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DeVos Plans to Name Financial Services Exec as Student Aid Boss
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos said Tuesday she plans to appoint Dr. Arthur Wayne Johnson — a longtime financial services industry executive who recently wrote a dissertation on private student loan debt — as chief operating officer of Federal Student Aid, or FSA. “Wayne is the right person to modernize FSA for the 21st […]
June 20, 2017
Students
Title IX Investigation Closed at Liberty University
LYNCHBURG, Va. — The U.S. Office for Civil Rights is closing a Title IX investigation at Liberty University, saying it lacks jurisdiction over an off-campus sex assault allegation against a university employee. In a June 15 letter to university President Jerry Falwell Jr. obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press, the office said it’s closing the […]
June 20, 2017
Students
Arizona Court Overturns In-state Tuition for DREAMERs
PHOENIX — The Arizona Court of Appeals says young immigrants granted deferred deportation status under a program started by former President Barack Obama are not eligible for lower in-state college tuition. Tuesday’s ruling says a judge’s 2015 decision that deferred action recipients were considered legally present in the U.S. and therefore qualify for state benefits […]
June 20, 2017
Leadership & Policy
Lewis & Clark College Picks Wim Wiewel as Next President
PORTLAND, Ore. — Former Portland State University President Wim Wiewel is moving across town to become president of Lewis & Clark College. Wiewel just wrapped up a nine-year run as president of Portland State. When announcing his decision to step down, he said he planned to take a sabbatical. It won’t be a long one […]
June 20, 2017
Students
Lawsuit Says San Francisco State Fosters Anti-Semitism
SAN FRANCISCO — A group of Jewish students and local residents have sued San Francisco State University, saying administrators foster an anti-Semitic environment. The lawsuit filed Monday accuses school officials of encouraging hostility toward Jews. It cites several incidents, including the disruption by protesters of an April 2016 campus speech by the mayor of Jerusalem. […]
June 20, 2017
Leadership & Policy
Ruth Simmons Named Prairie View Interim President
COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Retired Brown University President Ruth Simmons, the first African-American woman to serve as president of an Ivy League institution, has been named interim president of Prairie View A&M University. The 71-year-old Simmons, who also was president at Massachusetts’ Smith College, the nation’s largest women’s university, and served in executive positions at […]
June 20, 2017
Blogs/Opinion
Teaching Like a Sailor
Looking back at the last 17 years, my life has taken many turns. I served in the U.S. Navy for six years, stationed on a frigate out of San Diego and a Naval Air Station outside Philadelphia. Ironically, I was a bit rudderless before joining the Navy. I had spent an unsuccessful year at Auburn […]
June 20, 2017
Academics
Senator: Education Bill for Montana Troops Gains Advocates
(U.S. Senate) – Veterans and advocates are throwing their support behind U.S. Senator Jon Tester’s legislation to ensure that service members who often have to leave behind their jobs and homes to serve their country will not lose out on educational opportunities. Tester’s Educational Development (ED) for Troops and Veterans Act received a hearing in […]
June 20, 2017
Academics
“Boot Camp” Helps Ease Transition to University
Military veterans attending next week’s boot camp at Syracuse University will be training to succeed in the classroom, rather than in battle. The weeklong academic boot camp, coordinated by the Warrior-Scholar Project, prepares enlisted veterans for undergraduate college coursework through seminars and workshops. The program hosted by SU will begin Sunday. Read More
June 20, 2017
Veterans
Troops-to-Teachers Program Receives Grant
BOZEMAN – A Montana State University program that for more than 10 years has assisted veterans who are interested in becoming certified teachers has received a federal grant to continue its services. The U.S. Department of Defense awarded $716,000 to MSU’s regional Lewis and Clark Troops to Teachers program, making it one of only a […]
June 20, 2017
Veterans
Are Veterans the Solution to Teacher Shortage?
In Afghanistan, Clayton Allen was an Army medic at a field hospital in Bagram, treating soldiers who had been maimed or wounded in combat. To unwind, Allen, a violinist, would play classical music from his tent, the tunes at times competing with the sounds of exploding bombs in the distance to fill the night sky. […]
June 20, 2017
Academics
How Online Learning Evolves
How will online education continue to grow and evolve in the coming decades? originally appeared on Quora – the place to gain and share knowledge, empowering people to learn from others and better understand the world. Online education is in its infancy. There are different phases: Phase 1: Simply put information on the web (e.g. […]
June 20, 2017
Academics
Grants Help Military Students Make Transition
The junior high years can be difficult for any child. But for military children, there are some additional challenges with constant moves, deployments, changes in school requirements and other things that keep the academic environment from remaining stable. Thanks to a grant from the Department of Defense, life for students from S.C. Lee and Copperas […]
June 20, 2017
Other News
Purdue Online Degree Will Cut Cost in Half
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana residents will be able to earn a bachelor’s degree from Purdue University’s new online institution for about half the cost of tuition, room and board at its main West Lafayette campus. The trustees of the tentatively named Purdue NewU, formerly Kaplan University, announced Friday that in-state tuition for associate or bachelor’s degree […]
June 20, 2017
Students
U.S. Government, Georgetown Offer Tuition Aid to Federal Employees
The U.S. Office of Personnel Management is partnering with Georgetown University’s School of Continuing Studies to provide financial benefits for eligible federal employees who are pursuing college career changes.
June 20, 2017
Community Colleges
AAUP Adds 2 Institutions, Removes 2 From Censure List
The American Association of University Professors’ censure list, currently composed of 56 institutions, is a compilation of college administrations that have been cited for violating principles and standards of academic freedom.
June 19, 2017
Students
Want to Increase Graduation Rates? Hire More Underrepresented Faculty
While overall college graduation rates have been increasing, the gap between graduation rates for students from underrepresented groups and white students is actually growing. One way to close that gap: having more faculty who reflect the race and ethnicity of those students.
June 19, 2017
Students
Civil Rights Advocates: Scaling Back Higher Ed Investigations ‘an Injustice’
A U.S. Department of Education memo that suggests a more narrow approach to civil rights investigations is being blasted by civil rights advocates as a “retreat” from the protection of students against acts of discrimination.
June 19, 2017
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