APLU In The News
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Campus Technology
8 Universities Leveraging Community Partnerships to Boost Student Outcomes
The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) and Coalition of Urban Serving Universities (USU) recently announced grants to eight public universities that are forging community partnerships to improve students’ access to and overall success in college. Supported by funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Collaborative Opportunity Grants provide each institution with…
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Education Dive
Workforce development, entrepreneurship are growing priorities for public research universities
Entrepreneurship and workforce development have long been priorities of community college and vocational programs, but as the APLU report indicates, four-year universities are now widely considering them under their purview as well.
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Weekly Standard
Yes, College is Worth It
If students across the country judged the value of college by headlines alone, they would come away with a bleak view of higher education. Rising costs. Diminishing value. Questionable career prospects. It’s a small miracle students enroll in college at all. Yet despite the widespread cynicism about higher education, more people are going to college…
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Hagstrom Report
Land-grant universities, others concerned about ERS, NIFA leaving Washington
Opposition is growing to the Trump administration’s proposal to move the Economic Research Service and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture out of the Washington metropolitan area. Orlando McMeans, chair of the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities Board on Agriculture Assembly (BAA) and vice president for research and public service at West Virginia…
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As college costs rocket up, unlock the data that will enable smart choices
Data increasingly drives the modern world. From picking your seat on an airplane to buying a car to purchasing a product online, consumers are able to read reviews and examine every detail before making a purchase. There’s a wealth of consumer information at our fingertips.
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Money Magazine
How MONEY Ranked the 2018 Best Colleges
College is now the second-largest financial expenditure for many families, exceeded only by the purchase of a home. So it isn’t surprising that parents and students are taking a hard look at the costs and payoffs of any college they consider. To help families do that, MONEY has drawn on the research and advice of…
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UPI
Midwest universities join to fight antibiotic resistance
In an effort to slow the increasingly rapid spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the United States, a group of Midwestern universities plans to unite to research the troubling trend. “Global health leaders all say this is one of the key problems we will see in healthcare over the next century,” said Paul Plummer, a Iowa…
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Science
Trump’s pick to head White House science office gets good reviews
The long wait for a White House science adviser is over. President Donald Trump announced today that he intends to nominate meteorologist Kelvin Droegemeier, a university administrator and former vice-chair of the governing board of the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), to be director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP).…
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Chronicle of Higher Education
Trump to Nominate U. of Oklahoma Weather Expert to Top Science and Tech Post
The Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities also supports Droegemeier’s selection, according to a statement. “Having such a strong leader as head of OSTP is essential to ensuring science is a key factor considered in the policymaking process,” the statement said. “All Americans are better off when science has a seat at the table.” The…
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Chronicle of Higher Education
College Presidents Lead National Greek Life Reform
In April, three prominent college presidents sat before an audience in Chicago of dozens of campus officials. They were there to talk about their experiences as leaders during one of the most tragic campus crises imaginable: when a student dies at a fraternity party. For Eric Barron of Pennsylvania State University, it was Tim Piazza,…
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