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Connecting Federal Work-Study to Careers
DeVos plans a pilot program that will allow colleges to use Federal Work-Study funds for private-sector employment. Department also seeks to expand experiment providing Pell Grants to incarcerated students.
No Crime Found in Sleeping With 2 Students
Pennsylvania appeals court rules in favor of Bloomsburg U professor fired for sleeping with two students.
Academic Minute: Mass Hysteria
Today on the Academic Minute, Barry Markovsky, professor of sociology at the University of South Carolina, describes how looking at...
Colleges Face Growing Cybersecurity Threat
Cyberattacks on higher education institutions are on the rise, Moody’s Investors Service reports. The credit rating agency characterized cyberrisks for...
ACT Comes Out Against Adversity Index
ACT has come out against the new adversity score that the College Board will soon assign to students based on...
Dog Days in Dorms
Colleges see sharp increase in students who want emotional support animals to live with them. Administrators worry those students may not have a real need but want their pets as companions.
Boost for Community Colleges Means 1-Year Bust for Universities
New analysis of Oregon Promise tuition-free scholarship program found that it increased community college enrollment but decreased enrollment at four-year institutions in the first year, and that fewer first-generation and low-income students benefited financially than expected.