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26 février 2018

No surprises for higher education in White House budget

The White House budget released on 12 February won't be approved by Congress and likely won't even be seriously considered by lawmakers as a framework for their spending priorities. But the document makes clear that the Trump administration is in many respects on the same page with House Republicans as they seek to dramatically reshape the student aid system in renewing the Higher Education Act, writes Andrew Kreighbaum for Inside Higher Ed. More...
25 février 2018

DC graduation scandal shows how chronic absenteeism threatens America’s schools

The ConversationEach year in the United States, approximately 5 to 7.5 million students in the nation’s K-12 schools miss a month or more of school. That means 150 to 225 million instructional days are lost every school year. More...
25 février 2018

Why accountability efforts in higher education often fail

The ConversationAs the price tag of a college education continues to rise along with questions about academic quality, skepticism about the value of a four-year college degree has grown among the American public. More...

25 février 2018

Here’s how witnessing violence harms children’s mental health

The ConversationAs researchers and clinicians who have studied the problem of violence over the past three decades, we have witnessed a steady increase in levels of children’s exposure to violence and its damaging effect on their mental health. More...

25 février 2018

When the White Supremacists Come to Campus

By Eboo PatelThe University of Tennessee is just the latest campus to experience threats from white supremacists. A group called the Traditionalist Workers Party has been distributing flyers and painting UT’s iconic rock with racist messages, and white supremacist leaders have been attempting to reserve space for so-called "educational programs." More...

25 février 2018

Is Ignoring Trump Voters a Sign of Privilege?

By Eboo Patel. The organization I lead, Interfaith Youth Core, runs programs for students on how to build bridges across diversity. Since Donald Trump announced his candidacy for president, I have had to include a new line in just about every one of my speeches: diversity is not just the differences you like. More...

24 février 2018

Rejecting Criticisms -- and Addressing Them

HomeBy Mark Lieberman. George Washington University administrators think criticisms of its online programs are overblown -- but they also want to improve the programs and address ambient concerns. More...

24 février 2018

3 Million Americans Live in Higher Education Deserts

HomeBy Paul Fain. Roughly three million Americans live more than 25 miles from a broad-access public college and do not have the sort of high-speed internet connection necessary for online college programs, according to a new report from the Urban Institute's education policy program. More...

24 février 2018

Gainful-Employment Rule Without Sanctions?

HomeBy Paul Fain. The U.S. Department of Education on Monday distributed proposals for rewriting the gainful-employment rule, which the Trump administration halted last summer. The department's do-over on the vocational education rule, which applies to for-profit college programs and to nondegree programs at nonprofit colleges, continues with a negotiated rule-making session next week. More...

24 février 2018

U of Illinois System Office Is Shrinking

HomeBy Paul Fain. When its ongoing administrative realignment is complete, the University of Illinois System will have shifted 115 positions and $8.4 million in recurring funds from the central office to the system's three campuses, which are located in Urbana-Champaign, Chicago and Springfield, the system said Friday. More...

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