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Wisconsin State Journal
In federal tax debate, advocates fear harm to universities, including UW-Madison
Jeff Tischauser’s dream of a university teaching career seemed within reach in 2013, when he was accepted into UW-Madison’s doctoral program in journalism and mass communication. To join the program, Tischauser, 36, said he took a big pay cut from his past career teaching at community colleges. Now, with a year and a half left…
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Inside Higher Ed
Knewton Returns, With New Pitch
Knewton, a pioneer in adaptive learning technology, will launch its first direct product for higher education in January. Previously the company provided the technology behind several other companies’ adaptive learning products, but now Knewton is changing its strategy and selling its product to colleges directly. The name of Knewton’s proprietary offering hasn’t been announced, but…
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Houston Chronicle
Texas colleges, universities brace for hard changes
As graduate students from Houston to Austin to College Station protest proposals to tax the value of their “free” tuition, Texas colleges and universities are bracing for changes to higher education proposed by a Republican-led Congress, including an overhaul of the Higher Education Act. Behind-the-scenes fights are brewing over issues ranging from taxing university endowments…
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News-Gazette
UI lobbying for tuition waivers in final version of GOP tax bill
With Republicans trying to pass a tax-reform bill before Christmas, the University of Illinois is actively lobbying to keep the tax-free status of tuition waivers for grad students, among other provisions that could make higher education more expensive. UI President Tim Killeen sent a letter Wednesday to the leaders of the conference committee that is…
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