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18 novembre 2015

Upstart Auditor for Boot Camp Experiment

HomeA recently announced experiment by the U.S. Department of Education will allow a handful of nontraditional providers -- including boot camps and online course providers -- to team up with accredited colleges on academic offerings that will be eligible for federal financial aid. Read more...
18 novembre 2015

Citing Link to Slavery, Students Urge Harvard Law to Change Seal

HomeA student group is demanding that Harvard University's law school change its seal, which they say honors a family that participated in the slave trade, The Boston Globe reported. Read more...
18 novembre 2015

White House Push on Veterans' Education

HomeThe Obama administration this week announced several new efforts it said would help veterans of the U.S. military get more out of their college educations. The White House said it was unveiling a redesigned version of a federal GI Bill Comparison Tool, drawing new data from the broader College Scorecard to give veteran-specific data on graduation and retention rates. Read more...
18 novembre 2015

Duke Creates Program for First-Generation Students

HomeDuke University on Thursday announced a new program for first-generation students or those from disadvantaged high schools, designed to help these students succeed at the university. Read more...
18 novembre 2015

Experiences of Indian Academics in Britain

HomeA recently published study of Indian academics working at a research-intensive university in the United Kingdom challenges the “discourse of disadvantage” common in discussing the experiences of foreign academics. Read more...
18 novembre 2015

Trends for Public Funding of Universities in Europe

HomeA new European University Association report on trends in public funding for higher education systems across the continent finds diverging trends, with projected year-over-year increases in public funding for 10 of the university systems studied (the French-speaking community of Belgium, Hungary, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia and Sweden) and decreases in another 9 (Croatia, the Czech Republic, Flanders in Belgium, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Serbia, Spain and the United Kingdom). Read more...
18 novembre 2015

New Lumina Papers on Performance-Based Funding

HomeThe Lumina Foundation this week released the first four of 13 papers it plans to roll out in coming months on performance-based funding in higher education. At least 35 states are either developing or using funding formulas that link support for public colleges to student completion rates, degree production numbers or other metrics. Read more...
18 novembre 2015

Federal Loan Servicers Misled Borrowers, CFPB Says

HomeCompanies hired by the U.S. Department of Education to collect federal student loan payments made “deceptive” statements to borrowers, according to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Read more...
18 novembre 2015

Study: Many Undergrads Remain Ineligible for Tax Breaks

HomeDespite the expansion of higher education tax benefits in recent years, a large share of undergraduate students still are not eligible to receive them, according to a new study by the New America think tank. Read more...
18 novembre 2015

Clinton Was Advised on Options for a Higher Ed Venture

HomeIn the final months of Hillary Clinton’s tenure as secretary of state, one of her advisors drafted ideas for how she could create a public policy school, newly released emails show. Read more...
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