[ad_1] As the founding president of Olin College of Engineering, Richard K. Miller knew he had an advantage in graduating students with a sense of purpose that would serve them well down the road. The experimental college had its choice of students, “gazillions of dollars” and a made-from-scratch curriculum focused on project-based learning. It was …
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[ad_1] The Fiscal Responsibility Act, passed by Congress last week to avert default, caps federal spending increases over the next two years. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call Inc via Getty Images Although federal spending on domestic programs will be flat in the upcoming fiscal year, advocates and higher education lobbyists say there’s still a chance to secure …
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[ad_1] Connecticut governor Ned Lamont and leaders of the state’s higher education institutions reached a deal Monday to shore up higher education funding in the budget for fiscal year 2024. Under the new proposed budget, the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities system would receive over $1.1 billion for fiscal year 2024, $50 million more than the budget …
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[ad_1] The University of Houston announced it will spend $38 million on new safety measures at Agnes Arnold Hall, a campus building closed since March following two student deaths by suicide in a matter of six weeks. University president Renu Khator shared the plans for building renovations and student mental health services, recommended by two separate …
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[ad_1] Like many predominantly online universities, National University serves large numbers of parents, full-time workers and members of the military—people who are used to the challenge of managing different roles and responsibilities. That skill for balancing life’s demands inspired the name and identity of the university’s new mascot: a peregrine falcon named Navi. University officials …
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[ad_1] Today on the Academic Minute, part of University of California, Irvine, Week: Keri Hurley-Kim, associate clinical professor in the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, explains why knowing who gets vaccinated more often can tell us whom to target in future vaccine efforts. Learn more about the Academic Minute here. Most Popular Stories Most …
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[ad_1] Two people were killed and five were injured in a shooting just after a high school graduation at Virginia Commonwealth University, NBC News reported. One of those killed was an 18-year-old man who had just graduated. The other was a 36-year-old man who attended the ceremony. A suspect in the killings is a 19-year-old man who …
[ad_1] University of Washington postdoctoral researchers and research scientists/engineers began striking Wednesday over pay and other issues. Becca Bluett, a member of the postdoc bargaining committee for UAW 4121, said the university has 2,400 of these two types of employees—the research scientists/engineers are working on their first contract, and roughly half of the 900 postdocs …
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[ad_1] masterSergeant/iStock/Getty Images Plus As newly minted Ph.D.s across the country cycle through a discouraging job market, some will be advised to create for themselves a “failure CV” alongside their job-hunting CV in an attempt to remind them how much they’ve overcome. First popularized more than a decade ago by an article in Nature, the …
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[ad_1] Navajo Technical University in New Mexico has come a long way since its founding about 40 years ago as a job skills training center with five signature vocational programs. The tribal university—which rests on the largest Native American reservation in the U.S., an expanse roughly the size of West Virginia—changed names multiple times and …
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