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UConn Foundation to Pay Outgoing Leader through June

The University of Connecticut Foundation will be paying the salaries of two presidents until June 2014.

August 26, 2013

Community Colleges

Massachusetts to Tie Community College Funding to Performance

Massachusetts has begun a community college funding effort that will tie a share of a school’s budget to boosting graduation rates.

August 13, 2013

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‘PowHerful Summit’ Continues to Fortify Young Women

The Soledad O’Brien-led mentorship-cum-scholarship program for struggling girls offered sessions on empowerment, STEM fields, how to apply to college, how to get an internship, and how to network at its New York program.

July 29, 2013

Students

Improving the Pathway to Higher Education

A seamless pathway must be created for two-year college graduates to transfer to four-year institutions that will prepare them for the 21st century workforce.

July 23, 2013

Students

Study Suggests Going Back to Basics: Saving to Fund Education

In an effort to reduce student debt and the debilitating effect that it can have on graduation rates, researchers recommend Children’s Savings Accounts.

July 15, 2013

Community Colleges

Report: ‘Quality, Coherence, and Transparency’ Critical to U.S. Skills Attainment

The New America Foundation convened education officials, labor market experts and others to assess findings by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development on how Americans can better attain marketable skills.

July 10, 2013

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Expert Says Education Leaders Need to Stick to Task

In order to improve persistence among diverse groups of students, higher ed leaders should shun rhetoric and research and attack the root causes of failure.

July 10, 2013

Students

N.J. Programs Help Incarcerated Individuals Assimilate into College Life

Higher education institutions in New Jersey are helping create a model that broadens the educational prospects of individuals who are incarcerated while reducing the recidivism rates.

July 9, 2013

Students

New Help for First-Generation Students at Kansas State

A national program that aims to help first-generation college students stay in school is coming to Kansas State University.

July 8, 2013

Students

Study: Black-White Achievement Gap Has ‘Political Foundations’

A new study finds that state policymaker attention to teacher quality is highly responsive to low high school graduation rates among White students, but not for African-American students.

July 3, 2013

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University of Missouri-Kansas City Works to Help Low-Income Students

UMKC, once among the more costly public universities for low-income students, has created a grant program to help those students pay for their education.

June 23, 2013

STEM

Virginia, North Carolina Schools, Universities Partner to Provide STEM Opportunities to Minorities

The Virginia-North Carolina Alliance for Minority Participation received a $3.5 million grant to continue efforts to recruit and retain minorities in STEM.

June 20, 2013