[ad_1] If the Biden administration’s plan to forgive up to $20,000 in federal student loans fails at the Supreme Court, Senate Republicans say they have an answer for what policy makers should do next to address the student debt crisis. Louisiana senator Dr. Bill Cassidy unveiled a package of bills Wednesday that he and other …
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[ad_1] Oregon is joining the wave of states that have shifted to performance-based funding models for their community colleges. The Oregon Higher Education Coordinating Commission approved plans last week to replace its current model, based entirely on enrollments, with a new formula that bases a portion of funding on student equity and success metrics, starting …
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[ad_1] To the editor: Teaching professor of engineering Justin Shaffer seriously misleads readers with his question, his source, his logic, and his arithmetic in his June 7 essay “How Much Do Students Pay to Attend Your Class?” Over all, he actively trivializes teaching while succumbing to a fallacious context free fall into simplistic economics. First, …
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[ad_1] Funding for the University of Wisconsin system is being held up by Republicans, who control the Legislature and who want to kill all spending on diversity, the Associated Press reported. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said that he expected the budget-writing committee to cut all funding that the university system would use for diversity initiatives. …
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[ad_1] How to Talk About Differences: Academic Minute Doug Lederman Wed, 06/14/2023 – 12:00 AM [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] Binghamton University, part of the State University of New York system, and six historically Black colleges and universities have launched a research alliance in collaboration with the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, a membership organization representing public HBCUs, according to a press release from Binghamton. The participating HBCUs are Alabama A&M University, Central State University, …
[ad_1] A recent Title IX case at King’s College in Pennsylvania has highlighted what experts say is a new legal strategy for sexual assault victims whose alleged attackers take the aggressive approach of filing a counterclaim. The strategy hinges on the argument that a malicious Title IX counterclaim can qualify as “abuse of process,” a term that …
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[ad_1] North Carolina governor Roy Cooper formed the Commission on the Governance of Public Universities last November to study “instability and political interference” in governance at both the institutional and system levels. Concerns about partisanship at University of North Carolina campuses have increased in recent years, reaching a peak in February when the system’s Board …
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[ad_1] Parent PLUS loans have become a key tool for Black Americans to access higher education but come with high costs for borrowers, creating a “double-edged sword” for families, a new report argues. “Parent PLUS loans have been left out of the conversation,” said Brittani Williams, a senior policy analyst for higher education at the …
[ad_1] Republicans on the House Appropriations Committee are planning to limit new spending to fiscal year 2022 levels—a move that could mean cuts to the Education Department and other nondefense agencies, Roll Call reported. Texas representative Kay Granger, the Republican who chairs the committee, said in a statement that the spending gaps in the recently …
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