Ohio State University will begin an initiative to provide students with grants to reduce financial challenges as they near graduation. More...
Sixième comité de concertation entre l'Etat et l'industrie dans le domaine spatial CoSpace
Le sixième comité de concertation entre l’Etat et l’industrie dans le domaine spatial CoSpace s’est réuni le mardi 24 octobre 2017 sous la coprésidence de Frédérique Vidal, ministre de l’Enseignement supérieur, de la Recherche et de l’Innovation, de Florence Parly, ministre des Armées et de Bruno Le Maire, ministre de l’Economie et des Finances. Plus...
Pyongyang university to start fall classes without American staff after travel ban
Pyongyang University of Science and Technology (PUST), North Korea’s only western-funded university, will start the fall semester without its dozens of American staff after failing to secure exemptions to a U.S. travel ban that starts on Friday. More...
How to develop a successful scientific contracting strategy
Like any scientific venture, major decisions—especially financial—require thorough research, planning, and strategy for successful implementation. More...
Texas Higher Education Community launches unified giving initiative
Texas and national leaders from higher education associations, institutions, foundations, and businesses have come together to launch the Harvey HELP Fund, a crowd-sourced relief fund dedicated to aiding the close to 500,000 students impacted by Hurricane Harvey--almost a third of all of the college and university students in the state. More...
Some cash-strapped private colleges cut programs, sell assets
The Boston school, with roughly 1,000 students and falling financial reserves, put up for sale its president’s five-bedroom house and a residence hall in June, eager for a cash infusion amid growing enrollment and operating-cost pressures. More...
Affirmative action and the pursuit of the American Dream
The Trump administration, according to recent reports, is preparing to redirect resources at the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division away from disadvantaged groups such as African-Americans and Latinos in order to push against affirmative action initiatives. This would be a terrible mistake. More...
Connecticut’s budget needs to encourage more higher ed, not hamper it
Connecticut is not getting the message sent by General Electric, Aetna and other corporations who have either left the state for greener pastures or are contemplating a move. More...
Trump ends DACA, calls on Congress to act
The Trump administration Tuesday formally announced it will end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program — also called DACA — putting an expiration date on the legal protections granted to roughly 800,000 people known as "DREAMers," who entered the country illegally as children. More...
How higher ed leaders are fighting for DACA
Amid the torrent of pleas to President Trump this week to protect Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) are letters written by several university presidents. In a noteworthy showing of direct engagement in political discourse, the presidents of Harvard, Princeton, Yale, and Duke, for example, have written personal letters this week. More...