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Pittsburgh Technical College to Close

Pittsburgh Technical College is closing in August, the Board of Trustees announced Monday. A statement cited declining enrollment, market pressures...
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Women Make Global Gains as Researchers, but Gaps Persist

A large-scale global study found that while the number of women in academic research is growing, STEM fields remain dominated by men.

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Positive Partnership: Building Real Projects for Real Life Skills

Classroom-based experiences can help students gain hands-on work experiences and establish themselves as professionals, as well as benefit outside partners.

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A Potential Path Forward for Pell Grant Expansion

Proponents of controversial legislation to expand the Pell Grant to short-term workforce training programs want to attach it to a defense bill that Congress must pass. A House committee will determine whether the gambit works.

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Tribal College Expands to City Center, Promoting Access

Starting this fall, Native students in Minneapolis can take classes at Red Lake Nation College’s new site downtown, allowing the institution to reach more students.

Judge Halts UC Strike Supporting Pro-Palestine Protesters

A judge has halted a University of California academic workers’ strike that was supporting pro-Palestinian protesters. UAW Local 4811 members...
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Colleges in Republicans’ Crosshairs Enroll Only a Sliver of U.S. College Students

About one percent of U.S. undergraduates attend the 12 selective, mostly private institutions under Congressional scrutiny. But conservatives cast them as emblematic of higher education writ large.

Weighing the Benefits of Stadium Subsidies: Academic Minute

Today on the Academic Minute: Bruce K. Johnson, James Graham Brown Professor of Economics at Centre College, examines whether it’s...