Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Tim Goral published an extremely interesting interview with former president of the Appalachian College Association, Alice Brown, in University Business last month. More...Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and other Senate Democrats are calling on federal regulators to step up efforts to protect consumers from educational programs that engage in fraud and deceptive marketing, in light of the ongoing case against Trump University. More...Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Ten top-flight university researchers, whose specialties include high-performance computing and DNA studies, have been recruited to Texas with the help of $34.3 million in grants awarded by Gov. Greg Abbott’s office, the governor announced Thursday. More...Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. For today’s students, chasing financial success is less important than preparing for a fulfilling career, gaining exposure to new ideas and developing critical thinking skills, according to the “Value of College,” a new study released today by Barnes & Noble College, a Barnes & Noble Education company (NYSE:BNED) and Money. More...Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. The Hudson Valley Advanced Manufacturing Center (HVAMC) at The State University of New York at New Paltz (SUNY New Paltz) has both much needed acronyms, and a new additive manufacturing superlab. More...Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Senator Bernie Sanders has at last enthusiastically endorsed Hillary Clinton. Now Democratic Senate candidates are rallying around the push to ease college debt that Mrs. Clinton embraced last week to show Sanders supporters that she had adopted some of his political and policy ideals. More...Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. In the storm over how much money the federal government spends on student aid, and the spiraling amount of federal loan debt graduates face, Hillsdale College is an oasis. More...Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. The craft movement has moved beyond beer. Today’s new food and beverage products are likely to be handmade, creative and adventuresome. More...Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. More than 130,000 American citizens have traveled to Cuba in the last six months under federal exemption rules designed to increase "purposeful travel" and diplomatic relations between the Caribbean nation and the United States. More...Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. The House of Representatives passed a slate of bipartisan higher education bills late Monday aimed at tackling some of the easier policy aspects of the Higher Education Act – the behemoth federal law that's overdue for an update but likely won't get a complete overhaul this year. More.../https%3A%2F%2Fprofilepics.canalblog.com%2Fprofilepics%2F1%2F0%2F1076071.jpg)
