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After 129 Years, Military Academy Will Enroll Girls
DELAFIELD, Wis. — When St. John’s Northwestern Military Academy opens its next summer session, it will have something absent from the school for nearly 130 years – female cadets. Currently 218 boys in grades 7 to 12 are enrolled at the Delafield school. The academy’s board of trustees said it considered societal and cultural changes […]
October 17, 2017
Academics
University of Illinois leads $25M military initiative
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The University of Illinois is leading a $25 million initiative to develop an “internet of battlefield things.” Officials say the initiative aims to have humans and technology work together in a seamless network. They say the initiative will connect soldiers with smart technology in armor, radios, weapons and other objects to give […]
October 17, 2017
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N.C. Launches Online University
Two years after receiving a $2 million commitment from the state legislature, an online university formally launched its partnership with North Carolina government last week with an event headlined by Lt. Gov. Dan Forest. The 2015 state budget included a $2 million allocation to Western Governors University, or WGU, even though it already had enrolled […]
October 17, 2017
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Are Online Graduate Programs a Scam?
Education has the power to transform, to enlighten, and to advance. But you must do your due diligence to ensure that you pursue the best possible educational opportunities, whether online or in person. If you don’t do your homework, you can get scammed out of both money and time. Here are words of wisdom about […]
October 17, 2017
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Veterans
Utilities Make Inroads on Veteran Joblessness
The national unemployment rate for U.S. military veterans dropped in September to 3 percent from 4.3 percent during the same month last year, the U.S. Labor Department reported, the lowest figure since 2001. Programs across myriad industry sectors have helped reduce veteran unemployment, including ongoing efforts under way in the energy sector that are being […]
October 17, 2017
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Policy
Lawmakers Seek Proof on Transgender Ban
Virginia Rep. A. Donald McEachin is spearheading a call for all correspondence and documentation from the Pentagon to show the process that informed President Trump’s directive to institute a ban on all transgender military service. In a letter to Defense Sec. Jim Mattis dated Oct. 10 and signed by 114 members of Congress, including many […]
October 17, 2017
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Guillermo: Will Weinstein Saga Change Attitudes Toward Campus Sexual Harassment?
Sexual harassment on campus is bad enough when it’s simply a matter of students. But add a professor to the mix and now we have the real problem with campus sexual harassment — where the element of power creeps into the mix.
October 16, 2017
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New President Aims to Continue Morehouse Mission of Molding Leaders
The Board of Trustees at Morehouse College concluded a six-month search when it voted on Sunday to appoint Harvard University professor Dr. David A. Thomas as its new president.
October 16, 2017
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D.C.-area Higher Ed Presidents Support DACA
Close to half of DACA recipients are enrolled in school or college, and the higher education community has spoken out in support of continuing or updating the program.
October 16, 2017
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Students
For Medina, Being Administrator Makes a Difference
Dr. Carlos Medina, vice chancellor and chief diversity officer for the State University of New York (SUNY), says that his introduction to higher education administration did not have a linear trajectory. He initially wanted to become a teacher and did achieve this goal after having obtained a bachelor’s degree in education from the State University […]
October 16, 2017
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University of Cincinnati to Allow White Nationalist to Speak
CLEVELAND — The University of Cincinnati says it will allow White nationalist leader Richard Spencer to speak on campus, while Ohio State University says it can’t accommodate a rental request for a Nov. 15 speech but is considering alternatives. UC president Neville Pinto said in an email that the university is finalizing details of Spencer’s […]
October 16, 2017
Students
University of Southern Maine Adds Prayer Room
PORTLAND, Maine — The University of Southern Maine is adding a new prayer room to better accommodate Muslim students and students of other faiths. The Portland Press Herald reports the $100,000 project includes a gender neutral bathroom with a foot-washing station Muslim students can use for ritual washing. University officials say the new prayer room […]
October 16, 2017
Faculty & Staff
Chancellor Raises Concern About Protecting Research
FARGO, N.D. — Potential customers who are interested in teaming with North Dakota researchers on fields like unmanned aircraft are balking because of the state’s open records laws, the head of the university system says. Chancellor Mark Hagerott told the state Board of Higher Education during last month’s meeting that some leading research universities are […]
October 16, 2017
Students
Faculty: University of Kansas Student Hacked into Computers
LAWRENCE, Kan. — A recent cybersecurity breach has a University of Kansas faculty group concerned that the breach could lead to other attacks, not just at the university, but across higher education. Aerospace engineering professor Ron Barrett-Gonzalez said the hack was carried out by an apparently disgruntled engineering student during the 2016-17 academic year. The […]
October 16, 2017
Students
Indiana Scholarships Fail to Attract Diverse Teachers
INDIANAPOLIS — Scholarships from an Indiana program meant to diversify and recruit the next generation of teachers have gone largely to White students so far, an Indiana agency says. State officials hope to lessen the state’s teacher shortage with $10 million in Next Generation Hoosier Educators Scholarships, but the scholarships have failed to attract students […]
October 16, 2017
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October 16, 2017
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Warped Idea of Freedoms
The week began with the biggest gun massacre by a single person in American history. Fifty-eight more families know the shock and trauma that goes with a loved one dying in a hail of bullets. Over five hundred people were injured, and join the thousands whose lives will never really be the same. Tuesday was […]
October 16, 2017
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DACA Nursing Students Can’t Get Licenses
At least two Arkansas nursing colleges have informed current students who received federal Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals protections that they cannot obtain state professional licenses because of their legal status, officials said Friday. Read More
October 16, 2017
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