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1 août 2017

Cal State University considers requiring an extra year of high school math

University Business LogoCalifornia high school students may eventually have to forget about taking a year or two away from math classes before college. More...

1 août 2017

More guns won’t make our universities and colleges any safer

University Business LogoMass shootings rightly make us concerned and afraid. Recently, however, politicians and ideologues hoping to score points have used these incidents to change the way we live, teach and learn. A bill — LD 1370 — being considered by the Maine Legislature would allow “campus carry,” adding Maine to the list of nine other states that permit carrying concealed guns on campuses. As criminologists at two of Maine’s institutions of higher education, we oppose campus carry for several reasons. More...

1 août 2017

Scholarship numbers increase for students

University Business LogoOver 600 graduates walked across the stage in Martinsville and Henry County over the Memorial Day weekend – and the senior Class of 2017 certainly left their mark on education in the area. More...

1 août 2017

Students to evaluate designs in NASA's astronaut training pool

University Business LogoThirty-one student teams from across the country will test their designs in simulated microgravity this year as part of NASA's Micro-g Neutral Buoyancy Experiment Design Teams (Micro-g NExT) activity. More...

1 août 2017

How Trump's budget would affect low-income students, HBCUs

University Business LogoPresident Trump’s proposed budget would cut financial aid funding for thousands of low-income college students, particularly those attending a historically black university, according to various analyses of the plan. More...

1 août 2017

Why one university requires all freshmen to take a coding course

University Business LogoWe're all accustomed to the typical assortment of core classes at universities: math, language, English 101. While the "real-world value" of core classes is often debated, one university is introducing a core class requirement that undoubtedly adds value to graduates' post-college portfolios—a coding course. More...

1 août 2017

Community colleges facing challenges as students decrease

University Business LogoTwo more years of high school, for those who couldn't hack it at a regular university, or a cheap way to pick up some basic college classes. More...

1 août 2017

Dude ranch

University Business LogoIt’s easy to see Deep Springs College — a tiny, highly selective two-year liberal arts institution just outside Death Valley — as a bastion of tradition. The school was founded in 1917 by electricity tycoon L.L. Nunn to create service-oriented leaders, and in many ways it can seem like a finishing school for intellectual cowboys. More...

1 août 2017

Governors ask Congress to prioritize education, workforce development

University Business LogoFederal support for education and workforce training should continue, and in negotiations for the coming year’s budget Congress should ensure funding to make the Every Student Succeeds Act and the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act successful, according to a letter from the National Governors Association. More...

1 août 2017

College teaches veterans to heal each others' mental wounds

University Business LogoFormer U.S. Army Specialist Tara Barney will never forget the 2013 night when a fellow soldier cried as he described holding a dying friend in his arms, a wartime memory he had not shared with anyone. More...

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