Jamaal Abdul-AlimStudentsDeVos Confirmation Fails to End UncertaintyAlthough Betsy DeVos narrowly secured confirmation to lead the Department of Education, questions about the direction she will guide the agency — as well as her higher ed agenda — are likely to remain unsettled until key agency posts are filled.February 7, 2017StudentsReport Links ‘Disadvantaged’ Students, Quality Schools to Higher Loan Repayment RateAuthors of a new study say that low-income or “disadvantaged students — and taxpayer money that is used to support them — should be steered away from low-quality institutions and toward institutions that have high “economic mobility” to put the student in better position to pay back their student loans.February 6, 2017WomenTyesha Burks Takes on Age-defying MissionDr. Tyesha N. Burks, selected by Diverse as a member of the 2017 Class of Emerging Scholars, is on a mission to remedy the problem that everyone faces even if they avoid or survive a particular disease: aging.February 5, 2017StudentsACLU: Time Not Right for National Student IDThe ACLU told the Education Writers Association that a national student ID that would help track outcomes would be subject to misuse as a result of the Trump administration’s “outward hostility” to immigrants and Muslims.February 5, 2017OpinionNo Room for Alternative Facts in Higher EdThese are people — some of whom hold Ph.D.s — who believe that governmental agencies procure and analyze state education data so that they can use it to inform their prison construction plans.February 2, 2017StudentsElizabeth Warren to Accrediting Agencies: Step UpU.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren said accrediting agencies should be more aggressive and work with the federal government to share information and determine if schools are cheating students.February 1, 2017HomeDeVos Moves Forward but Opposition Closely FollowsDespite protestations from Democrats who said Betsy DeVos will have an adverse impact on higher education, the Senate education committee voted to move forward with the confirmation of the billionaire philanthropist as education secretary.January 31, 2017StudentsEducation Reformer: Charter Schools Can Be ‘Culturally Affirming,’ Not SegregatedThough some critics say charter schools that serve predominantly minority students are “segregated,” others say such schools can be “culturally affirming” and should not be lumped with schools that are segregated in the traditional sense of the word.January 29, 20172017Aging GracefullyJanuary 25, 20172017Success in CybersecurityJanuary 25, 2017Previous PagePage 16 of 80Next Page
