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Definition, Principles, and Taxonomy Established for Higher Education Economic Development Strategy and Practice
Framework will help institutions of higher education connect with and grow their regions of influence.
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Presidents & Chancellors Representing More than 360 Colleges & Universities Urge U.S. Department of Education to Allow Link to Student Achievement Measure Data on Forthcoming Transparency Tool
University Leaders Warn that Relying on Federal Graduation Rate Would Provide Students with Incomplete, Misleading Information
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New Report: Public Universities Investing More Resources in Educating Students Despite Dramatic State Funding Cuts Not Fully Offset By Increase in Tuition Revenue
Association of Public and Land-grant Universities Warns that National Goal of 60 Percent of Adults with Post-Secondary Degree is in Jeopardy Without Renewed State Support of Public Higher Education
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Senate Designates August 30 as ‘1890 Land-Grant Institutions Quasquicentennial Recognition Day’
Washington, DC — The United States Senate passed a resolution this week designating August 30, 2015 as “1890 Land-Grant Institutions Quasquicentennial Recognition Day.” The resolution, which Senator John Boozman (R-AK) and Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) led, recognizes the legacy of the Morrill Act of 1890, which helped establish public universities accessible to African Americans in…
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APLU Announces 2015 Project Degree Completion Award Finalists
Middle Tennessee State University, Morgan State University, University at Buffalo, University of South Florida, & University of Texas at El Paso Recognized as 2015 Project Degree Completion Award Finalists
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Statement by Peter McPherson, President of APLU and Juliette Bell, Chair of the Council of the 1890 Universities and President of University of Maryland, Eastern Shore on the Passing of HBCU Champion, Dr. George Cooper
On behalf of the Council of the 1890 Universities and the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU), we express our deepest condolences on the loss of Dr. George Cooper, Executive Director of the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). An esteemed champion for HBCUs, Dr. Cooper demonstrated tireless efforts in…
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APLU Announces 2015 Malone International Leadership Award Recipient
Wondwossen A. Gebreyes, Professor and Director of Global Health at The Ohio State University, Established Exchange Programs in East Africa
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APLU’s Personalized Learning Consortium Receives $197,500 Award from USA Funds
Washington, DC – The Personalized Learning Consortium (PLC) at the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities’ (APLU) today announced an award of $197,500 from USA Funds to increase the number and variety of universities experimenting with adaptive learning technologies, supported by networks of peer institutions that can disseminate and scale those innovations throughout public higher…
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APLU Statement on House Passage of 21st Century Cures Act
Washington, DC — The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) today released the following statement following the resounding House passage of H.R. 6, the 21st Century Cures Act
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Association of Public and Land-grant Universities Statement on Gates Foundation’s FAFSA Proposal
Association of Public and Land-grant Universities President Peter McPherson today released the following statement regarding the release of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s “Simplifying the Federal Financial Aid Process Report Toolkit”
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