Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. A revised travel ban issued by the White House no longer applies to immigrants with valid visas, but area university officials are advising students from the six countries named in the executive order to play it safe. More...
MU has money to cover budget gap with university reserves
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. MU plans to cover $20 million in state cuts this academic year with reserve funds. More...
Portfolium, Credly partner
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Digital credential pioneer Credly and Portfolium, an ePortfolio platform that makes a student’s academic and co-curricular experience searchable by employers, announced today a new partnership that enables learners to demonstrate evidence of their learning and competencies to potential employers. More...
A tax on college students
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. The University of Montana is struggling financially due to several years of falling enrollment, and though it is taking the right steps toward recovery, discussions happening in the Legislature right now will help determine just how steep a hill Missoula’s largest employer will have to climb. More...
Can the nation's oldest black university survive?
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. When Norma George first came to Cheyney University as an international student in the 1980s, she remembers feeling overwhelmed by the sea of students moving across campus when classes changed at 20 minutes past the hour. More...
How can community colleges get more students to graduate?
Submitted by Steven Wyman. When Jerry O’Neal went to school a couple of decades ago, career services was something you went to as you were getting ready to graduate and didn’t have a job lined up. More...
Why sports and elite academics do not mix
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. National signing day for high-school football prospects has passed. The March Madness basketball tournament looms just over the horizon. More...
Scientists fighting over gene editing patent
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. In the world of genetic-editing technology known as CRISPR, a major battle is brewing between rival scientists who both feel they deserve the patent. More...
IRS, ED statement about the IRS Data Retrieval Tool
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. The IRS Data Retrieval Tool on fafsa.gov and StudentLoans.gov is currently unavailable. We are working to resolve the issue as quickly as possible. However, at this time, the IRS anticipates the online data tool will be unavailable for several weeks. More...
From immigrant to administrator
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. With strategic oversight and budgetary review of a $900 million system, her work in oversight of the Strong Workforce Task Force has positioned California as a model for credentialing and career pathway development for students. More...