[ad_1] Sixty-seven graduate students at the University of California, San Diego, are facing disciplinary action after protesting at an alumni awards event May 5, the Los Angeles Times reported. Letters from the student affairs office accused the students of violating conduct rules by assaulting UCSD chancellor Pradeep Khosla when they “bumped” into him as they stormed …
[ad_1] When West Virginia University president E. Gordon Gee announced plans to cut programs and faculty in the face of a projected $75 million budget shortfall, he said he wanted the process to be as compassionate and transparent as possible. It was, after all, the first reduction in force (RiF) in the university’s history to include …
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[ad_1] Louisiana public K-12 schools and colleges and universities will be required to put signs that state “In God We Trust” in all classrooms, according to new legislation. Governor John Bel Edwards signed the bill mandating the signs into law earlier this month. It goes into effect in August. Public education institutions must display at …
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[ad_1] Whenever someone says they think fewer people should go to college, my first question is “Which people?” In theory, I am open to the idea that too many people are going to college, and by “college” I mean four-year degree programs. On the flip side, I think just about everyone would benefit from some …
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[ad_1] Simmons University, a women’s college in Boston, is considering cutting several liberal arts departments in an attempt to improve the college’s finances, The Boston Globe reported. The departments to perhaps be eliminated include literature, modern languages, philosophy and sociology. The college is best know for its programs in nursing and social work. Enrollment is …
[ad_1] Taking active, predictive and creative measures to track student progress can positively impact student success. Blue Planet Studio/iStock/Getty Images Plus This spring, Major League Baseball banned the defensive shift, a tactic that lets teams respond instantly to batters’ tendencies by loading up one side of the infield to prevent hits. It’s a change that’s …
How higher ed can better use student progress data (opinion) Read More »
[ad_1] A new analysis refutes growing public perceptions that a college degree is not worth the investment. College degrees have historically been known as a primary path to economic mobility, but when the value of a degree is based on the institution awarding it—and on demographics such as race, gender and income level—the financial feasibility …
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[ad_1] Higher education groups representing a range of colleges and universities told the Education Department this week that the agency has a lot of work to do over the next four months to fix its proposed gainful-employment rule. They want some areas of the more than 1,000-page regulation clarified and others thrown out completely. Meanwhile, …
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[ad_1] A bowling coach at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Tex., resigned this spring after it was discovered he had an affair with a student athlete on the team, The Daily Sentinel reported. Assistant coach Steve Lemke said his relationship with the female bowler was consensual. “I knew it was kind of a …
[ad_1] Amy Bosley, vice president for institutional planning and development and chief of staff at Valencia College, in Florida, has been appointed president of Northwest Vista College, in Texas. Jay Byers, president and CEO of the Greater Des Moines Partnership, in Iowa, has been named president of Simpson College, also in Iowa. Carrie Cortez, interim …
New presidents or provosts: BYU-Idaho Fletcher Northwest Vista Queen’s Simpson USM Read More »
