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25 octobre 2017

DeVos to revamp Title IX guidance on sex assaults on college campus

University Business LogoSaying the Obama administration “weaponized” the U.S. Education Department’s Office of Civil Rights to work against students and schools, U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Thursday said she would replace the current approach to addressing sexual misconduct on college campuses with “a workable, effective and fair system” that more explicitly takes into account the rights of the accused. More...

25 octobre 2017

After Charlottesville, colleges vow to do something. But what?

University Business LogoSeven days after hundreds of white nationalists paraded tiki torches through the University of Virginia campus, Shaun R. Harper, an expert on race and education, stood before the school’s faculty and asked who had been disgusted by the white supremacy on display. More...

25 octobre 2017

New ACT scores show huge achievement gaps

University Business LogoNew results from the nation’s most widely used college admission test highlight in detailed fashion the persistent achievement gaps between students who face disadvantages and those who don’t. More...

25 octobre 2017

Among 'Dreamers,' dismay and anger over Trump's decision

University Business LogoThe 26-year-old Los Angeles paralegal assistant, one of America’s 800,000-strong “Dreamers” in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, came to the United States with her parents when she was 5. Her life has been here. More...

25 octobre 2017

American colleges say they'll fight for Dreamers after Trump's decision

University Business LogoAs the president of LaGuardia Community College, Gail Mellow spent years encouraging the hundreds of undocumented students on her school’s Queens campus to sign up for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. More...

25 octobre 2017

Ohio State will provide completion grants to help seniors

University Business LogoOhio State University will begin an initiative to provide students with grants to reduce financial challenges as they near graduation. More...

25 octobre 2017

Some cash-strapped private colleges cut programs, sell assets

University Business LogoThe Boston school, with roughly 1,000 students and falling financial reserves, put up for sale its president’s five-bedroom house and a residence hall in June, eager for a cash infusion amid growing enrollment and operating-cost pressures. More...

24 octobre 2017

Affirmative action and the pursuit of the American Dream

University Business LogoThe Trump administration, according to recent reports, is preparing to redirect resources at the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division away from disadvantaged groups such as African-Americans and Latinos in order to push against affirmative action initiatives. This would be a terrible mistake. More...

24 octobre 2017

Connecticut’s budget needs to encourage more higher ed, not hamper it

University Business LogoConnecticut is not getting the message sent by General Electric, Aetna and other corporations who have either left the state for greener pastures or are contemplating a move. More...

24 octobre 2017

Trump ends DACA, calls on Congress to act

University Business LogoThe Trump administration Tuesday formally announced it will end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program — also called DACA — putting an expiration date on the legal protections granted to roughly 800,000 people known as "DREAMers," who entered the country illegally as children. More...

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