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Ky. Community College in Position to Help Veterans Make Career Transition

Over the past five years, West Kentucky Community and Technical College has built a comprehensive support network for student veterans.

(Photo courtesy West Kentucky Community and Technical College.)

Lawsuit Challenges DeVos’ Guidance on Campus Sexual Assault

BOSTON —A national women’s rights group is challenging Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’ new guidance on investigating campus sexual assault. The organization Equal Means Equal and three women who say they were assaulted in college filed a federal lawsuit Thursday in Boston alleging the rules violate civil rights laws. On Sept. 22, DeVos scrapped President Barack […]

California Won’t Make Its Attorney Licensing Exam Easier

SAN FRANCISCO —Becoming a lawyer in California isn’t going to get easier after the state Supreme Court decided not to lower the minimum passing score on one of nation’s toughest licensing exams for attorneys. The justices on Wednesday acknowledged a drop in the percentage of people passing the test but said further study was needed […]

Community Criticizes University of Memphis in Wake of Sexual Assaults

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — In the wake of two reported off-campus rapes involving students at the University of Memphis, students and alumni challenged and criticized the university’s administration at a sexual assault forum. The Commercial Appeal reports over 100 people attended Wednesday’s campus forum, which saw a line of people waiting to speak when President David […]

Celebrate Latino High School Graduation, but Work Toward College Degree Attainment

While there is much to rejoice, there’s a drastic chasm in graduation from 4-year colleges among Hispanics and other racial and ethnic groups.

Wing Finds Failure Just a Marker Along Route to Success

Kelisa Wing is the assistant principal at West Point Elementary School in New York, but she remembers that her relationship with education did not have an ideal start.

Two Higher Education Goals Deferred

An expert notes that some higher education goals have seemingly arbitrary timelines and are inattentive to the range of diversity in U.S. populations as well as their varying levels of degree attainment.

Strategy Offered to Turn Rising Tide of Segregated Schools

A new policy briefing from the National Coalition on School Diversity suggests that schools will see better results from using policies that take both race and socioeconomic status into account.

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Boston College Students Walk Out After Racial Incidents

BOSTON — Hundreds of students at Boston College have walked out of their classes to protest recent instances of racism on campus, including two posters that were defaced to say “Black Lives don’t Matter.” Video footage shows the students filing onto a campus lawn around midday Wednesday and chanting, “Black lives matter.” The group Eradicate […]

University of Florida President: Security Cost for Spencer Speech ‘Unfair’

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A day before white nationalist Richard Spencer is scheduled to speak at the University of Florida, its president affirmed his belief in free speech but said the security costs of holding such an event at a public university put an unfair burden on taxpayers. In an interview with The Associated Press on […]

University of Colorado to Eliminate Course Fees in Fall 2018

BOULDER, Colo. — The University of Colorado is eliminating all course and program fees starting in the fall of 2018. The Daily Camera reports that the eliminated fees will collectively save students $8.4 million per year. Chancellor Phil DiStefano announced the commitment to lowering costs for students at the university’s annual State of the Campus […]

Yale Boosts Transparency Effort by Releasing More Budget Data

NEW HAVEN, Conn. —Yale University is moving to become as transparent with its budget information as other private universities. The Ivy League school in New Haven, Connecticut, with a $27 billion endowment compiled a 93-page budget overview for the Yale community earlier this year. That was triple the number of pages in last year’s 28-page […]

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