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Coalition Forms to Support University of Nebraska Amid Cuts

OMAHA, Ne. – Business and community leaders have formed a group to support the University of Nebraska system as budget cuts loom. The group, One Nebraska Coalition, took out newspaper ads across the state over the weekend as part of its effort to share the good news of the university. Gov. Pete Ricketts has proposed […]

January 30, 2018

Bill Promises Wisconsin Foster Kids Free College Tuition

MADISON, Wi. — A bipartisan group of Wisconsin legislators has proposed waiving tuition and fees for foster children attending University of Wisconsin schools and state technical colleges, saying the children lack a permanent family when they age out of the foster system and need help to succeed. The measure would cost the state hundreds of thousands of […]

January 30, 2018

White Tennis Player to Black Opponent: ‘At Least I Know My Dad’

BOONE, N.C. — A White men’s college tennis player has been suspended after a Black opponent tweeted that his on-court rival told him “at least I know my dad” during their weekend match. Appalachian State University in North Carolina issued a statement Monday saying freshman Spencer Brown, who is White, was suspended indefinitely after Sunday’s […]

January 30, 2018

Emerging Scholar Profile: Guggilla’s Aspiration and Effort in Physics

Growing up in South India, Dr. Padmaja “Paddy” Guggilla had an acute sense of the importance of education.

January 30, 2018

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The U.S. Department of Labor recently reported that the unemployment rate for post-9/11 military veterans dropped to 4.2 percent in 2017 – one of the lowest rates since 2007. And while much is being done to support our nation’s most recent veterans, many steps still need to be taken to remove the roadblocks to employing […]

January 30, 2018

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LSU Sets Ambitious Online Education Goal

About a dozen years ago, Southern New Hampshire University was a private liberal arts college with a few thousand students. Finances were tough, so university leaders took a risk by investing in online education. Judged only by the campus, it’s still a small school. Yet some 100,000 students took at least one online class from […]

January 30, 2018

10 Most Popular Upcoming MOOCS

Camera Essentials School of Visual Arts via Kadenze This class will provide an understanding of the camera settings and gear that is used in professional DSLR and mirrorless video production. We will cover the basics of camera systems and lenses, including achieving perfect exposure and great color, and will also dig into lighting and camera […]

January 30, 2018

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Workplace Safety Touted as Perfect Fit for Vets

Leadership, loyalty, teamwork, strong communications skills, and technical expertise are characteristics of military veterans. They’re also, according to the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE), characteristics of occupational safety and health professionals. ASSE is encouraging military members leaving the service to consider workplace safety as a second career. “We need to bolster the pipeline of […]

January 30, 2018

G.W. Students Want Priority in Registering

Student veterans at GW are pressing administrators to give them first pick of classes. A top veteran leader met with University President Thomas LeBlanc Thursday to request the policy change, which student veterans said would get rid of frustrations they face while trying to fulfill the credits needed to graduate. Former service members said priority […]

January 30, 2018

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Filmmaker Weaving Tale of Military Heroism

Very rarely are films about the military made by those who actually served. Joshua DeFour, a radio-television-film graduate student and veteran of the United States Marine Corps, is one of those rare individuals. DeFour has been cultivating his storytelling skills in the MFA Film and Media Production program for the past three years and hopes […]

January 30, 2018

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Teacher’s Rant About Military Goes Viral

A Pico Rivera teacher and councilman is under investigation by the school board after the release of recordings in which he disparaged members of the military. The remarks by Councilman Gregory Salcido, a teacher at El Rancho High School, have triggered a backlash in a community that local leaders say has strong ties to the […]

January 30, 2018

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Fitness App Reveals Too Much About Military

A heat map published on the Internet by fitness tracking company Strava may have been inadvertently giving away sensitive secrets. An Australian student used the service to reveal the locations and activities of soldiers at U.S. military bases. Twenty-year-old university student Nathan Ruser stumbled across the map on a blog and was inspired to look […]

January 30, 2018

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Duckworth Elaborates on Criticism of Trump

Doubling down on criticism of President Donald Trump as a “five-deferment draft dodger,” Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., rebuked President Trump’s partisan attacks on Democrats’ supposed lack of interest in supporting the military vs. DACA and Dreamer protections if illegal immigrants. “He was elected, rightfully, to be president of the United States, [but] I don’t think […]

January 30, 2018

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How to Avoid 12 Common Mistakes Serving Student ‘Customers’

Do you like making mistakes? I certainly don’t. Making mistakes are inevitable and as long as we humans exist, the opportunity for them to occur will be present.

January 29, 2018

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Emerging Scholar Profile: Forber-Pratt Defies Expectations in Human and Organizational Development

At the age of 5, Dr. Anjali Forber-Pratt witnessed wheelchair racing at the Boston Marathon, prompting her to dress up as the winner for Halloween that year.

January 29, 2018

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An Advocate for Student Success Along the Law Pipeline

Kristen M. Guiseppi brings seven years of experience in student support services to the University of Houston Law Center (UHLC), where she is program manager of the Pre-Law Pipeline Program.

January 29, 2018

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University of Charleston to Offer Weekend Nursing Classes

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The University of Charleston plans to offer an associate nursing degree on weekends. The university said in a news release that the program on the main campus in Charleston will allow students to graduate as a registered nurse in less than two years. It is designed for students who want to finish […]

January 29, 2018

University of New Mexico Ranked 7th for Application Increase

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The University of New Mexico is among 50 flagship universities seeing a large wave of applications. The Albuquerque Journal reported Sunday that a recent analysis by The Washington Post looked at dramatic increases in applications experienced by state flagship institutions between 2006 and 2016 and ranked the University of New Mexico as […]

January 29, 2018