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30 août 2016

Profs who ban guns in their classrooms will be punished, UT lawyer says

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Three professors duking it out in court for the right to ban guns in their classrooms were told Monday they will be punished if they do, according to the latest legal back-and-forth prompted by Texas' new campus carry law. More...

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30 août 2016

Foundations focus on scaling successful reforms

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Scaling up proven reform programs will be a focus over the next few years for three national foundations that are major supporters of community college student success efforts. More...

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30 août 2016

Feds plead with colleges not to move up their financial aid deadlines

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. The Education Department sent a letter this week imploring colleges and universities not to make any changes to their financial aid deadlines, despite the earlier availability of the federal government’s application for grants and loans. More...

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30 août 2016

Higher education research vital to Tallahassee’s economy

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. If you dial the clock back to the great recession and follow Tallahassee throughout the ordeal, a clear picture emerges of a resilient city that had the right pieces in place to weather the economic storm. More...

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30 août 2016

Risks of fraud in competency-based education

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. An audit report released earlier this month by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Inspector General could potentially trigger efforts in Congress to eliminate a critical legal requirement for college programs to receive federal Title IV student grants and loans. More...

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30 août 2016

American University in Kabul reopens after kidnappings, but campuses feel chill

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Just three days after gunmen kidnapped two foreign professors near the American University of Afghanistan, one American and one Australian, the prestigious institution reopened its carefully guarded campus here this week, and officials vowed not to let the unsolved crime disrupt its mission to prepare some of the war-torn nation’s brightest young people for professional careers. More...

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30 août 2016

Ubiquity University seeks new ground in for-profit education

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. If higher education as a business model is collapsing under the weight of weakening public support, fewer students seeking the product and rising costs for workforce and capital maintenance, one institution believes it has the answer to saving students time, money and the industry at large. More...

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30 août 2016

Employees sue four more universities over retirement plan fees

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. More leading universities have been sued on claims that their retirement plans charged employees excessive fees, following a series of similar suits filed earlier this week. More...

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30 août 2016

Helping college-bound Native Americans beat the odds

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Native American students make up only 1.1 percent of the nation's high school population. And in college, the number is even smaller. More than any other ethnic or racial group, they're the least likely to have access to college prep or advanced placement courses. More...

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30 août 2016

Spelman College to consider admitting transgender students

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. College’s president is convening a task force to provide recommendations on whether the all-women’s, historically black college will admit transgender students. More...

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