Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Students can now “test-drive” the college with free tuition their first semester to see how the school provides a unique educational setting. More...
Room rate discount at Omni Resort
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. UBTech 2017 is offering a special discount to attendees who book their room at the Omni ChampionsGate. More...
Why colleges should get rid of fraternities for good
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. In 1863, the third president of Amherst asked his fellow college presidents what they thought of this new thing called a “fraternity.” The overwhelming consensus was alarm. They described fraternities as a “plague” and “un-American.” They “sow dissensions and produce factions,” said one president. “They have led to greater unkindness and ill feeling than almost anything else in college,” said a second. “Nothing but evil results,” said another. More...
College or church?
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Can a private college after 40 years be rebranded as a church virtually overnight, thereby exempting it from FOIA requests to see how it handled public monies it received courtesy of legislators. More...
President Trump's budget proposal calls for deep cuts to education
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. President Trump's full budget proposal for fiscal year 2018, to be released Tuesday, calls for a $9.2 billion, or 13.5 percent, spending cut to education. The cuts would be spread across K-12 and aid to higher education, according to documents released by the White House. More...
Bringing the dream of an elite college to rural students
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. The first time Nyreke Peters met the new college adviser at his rural high school, he was skeptical. More...
Killing at University of Maryland probed as possible hate crime
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. The FBI is investigating if race played a role in the murder of a black man by a white student on the campus of University of Maryland, College Park, one of the nation's largest universities. More...
Using student-level wage data to assist decision-making process
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. For three years, the University of Texas system has been collaborating with the Texas Workforce Commission to provide salary data for graduates, and thanks to a new partnership with the U.S. Census Bureau, the system will begin this fall to incorporate data for graduates who have left the state. More...
Free tuition offer in New York could cost local schools
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. An offer of free tuition for some New York students has officials from area colleges wondering how much it will cost Northeast Pennsylvania. More...