By Ashley A. Smith. Other institutions can learn from historically black colleges by using culturally responsive teaching to improve developmental education success rates for minority students, new report finds. Read more...
21 mai 2017
20 mai 2017
350 Colleges Still Have Room for New Undergrads
By Scott Jaschik. More than 350 colleges and universities are still accepting applications for first-year or transfer enrollment for this fall, according to an annual survey from the National Association for College Admission Counseling. More...
20 mai 2017
Leaving Over Campus Carry
By Scott Jaschik. Professor’s public resignation letter points to tensions in Kansas as new law takes effect this summer. More...
20 mai 2017
EPA Dismisses Academic Scientists From Board
By Scott Jaschik. The Environmental Protection Agency has dismissed at least five members -- generally academic scientists who study environmental issues -- from a key advisory board, The New York Times reported. More...
20 mai 2017
'Who Gets In?'
By Scott Jaschik. New book shows the impact of grades, test scores, race and gender on admission to competitive colleges. More...
20 mai 2017
‘Running Out the Clock’ on Grad Unions?
By Colleen Flaherty. Graduate student union bids at private institutions have succeeded, flopped and been challenged since a major NLRB decision last summer -- but none thus far has resulted in a contract for student workers. More...
20 mai 2017
Push for 'Unit Records' Revived
By Andrew Kreighbaum. Bipartisan group of senators wants to end ban on collecting data many say would help students and the public judge colleges. Opponents appear unmoved, citing privacy concerns. More...
20 mai 2017
Trump Casts Himself as Outsider in Liberty U Address
By Andrew Kreighbaum. President Trump likened his outsider path to the presidency to the position of evangelical Christians in academe in his commencement address at Liberty University Saturday. More...
20 mai 2017
House Democrats' Higher Education Campaign
By Andrew Kreighbaum. Democratic members of the House Education and the Workforce Committee on Monday announced a campaign of higher education proposals -- called Aim Higher -- that will address access, affordability and completion. More...
20 mai 2017
Democrats Introduce Bill to Bolster Pell Grants
By Andrew Kreighbaum. Democrats in the House and Senate introduced new legislation Tuesday that would permanently index the value of the grant to inflation, while making funding for the program mandatory and expanding or reinstating access for a number of student groups. More...
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