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Money Magazine
Obama Administration Launches New, Improved College Website
To help students better compare colleges, the federal government on Saturday launched a revamped College Scorecard website. Among other features, the site will publish earnings for federal aid recipients from every college in the country.
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Inside Higher Ed
University Leaders Push for Better Graduation Data
More than 200 university presidents and chancellors on Monday urged the Obama administration to incorporate voluntary, institution-submitted data on student completion rates into its forthcoming consumer information tool.
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WKBW
Back to School at UB as major initiatives near
It’s the first day of school for colleges across western New York, including the University at Buffalo. UB is welcoming in the new year with a national recognition of a major initiative aimed to get students to graduate in four years.
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Inside Higher Ed
Coping with Cuts
Four-year public colleges and universities have increased their education-related spending even as overall funding has declined.
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Lawrence Journal-World
KU Today: 6 questions with the chancellor
Kansas University Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little recently sat down with the Journal-World to talk about KU’s progress last year and goals for the upcoming academic year. Here’s what we asked her.
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The Montana Standard
MSU-Bozeman supports active Engineers Without Borders chapter
Engineers Without Borders has more than 200 chapters around the world.Montana State University-Bozeman was one of the earliest chapters to organize after EWB-USA was established in 2002, said civil engineering professor Otto Stein, who is faculty adviser for the organization’s MSU chapter.
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Tri-State Livestock News
World Bank continues CGIAR funding only after U.S. push to maintain it
The World Bank has cut its funding for the global research institutions known as the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) from $50 million per year to $30 million, and agreed to that amount only after 46 U.S. agricultural groups and Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., and ranking member Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich.,…
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Inside Higher Ed
The Non-Ratings Future
After more than two years of anxiety over how the Obama administration planned to judge their institutions, many college and university leaders exhaled deeply earlier this summer when federal officials dropped their plan to create a college ratings system.
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Inside Higher Ed
Senate Honors 1890 Land-Grant Universities
The U.S. Senate last week unanimously approved a resolution commemorating the 125th university of the Second Morrill Act that led to the creation of 19 historically black land-grant universities. The resolution celebrates that 1890 law and designates August 30 as “1890 Land-Grant Institutions Quasquicentennial Recognition Day.”
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Inside Higher Ed
Clinton’s Big Plan for Higher Ed
Hillary Clinton will today unveil a massive plan to make higher education more affordable, student loan debt less burdensome and states accountable for supporting their public colleges. The plan — which would cost $350 billion over 10 years — is one that campaign officials say will be central to her candidacy for the presidency.
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