Reporting to the assistant vice president for equity & accessibility/title ix coordinator, the director of affirmative action provides leadership to advance the university’s affirmative action programs. More...
24 avril 2018
Director of affirmative action
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As the use of e-textbooks and other digital learning materials grows, it’s more important than ever to address SIS and LMS integration issues, especially during the purchase and implementation process. More...
A closer look at Ala.'s $6.63B education budget, largest in a decade
Alabama's lawmakers allocated $216 million more for spending on education for next year, bringing the total to $6.63 billion, making it the largest education budget since 2008, the year considered as the high-water mark for education funding in Alabama. More...
Why are N.Y.’s public funds going to for-profit college tuition?
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has won nationwide accolades for his bold plan to give the state’s college students “no cost” degrees from its state university system. But in the background to the dramatic push to expand public higher-education funding, known as the Excelsior program—offering tuition-free state college to households with incomes of up to $110,000—much of the same student aid pool has been siphoned off by for-profit colleges and vocational schools. More...
36 percent of college students don’t have enough to eat
Caleb Torres lost seven pounds his freshman year of college — and not because he didn’t like the food in the dining hall. A first-generation college student, barely covering tuition, Torres ran out of grocery money halfway through the year and began skipping meals as a result. More...
Jitterbit empowers higher learning institutions
Jitterbit, the API transformation company, today announced that its integration platform has been certified to empower higher learning institutions to connect all of their data and applications to the Salesforce platform using its purpose-built Higher Education Data Architecture (HEDA). More...
Burlington County Institute of Technology to accept upperclassman transfers in the fall
Not every 14-year-old knows what career path he wants to take, and Burlington County Institute of Technology Superintendent Christopher Nagy said some students end up realizing later in their education that they want to attend the technical school to help achieve their professional goals. More...
Marquette University adopts Terra Dotta AlertTraveler mobile app
As the higher education community continues to expand duty of care initiatives for study abroad programs, Terra Dotta, the leader in higher education travel, study abroad and international program management solutions, today announced that Marquette University is using its AlertTraveler mobile app in addition to its Study Abroad solution. More...
Why no one finishes an online course—and why it doesn’t matter
In 2015, we learned that the global market for online learning reached $107-billion, a number that got the attention of thousands of educators and entrepreneurs. More...
Perfect ACT, SAT scores don’t mean admission to top universities
Vishruth Iyer’s parents gathered close as their 15-year-old son opened an email with the thrilling news: The Monta Vista High sophomore earned the rare distinction of scoring a perfect 36 on his ACT college entrance exam. More...
