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Report: Delaware University Paid $6M to Ex-administrators

WILMINGTON, Del. — The University of Delaware has paid out more than $6 million to top administrators who voluntarily left their jobs or were forced out since 2007. The News Journal of Wilmington reports nearly a third of the funds went to David Roselle, a former university president who continued to get paid four years […]

December 14, 2017

Colleges Paying Big Money for Coaches May Face Tax Hit

WASHINGTON — A potential new tax on seven-figure salaries for employees of non-profits hasn’t deterred schools from doling out huge contracts to new coaches. Football powers aiming for a national title have continued to pay the market rate for proven coaches, topped by the 10-year, $75 million deal for Jimbo Fisher at Texas A&M. If […]

December 14, 2017

Whitening Academia

While a House Republican proposal to tax the tuition waivers of graduate students may not be among the highest-profile Trump-era assaults on people of color, it represents a serious threat to racial equality. If included in the final tax plan, it would disproportionately harm nonwhite graduate students and be disastrous for the already dismal diversity […]

December 14, 2017

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Grant Would Help Transition to Work

Acting on behalf of the Henry County Veteran’s Assistance Commission, Dorothy Meindok has completed and submitted an application for a grant under the ServiceIllinois department of the Illinois Department of Veteran’s Affairs. That agency will screen the applications and announce what applications have been accepted in January, 2018. If that hurdle is cleared, the ServiceIllinois […]

December 14, 2017

Take the Robot’s Class

How many of you fancy world-class education through MOOCs? If you are accustomed to online courses then it might be a piece of cake for you however many of us face difficulties with the virtual environment. In a bid to improve, the Michigan State University unleashed the first-ever robot-aided online learning which happens to improve […]

December 14, 2017

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Online Students Can Build In-Person Relationships

Even in an online degree program, whether you live close to the school’s campus or hundreds of miles away, you have ways to meet classmates, faculty and alumni in person. If your main hesitation in pursuing an online education is the fear of being isolated, know that you will likely have opportunities to engage with […]

December 14, 2017

Is MOOC Leader Alison the Answer to World’s Needs

With nearly 12 million registered learners, 1.5 million graduates, and 1,000 free courses, the first ever massive open online course (MOOC) Alison has become one of the world’s largest players in online education – and one of the world’s largest certifiers of educational and skills attainment. Founder Mike Feerick’s model for equal access to learning […]

December 14, 2017

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Skills Learned in Service Go a Long Way

Serving in the United States Armed Forces offers an experience like no other. Aside from the opportunity to work with incredibly dedicated people in locations most will never see, military service builds a unique range of skills that can help veterans find success after service. The skills our men and women in uniform gain during […]

December 14, 2017

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Army Cyber Command Eyes University Partnerships

ATHENS, Ga. — The University of Georgia and the U.S. Army’s Cybersecurity Command could soon be exchanging students and workers. A civilian Army official, Ronald Pontius, says the command would take up University of Georgia Vice President for Research David Lee’s offer during a UGA conference on informatics, or big data. Pontius is deputy to […]

December 14, 2017

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For-Profit Colleges May Be Headed for a Boom

The Trump administration seems determine to unravel much of what the Obama administration did, including its crackdown on predatory for-profit colleges which was aimed at protecting students as well as as the federal student aid system. This post explains what and how it is attempting to do this. It was written by Spiros Protopsaltis, a […]

December 14, 2017

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ATI Commits to Enroll and Support High-Achieving, Low- and Moderate-Income Students

Since its launch in December 2016, the American Talent Initiative (ATI), a Bloomberg Philanthropies effort led by the Aspen Institute’s College Excellence Program and Ithaka S+R, has grown from 30 to 86 member institutions

December 13, 2017

What Makes an African-American Novel a Classic?

Dr. Henry Louis Gates begins the anthology, The Portable Nineteenth-Century African American Women Writers, by offering insights into what makes an African-American classic.

December 13, 2017

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SARAH-JANE LESLIE

SARAH-JANE LESLIE has been appointed dean of Princeton University’s Graduate School. Leslie joined the faculty at Princeton University in 2006 and was promoted to full professor in 2013. She is a summa cum laude graduate of Rutgers University, where she majored in philosophy, mathematics and cognitive science. She earned a Ph.D. in philosophy at Princeton University.

December 13, 2017

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GARNETT S. STOKES

GARNETT S. STOKES has been named president of the University of New Mexico, effective March 2018. She is currently provost and executive vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Missouri. Stokes earned a bachelor’s degree from Carson-Newman College and a master’s degree and a Ph.D. from the University of Georgia.

December 13, 2017

DAPHNE A. BASCOM

DAPHNE A. BASCOM has been appointed professor of biomedical and health informatics at the University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Medicine. She is also senior vice president of community integrated health for the YMCA of Greater Kansas City. Bascom earned an M.D. from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and a Ph.D. from the University of Oxford in England.

December 13, 2017

ANGELA AMAR

ANGELA AMAR has been named dean of the School of Nursing at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, effective January 1. She is currently associate dean for undergraduate studies and chief diversity officer of the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing at Emory University. Amar earned a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in nursing from Louisiana State University Medical Center and a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania.

December 13, 2017

JANE E. MILLEY

JANE E. MILLEY has been named interim president of West Virginia University at Parkersburg. She previously served as interim senior vice president for academic affairs at the university. Milley earned a bachelor’s degree from Boston University, a master’s degree from Columbia University and a Ph.D. from Syracuse University in New York.

December 13, 2017

RENÃ A. S. ROBINSON

RENÃ A. S. ROBINSON has been named associate professor of chemistry at Vanderbilt University. She previously served in the chemistry department at the University of Pittsburgh. Robinson earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Louisville and a Ph.D. from Indiana University.

December 13, 2017