Friday for its new Veterans Resource Center, which will be open five days a week. Carla Thornton, an Air Force veteran and a counselor at the center, said it “will provide a […]
August 22, 2017
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Academics
Top Transition Official Visits Fort Hood
The top official for the Soldier for Life – Transition Assistance Program visited Fort Hood last week. Walter Herd, director, Army Transition Division, SFL-TAP, met with Fort Hood leadership, Soldiers and Fort Hood SFL-TAP personnel to gain a better understanding on how the SFL-TAP program is run on the installation and the services the local […]
August 22, 2017
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Academics
“Stand Down” Offers Resources
COLUMBUS — The 4th Annual South-Central, Indiana Stand Down will offer resources to veterans, service members, and military families of Decatur, Bartholomew, Jackson, Jennings, Brown, Shelby, and Johnson, Counties on Thursday, Sept. 7. The 4th Annual Stand Down event is to honor, hire, and help our heroes and their families. Local providers will be at […]
August 22, 2017
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Academics
New Movement: Mastery of Skills Trumps Grades, Transcripts
A movement of elite private schools throughout the country is attempting to revolutionize the college admission process. The Mastery Transcript Consortium (MTC) is proposing to exclude names of courses and grades from transcripts and replace them with levels of mastery that identify performance concepts. In addition, the U.S. News & World Report (May 2017) reports […]
August 22, 2017
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Settlement: Devry to Refund Students $2,800 Each
About 809 students will each get back $2,800 after a $2.5 million settlement with DeVry University, New York State Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman has announced. The Attorney General’s investigation found that DeVry lured students with ads that exaggerated graduates’ success in finding employment and contained inadequately substantiated claims about graduates’ salary success, Schneiderman said. […]
August 22, 2017
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Students
Lawmakers Press Justice Dept. on Intentions Regarding Higher Ed Inclusion
Several Democratic lawmakers are pressing the Trump administration for clarity on the question of whether the Department of Justice plans to “launch an attack on racial diversity and inclusion in higher education.”
August 21, 2017
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions
Students
Stakeholders Call for Postponement of White House Initiative on HBCUs Conference
The White House Initiative on HBCUs annual conference is scheduled for September 17-19. However, stakeholders within the historically Black colleges and universities community, have requested that the conference be postponed.
August 21, 2017
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‘China Quarterly’ Editor Says Cambridge University Press to Restore Articles
LONDON — The editor of “The China Quarterly” says Cambridge University Press has agreed to restore more than 300 politically sensitive articles that had been removed from the publisher’s website in China at the behest of authorities. Quarterly editor Tim Pringle told The Associated Press on Monday that the publisher agreed to repost the articles […]
August 21, 2017
Students
Dartmouth Considers Boosting Undergraduate Enrollment
CONCORD, N.H. — Dartmouth College is considering increasing the number of undergraduate students by as much as 25 percent in a bid to expand the institution’s reach. The college has formed a task force that will soon begin examining the issue and look at several scenarios for increasing enrollment by 10 to 25 percent. President […]
August 21, 2017
Students
Liberty University Grads Returning Diplomas to Protest Falwell
LYNCHBURG, Va.  —  A small group of Liberty University graduates are planning to return their diplomas to the evangelical Virginia school as a rebuke of President Jerry Falwell Jr.’s latest show of unwavering support for Donald Trump. The Liberty alumni organized the “Return your diploma to LU group” on Facebook after Falwell, in tweets and […]
August 21, 2017
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