APLU In The News
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Embedding Certifications Into Bachelor’s Degrees
A new report describes a framework for embedding industry certifications into bachelor’s degree programs, an approach that could increase the job-market value of some degrees. The report is based on a project led by Workcred, a nonprofit organization, in partnership with the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU), the Coalition of Urban Serving Universities…
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KSL
U. program recognized with award for years of outreach to west side communities
A University of Utah program that helps facilitate connections with underserved west side communities recently won a $20,000 prize for its outreach efforts. University Neighborhood Partners won the C. Peter Magrath Community Engagement Scholarship Award presented by the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities as announced during the association’s annual meeting on Wednesday.
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El Paso Herald-Post
APLU names UTEP 2020 Innovation & Economic Prosperity University Designee
APLU’s IEP Universities designation program recognizes institutions committed to university economic development and helps higher education institutions advance their support of economic and community development. “UTEP has long identified as a community-engaged institution,” said John Wiebe, Ph.D., provost and vice president for academic affairs. “This designation recognizes our commitment not only to the educational, cultural…
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Arizona Daily Sun
NAU wins award for degree completion
The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) named Northern Arizona University the winner of its 2020 Degree Completion Award during a ceremony at its annual meeting Monday in Washington, D.C. The annual award recognizes institutions that employ innovative and evidence-based approaches to improve degree completion while ensuring educational quality.
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Inside Higher Ed
Science on the Ballot
In a normal presidential election year, analysis of the role of science in the presidential campaign might focus on the nuances of the candidates’ competing priorities for the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation and other federal scientific agencies. Nanoscience versus neuroscience, say, the moon versus Mars.
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Diverse Education
19 Universities Join The National Alliance for Inclusive & Diverse STEM Faculty
About 19 universities in the U.S. have joined the third cohort of a program called, Aspire: The National Alliance for Inclusive & Diverse STEM Faculty. The initiative looks to develop more inclusive faculty recruitment, hiring and retention models within STEM, reported Forbes.
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Chemical and Engineering News
Biden-Harris priorities include areas important to chemists and chemistry
After months of rancorous campaigning and several days of counting ballots, former vice president Joe Biden emerged on Nov. 7 as the winner of the 2020 US presidential election.
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Diverse Education
What Does the Education Department’s New Final Rule Mean For Religion and Free Speech in Higher Education?
Last Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Education issued its final rule on religious liberty and free inquiry, which details protections for faith-based institutions and religious student groups at public universities and seeks to bolster campus free speech. The rule reflects – and sometimes contradicts – a fraught, growing body of case law about religion and…
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Diverse Education
Land-Grant HBCUs Celebrating the 130th Anniversary of the 1890 Morrill Act
As the COVID-19 virus spread across the country this spring and more data became available that revealed the disproportionate impact it was having on Black communities, Tennessee State University launched the nation’s first COVID-19 Academy to support residents in its Nashville community. The academy uses a holistic approach to help community members access healthcare, basic…
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The Missourian
Federal visa policy won’t apply to international students under latest plan
Federal policy that would prohibit international students with F-1 visas from remaining in the U.S. while attending online-only university classes this fall will not apply to MU, the university has said. The directive by the Department of Homeland Security’s Student and Exchange Visitor Program will not apply to MU international students because the university is…
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