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African-American

Reflections on the Underemployment of College Graduates

Most people know that the job market is particularly tough right now for recent college grads. But so tough that about half of them are either unemployed or underemployed?

August 6, 2014

Students

Focus Intensifies on Falloff of Students En Route to College

“Summer melt” is said to impact between 10 and 20 percent of all “college-intending” students throughout the United States. One estimate puts the number of students who “melt away” during the summer at 200,000 students per year.

August 3, 2014

Latinx

Fired Band Director Says He Was Repairing Ohio State University’s Vulgar Culture

Jonathan Waters said he was working to fix a vulgar culture “in dire need of change” before he was dismissed last week, he said in a document released by his attorney.

July 31, 2014

Students

Billions of GI Bill Funds Going to For-Profit Schools

Iraq and Afghanistan veterans have flocked to for-profit colleges, including a troubled chain that is closing or selling its campuses amid a series of federal and state investigations.

July 30, 2014

Students

Report: Millions with College Credit Identified as Potential Graduates

An estimated 4 million Americans have completed at least two years of college and they represent a pool of potential students with whom colleges and universities could reconnect, a new national report says.

July 30, 2014

Sports

William Carey University New Degree: Specialist in Education

William Carey University is offering a new online degree for administrators and teachers who want to help other teachers improve their classroom instruction.

July 28, 2014

Students

University of California Exercising a Form of Economic Affirmative Action?

System gouging the out-of-staters to shore up revenues.

July 28, 2014

Home

NEA Calls for Education Secretary Arne Duncan’s Resignation

The nation’s largest teachers’ union wants Education Secretary Arne Duncan to quit.

July 7, 2014

Sports

Schools Work to Focus Incoming College Students

Recent studies by Harvard University’s Center for Education Policy Research found that an estimated 20 percent of graduating seniors from urban school districts abandon their plans to attend college over the summer.

July 7, 2014

Home

Ex-Learning Specialist Files Lawsuit Against the University of North Carolina

The former University of North Carolina learning specialist who questioned the literacy level of Tar Heels athletes and said that the university had committed academic misconduct has filed a civil lawsuit against the school.

July 1, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Winthrop University Fires President After Less Than a Year

Winthrop University fired its president after less than a year, saying she violated the Rock Hill college’s nepotism policy by hiring her husband, lied to trustees and was rude, hostile and demeaning to faculty, her own staff and school leaders.

June 26, 2014

Students

Study Finds Taking Class Online Does Not Necessarily Improve Outcomes

The authors found that there is no compelling evidence that online learning systems can deliver improved educational outcomes across the board, at scale, on campuses other than the one where the system was born and on a sustainable basis.

June 26, 2014