APLU In The News
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Onward State
Penn State Joins Association Of Public And Land-Grant Universities In Access And Affordability Initiative
Penn State has joined 129 other public universities in a five-year Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) access and affordability initiative. Over the next five years, Penn State and its cluster of other Big Ten Academic Alliance Schools, including Indiana and Rutgers, will be studied to examine access and affordability measures that can be…
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Chronicle of Higher Education
The Government Shutdown Is Reaching Historic Territory. Here’s What That Means for Higher Ed.
The University of Arizona has a grim message for professors on its website: If the partial government shutdown stretches on, the impact on research and science will only grow. New funding? Don’t count on it. Payment on existing grants? On pause. Peer-review of pending grant applications? Postponed.
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Education Dive
9 higher ed trends to watch in 2019
The pressures on colleges as 2019 opens are numerous. They include — but are no means limited to — historically low state financing, competition over shrinking pools of potential students, slowed growth in international student enrollment, and a push from nearly all stakeholders for proof of return on their investments, often in the form of…
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Inside Higher Ed
Charter School Program Steps In to Fill Gaps in College Aid
Knowledge Is Power Program charter schools have built a national reputation for sending disadvantaged students to college, but that success didn’t always translate into students actually graduating from college. Money shortages and gaps in financial aid, even relatively small ones, often got in the way and forced students to either temporarily take time off from…
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Campus Technology
College Researchers Impacted by Federal Shutdown
While the U.S. Department of Education is still funded under the current federal government shutdown, college and universities who rely on funding from the National Science Foundation, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Institute of Standards and Technology, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Geological Survey are currently impacted.
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Diverse
Schools with Affected Research Grants Decry Shutdown
West Virginia State University has research grants from the U.S. Department of Agriculture totaling several million dollars, and school leaders began formulating contingency plans when a partial federal government shutdown that could jeopardize the projects appeared imminent.
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Washington Post
Senate confirms Trump’s science and tech adviser after lengthy vacancy
Senate lawmakers late Wednesday confirmed Kelvin Droegemeier, an extreme-weather expert, as the White House’s top science and tech adviser, filling a critical administration role that had been vacant for nearly two years under President Trump.
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Rivard Report
UTSA Part of New National Effort to Increase College Access, Boost Student Success
The University of Texas at San Antonio has joined 129 other public universities in a new five-year effort to improve college access for low-income, first generation, and minority students. The initiative of the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU) brings together 130 higher-education institutions, divided into 16 study groups to look into how to…
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Partnership Working to Connect Degrees and Certifications
Workcred, a nonprofit organization focused on credentialing in the workforce, is partnering with the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities and the University Professional and Continuing Education Association to help create opportunities for undergraduate students to earn certifications as part of their degree program.
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The Rivard Report
UTSA Part of New National Effort to Increase College Access, Boost Student Success
The University of Texas at San Antonio has joined 129 other public universities in a new five-year effort to improve college access for low-income, first generation, and minority students. The initiative of the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU) brings together 130 higher-education institutions, divided into 16 groups to look into how to improve…
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