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STEM

Report Outlines College Graduates’ Employment, Debt and Enrollment

A U.S. Department of Education report on college graduates from 2008 shed insight into their employment, debt and enrollment status four years after their graduation. Tracking graduates’ outcomes to 2012, the “Statistics in Brief” indicated that 69 percent of those who earned a bachelor’s degree in 2008 were employed, 11 percent were simultaneously employed and […]

July 20, 2018

Opinion

NAFEO Urges Continuing Affirmative Action Efforts in Higher Ed

Every student benefits from inclusive and diverse classrooms, not just students of color. NAFEO urges all school systems, colleges and universities not to retreat from their thoughtful, holistic review processes of applicants that are resulting in diverse environments.

July 18, 2018

Opinion

Trump’s Art of the Deal: Merge Education and Labor Departments?

The White House publicly released a report called “Delivering Government Solutions in the 21st Century” on Thursday, June 21. First among the 32 organizational reform priorities proposed by President Donald Trump is merging the departments of education and labor into a single entity: the Department of Education and the Workforce.

July 14, 2018

Opinion

Trump Administration Takes Affirmative Action to Ignore Race and Law

In case you missed it: while you were celebrating all the progress we’ve achieved in America – 242 years of opportunity resulting in a burgeoning sense of equality and diversity – the Trump administration placed a cherry bomb in your inbox.

July 9, 2018

Home

Merging Education, Labor Departments Likely to Impact Higher Ed

The White House announced plans Thursday to combine the federal education and labor departments, creating a Department of Education and the Workforce. Some academics described potential positive and negative implications for higher education.

June 21, 2018

Community Colleges

Community College Research Center Gets New Director

Dr. Thomas Brock, a leader in research for the U.S. Department of Education, will be in a position to  continue to grow his experience as a higher education influencer as the next director of the Community College Research Center (CCRC).

June 21, 2018

Disabilties

Panel Dissects Role of Suspensions in School-To-Prison Pipeline

Statistics abounded Wednesday evening during a panel discussion titled “School to Prison Pipeline: Decriminalizing Public Education” co-sponsored by New America, the National Black Child Development Institute and the Greater Washington Urban League,

May 17, 2018

Home

Gathering Addresses Sexual Misconduct, Title IX Solutions

Higher education leaders and the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights recently gathered in the same room to discuss solutions to the challenges that institutions face addressing sexual misconduct on campus.

March 22, 2018

Home

Study: Looming Student Loan Default Crisis Will Be Worse Than Projected

The looming student loan default crisis will be worse than previously thought, according to a recently published Brookings Institution report.

January 15, 2018

Leadership & Policy

Colleges and Universities Pool Resources to Curb Costs

Efforts to build alliances are especially growing among smaller private colleges that are heavily dependent on tuition and whose revenues and enrollment have stalled.

October 18, 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

Students

Are Archaic Premises Fueling Feds’ Pursuit of WGU?

A recent report from the U.S. Department of Education grabbed headlines by proffering the opinion that Western Governors University should repay more than $700 million in Title IV aid received by the university via attending students.

October 3, 2017