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San Francisco State University Slams Posters Attacking Professor

SAN FRANCISCO ― San Francisco State University officials are condemning posters accusing a professor specializing in Palestinian studies of collaborating with terrorists. The posters by the David Horowitz Freedom Center single out an ethnic studies associate professor Rabab Ibrahim Abdulhadi, The San Francisco Chronicle reported Tuesday. University President Les Wong sent a campus-wide email Friday […]

October 18, 2016

Nike Co-founder Phil Knight Pledges $500M to University of Oregon

EUGENE, Ore. ― Nike co-founder Phil Knight and his wife have pledged $500 million to the University of Oregon toward a new scientific research facility. The Register-Guard reports that the donation is the largest ever awarded to UO and is meant to launch a $1 billion, 10-year effort to build a three-building complex and add […]

October 18, 2016

Bill to Protect For-Profit Students Should be Retroactive

During this year’s legislative session, the Maryland General Assembly passed a bill to increase oversight of Maryland’s for-profit colleges. The bill didn’t just create tougher standards for for-profit schools, it also established a guaranty fund meant to reimburse Marylanders who were attending colleges that closed. But because it didn’t go into effect until Oct. 1, […]

October 18, 2016

University Creates Haven for Vets

The two offices on the fourth floor of Lowell Heiny Hall at Colorado Mesa University still smell new. New carpet, new paint and all new furnishings make the rooms feel clean and welcoming, and for the 400 veterans who attend CMU, they are a little oasis from the bustle of campus. The Veterans Services office […]

October 18, 2016

UWF Military Center Celebrates 5th Anniversary

The University of West Florida Military and Veterans Resource Center celebrated its fifth anniversary on Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2016. The celebration included an open house barbecue to honor those who have protected and served and featured a live jazz band, office tours, refreshments and guest speakers, including student testimonials. The MVRC was opened in October […]

October 18, 2016

More Faculty Use Flipped Classroom

Technology presents opportunities for students to more efficiently submit work and engage in learning exchange. In the flipped classroom method, this is a key asset for developing competency-based models of progress and learning, as students can work independently with material and demonstrate, at their pace, mastery of a subject. More importantly, the method allows students […]

October 18, 2016

Texas Prepares for For-Profit Fallout to Spread

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The state’s Higher Education Coordinating Board is preparing for the ITT Technical Institute fallout to spread to other for-profit colleges across the state. Raymond Paredes, the Commissioner of Higher Education, gave KXAN an update on for-profit schools. Over the summer, ITT Tech caved in because the federal government would not back student […]

October 18, 2016

Charts Show Collapse of For-Profit Education

In 2012, the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions produced a scathing review of for-profit colleges and universities, spotlighting a culture of bringing in millions while students paying for education with federal loans were failing to get jobs or even complete degrees. That report would bring about increased scrutiny of some of […]

October 18, 2016

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Students Learn of Career Point Closing by Email

SAN ANTONIO – Career Point has sent out an email to their students saying they are closing their campus. The college says effective immediately that they are closed. President and CEO Larry Earle said in the email that the management team found three employees had violated the rules related to student aid funds. He goes […]

October 18, 2016

Minority Students Less Likely to Attend Top Public Colleges

Black and Latino students in the U.S. are far less likely than their peers of other races to attend elite public universities, according to a new study. The Center for American Progress, a think tank in Washington, D.C., analyzed federal data from 2014 to compare the types of public colleges students of different races attended. […]

October 18, 2016

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For-Profits Draw Disproportionately Among Minority Groups

When federal leaders discuss the predatory practices used by for-profit institutions to recruit and exploit students for federal aid money, this is the underreported statistic that families and students do not typically hear. And with these stats is the harrowing reality that many of these students, already saddled with debt which the federal government has […]

October 18, 2016

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Military Friendly Institutions Competing for Veterans

Institutions are striving to compete for the growing number of transitioning military students, estimated by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to number 1.1 million.

October 17, 2016

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Abdul-Jabbar: Poverty Biggest Barrier to Higher Ed

Author and NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar cited poverty as the biggest barrier that threatens to block the shots that low-income students have at higher education.

October 17, 2016

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Blog: Indian Country Dying of a Curable Disease

With Indigenous People’s Day this week (known to some as Columbus Day), there is opportunity for collective acknowledgement of one of the many inequities that American Indian and Alaska Native people face in the United States. Indian Country, which includes 566 self-governing tribal communities throughout the United States, has a desperate need for greater access […]

October 17, 2016

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University of New Mexico Agrees to Reform Sex Assault Response

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. ― The U.S. Justice Department says it has reached an agreement with the University of New Mexico to improve how the school handles and investigates sexual harassment and assault cases. The agreement comes six months after the Justice Department released an investigative report saying the school failed to comply with federal law in […]

October 17, 2016

Foundation Provides Funds for Nursing Education in Wyoming

The Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wyoming (BCBSWY) Caring Foundation has invested in nursing education at the University of Wyoming and the state’s community colleges through the creation of the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wyoming Scholars Program, part of the larger initiative, Meeting Wyoming’s Needs Through Nurse Education. The gift, which totals more than […]

October 17, 2016

High School Graduation Rate Hits Record High of 83.2 Percent

WASHINGTON ― The nation’s high school graduation rate reached a record 83.2 percent, continuing a steady increase that shows improvement across all racial and ethnic groups, according to federal data released Monday. President Barack Obama welcomed the higher rate as “good news.” But the gains come against a backdrop of decreasing test scores on national […]

October 17, 2016

Judge Orders Kentucky Gov. Bevin to Release Money for Universities

FRANKFORT, Ky. ― A state judge has ordered Republican Gov. Matt Bevin to release $17.8 million to most public colleges and universities. Franklin Circuit Judge Thomas Wingate signed the order on Monday. It says Bevin must release the money within three days. Bevin had ordered cuts of 2 percent at most public colleges and universities, […]

October 17, 2016