Submitted by Tim Goral. Too often, the conversation about education in Michigan ends before talking about the future of higher education. To assure that the state prospers economically and Michiganders have secure futures over the next several decades, it is imperative that we embrace the tenet that all children can and will learn, achieve and be capable of pursuing postsecondary educational opportunities. More...
By Jennifer Fink. No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal assistance. —20 U.S.C. § 1681(a), better known as Title IX. More...
A group of 31 US colleges and universities is supporting a legal challenge to President Donald Trump’s restrictions on travel to the United States by refugees and visitors from certain Muslim-majority countries, asserting the executive order would harm their efforts to provide quality education and promote the free exchange of ideas, writes Amanda Scott for Voice of America. More...
By Juan M. Gerardo. As a Mexican/Chicano who was undocumented as a young adult, I couldn’t believe how Donald J. Trump’s framed his bid to seek the Republican presidential candidacy. He obliterated any dog-whistle politics regarding immigrants, Muslims, and Mexicans. Read more...
By Matt Reed. According to the National Student Clearinghouse, 49 percent of bachelor’s degree recipients in 2015-6 had attended a two-year college somewhere along the way. More...
By Philip Hauserman. We’re two months into a new presidency and our country has never been more outwardly divided. And this division is bringing increasing awareness of the impact that our words have on the people around us. More...
By Paul Basken, The Chronicle of Higher Education. The Trump administration’s plan to cut billions of dollars in research spending by eliminating indirect cost reimbursements would devastate university science, especially at public institutions, experts warned. More...
The Trump administration may be planning to help pay for a massive 18% cut to the National Institutes of Health by slashing payments to universities and research institutes for overhead costs, writes Jocelyn Kaiser for ScienceInsider. More...
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