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College Degree Completion and Home Ownership
Bachelor’s degree-holders enjoy homeownership more frequently than associate degrees-holders do, and both bachelor’s- and associate degree-holders who graduate without any student loan debt enjoy home ownership at higher rates than their counterparts who graduate with debt.
April 4, 2017
Sports
Mentorship program for Black student athletes at UNM
A University of New Mexico (UNM) mentorship program for Black student athletes is being revamped for the fall semester. ZEAL, which stands for Zest for Excellence in Athletics and Learning, is a mentorship program based in African American Student Services. ZEAL pairs student athletes with mentors from the community and teaches skills like interviewing for […]
April 4, 2017
News Roundup
Vermont bill would protect student journalists
MONTPELIER, Vt. — A Vermont House committee is taking testimony on a bill that would protect student journalists and their media advisers. The bill says public school or public college officials would not be allowed to censor the content of school-sponsored media without showing that a particular publication will cause irreparable harm. Content shall also not […]
April 4, 2017
News Roundup
5 of 14 state-owned universities warned of possible cuts
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Administrators at five of Pennsylvania’s 14 state-owned universities have given faculty notice that layoffs and program cuts could occur in the 2018-19 school year, as the State System of Higher Education struggles generally with an enrollment drop. Mansfield University administrators filed a notice March 21. Faculty at California, Clarion, Edinboro and Cheyney universities have […]
April 4, 2017
Blogs/Opinion
Trump Era: Easy on For-Profits
Remember when candidate Trump promised to make college affordable for everyone? Yeah, that’s not happening. Instead, Trump is turning to the notorious corporateers who have been pouring McDiplomas on the nation’s steaming trillion-dollar student debt pyre to shake up higher education. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’s controversial pick for a special assistant—for-profit college corporate lawyer Robert […]
April 4, 2017
News Roundup
Immigrant tuition break gaining support in Tennessee
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A push to offer in-state college tuition rates to students whose parents brought them into the country illegally is picking up unlikely momentum from some Republicans in Tennessee, a deeply conservative state that voted overwhelmingly for President Donald Trump and his tough stance on immigration. If they succeed, Tennessee lawmakers would join the […]
April 4, 2017
Other News
University Fosters Insight on PTSD
CEDAR FALLS — Snowflake. Crazy. Reclusive. Those, and some less-polite words, are ways people with post-traumatic stress disorder said their condition is viewed by others. They are subjected to personal questions about their trauma. They can be triggered by something like a professor repeatedly asking a question or the sound of a person’s laugh. They […]
April 4, 2017
Other News
Credit for Service Advances in Illinois
Proposed legislation that would instruct certain colleges to award educational credit for military credit passed is heading to the Illinois House floor. The Educational Credit for Military Experience Act would allow some of the state’s largest public institutions to award credit they consider applicable to veterans’ degree programs. The nine universities would have until 2018 […]
April 4, 2017
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DeVos Visits Fort Bragg School
U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, while visiting a primary school on the Army base, voiced support for allowing some children in military families to use federal vouchers to attend schools they choose. During her meeting with parents and teachers at the Kimberly Hampton Primary School, at least one parent told her he would welcome the […]
April 4, 2017
Veterans
Campus Bars PTSD Service Dog
DENTON – “This is probably the least disabled veteran friendly school in the nation right now,” Tawan Throngkumpola told NewsFix. Throngkumpola thought his toughest battles were behind him: three tours of duty, IED explosions, and even homelessness. Now, he’s being told his service dog isn’t allowed on campus at the University of North Texas, where […]
April 4, 2017
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Leaders Aim to Link Veterans with Education, Jobs
There are 124 veterans on campus this semester at UWS, comprising 6% of the student population. And that student population is who the Department of Workforce Development and the Department of Labor want to make sure get the help they need when it comes to finding jobs after graduation. Assistant Deputy Secretary Dave Anderson met […]
April 4, 2017
Veterans
Textbook Helps Veterans Transition
Written for veterans, The Transitioning Student Veteran in Higher Education helps readers apply their active duty experiences to the right higher education choices and career paths. Many veterans struggle to figure out how their military experience can be applied to a higher education experience, and they’re not sure what career paths they’re suited for in […]
April 4, 2017
Other News
Future Pell Grant Funding in Danger?
A proposed plan by President Donald J. Trump to take a total of $3.9 billion from the federal Pell Grant surplus is either “reckless or a spectacularly devious political play.” That is the take of Michael Dannenberg, director of strategic initiatives for policy at Education Reform Now, a District-based education research and policy organization. While […]
April 4, 2017
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Patrick Ewing to Become Head Coach of the Georgetown Hoyas
Patrick Ewing is returning to his alma mater to become the Head Coach of the Georgetown Hoyas.
April 3, 2017
Leadership & Policy
Turmoil Continues at Morehouse College Over Wilson’s Ouster
A period of apparent unrest at Morehouse College continues after faculty took a vote of no confidence in the board of trustee’s chairman, Robert C. Davidson Jr. on March 21. Faculty took the vote in response to board governance practices brought to light after the board voted in January to not renew current Morehouse President Dr. John Silvanus Wilson’s contract. Wilson, who served as president for four years, is set to step down on June 30.
April 3, 2017
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Low-Income Students are Vulnerable in a Shifting College Access Landscape
The removal of previous gains and the erosion of certain channels of access through various means have characterized the landscape of higher education access and affordability.
April 3, 2017
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Moore Receives AERA Recognition At Annual Meeting
When the American Association for Educational Research convenes in San Antonio later this month, Dr. James L. Moore III will be recognized with the 2017 AERA Scholars of Color Mid-Career Contribution Award. The Committee on Scholars of Color in Education Awards recognize scholars in various stages in their careers who have contributed significantly to the understanding of issues that disproportionately affect minority populations, and minority scholars who have made a significant contribution to education research and development.
April 3, 2017
Blogs/Opinion
Nursing Error & Son’s Death
On Saturday, the 5th of November, 2011, my life fell apart when my only son Tyler left this world. One week before that, on the morning of the 28th of October, I received a phone call that no mother ever wants to receive. I was asked to go immediately to the hospital. And when I […]
April 3, 2017
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