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Campus Technology
Trump 2020 Budget Proposal Includes Cuts to Education Programs
If the Trump administration’s 2020 budget proposal is enacted, employees at the U.S. Department of Education will have to find a way to get work done with fewer resources. The 2020 budget proposal would slash ED’s budget by 10 percent at the program level or $8.5 billion, down to $62 billion.
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Inside Higher Ed
Trump Seeks Billions in Cuts
President Trump called for a $7.1 billion cut to funding at the Education Department with a proposed budget that retreads familiar higher education ideas for this White House. The budget proposal released on Monday asks Congress to open Pell Grants to “high-quality” short-term programs, eliminate Public Service Loan Forgiveness and subsidized student loans, and streamline…
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eCampus News
Can adaptive tools improve student retention?
A new initiative is targeting failure rates in foundational courses–a major cause of college dropouts–by giving scalable, high-quality support to colleges and universities seeking to improve student retention. Every Learner Everywhere is supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and aims to increase the number of institutions using adaptive learning to improve course outcomes…
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Rutland Herald
Vermont by Degrees: Laying the foundation
As my time serving as the University of Vermont’s 26th president begins drawing to a close, I am reflecting on the priorities that have guided this remarkable university and informed our strategic decisions across campus. In October 2012, at my installation, I challenged the UVM community to raise our expectations and aspirations so that, together,…
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Sinclair Broadcast Group
Trump promises order on campus free speech ‘very soon,’ offers few details
President Donald Trump’s promise Saturday to sign an executive order requiring colleges and universities that receive federal research grants to protect free speech delighted his supporters, but it left many educators and organizations that represent colleges puzzled regarding how it would work and what problem it is intended to solve.
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Washington Post
Questions abound after Trump threatens to strip funding from colleges that don’t support free speech
Conservative activists cheered loudly and applauded when President Trump announced Saturday that he would make federal funding for universities contingent on support for free speech. But some First Amendment experts and university officials greeted the announcement that Trump would impose an executive order with questions: Was this political rhetoric, or an imminent policy change?
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Boston Herald
Trump says executive order coming to protect free speech on campuses
President Trump says he’s going to push back against limits of free speech at colleges, a move that’s cheered by a founder of a major organization that focuses on campus civil rights. Trump, speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference this weekend, said, “Today, I am proud to announce that I will be very soon…
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Inside Higher Ed
Trump Vows Executive Order on Campus Free Speech
President Trump vowed Saturday to “soon” issue an executive order that would deny federal research funds to colleges and universities that do not support free speech. “If they want our dollars and we give them by the billions, they’ve got to allow people to speak,” said Trump in a speech at the Conservative Political Action…
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Associated Press
Donald Trump Trump says he’ll issue order protecting campus free speech
President Donald Trump announced Saturday he would soon sign an executive order requiring colleges and universities to support free speech if they want federal resources. Trump is highlighting concerns from some conservatives that their voices were being censored, whether on social media or at the nation’s universities.
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