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Students

Renewed Focus Needed on Intangible Factors for Students

As students begin the 2016-17 school year, there is a need for a fresh effort to encourage students to develop key intangibles and invest in their inner development.

September 8, 2016

Students

Ohio Colleges Have Funds to Help Students in Emergencies

COLUMBUS, Ohio ― For college students who are poor, the margin between graduating and dropping out can be as slim as an unpaid utility bill or a busted transmission. Even if they have grants and loans to pay for most of their tuition and housing, any unexpected expense can kill the best-laid plans. That’s where […]

August 21, 2016

Home

Report: ‘$500M Club’ Shuns Low-income Students

Universities with the largest endowments were slammed as “playgrounds for the children of the wealthiest” in a new Education Trust report today that says the institutions should tap their endowments at a higher rate to benefit more low-income students.

August 3, 2016

Faculty & Staff

Administrators Get Bulk of Chicago State University Payout for Layoffs

Nearly $1.6M of the $2.2M the financially strapped university has paid out went to severance pay for about 50 administrators in June, according to reports.

August 2, 2016

Students

Study: Public University Subsidies Don’t Favor Wealthy Students

A new paper seeks to contravene the “conventional wisdom” that states subsidies for public universities favor wealthy students, but one leading labor economist says it’s not a big deal if they don’t because poor students need more.

August 1, 2016

HBCUs

Some Colleges say Hosting a Debate Worth $5M Cost

HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. ― Democracy doesn’t come cheap. Between the logistics of accommodating an estimated 2,500 news reporters and arranging security for VIPs, the cost of hosting a presidential debate now tops $5 million. But that price tag has not deterred New York’s Hofstra University. The Long Island school is hosting a presidential debate for the […]

August 1, 2016

Leadership & Policy

Judge: Bevin’s Order Replacing University of Louisville Board ‘Problematic’

FRANKFORT, Ky. ― A state judge said it is “problematic” for Kentucky’s Republican governor to entirely replace the University of Louisville board of trustees, calling into question the new board’s authority on the day it was scheduled to meet to discuss its billion dollar budget and the fate of its embattled president. Gov. Matt Bevin […]

July 21, 2016

Students

Pros Advise Higher Ed Endowment Managers to Stick to Principles

When it comes to managing endowments at institutions of higher education and trying to acquire good returns on investments, the task is fraught with unpredictability.

July 14, 2016

Students

Shaky Finances Putting Chicago State Accreditation at Risk

CHICAGO ― The agency that oversees Chicago State University’s accreditation says the college’s status is in jeopardy due to its precarious financial state caused by the budget impasse in Springfield. Chicago State officials were informed of the Higher Learning Commission’s views in a July 11 letter. “The university continues to have diminished financial resources and […]

July 13, 2016

Faculty & Staff

Bismarck State College President: Budget Cuts Forcing Retirements

BISMARCK, N.D. ― The president of Bismarck State College says 15 employees are retiring by the end of this year and most of them have been driven out by statewide budget cuts. President Larry Skogen tells the Bismarck Tribune that he expects more retirements from teachers and staff to be announced as the school grapples […]

July 5, 2016

Students

Education Management Corp. Lays Off 3 Percent of Workforce

PITTSBURGH ― Pittsburgh-based Education Management Corp. has laid off hundreds of employees at Art Institute campuses across the country, including 41 in the city. The 3 percent reduction in the corporation’s workforce comes as the for-profit college operator adjusts to declining enrollment. Spokesman Bob Greenlee declined Wednesday to provide an exact count on the layoffs. […]

June 23, 2016

Students

Big Accreditor of For-profit Colleges Could Lose Authority

WASHINGTON ― A vote by an advisory panel to the Education Department could set the nation’s largest accreditor of for-profit colleges firmly on a path to closing its doors, potentially leaving hundreds of thousands of students at risk of losing access to federal financial aid. The Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools, a group […]

June 23, 2016