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30 août 2016

UNI gives raises to 51 faculty to address pay inequity

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Administrators and faculty leaders at the University of Northern Iowa have agreed to a plan to raise 51 faculty members' salaries this summer to correct for inequities in faculty pay across campus. More...

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30 août 2016

As college costs soar, critics question open curriculum courses

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. College students heading back to campus may find some obscure course offerings such as: Zombies in Popular Media. Some argue every class has its merit; others worry they are a waste of time and money. More...

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30 août 2016

Australian university partners with Temple-Fox School of Business

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Temple University’s Fox School of Business has entered a three-year partnership with Flinders University to deliver its nationally ranked entrepreneurship programs to the prestigious Australian university. More...

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30 août 2016

The problem with public colleges going tuition-free

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. It seems self-evident that eliminating tuition at public colleges for most families, as first Bernie Sanders and now Hillary Clinton has proposed, would increase access to higher education for low-income and minority students. More...

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30 août 2016

Schools struggle from multiple angles with incarceration

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Yasmine Arrington, 23, grew up with her mother and grandmother while her father was in and out of prison. As a black Washington, DC, native, Arrington grew up in a city with the highest incarceration rate in the country as a member of a race disproportionately represented in prisons and jails. More...

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30 août 2016

Ready, Set, College surprises first-gen students with laptops, advice

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Nearly 75 first-generation college students left with the tools they need for their first days of college Saturday -- including a laptop and mobile hotspot. More...

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30 août 2016

Tuition is now a useless concept in higher education

Submitted by Ray Bendici. If Congress wanted to make an actual difference regarding the rising cost of college, and to give universities and colleges a fighting chance to solve this problem, it would strip from the Higher Education Act the requirement that colleges publish a “tuition” number. The figure is as good as useless now. More...

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30 août 2016

How to get students to finish college? Offer them a free year

Submitted by Ray Bendici. Between juggling classes, extracurricular activities and often a part-time job, it's no wonder some students are struggling to graduate on time. More...

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30 août 2016

Community college offers no textbook classes

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Going to college just got a little bit less expensive for students at Wytheville Community College (WCC). WCC now offers students significant savings by providing classes this fall that do not require them to buy books or supplemental course materials. More...

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30 août 2016

Why the next president should forgive all student loans

Submitted by Tim Goral. Our public policy regarding the financing of higher education has to be changed with bold and courageous action. The cost of higher education will not be reduced by technological gimmicks or by savaging the structure of the American university. More...

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