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January 7, 2016

Faculty & Staff

SUNY Broome’s Health Care MOOC Gaining Global Attention

Foundations for Assisting in Home Care is targeted at individuals who are considering pursuing a degree in health care and anyone who feels the need for guidance on how to assist the elderly or those who are ill.

January 5, 2016

Students

School Settles Suit over Support Animals in Student Housing

CLEVELAND ― Kent State University in northeast Ohio has agreed to pay two former students $100,000 to settle a fair housing lawsuit that was filed by the U.S. Justice Department after the school refused to allow the students to keep an emotional support dog in a university apartment. The settlement announced on Monday also calls […]

January 5, 2016

Students

Student Won’t Receive Degree Despite Disability Accommodation

A nursing student who failed a mandatory test four times in a required course despite disability accommodation isn’t entitled to her bachelor’s degree, a federal judge in Covington, Kentucky, has ruled.

December 13, 2015

Disabilties

Report: Clear Path from Community Colleges to 4-Year Institutions

The Edvance Foundation issued a report that lays out a series of recommendations on how to smooth the transfer pathway from community colleges to four-year institutions.

November 19, 2015

Disabilties

Fueling the Talent Engine —– A Rich Mixture to go the Distance

The talent engines of organizations can be fueled to perform at the highest levels of excellence through developing and maintaining diverse coaching/mentoring relationships.

November 16, 2015

Faculty & Staff

CINDY D. KAM

CINDY D. KAM was named William R. Kenan Jr. Chair in the Department of Political Science at Vanderbilt University. She also serves as senior associate dean for faculty in the College of Arts and Science and is the director of the Research on Individuals, Politics & Society Laboratory at Vanderbilt. Kam holds a bachelor’s from Princeton University, and a master’s and a doctorate from the University of Michigan.

November 4, 2015

Students

Obama Administration Looks to New Rules to Curb Student Debt

U.S. colleges will face new restrictions on using debit cards to distribute financial aid, and more people will have income-based options for repaying student loans under a pair of regulations given final approval by the Obama administration on Tuesday.

October 28, 2015

Students

ELREO CAMPBELL

ELREO CAMPBELL has been appointed an associate dean and director of financial aid at Colby College. He was dean of student financial services at Newbury College. Campbell earned an associate from the Community College of Philadelphia, a bachelor’s from Drexel University and an MBA from the University of Phoenix.

October 22, 2015

Students

Government Tightens Payments to For-profit College ITT Tech

WASHINGTON — U.S. Education Department officials are placing new limits on federal student aid administered by struggling for-profit college chain ITT Educational Services.

October 20, 2015

Disabilties

MSU Gets Nearly $290K to Support Students With Disabilities

MINOT, N.D. — Minot State University has received nearly $290,000 in federal funds to help young adults with intellectual disabilities living in rural communities transition into post-secondary education.

October 18, 2015

African-American

Educating the Young Voter

With a new round of young voters being eligible to vote this year, the question raised is not only will they participate, but do they have an understanding of the issues?

October 18, 2015