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16 janvier 2018

Bezos Gives $33 Million for Scholarships for Dreamers

HomeBy Elizabeth Redden. Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos and his wife, MacKenzie, made a $33 million gift to the TheDream.US for college scholarships for immigrants who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children, known as Dreamers. More...

16 janvier 2018

Government Resumes Processing DACA Renewals

HomeBy Elizabeth Redden. In response to a court order, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has resumed processing applications for renewals under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which grants certain undocumented immigrants who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children authorization to work and protection against deportation. More...

16 janvier 2018

Transfer Under One Roof

HomeBy Paul Fain. While policy makers push vocational education as an alternative to the bachelor’s degree, Utah Valley University does both as a dual-role community college and university that enrolls 37,000 students. More...

16 janvier 2018

Counselor issues critique that college admissions demands are pushing high school students to make bad choices

HomeBy Scott Jaschik. Demands over number of college-level courses are distorting students' precollege experience and creating needless stress, says essay capturing support among counselors. More...

16 janvier 2018

College Board Responds to Trump Statement on Africa

HomeBy Scott Jaschik. The College Board on Friday announced a response to President Trump's statements denigrating people from Africa, Haiti and elsewhere. David Coleman, president of the College Board, announced that the organization was donating $100,000 to the African Leadership Academy, which educates top students from throughout Africa to prepare them for the best colleges around the world. More...

16 janvier 2018

The Week in Admissions News - January 15, 2018

HomeBy Scott Jaschik. Here are links to coverage of admissions issues in Inside Higher Ed over the last week.
The U.S. Justice Department is investigating an admissions code of ethics for possible antitrust violations. More...

16 janvier 2018

King Day Satire by Rice Students Angers Many

HomeBy Scott Jaschik. A satire in the Rice University student newspaper has angered many, including university leaders. The back page of The Rice Thresher, the paper, typically contains humor of some type. More...

16 janvier 2018

Reaching Out to the Right

HomeBy Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. A few college presidents say that developing relationships with conservative students is an important part of a strategy for a collegial campus. More...

16 janvier 2018

Ex-Obama Officials as College Presidents

HomeBy Rick Seltzer. A significant number of former Obama administration officials have become college presidents, and many are women -- revealing truths about hiring nontraditional presidents. More...

16 janvier 2018

Profanity, Not Pedagogy

HomeBy Colleen Flaherty. Court rejects terminated professor's First Amendment suit against LSU, saying there's no meaningful connection between her vulgar language and training teachers. More...

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