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Responding to Trump Microaggressions

There is no reason for students to be mocked due to trigger responses from “Trump” graffiti.

Expert: Higher Ed Needs to Embrace Assessments of Student Learning

Colleges and universities should embrace assessments of student learning in order to prove their worth as college costs rise and the job market remains tough.

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March Madness: The Rest of the Story

March harkens the smell of roses, cut grass and light spring rains for most folks. For me, March ushers in the smell and shine of hardwoods, leather and tennis shoes—and sheer Madness.

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Harvard Taking More Steps to Acknowledge its Ties to Slavery

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. ― Harvard’s president says the Ivy league university will do more to acknowledge its ties to slavery. University President Drew Faust announced Wednesday in an op-ed in the student newspaper that the nearly 400-year-old institution will install a plaque next month at the former home for college presidents to recognize the slaves who […]

I Went From Borderline Homeless to College-Bound

My academic achievements, my athletic achievements, problems I’ve solved that make me look like the premier candidate — these are all things I could talk about in this essay. But I think the most important thing I need to share is my background. My background is what has shaped me. Once you’ve understood what I’ve […]

More Students Seeing the World Without Getting Credits

A survey found that roughly half of the 227 institutions responding reported an increase in the number of students who participated in non-credit education abroad for the 2012-13 academic year over the previous year.

Courtney Allen Allen said her non-credit educational activities in Panama helped better prepare her for the workforce.

UVA Student Group Supporting Undocumented Students Finds Its Footing

A new student group at the University of Virginia—DREAMers on Grounds—is working to create a support network for students who are either undocumented or who have received DACA benefits.

Pitt Settles Locker Room Case with Transgender Student

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. ― The University of Pittsburgh has settled a lawsuit brought by a transgender student who said he was wrongfully expelled from its Johnstown campus after a dispute over his use of a men’s locker room. Television station WJAC first reported the settlement Wednesday between the university and Seamus Johnston. Settlement terms haven’t been […]

Lawmakers Fight Over Free Tuition for National Guardsmen

AUGUSTA, Maine ― The Maine House is divided along party lines over how to fund a program that gives National Guard soldiers and airmen free tuition in the state’s higher education system. Republicans say the University of Maine System and the Maine Community College System can pay for their tuition out of the agency’s existing […]

Chicago State Backs Off Request that Employees Turn in Keys

CHICAGO ― Chicago State University backtracked Wednesday from a plan to collect keys from faculty and staff members, instead announcing that it would take an inventory of keys that might have to be collected should layoffs be necessary amid the state’s financial crisis. Administrator Aleshia Renee Terry had asked deans on Monday to begin collecting […]

Minority Scholars to be Among Those Honored by AERA

Several minority scholars will be among those recognized next week when the largest gathering of educational researchers assemble in the nation’s capital for the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association.

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Group Calls Remedial Education ‘Bridge to Nowhere’

Complete College America, dedicated to improving graduation rates nationally, has dubbed remedial education a “bridge to nowhere” because the majority of students who begin remedial education never make it to credit-bearing courses.

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