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Students
Grant Program for Students’ Childcare Imperiled
CCAMPIS, a grant program aimed at helping low-income parents in college pay for childcare, was one of several higher education programs slashed in the Trump administration’s budget proposal.
July 27, 2017
Leadership & Policy
Briar Cliff University President Intends to Leave Post
SIOUX CITY, Iowa — The president of Briar Cliff University in Sioux City intends to leave his position at the end of the upcoming fall semester after serving less than two years. Hamid Shirvani said in a college news release Wednesday that the decision “is a result of a combination of family, personal and professional […]
July 27, 2017
Students
University of Memphis Lands its Largest Research Contract
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The University of Memphis has landed the largest research contract in the school’s history. The Commercial Appeal reported that the university won a $13.8 million research contract from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to lead a team of six universities studying wearable sensors. The work began at the end […]
July 27, 2017
Faculty & Staff
11 Professors Accept University of Montana’s Buyout Offers
MISSOULA, Mont. — Eleven University of Montana professors have accepted buyout offers during its first round. The Missoulian reports the university offered a total of 48 buyout offers to faculty members in May. Officials previously said 14 tenured professors over the age of 65 expressed interest in the offers during the first round. Kevin McRae […]
July 27, 2017
Students
Baylor University Ordered to Provide Sex Assault Reports Dating to 2003
WACO, Texas — A judge has ordered Baylor University to turn over to plaintiffs’ attorneys records of all cases of sexual assault and harassment since 2003 in a lawsuit against the nation’s largest Baptist school. A group of women is suing Baylor, claiming the school in Texas mishandled or ignored claims of sexual assault for […]
July 27, 2017
Blogs/Opinion
Finally, a Break on Tuitions
Hearing your parents talk about how they paid for their college tuition with a part-time job can be frustrating. Though these stories are true, the tuition structure has completely changed over the past 30 years. The cost of going to school has skyrocketed, putting more of a burden on you as a student, causing you […]
July 27, 2017
Academics
Resource Center Helps Fort Bragg Soldiers Make Transition
FAYETTEVILLE — As of last week soldiers on Fort Bragg can walk through these doors and into a new civilian life. Whether they are interested in health care, construction, transportation, technology or any field, they can chart their course here. The Career Resource Center of Fort Bragg officially opened its doors last week as a […]
July 27, 2017
Veterans
Monthly Events Help Soldiers Make Transition
Every month veterans and soldiers, along with their spouses and members of the public, take part in a job fair at Fort Gordon as part of the installation’s Soldier for Life Transition Assistance Program. The program aids soldiers as they make their career change, said Angela Gaston, a transition services specialist for Fort Gordon. One […]
July 27, 2017
Veterans
Rural Districts With Shortages Look to “Troops to Teachers”
HOLBROOK — Holbrook Unified School District Superintendent Robert Koerperich said Arizona is in a teacher retention crisis. Too many teachers are leaving the area, and the state, for higher paying jobs, he said. “In the last two years we have been down about 8-10 staff members,” Koerperich said during Diane Douglas’s “We are listening” tour […]
July 27, 2017
Other News
Bethune-Cookman Enhances Military Education
For the past several months, Bethune-Cookman University has worked on numerous military academic initiatives such as: GEM; FLYCA; DANTES/DSST; Minuteman Scholarship; Military Training Credits; and more to enhance opportunities for students in the military to attend college. B-Cu has enrolled approximately 169 military students on campus and online. Currently, Mr. Alli Braswell, Civilian Aide to […]
July 27, 2017
Academics
Stanford Students Hacking for Defense
This spring, as part of their coursework, four Stanford University students found themselves in Coronado, California, doing pushups on the beach and charging into a 61-degree surf while overseen by Navy SEAL trainers. They performed this extraordinary homework to better understand the process of inculcating recruits into the elite corps of military frogmen and women. […]
July 27, 2017
Other News
Mattis Targets Some Training as Waste of Time
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has ordered a Pentagon review of the mandatory training and administrative requirements his troops face each year that cut into time that they could be spending to prepare for combat. Mattis, a former Marine general who commanded troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, ordered the formation of a group to study policies […]
July 27, 2017
Policy
Trump Wants to Bar Transgender People from Military
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Wednesday he wants transgender people barred from serving in the U.S. military “in any capacity,” citing “tremendous medical costs and disruption.” Trump’s announcement on Twitter would reverse the effort under President Barack Obama to open the armed services to transgender people. He did not say what would happen to […]
July 27, 2017
LGBTQ+
Trump Relegates Transgender Americans to Ranks of Second-Class Citizens
On July 26, 2017, President Donald J. Trump announced — via Twitter, of course — that transgender people will be banned from serving in the military in any capacity.
July 26, 2017
Students
3 Rowan University Diversity Programs Awarded NSF Grants
Three programs at Rowan University with goals to promote diversity and equality for underrepresented races and sexualities on and off campus recently have been awarded grants by the National Science Foundation to aid those efforts.
July 26, 2017
Leadership & Policy
Bureaucratic Costs Are Twice Instruction Expenses at Some Colleges
New report urges boards of trustees to constrain continuing administrative bloat.
July 26, 2017
Students
Has California Found the Answer to More Equitable Developmental Education?
California Bill AB 705 aims to reduce the burden of performing well on a standardized test as the singular opportunity for students to get into credit-bearing courses.
July 26, 2017
Students
Clearinghouse Data May Help Students Home In on Success
District of Columbia Public Schools administrators are using National Student Clearinghouse data to determine how well their graduates are faring at particular institutions of higher education.
July 26, 2017
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