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Melania Trump’s College Experience Amended on Bio
America’s future First Lady Melania Trump “paused her studies” to pursue a modeling career in Milan and Paris. That’s according to her new biography on President-elect Donald Trump’s transition website, GreatAgain.gov. The biography states that Melania Trump “would pursue a degree at the University of Ljubljana in Slovenia, but paused her studies to advance her […]
November 17, 2016
Students
Mississippi Initiative to Help Former College Students Finish Degrees
JACKSON, Miss. —Leaders of Mississippi’s universities and community colleges say as many as 67,000 Mississippians who never graduated may have passed enough courses for a degree. They announced a plan Thursday to encourage those people to obtain degrees, as well as another 200,000 who dropped out short of the needed classwork over the last 15 […]
November 17, 2016
Students
College Students Protest Donald Trump’s Deportation Plans
College students at campuses around the United States marched and rallied Wednesday, urging administrators to protect students and employees against immigration action under a Donald Trump presidency. Rallying supporters on social media with the hashtag #SanctuaryCampus, organizers said actions were planned at more than 80 schools, including Vermont’s Middlebury College, where about 400 people gathered, […]
November 17, 2016
Blogs/Opinion
For-Profits Must Prove Their Worth
Lisa Wardell, president and chief executive of DeVry Education Group, lays out how for-profit higher education can change the perception of the industry and its value to students. — Danielle Douglas-Gabriel For-profit higher education has faced major challenges recently as policymakers focus on ensuring that institutions serve their students. Schools have been forced to close […]
November 17, 2016
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Other News
21 Percent of Princeton Class Is Pell-Eligible
Princeton University now has one of the highest percentages of Pell-eligible students among the nation’s most selective colleges and universities, with 21 percent of the freshman Class of 2020 eligible for the federal grants that are awarded to low-income students. The percentage of Pell-eligible freshmen is triple that of the Class of 2008. Read More
November 17, 2016
Veterans
Student Veteran Preparing for Ph.D.
Within the classrooms and lecture halls of William & Mary sit a multitude of students from around the world with diverse professional and cultural backgrounds, all striving for the highest levels of educational achievement. Retired Air Force Col. Kurt Klingenberger, a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom, is no different. Among his assignments, Klingenberger served as […]
November 17, 2016
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Veterans
Funding Helps Establish Veterans Center
The experiences gained by veterans turned students set them apart from Delaware’s more traditional college students. With the knowledge and the fact that more veterans are attending college to further their careers after service to their country, Delaware Technical Community College has made it a priority to give student veterans a resource center where they […]
November 17, 2016
Academics
Report: Veterans Disproportionately Affected by For-Profit Closings
When ITT Tech closed, many higher education reformers cheered. Poor performing for-profits and nonprofits had skated by for years, taking in billions in federal funds while delivering very little in the way of returns to their students. The decision by the Department of Education to revoke the authority of ITT Tech’s accreditor and then eventually […]
November 17, 2016
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Academics
Law Schools Experiment with Online Learning
For John Sears, a third-year Juris Doctor candidate at the Wake Forest University School of Law, the teaching style in a course last fall titled “Professional Responsibility” differed from his other classes. Rather than taking notes during lectures, the 37-year-old watched videos, listened to podcasts and answered multiple-choice questions remotely. Read More
November 17, 2016
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Academics
Coursera Embraces Netflix Model
This new subscription model for online learning could be a game-changer in online education. By financially incentivizing course completion, Coursera will likely boost the number of learners enrolling and completing programs in their courses and could be one step closer to realizing the original vision of MOOCS, once seen as poised to revolutionize the higher […]
November 17, 2016
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Academics
Columbia College Trains Staff to Aid Veterans
As an officer in the U.S. Marine Corps, Landon Miller, a 22-year-old Columbia College student veteran, said walking into a counseling center or seeking help of any kind can be a challenge for veterans. Military members often don’t want to show signs of what could be perceived as weakness, he said. To combat that stigma […]
November 17, 2016
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Students
Department of Education Officials Recount Gains as Uncertainty Looms
What the future holds for U.S. Department of Education initiatives and the higher education sector as a whole under a Trump administration is not yet clear.
November 16, 2016
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Leadership & Policy
Eduardo Padrón to Receive Presidential Medal of Freedom
Dr. Eduardo Padrón reached another milestone in his celebrated career in higher education when it was announced Wednesday that he will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor.
November 16, 2016
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African-American
TMCF to Trump: Let Supreme Court Reflect Diversity
There is huge merit to diversifying a Court that will increasingly make decisions impacting everyday Americans.
November 16, 2016
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Students
For-profit Colleges Decry ‘Demonization’ by Obama Administration
As speculation continued over how a Trump administration might treat for-profit colleges, supporters and critics of the institutions sparred Thursday over whether the institutions got a bum rap under the Obama administration.
November 16, 2016
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Leadership & Policy
University of California Workers Strike for Higher Wages
SAN FRANCISCO — Electricians, elevator mechanics, plumbers and other workers walked off the job Wednesday at UCLA to demand higher wages on day one of two planned strikes this week at a pair of University of California campuses. A 24-hour strike was taking place at UCLA and a similar walkout was planned Thursday at UC […]
November 16, 2016
Leadership & Policy
California Universities Weigh First Tuition Hikes in 6 Years
SAN FRANCISCO —Faced with record high enrollment and the need to hire faculty, the University of California and California State University systems are considering raising tuition for the first time in six years. The proposed annual hikes – $270 at the 23 Cal State schools and $280 at UC’s nine undergraduate campuses — are being […]
November 16, 2016
Leadership & Policy
Board Extends North Dakota State President’s Contract
FARGO, N.D. —The state Board of Higher Education met behind closed doors for more than two hours Wednesday before deciding that the North Dakota State University president should keep his job. The board voted during its regular monthly meeting in Bismarck to renew Dean Bresciani’s contract for another year, six months after the board told […]
November 16, 2016
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