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Tom Brokaw Collection Opens to Public at University of Iowa

IOWA CITY, Ia. — Longtime NBC journalist Tom Brokaw has given the University of Iowa thousands of documents spanning his career, and they’re now available to the public. The collection includes a notebook with interview questions for Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev and press badges from Saudi Arabia and the 1992 Republican National Convention. A […]

February 4, 2018

Athlete’s Civil Rights Suit Against Mississippi University in Jeopardy

HATTIESBURG, Ms. — The University of Southern Mississippi wants to dismiss a civil rights lawsuit filed by a former football player. Deven Hammond of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, sued in federal court there in November, saying he was barred from the football team after coaches learned he had only one kidney. He also says USM violated […]

February 4, 2018

Jesuit College: We’re Keeping Controversial Name

WORCESTER, Ma. — After months of discussion, the Board of Trustees at the College of Holy Cross in Worcester, Ma., said Saturday that they have decided to continue to be known as the Crusaders. “While we acknowledge that the Crusades were among the darkest periods in Church history, we choose to associate ourselves with the […]

February 4, 2018

Race, Power, Privilege in the Marketplace Are Focus of Interdisciplinary Network’s Research

A group of scholars has set out to change how marketing researchers understand how race, power and privilege affect marketplace policies and practices.

February 4, 2018

Emerging Scholar Profile: Ramirez Finds That Relationships Remain Key in Psychological and Brain Sciences

In the heady, complex and intense world of neuroscience, Dr. Steve Ramirez thrives on having a research team that finds genuine enjoyment in working together.

February 4, 2018

Does President Trump Care About Higher Ed?

The State of the Union address last week seems so distant now, doesn’t it? Since then, the country’s been put on the path toward a constitutional crisis as debate rages on about the memo released a few days later by the House of Representatives. The government is going paycheck to paycheck with another need for a continuing budget resolution in days. And hanging in the balance is the fate of 1.8 million undocumented people in our country, including nearly 800,000 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA) program recipients, also known as “dreamers.”

February 4, 2018

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Getting In

It’s admissions season, and across the country, thousands of admissions officers sit in front of screens, reading files full of transcripts, test scores, extracurricular profiles, letters of recommendation, and, of course, essays. I was once one of these officers, spending emotionally exhausting 12-hour days reviewing thousands of applications from Ivy League hopefuls over a span […]

February 2, 2018

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Dartmouth Business Program Helps Vets

HANOVER, N.H. (AP) — Paul Movizzo spent 30 years in the Navy as an aviator piloting an E-2C Hawkeye early warning radar detection plane, as well as commanding a team involved in electromagnetic warfare. But despite the high-pressure and leadership assignments — which included serving on the U.S. Embassy staff in Baghdad — Movizzo felt […]

February 2, 2018

Scholarships Available for Service Members, Vets, Families

This year, more than one million service members, veterans and their families are enrolled in college courses. With that in mind, the Virginia Advisory Council on Military Education (VA-ACME) continues a commitment to supporting education within the Virginia military community. We are pleased to announce that VA-ACME will award multiple $1,000 scholarships at the annual […]

February 2, 2018

Veteran Goes From Enlisted to Enrolled

On the top floor of Lowell Heiny Hall at Colorado Mesa University, the Student Veteran Services office strives to assist former military members throughout their college careers. Cody Kem, who served in the Navy from 2009 to 2014, works at Student Veteran Services and uses his own military experience to be a resource for other […]

February 2, 2018

Testimony: Put College Accountability First

Federal student aid is a deal between taxpayers, students, and institutions. When students don’t keep up their end of the bargain, the federal government hits them hard—wrecking their credit, docking their wages, or seizing their tax refunds or Social Security checks. But there’s almost no accountability when colleges break their promises or repeatedly fail to […]

February 2, 2018

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82nd Airborne Increases Transition Efforts

FORT BRAGG, NC — The 82nd Airborne Division hosted its third, “Paratroopers For Life,” forum inside the Division headquarters at Fort Bragg, N.C., Jan. 25, 2018. The Division, America’s Guard of Honor, launched the PFLF in December 2016 to assist Paratroopers that are separating from the U.S. Army with easier transitions to civilian life. Read […]

February 2, 2018

Report: Student Borrowing Drops, Grant Funding Rises

The 2015-2016 National Postsecondary Education Student Aid Study (NPSAS:16) showed an overall decline in student loan borrowing compared to its 2011-2012 counterpart, NPSAS:12. The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) publishes this study every four years on financial aid, and it provides data on loans, grants, work-study, and other financial aid options from federal, state, […]

February 2, 2018

California Online College Targets Working Adults

To open up access to higher education for more people, the California Community College system and Governor Jerry Brown are looking to launch an online-only community college. The college would be designed to serve working adults who want to upgrade their skill set or complete a post-secondary program but for whom personal responsibilities or distance […]

February 2, 2018

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Military “Myths” Hinder Recruitment

Seventeen years of war, TV spots depicting the struggles of wounded warriors, and curbs on military advertising budgets have left the armed forces with an image problem that could take years to repair, said a senior Defense official. Unsettling myths about the military are rising among recruit-age youth and “influencers” — parents, teachers, clergy and […]

February 2, 2018

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Culturally Relevant Pedagogy Can Meet the Needs of Nontraditional College Students

According to the American Council on Education, only 34% of nontraditional students complete their degrees. Nontraditional students are defined by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) as students age 25 and up and enrolled in undergraduate programs.

February 1, 2018

Thriving Dillard Program Teaches Quality Filmmaking

When Dr. Walter M. Kimbrough became president of Dillard University in 2012, Professor Keith Morris invited him to visit one of the classes in the film program. Kimbrough did not walk into a lecture hall full of seated students, but onto a dynamic film set filled with students working with cameras, editing footage and engaging with famous movie stars.

February 1, 2018

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University of Michigan Investment Practices Raise Concerns

DETROIT – The University of Michigan has invested $4 billion in companies that have donated hundreds of millions of dollars to the university, a newspaper has found. The Detroit Free Press investigation found that the university invested in more than 30 companies co-run or owned by university donors, including members of a group that advises the […]

February 1, 2018