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Students

Purdue University Taking Over For-profit Kaplan Chain

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University is taking over the for-profit Kaplan University chain in order to expand its reach into online education. Purdue’s Board of Trustees approved the deal Thursday with Kaplan, which currently enrolls 32,000 students online and at 15 campuses in seven states. Purdue President Mitch Daniels says the school found it […]

April 27, 2017

Students

Opponents Take Aim at Eliminating Department of Education

Critics say a proposal to abolish the U.S. Department of Education in the name of saving taxpayer dollars is just a “shell game” that would not save any money but hurt millions of students.

April 26, 2017

Women

Law School Dean Placed on Leave Sues University

CINCINNATI — The dean of the University of Cincinnati’s law school is suing the university, saying she was illegally placed on administrative leave. Jennifer Bard’s recently filed lawsuit alleges she was put on leave in retaliation after she responded to media reports about budget shortfalls at the law school and faculty responses to her efforts […]

April 26, 2017

Students

Yale Grad Students Pledge Hunger Strike to Press Union Bid

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — As a union push stalls at Yale University, organizers are stepping up pressure to bring the administration to the negotiating table, including a vow by some graduate students to go on a hunger strike until talks begin. Graduate assistants in eight departments at the Ivy League school voted in February to […]

April 26, 2017

Students

Tennessee Reconnect to Clear Path to Degrees for Adult Learners

Adult learners over the age of 24 would be eligible to attend two years of community college tuition-free under the Tennessee Reconnect bill.

April 25, 2017

Leadership & Policy

Anonymous Donors Pledge $20M Gift to Monmouth College

MONMOUTH, Ill. — An anonymous couple has pledged $20 million to a small liberal arts college in western Illinois. A Monday statement from Monmouth College says it’s the largest such gift in the school’s 164-year-old history. It’ll boost an endowment now at $100 million and will be used, among other things, to increase scholarships. Monmouth […]

April 25, 2017

Leadership & Policy

Audit: University of California Hid $175M in Secret Fund

SAN FRANCISCO — California’s auditor says top University of California administrators hid $175 million from the public and lawmakers in a secret reserve fund even as the UC raised tuition and asked the state for more funding. In a scathing report released Tuesday, Auditor Elaine Howle says the office of UC President Janet Napolitano created […]

April 25, 2017

Students

Education Advocates Uneasily Awaiting Trump Budget

“I’ve been in higher education for a long time, but I’ve not seen this level of uncertainty and unpredictability,” Dr. Judith Eaton, president of the Council for Higher Education Accreditation, said Monday.

April 24, 2017

Students

Ex-Education Secretary: Policy Rollback an ‘Assault on American Dream’

Former U.S. Secretary of Education John B. King Jr. said it is “distressing” to see the Trump administration roll back policy initiatives put in place under President Barack Obama to protect college students.

April 24, 2017

Students

Michigan State Expected to Fund Upward Bound

Officials say that Michigan State University will fund its Upward Bound college prep program for Lansing high school students, ensuring that the program would not be shut down because of the university’s technical error in a grant application.

April 20, 2017

Students

FosterClub Working to Keep Foster Youth on College Success Path

FosterClub is a national support network for current and former foster youth, with a membership of approximately 32,000.

April 20, 2017

Students

Report: Colleges’ Reliance on Tuition Revenue Growing

Colleges and universities experienced a 1.8 percent decrease in funding at the state and local level in 2016 — part of a downward trend that has led students and families to shoulder a larger portion of the cost of higher education.

April 20, 2017