APLU In The News
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Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
UA joins effort to add college grads
The University of Arkansas, Fayetteville plans to be among 100 public universities taking part in an initiative to boost the number of college graduates nationally, a UA spokesman said. The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities on Wednesday announced the creation of a national Center for Public University Transformation. Participating schools will work in clusters…
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Diverse Education
Nationwide Initiative to Boost Graduation Numbers
With the goal of significantly increasing the number of graduates by the year 2025, the Association of Public & Land-Grant Universities (APLU) has launched an unprecedented nationwide collaborative effort. “When you look at degree completion among public [institutions] in this country, you’ve got some great stories,” said Peter McPherson, president of APLU. “Within states there…
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Chronicle of Higher Education
How to Protect Your College’s Research From Undue Corporate Influence
The upsides of research ties between companies and universities are legendary. Silicon Valley, Route 128, Research Triangle, and their numerous superstar companies with academic roots are leading examples. Annual benefits are now measured in the billions of dollars, thousands of patents, and hundreds of start-up companies. But corporate bias is a known risk to scientific…
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EdSource
Colleges offer micro grants to get cash-strapped students across finish line
With graduation in sight this spring, Fresno State student Kelsey Decker was in a scary financial position. After receiving some federal aid, she still owed $600 for tuition and faced being dropped from classes if that was not paid quickly. She was also worried about paying the rent from her earnings working 20 hours a…
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Bowling Green Sentinel Tribune
During Friday’s Bowling Green State University Board of Trustees meeting, it was revealed that interim President Rodney Rogers has been elevated to the permanent post of president. Megan Newlove, chairman of the board of trustees, announced that the board decided to promote from within when selecting the university’s 12th president. “We believe the best person…
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Education Dive
Initiative aims to boost US college graduation rates by ‘hundreds of thousands’
The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities announced a new effort in which 100 public research universities — organized in clusters of eight to 10 institutions — will work together to increase graduation rates by hundreds of thousands by 2025. The clusters will develop, refine and scale innovative practices in a way that also aims…
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Inside Higher Ed
Collaborating on Completion
A group of 100 public universities will work with the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities to produce hundreds of thousands of additional degrees while also reducing achievement gaps for underrepresented student groups. The college completion project, which APLU announced today, is the latest sign of greater urgency among public universities about graduation rates and…
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Tribune-Review
Pitt among colleges ramping up efforts for Dreamers
Colleges and universities here and across the U.S are calling for renewed immigration protections for so-called Dreamers as the calendar marks off days to the March 5 expiration of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA. Nearly 800,000 young undocumented immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children were able to obtain…
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Inside Higher Ed
The False Choice Between Education and Employment Readiness
Over 50 years ago, with the creation of Pell Grants and federal student loan programs, college access became a national priority for higher education. In the last decade, a broad agreement has emerged that institutions also need to do more to help students complete their degrees. These targets of college access and completion are now…
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Inside Higher Ed
Higher Ed Finds Its Voice on PROSPER Act
With their attention occupied by tax reform last year, the higher education lobby had a muted response to the GOP’s first crack at overhauling the student aid system and how it keeps colleges accountable. That’s begun to change over the last month as major higher ed associations have issued forceful criticisms of the PROSPER Act,…
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