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Academics
Online Classes Will Incorporate Lessons in Teamwork
Most online courses are a solitary experience for learners. Students lack the ability to strike up an impromptu conversation about last week’s homework or compare notes with whoever’s sitting next to them in class. The absence of social interaction could be one reason behind high dropout rates in online classes. Instead their interactions are relegated […]
October 7, 2016
Veterans
“Opportunity Knox” Helps Veterans Find Jobs
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Oct. 3, 2016) — Where Opportunity Knox, a regional initiative to connect transitioning veterans and/or military spouses to jobs in the Greater Louisville Region, announced that it now is holding office hours at Fort Campbell, a U.S. Army installation located at the Kentucky-Tennessee border between Hopkinsville, Ky., and Clarksville, Tenn. In partnership with […]
October 7, 2016
Veterans
Peer Advisors Help Incoming Veterans
“I’m from Syracuse, but even coming to a new university and meeting people, it’s daunting. It can be overwhelming,” Brigandi says. “Coming to a new campus you have a lot of questions—classes, your benefits, where to go.” He then found a go-to resource: other student veterans. “When I first started I had to go out […]
October 7, 2016
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Academics
Making College Affordable: 8 Essential Reads
In the debate on Monday, Sept. 26, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton listed “making college debt free,” as part of her plan to build the economy. She said, “I think building the middle class, investing in the middle class, making college debt-free so more young people can get their education, helping people refinance their debt […]
October 7, 2016
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Other News
Restoring Pell Grants After Collapse of For-Profits
RESTORING PELL GRANTS FOR STUDENTS AT COLLAPSED FOR-PROFITS: The demise of two massive for-profit college chains in the past two years — Corinthian Colleges and ITT Tech — has left tens of thousands of students having to start over their education. But while affected students may be entitled to cancel their federal loans and take […]
October 7, 2016
Other News
Top Army Officers Want Tuition Aid Expanded
The Army is looking at proposals to expand tuition assistance for active duty, Reserve and National Guard soldiers, particularly in the areas of licensing and credentialing not leading to academic degrees, the service’s top enlisted soldiers said Monday. “What we’re trying to figure out — what is that going to do to the cost and […]
October 7, 2016
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Community Colleges
Experts: Performance Funding for Higher Ed Yielding Mixed Results
Despite broad national support for such programs, state funding for higher education that is tied to performance metrics is having mixed results, Community College Research Center researchers say.
October 6, 2016
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Students
Georgetown University Professor’s Ferguson Syllabus Growing Nationwide
Dr. Marcia Chatelain’s no-cost, crowdsourced catalog focuses on race, African-American history, civil rights and policing. It has been augmented by people across the spectrum of academia.
October 6, 2016
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Students
Proposed Accreditation System Factors in Financial Health
A new accreditation system proposed would require education providers to meet “rigorous and ambitious standards for student achievement and financial health,” and give the federal government a stronger oversight role.
October 6, 2016
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Leadership & Policy
Northwestern State President Chosen to Lead University of Louisiana System
BATON ROUGE, La. ― The University of Louisiana System has a new president, chosen from the leadership within its own campus ranks. James Henderson, president of Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, was tapped Thursday by the UL System Board of Supervisors to take over management of the entire system. His appointment was approved unanimously by […]
October 6, 2016
Faculty & Staff
Discrimination Lawsuit Against Emporia State Dismissed
EMPORIA, Kan. ― A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit that alleged Emporia State University discriminated against a Black assistant professor after he complained about a racial incident. The lawsuit filed by Melvin Hale in October 2015 was dismissed last week without prejudice, meaning it could be refiled. Hale claimed the school and some top […]
October 6, 2016
Leadership & Policy
Iowa State President: ‘Learned my Lesson’ on Use of Planes
AMES, Iowa ― Iowa State University President Steven Leath said he will be more cautious about mixing personal and official business after facing criticism over his use of university airplanes and a $1.1 million private land deal with his boss. Leath told the university’s student government Wednesday night that he misjudged how both issues would […]
October 6, 2016
Sports
University of Louisville Sues Retired Professor Over Records
LOUISVILLE, Ky. ― A retired University of Louisville medical school professor who writes a blog is being sued by his former employer after he requested records related to a ban on postseason play for the men’s basketball team. Media outlets report the university filed a lawsuit Sept. 30 in Jefferson Circuit Court seeking to reverse […]
October 6, 2016
Blogs/Opinion
Can Online Courses Replace Traditional College?
For much of their modern existance, distance-education courses have suffered from an image problem. In the 1970s and 1980s, they were seen as cheap knockoffs of on-campus offerings, hawked on late-night television by the likes of Sally Struthers, who asked viewers, “Do you want to make more money? Sure, we all do,” in commercials for […]
October 6, 2016
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Veterans
Charity “Watch List” Boosts Wounded Warrior’s Standing
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – After eight months of scrutiny, the Wounded Warrior Project’s effort to rebuild its reputation in the nonprofit community got a big boost when a major charity watchdog group removed WWP from its watch list. Charity Navigator, known for its independent review of nonprofit’s across the country, added Wounded Warrior Project to its […]
October 6, 2016
Veterans
Veterans Defend Georgetown Program
When an earthquake struck Haiti in 2010, Mark Henderson (COL ’17) jumped into action to help survivors. As an enlisted member of the 82nd Airborne Division of the United States Army’s Global Response Force, Henderson and his fellow soldiers at Fort Brag, N.C., were deployed to aid civilians in the Caribbean country. “I was part […]
October 6, 2016
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Other News
New Data Released on Pell Grants
The U.S. Department of Education recently released a new report on participation in the Pell Grant program. The need-based program provides up to $5,815 annually in federal funds for college students. The new data shows that 35 percent of all dependent students in families nationwide received federal Pell Grants in the 2011-12 academic year. This […]
October 6, 2016
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Other News
Affluent Families Using Welfare Funds for High-Priced Colleges
Albion College is one of the most expensive private schools in Michigan and many of its students come from families of means. On the surface, it would appear the liberal arts students at Albion would have little in common with those living in the poor neighborhood that surrounds the school, where a third of residents […]
October 6, 2016
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