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25 octobre 2017

New effort underway to enroll more Calif. students tuition-free

University Business LogoCalifornia's community college system wants to boost the number of low-income students taking advantage of the state's free tuition option. To get the word out, the state is re-branding the program as the "Promise Grant." More...

25 octobre 2017

How college students understand free speech

University Business LogoHere’s the problem with suggesting that upsetting speech warrants “safe spaces,” or otherwise conflating mere words with physical assault: If speech is violence, then violence becomes a justifiable response to speech. More...

25 octobre 2017

College debt far from a uniform burden

University Business LogoTales of college graduates paralyzed by crippling student loan burdens are wildly exaggerated—in some corners of the country, like the West Coast. In New England, meanwhile, such horror stories are quite accurate. More...

25 octobre 2017

Trump, and most black college presidents, absent from annual meeting

University Business LogoEvery U.S. president since Jimmy Carter has pledged commitment to historically black colleges, or HBCUs.
And just about every year, HBCU leaders gather in Washington D.C., to lobby Congress and the White House. This year President Trump was not there to greet them, which was just as well because the meeting took place amid simmering frustration with the Trump administration. More...

25 octobre 2017

What Ole Miss can teach universities about grappling with their pasts

University Business LogoNext month, students at the University of Oxford will return for their fall semester, known as the “Michaelmas” term—named after the Feast of Saint Michael and All Angels—to a campus strewn with the sort of colonial- and slave-era tinder that has helped fuel the outrage and protests on university campuses across America. More...

25 octobre 2017

Rosalind Franklin University breaks ground on new science park

University Business LogoRosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science celebrated the impending construction of its new Innovation and Research Park with a ceremonial groundbreaking on Sept. 8 attended by state and local officials, life science industry partners, and university faculty, alumni and supporters. More...

25 octobre 2017

Most Montana college grads find jobs in state

University Business LogoMontana’s job market needs more college graduates in computer fields and automotive technology, and far fewer “general studies” majors. More...

25 octobre 2017

Indiana, Purdue, Ball State universities facing lawsuits alleging racial bias

University Business LogoDespite higher education's reputation as a bastion of political correctness, Indiana universities are defending a host of lawsuits brought by black employees who say they were denied opportunities because of their race. More...

25 octobre 2017

When community college is free

University Business LogoDoes free community college work? An experiment in Chicago suggests that the answer is yes. More...

25 octobre 2017

Colleges must not turn back the clock on efforts to combat sexual assault

University Business LogoWhen I was a student in the 1970s and 1980s, it was not uncommon for male professors to use their classroom authority to initiate sexual relations with their students. More...

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