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Disabilties

New Indiana Law Gives Veterans More Access to College

A bill signed into law last week allowing veterans greater access to a more-affordable college education will keep Vincennes University among the top schools for military and former military personnel.

May 13, 2013

Students

Mother, Daughter Graduate Together

A mother and daughter who teamed up to go back to college helped one another into their graduation gowns on Saturday.

May 12, 2013

Students

NCEE Report Urges Fresh Approach to Path to Math

Despite taking high school algebra, geometry and often advanced algebra, most first-year students are placed in remedial math in community college because they’re not properly prepared.

May 12, 2013

Disabilties

AAUW Urges Action on Child Care, Women’s STEM Participation at Community Colleges

The American Association of University Women released a report to highlight the need for child care services at community colleges as well as the role two-year schools can play to provide STEM opportunities for women.

May 9, 2013

Home

Report: California Higher Education Reforms Should Focus on State’s Working Poor

New study documents the challenges California faces in moving state’s poorest families from low educational attainment to higher education success to ensure the state has enough college graduates in its workforce.

May 8, 2013

Faculty & Staff

Gift List For Grads

Many graduations will no doubt take place this month. If you will be giving gifts to a graduate or two, books are always appreciated.

May 1, 2013

Faculty & Staff

Special Report: Money and Finance

Balancing Act: Many contingent faculty struggle with lack of financial security: Holding the line: Colleges choose to make big moves to battle tuition increases.

April 26, 2013

Students

CyberLearning Summit Highlights Jackson State University’s iPad, e-Textbook Initiatives

Jackson State faculty members, administrators and students took the opportunity to tout the university’s iPad and e-textbook initiatives.

April 25, 2013

Students

Florida A&M School of Business and Industry Earns Accreditation

Florida A&M University took another step forward out of the shadows of controversy when it learned Tuesday that its School of Business and Industry has been granted initial accreditation by the Accreditation Council of Business Schools and Programs Board of Commissioners.

April 24, 2013

Faculty & Staff

Dartmouth College Cancels Classes After Protest

Administrators announced that Wednesday’s classes would be replaced by programs focused on the college’s commitment to fostering respectful debate.

April 24, 2013

Students

No April Fools: A Tycoon to the Rescue of Post-Grad Studies in China

Just as the fictional Gong was rejected by Harvard, Schwarzman was a Yale senior in 1969 and rejected for a prestigious Rhodes scholarship.

April 22, 2013

Leadership & Policy

Family Says Chinese Grad Student’s Dreams Led to Boston

The family of a Chinese graduate student killed in the Boston Marathon bombings said in an open letter that it was her dream to study in the United States.

April 21, 2013