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Leadership & Policy

“Reverse Transfer” Program to Benefit Community College Students

A new program aims to help students who transfer from community colleges to four-year institutions get the associate degree they may still lack.

January 12, 2014

Latinx

Colombian MacArthur ‘Genius Grant’ Winner Honored in Physics

As a young student in Bogota, Colombia, Ana Maria Rey was discouraged by her parents from pursuing her love of physics.

January 6, 2014

Home

Gallup, Purdue to Examine Post-college Success

Gallup is launching a survey project with Purdue University to provide insight into how the college experience enables graduates to pursue life and career success.

January 2, 2014

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Hawaii in Chicago’s Shadows in Bid for Obama Library

First family’s links to University of Chicago and the city weigh heavily in the search for a home for the future presidential library.

December 29, 2013

Sports

Every Student Needs a Success Plan

Is it OK to just put our goals and dreams on auto pilot and think that we will achieve them? Of course not.

December 26, 2013

Leadership & Policy

Arkansas State to Break Ground on Campus in Mexico

A Feb. 5 groundbreaking is scheduled for Arkansas State University’s new campus in Mexico, a $50 million undertaking that’s being funded with private money.

December 26, 2013

Students

Crazy Horse Program Jumpstarts College Careers

Program’s CEO says about 68 percent of the students who have attended Indian University of North America summer sessions in the backdrop of the mammoth mountain carving in South Dakota’s Black Hills have continued to pursue degrees at private public or tribal colleges and universities.

December 23, 2013

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Foundation Organizes Community-Focused U.S. College Attainment Campaign

The Lumina Foundation has launched a community mobilization campaign aimed at helping residents in selected metropolitan areas increase their attainment of postsecondary degrees and certificates.

December 23, 2013

Health

Gates Foundation Hires California University Chancellor as CEO

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation named Tuesday the chancellor of the University of California, San Francisco, to be the third CEO of the world’s largest charitable foundation.

December 17, 2013

Students

Educators Protest Koch Gift to Catholic University

Some Catholic educators are protesting Catholic University of America’s recent acceptance of a $1 million donation from the Charles Koch Foundation, which is affiliated with the libertarian Koch brothers.

December 17, 2013

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State Colleges, Universities Advised to Embrace Change

The American Association of State Colleges and Universities kicked off its annual conference Wednesday with an emphasis on adaptation and innovation.

December 12, 2013

Latinx

UCLA Study Funded by Actress Puts Focus on Latinas

A study released by University of California at Los Angeles researchers with backing from actress Eva Longoria has put a high profile focus on the potential of U.S. Latinas for educational success.

December 12, 2013