By Andrew Kreighbaum. Recently under the microscope, Florida Coastal School of Law becomes latest for-profit institution to seek nonprofit status. More...
2 mars 2019
2 mars 2019
Bill Would Require Federal Agencies to Report Work With HBCUs
By Andrew Kreighbaum. Bipartisan legislation introduced Wednesday would codify into law a 2017 executive order directing federal agencies to work more closely with historically black colleges on opportunities for federal grants and contracts. More...
2 mars 2019
For-Profits and Federal Revenue
By Ashley A. Smith. Sector would get an enrollment boost if Congress were to drop a 90 percent cap on revenue from federal sources, according to a new Brookings Institution analysis. More...
2 mars 2019
New International Graduate Applications Decline 4%
By Elizabeth Redden. New enrollments of international students at U.S. graduate schools declined by 1 percent from fall 2017 to fall 2018. More...
2 mars 2019
Wisconsin Republican Objects to Professor's Description of Trump Presidency as 'Polarized'
By Colleen Flaherty. A Republican state lawmaker in Wisconsin complained to a professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin at Madison about his description of President Trump -- copying the university system’s Board of Regents and president and Madison’s chancellor, along with the state Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee and other groups. Kenneth Mayer, the professor, wrote in a syllabus for a class on the American presidency that Trump's is the most “unconventional presidency in American history, with a president who gleefully flouts the norms of governing and presidential behavior that have structured the office since George Washington,” the Journal Sentinel reported. More...
2 mars 2019
Trump Threatened Colleges Over Any Leaks of His Grades
By Scott Jaschik. Michael Cohen releases letter sent to university the president attended and notes that Trump earlier had called on Obama to release his grades. President's grades have never come out, but those of past candidates have. More...
2 mars 2019
Rallies on Confederate Statues at U of Mississippi
By Scott Jaschik. On Friday, hundreds of students at the University of Mississippi protested Confederate statues and markers that remain on campus, saying that they should be removed. More...
2 mars 2019
Gettysburg Trustee Resigns Over Nazi Costume
By Scott Jaschik. My sincere hope is that our current students will learn from my poor judgment 38 years ago and be more thoughtful than I was about the impact of their actions on others. More...
1 mars 2019
11 Years After 5 Killed, New Tragedy for Northern Illinois
By Scott Jaschik. In February 2008, a gunman killed five students at Northern Illinois University before shooting and killing himself. More...
1 mars 2019
The Virginia Scandals Spread
By Scott Jaschik. Hundreds of political scientists back colleague who accused lieutenant governor; Duke removes him from an advisory board; new accusation made about Duke failing to respond to rape report; racist yearbook photos found at more institutions. More...
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