APLU In The News
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Ed Surge
More Research Needed to Increase Diversity in Biomedical Sciences and STEM Fields
BIAS UNDER THE MICROSCOPE: Over the next five years, underrepresented student enrollment in postsecondary education is projected to climb 25 percent. But will the biomedical sciences and STEM workforce experience the same demographic shift? The Coalition of Urban Serving Universities, the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities and the Association of American Medical Colleges hope…
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Cleveland State recognized for student success and economic development
Cleveland State University’s efforts to enhance student success and strengthen economic engagement have received national recognition from the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities. “Raising degree completion rates remains key to achieving our national goal of 60 percent of adult Americans holding a bachelor’s degree by 2025,” APLU President Peter McPherson said in a release.…
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Inside Higher Ed
Report on Diversity in Biomedical Research Workforce
Universities should evaluate their graduate programs in science and technology for ways to reduce “stereotype threat,” in which female and minority students may feel less able to succeed academically even if in fact they can do so, says a report issued Thursday. The report examines steps colleges and universities may take to increase the diversity…
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Tampa Bay Times
Genshaft recognized for USF’s focus on international studies
University of South Florida president Judy Genshaft received a national award this week recognizing the university’s heightened focus on international studies. Genshaft received the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities 2016 Malone International Leadership Award on Monday for spearheading efforts to grow the USF System’s involvement with international initiatives throughout her 16-year tenure as president.
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Money Magazine
Why Shouldn’t Picking a College Be as Easy as Buying a Car?
Pssst! You wanna buy a college education? Of course you do! People with college degrees earn about $1 million more over their lifetimes than those with only high school diplomas, and are far more likely to have jobs they enjoy. At least, that’s how things turn out for the average American graduate,according to the Georgetown…
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APLU Announces Adaptive-Courseware Grants: Bringing Scale to Scale
Last week the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) announced seven universities will receive grants to use adaptive courseware in an effort to achieve higher completion rates at lower costs. Over three years, each institution will receive $515,000 “to adopt, implement and scale use of adaptive courseware in high-enrollment, blended learning courses in multiple…
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The Atlantic
Universities Are Discovering That Keeping Low-Income Students Takes More than Financial Aid
As a more racially and socioeconomically diverse body of students pursues college in the United States, schools find themselves responding to more requests to stock food pantries and hand out vouchers for supplies at campus bookstores. In addition to food pantries and vouchers, schools are also turning to completion grants to help students who run…
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Science
Learn how to make labs safer
In April, the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) issued its report, A Guide to Implementing a Safety Culture in Our Universities. This important document, as we noted at the time, is more than an urgent call to university leadership to enlist everyone, from senior administrators to incoming students, in efforts to upgrade safety…
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The Houston Chronicle
U.S. Supreme Court upholds University of Texas’ use of race in admissions
The court’s decision provides another example of how race can be used in admissions, but also once again shows a majority of the court thinks that diversity is important on college campuses, said Peter McPherson, president of the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities. “Today’s decision is more than a narrow ruling on the role…
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Inside Higher Ed
Public University Group Backs Risk-Based Accreditation
The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities on Wednesday said it backed an approach to the accreditation process where the agencies focus more time and energy on colleges that have problems than on those that don’t. The U.S. Department of Education also recently has said it supports risk-based accreditation.
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