APLU In The News
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Huffington Post
Safe Campus Act Continues To Lose Support
Over the weekend, the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities issued a legislative analysis explaining why it opposes the bill, noting it is “deeply troubled” by the restrictions blocking colleges from fully responding to sexual assault reports.
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Lawrence Journal-World
KU chancellor named chair of national Public and Land-grant Universities board
Kansas University Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little has been elected as chairwoman of the Board of Directors of the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities.
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The Indianapolis Star
Universities must uphold free speech, inclusion
As public universities work to expand the number of students who attend college, a primary purpose of our institutions is to provide access to a quality higher education for all — regardless of means, background, race, gender, religion or sexual orientation.
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USA Today
NCAA’s Emmert cautions schools about academic ‘mismatches’
NCAA President Mark Emmerttold a gathering of high-ranking university officials Sunday that they have an “ethical responsibility” to address what he termed academic or admissions mismatches that result in Division I athletes struggling in the classroom and having trouble completing meaningful degree programs.
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Inside Indiana Business
University Leaders Gather in Indy
More than 1,200 university representatives from throughout the United States are in Indianapolis for the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities’ 128th annual meeting. University of California President and former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano is keynoting the event.
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Chronicle of Higher Education
Public-University Group Expands ‘Personalized Learning’ Efforts
The Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities is expanding its support of “personalized learning” with the help of a new $4.6-million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
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Inside Higher Ed
Going Beyond the Pilot Project
A national association of public universities is throwing its weight behind the use of adaptive courseware, an emerging form of online course delivery that responds to students’ learning styles and levels of achievement.
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The Wall Street Journal
Public Higher Education and Voluntary Transparency
The “higher-education lobby” isn’t a singular force opposed to improved data, increased transparency and greater oversight. Public colleges and universities, which educate nearly three-quarters of all students, have been fierce advocates of lifting the legal ban that blocks the federal government from providing comprehensive aggregate data on student outcomes. We want more transparency of higher-education…
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Inside Higher Ed
More Support for ‘Lingua’ Editors
More library and higher education groups on Thursday threw their support behind the editors of the linguistics journalLingua, upping the pressure on publisher Elsevier.
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Indiana Ag Connection
Task Force Wants Antibiotic Resistance Top on Agenda
A national task force report on the growing problem of antibiotic resistance in animal agriculture highlights the need to make finding solutions a top public health priority, said Willie Reed, dean of the Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine.
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