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Connecticut Post
In budget talks, professors’ workloads become an issue
Tom Ebaugh, working toward a Ph.D. in chemical engineering, says Radenka Maric is the reason he’s doing it at the University of Connecticut. “I wouldn’t be here if she wasn’t,” said Ebaugh, 24, wearing plastic gloves and protective glasses at a fuel cell energy laboratory, part of UConn’s Center for Clean Energy Engineering. Originally from…
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Inside Higher Ed
Return of the College Scorecard
An Obama administration initiative that provided consumer information on colleges and universities has survived for another year and into the Trump administration. The Department of Education published updated information on the College Scorecard Thursday, including a new feature that allows students to compare data from up to 10 institutions at once. The update is a…
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Chicago Tribune
Why colleges play a role in handling sexual assault cases
Public scrutiny of how colleges handle sexual assault cases is appropriate. Institutions should be held accountable for safeguarding the rights of complainants and respondents. That these cases are often extremely complicated and challenging does not in any way diminish the need for fair policies. It’s often misunderstood why colleges are involved in adjudicating sexual assault…
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Chronicle of Higher Education
Stop Looking at Rankings. Use Academe’s Own Measures Instead.
As the higher-education community begins the new academic year, we also prepare for the latestround of college rankings from U.S. News & World Report. We can expect coverage on which colleges have risen and which have fallen, followed by the usual laments from institutions’ presidents about how meaningless these rankings really are. My own perspective…
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A Peek Inside the New IPEDS Outcome Measures Dataset
Much of higher education policy focuses on “traditional” college students—those who started college at age 18 after getting dropped off in the family station wagon or minivan, enrolled full-time, and stayed at that institution until graduation. Yet although this is how many policymakers and academics experienced college (I’m no exception), this represents a minority of…
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WCHL
UNC Chancellor ‘Deeply Disappointed And Saddened’ Over DACA Decision
UNC Chancellor Carol Folt and other university leadership are “deeply disappointed and saddened” by the decision from President Donald Trump to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. United States Attorney General announced that decision from the Trump administration on Tuesday. UNC administrators responded in a letter to the campus community on Wednesday.
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Kentucky Kernel
Capilouto responds to Trump’s plans to end DACA
President Donald Trump announced plans Tuesday to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival program. Former president Barack Obama began this program, which protects young undocumented immigrants, nicknamed “Dreamers,” from deportation.
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Chronicle of Higher Education
Colleges Deplore Trump’s Threat to DACA. How Far Can They Go to Fight It?
As Labor Day wound to a close, college press offices were busy. News had broken over the weekend that the Trump administration planned to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival program, known as DACA, with a six-month delay to allow Congress time to attempt a legislative fix.
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StateCollege.com
Penn State President ‘Deeply Concerned’ About DACA Decision
After the Trump administration announced on Tuesday that it would bring the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program to an end, Penn State President Eric Barron sent a message to the university community and signed on with other college leaders to urge Congressional action.
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The Collegian
K-State rallies around DACA students
The Kansas State University administration reiterated its support for “swift congressional action” to protect undocumented students after President Donald Trump’s administration announced the end of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, a policy program which granted young undocumented immigrants from immediate deportation.
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