APLU In The News
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The El Paso Times
UTEP a finalist for national graduation rate award
The University of Texas at El Paso is one of five finalists for a national award recognizing colleges and universities that improved retention and graduation rates in innovative ways.
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The Daily Wildcat
UA Awarded for Role AZ Economy
The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities recognized the University of Arizona as an Innovation and Economic Prosperity University on June 24. Only awarded to 18 universities, the designation was given to recognize the universities’ commitment to economic engagement in their respective regions.
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Huffington Post
Fraternity Groups Push Bills To Limit College Rape Investigations
Colleges would not be allowed to punish a student for committing sexual assault unless the alleged victim agrees to report their attack to police, under a pair of new bills pushed by national fraternity organizations and opposed by higher education groups.
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Binghamton Press Connects
BU receives designation for economic development work
Binghamton University has been nationally recognized for its role in local economic development.The SUNY school was one of 18 public universities to be named an Innovation & Economic Prosperity University by the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) last week.
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The Daily Reflector
ECU recognized for partnerships
East Carolina University is being recognized for its community partnerships by the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities, which chose ECU as one of 18 Innovation and Economic Prosperity Universities.
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East Carolinian
Chancellor Ballard Steps Down
Chancellor Steve Ballard announced earlier today that he will be stepping down from his position as the chancellor of East Carolina University.
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Associations Now
After Feedback, Department Of Education Backtracks On College Ratings System
When a group of higher-education associations unveiled the framework for a system to track the long-term success of college graduates earlier this year, it did so on the heels of a major announcement by the U.S. Department of Education. DOE, at the time, said it was working on a college-ratings system to help prospective students…
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The Southern Illinoisian
SIU’s economic development efforts earn national recognition
SIU was recently designated an Innovation and Economic Prosperty University by the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU).The designation lasts 10 years and SIU is one of 18 colleges to receive the distinction this year. There are 48 universities and colleges in the nation with the designation.
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Inside Higher Ed
‘In the Face of Inequality’
Historically black colleges — public and private — were created amid an era of overt discrimination and hostility to their mission. A new book traces how they responded to those challenges, typically without the financing enjoyed by other institutions, as well as to challenges that followed the theoretical end of Jim Crow. In the Face…
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Phoenix Business Journal
UA recognized as an Innovation, Economic Prosperity University
The University of Arizona has been recognized as an Innovation and Economic Prosperity University by the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities.
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