By Andrew Kreighbaum. While for-profits get the relief they’ve long clamored for, the GOP’s proposed overhaul of the Higher Education Act would add performance-funding standards for most colleges. More...
17 décembre 2017
17 décembre 2017
Tax bill with key implications for colleges clears Senate
By Andrew Kreighbaum. The U.S. Senate early Saturday morning narrowly approved major tax legislation roundly opposed by higher education leaders and student groups. More...
17 décembre 2017
Grad Rate Benchmark Exempts HBCUs
By Andrew Kreighbaum. A graduation rate requirement for access to special funds for minority-serving institutions in a proposed House Republican rewrite of the Higher Education Act would exempt historically black colleges and universities. More...
17 décembre 2017
Focus Is Title IX in Hearing for OCR Nominee
By Andrew Kreighbaum. Senators put the focus on federal Title IX policies in questions Tuesday for assistant secretary for civil rights nominee Kenneth Marcus. More...
17 décembre 2017
House Republican Opposes Grad Student Tax
By Andrew Kreighbaum. Representative Pete Sessions, a Texas Republican, on Thursday circulated a letter to House colleagues urging GOP leaders to exclude from final tax reform legislation a provision that would tax graduate students' tuition benefits. More...
17 décembre 2017
Texas Regents OK Bid to Operate Los Alamos Lab
By Andrew Kreighbaum. The University of Texas System Board of Regents on Monday authorized in a 4-to-3 vote a bid to manage and operate Los Alamos National Laboratory, the top nuclear research facility in the country. More...
17 décembre 2017
Is DeVos Devaluing Degrees?
By Andrew Kreighbaum. Education secretary calls for more emphasis on work-force training. Many experts -- including those focused on careers -- say general education matters more than she suggests. More...
17 décembre 2017
Tug-of-War on Loan Servicing
By Andrew Kreighbaum. As states become more active in regulating the companies that collect and handle student loan payments, servicers seek answer from Secretary DeVos on whether federal policy pre-empts new rules. More...
17 décembre 2017
The Case Against the Term Paper
Those of us in academe who believe strongly in helping students learn to write better understand that clear and effective written communication is a life skill on par with the need for strong oral communication. More...
17 décembre 2017
Gaining Influence in Your Career
In academe, we’re uncomfortable talking about how to gain influence, yet we spend much of our career learning the hard way that we can’t be very effective without it, argue Marie A. Cini and Craig Weidemann. More...
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