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News Roundup

Former Daniel Webster College Campus Sold for Nearly $12M

NASHUA, N.H. — The former Daniel Webster College campus in Nashua, New Hampshire, has been sold for nearly $12 million to a buyer whose name hasn’t been released. New Hampshire Public Radio reports Southern New Hampshire, which had earlier declined to buy the main campus, bought the airport hangar and tower on the property for […]

October 24, 2017

Students

Senators Seek Probe of Student Loan Servicer Stock Trading

Two Democratic Senators called for an investigation into possible insider trading of student loan servicer Navient stock Monday.

October 23, 2017

Students

Graduate Students’ Path to Unionization Remains Rocky

While some expected a sudden and systemic shift toward unionization at the nation’s other prominent institutions following success at Columbia University, the transformation has been slow to materialize.

October 23, 2017

Students

Ky. Community College in Position to Help Veterans Make Career Transition

Over the past five years, West Kentucky Community and Technical College has built a comprehensive support network for student veterans.

October 19, 2017

Faculty & Staff

Senators Again Seek Loan Relief for Adjunct Faculty

Adjunct faculty members will get another chance to gain eligibility for a federal student loan relief program under proposed legislation by two U.S. senators.

October 19, 2017

Students

Strategy Offered to Turn Rising Tide of Segregated Schools

A new policy briefing from the National Coalition on School Diversity suggests that schools will see better results from using policies that take both race and socioeconomic status into account.

October 18, 2017

Students

University of Florida President: Security Cost for Spencer Speech ‘Unfair’

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A day before white nationalist Richard Spencer is scheduled to speak at the University of Florida, its president affirmed his belief in free speech but said the security costs of holding such an event at a public university put an unfair burden on taxpayers. In an interview with The Associated Press on […]

October 18, 2017

Students

University of Colorado to Eliminate Course Fees in Fall 2018

BOULDER, Colo. — The University of Colorado is eliminating all course and program fees starting in the fall of 2018. The Daily Camera reports that the eliminated fees will collectively save students $8.4 million per year. Chancellor Phil DiStefano announced the commitment to lowering costs for students at the university’s annual State of the Campus […]

October 18, 2017

Students

Yale Boosts Transparency Effort by Releasing More Budget Data

NEW HAVEN, Conn. —Yale University is moving to become as transparent with its budget information as other private universities. The Ivy League school in New Haven, Connecticut, with a $27 billion endowment compiled a 93-page budget overview for the Yale community earlier this year. That was triple the number of pages in last year’s 28-page […]

October 18, 2017

Students

States Sue Dept. of Education Over Delay of Gainful Employment Rule

Seventeen states and the District of Columbia sued U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos for what they allege is the “unlawful” delay of the gainful employment rule meant to stop predatory practices by the for-profit college industry.

October 17, 2017

Faculty & Staff

University of Tennessee Campus Faculty Against Plan to Outsource Facilities

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — University of Tennessee Knoxville faculty and union members have expressed concerns about proposed participation in the state’s facilities management outsourcing plan. The Knoxville News Sentinel reports the Faculty Senate unanimously passed a non-binding resolution against the outsourcing Monday, citing hidden costs and a potential loss of institutional knowledge. United Campus Workers released […]

October 17, 2017

Students

Indiana Scholarships Fail to Attract Diverse Teachers

INDIANAPOLIS — Scholarships from an Indiana program meant to diversify and recruit the next generation of teachers have gone largely to White students so far, an Indiana agency says. State officials hope to lessen the state’s teacher shortage with $10 million in Next Generation Hoosier Educators Scholarships, but the scholarships have failed to attract students […]

October 16, 2017