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Community Colleges Working Around State Budget Cuts
Financial struggles pose a problem for many community colleges, and can be expected to continue for the foreseeable future particularly as a number of states face ongoing budget shortfalls.
May 9, 2017
News Roundup
Why Yale Graduate Students Are on a Hunger Strike
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Two weeks ago, Yale graduate student teachers began a hunger strike to pressure the school to negotiate with their union. Eight committed to fasting, planning only to stop if a doctor says their health is at risk of permanent damage. If a student has to stop fasting, another union member takes […]
May 9, 2017
Students
Expert: Achievement Gap a National Crisis
Consider this sobering fact: For every 10 African-American students who enter college, only four will graduate. Just four in 10.
May 9, 2017
Students
Santa Fe University Begins its Layoffs, 176 Students to Stay
SANTA FE, N.M. — The Santa Fe University of Art and Design has laid off 15 staff workers as it prepares to close. The Santa Fe New Mexican reported Monday that more cuts are expected in the coming weeks. The university will shut down in spring 2018. A university spokeswoman says 176 juniors, 79 percent […]
May 9, 2017
Women
Trump’s Daughter Tiffany to Attend Georgetown Law School
NEW YORK — Another Trump is going to Washington. Tiffany Trump, the youngest daughter of the president, will be enrolling at Georgetown University Law School this fall, according to her brother. Eric Trump, who revealed the school choice, received his undergraduate degree from Georgetown. “Georgetown is an incredible school that has played a big role […]
May 9, 2017
Students
Florida May Restore College Aid Lost During Great Recession
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Nearly a decade after the Great Recession, Florida may finally restore one of its main programs that aids students headed to college. The state Legislature late Monday approved an overhaul of the state’s higher education system that is intended to lift schools in the Sunshine State into the ranks of elite counterparts. […]
May 9, 2017
Students
Frat Member Told 911: ‘We Have a Friend Who’s Unconscious’
HARRISBURG, Pa. — A Penn State University fraternity member calmly told a dispatcher “we have a friend who’s unconscious” as he summoned help in February for a pledge who would soon be declared dead of a traumatic brain injury, according to a 911 tape released Monday. The call from Beta Theta Pi member Ryan McCann […]
May 9, 2017
Blogs/Opinion
Battle for Year-Round Pell Is Not Over
When Congress voted to restore year-round Pell in the 2017 omnibus budget, some declared victory. Students can now use these funds over summer terms and potentially accelerate degree completion. While this was a definite win, the fight to keep the Pell program well-funded to meet the ever-growing needs of today’s student continues and the list […]
May 9, 2017
Other News
MilitaryConnection.com Joins Forces with Touro University
Military Connection, whose website is one of the most respected and comprehensive directories of military and veteran resources on the web, is honored to work with Touro University Worldwide (TUW) as they roll out a unique scholarship program. The special Military Scholarship Program provides eligible students with a discounted military tuition rate. Additionally, eligible students […]
May 9, 2017
Academics
Army, Air Force ROTC Commission 26
CLEMSON – Clemson University’s Army and Air Force ROTC units will hold a joint ceremony to commission 26 second lieutenants at 2 p.m. on Wednesday in the Tillman Hall auditorium. Fifteen students will receive commissions into the U.S. Army and 11 students will receive commissions into the U.S. Air Force. The ceremony will feature guest […]
May 9, 2017
Other News
Ohio Students Can Cancel Loans for Defunct Chain
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The state attorney general says nearly 5,500 people in Ohio are eligible to cancel federal student loans that they used to attend schools operated by a for-profit chain that abruptly ceased operations in 2015. The Corinthian Colleges group sold or closed its more than 100 campuses amid allegations of fraud and […]
May 9, 2017
Other News
Service Brings Military Opportunities
Military service brings a lot of opportunity to those who enlist. In every branch of the military, service members are engaging with new technology and other disciplines that help secure our country’s safety. They are creating networks within their communities that last long after their service has ended. A major part of that opportunity comes […]
May 9, 2017
Other News
Coast Guard Running Out of Tuition Assistance
If you are a Coast Guard member planning to use Tuition Assistance (TA) for college you’d better act quick. ALCOAST 152/17 released by the Coast Guard on May 2 says that at the current use rate, FY17 TA funding will be exhausted mid to late May 2017. When TA funds are exhausted, TA will be […]
May 9, 2017
Academics
Air Force University Serves as a Model
Many people scoffed at the idea of military institutions creating a community college from scratch, but the Air Force has become a leader in this area, creating a model for the other services to emulate. One of the leaders in education is the United States Air Force. They pioneered education in many ways when they […]
May 9, 2017
Blogs/Opinion
Ivanka Trump, That’s Not How It Works
Ivanka Trump wants the world to know that she’s a feminist. Under the hashtag #womenwhowork (also the title of her new book on women in business, which was released on Tuesday), she’s spent the past few years building a brand based on how to be a woman who “has it all” — the adorable children, the high-powered […]
May 9, 2017
Students
Eight Steps to Establish Support Systems for Undocumented Students
This current uncertainty of protections afforded under the DACA program underscores the need for university staff, administrators and faculty to create infrastructures to support their undocumented students.
May 8, 2017
Students
Woo Ushering in New Era at Sweet Briar College
Sweet Briar College prepares to begin a new chapter in its 116-year history with the arrival of its 12th president, Dr. Meredith Woo.
May 8, 2017
African-American
Congressional Black Caucus Not Buying Trump’s ‘Unwavering Support’ of HBCUs
Two leading Democratic Black lawmakers on Monday slammed President Donald J. Trump’s attempt to walk back his previous comments questioning the constitutionality of a program that helps support HBCUs.
May 8, 2017
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