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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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WCCU
U of I DACA students uncertain and worried about the future
Forty-two thousand people in Illinois will be impacted by President Trump’s decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, and some of those DACA recipients impacted live in Champaign-Urbana. Some University of Illinois DACA students said it is like waking up every day and not knowing what’s going to happen. They said their anxiety…
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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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The Cap Times
Madison DACA holders try to plan for future after Trump announces wind-down
With the emotional roller coaster of waiting for a formal statement on DACA from the Trump administration over, affected immigrants and their families are now trying to figure out their next steps as they join allies in calling on Congress for action.
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WTOL
UT, BG presidents sound off on DACA
University of Toledo president Sharon Gaber and Bowling Green State University president Mary Ellen Mazey released statements to students on the Trump administration’s decision to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA program.
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The Daily Texan
UT recognized for increase in graduation rates, award finalist
UT has been recognized as having one of the nation’s leading initiatives to improve student graduation rates after increasing degree completion by 10 percent over four years. The University is a finalist for the 2017 Project Degree Completion Award, which is awarded by the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities to institutions who work to…
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