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Inside Higher Ed
Groups to Recognize Public Colleges’ Embrace of Assessment
Two associations of public universities plan to recognize institutions that engage in campuswide activity aimed at assessing and improving student learning, for the sake of internal improvement rather than accountability. TheExcellence in Assessment designation is a joint program of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities and the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities,…
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Southwest Farm Press
Joe Outlaw to Receive Excellence in Extension Award
Joe Outlaw, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service economist, will receive the 2015 Excellence in Extension Award given by the U.S. Department of Agriculture-National Institute of Food and Agriculture.
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Ag Web
Aging Buildings at Ag Schools Could Cost Billions to Fix
You may have a GPS on your tractor, a drone collecting thermal imagery of your fields, and an app to track your irrigation pivots, but your collegiate son or daughter is going to ag classes in buildings that are desperately in need of renovation.
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Inside Higher Ed
Agriculture Colleges Have $8.4B in Deferred Maintenance
Colleges of agriculture authorized to receive U.S. Department of Agriculture funding have serious deferred maintenance needs, a study by Sightlines and the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities has found.
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Inside Higher Ed
A Tougher Test for Colleges
For decades, the federal government’s main yardstick for judging how colleges perform with federal aid dollars has been the default rate on student loans. Each year the U.S. Department of Education tallies up how many borrowers from a given college fell so far behind on their federal loan payments that they defaulted within several years…
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The Huffington Post
Demystifying the State of Higher Education
In the run-up to the first day of classes each year, students and families are inundated with higher education statistics and often left wondering what information really matters or even which facts and figures to trust. With college access and affordability already emerging as central issues in the 2016 election cycle, the year ahead promises…
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Inside Higher Ed
The New College Scorecard
The Obama administration over the weekend unveiled the revamped college information website it created instead of its original plan to rate colleges, releasing a trove of new federal data about the nation’s colleges and universities.
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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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