Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. A multi-million dollar residence hall that will serve students for decades to come is taking shape at Alabama A&M University in northern Huntsville. The ongoing construction is in response to overcrowding concerns. More...
Use extra community college money to lower the income tax
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. House Republicans have faced some unfair opposition to their plan to lower the state income tax, with assertions that the state budget can’t afford it. Yet the amount of state spending from state-levied taxes has grown $5.8 billion over the past six years. More...
eXplorance, Canvas form alliance partnership
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. eXplorance, the leading Learning Experience Management (LEM) solutions provider, announces an alliance partnership with Canvas, the Learning Management System (LMS) created by Instructure, to offer eXplorance’s all-in-one evaluation and feedback systems to all Instructure clients within the Canvas platform interface. More...
NAS advocates for Higher Education Act reform
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. The National Association of Scholars (NAS) sent a joint letter to Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and members of the House and Senate, urging them to amend the Higher Education Act. More...
Where black college students do best, and worst
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. It seems it really does matter what college you go to, especially if you’re black. More...
AUM Human Resource Management curriculum renews SHRM alignment
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Auburn University at Montgomery’s College of Business has announced that its BSBA in Human Resource Management curriculum has been recognized for its alignment with the Society for Human Resource Management’s (SHRM) Curriculum Guidebook and Templates. More...
Smithsonian and the National Art Education Association partner
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. The Smithsonian and the National Art Education Association (NAEA), the leading professional membership organization exclusively for visual arts educators, announced a three-year agreement to work collaboratively on educator professional development and to support teacher creation of model curriculum. More...
Report shows stark black-white college graduation gap
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. A new report says the gap in college graduation rates between white and black students is still large — about 22 percent across the country. More...
House passes bill dealing with higher ed personnel
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. After much debate on seniority during times of layoffs — and especially whether that person should be recalled after losing a job — a bill dealing with higher education personnel passed through the West Virginia House. More...
Keep watch on college spending
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. The Commission on Higher Education and the state’s research universities have similar goals: to provide opportunities for post-graduate education in South Carolina.
But they have different ideas about how the state should oversee building projects at research universities. More...