Flora Tydings is Tennessee Board of Regents' new chancellor, responsible for leading six universities, 13 community colleges and 27 colleges of applied technology. Tydings plans to improve the student experience by strengthening the link between colleges and employers. One goal is to analyze student achievement to identify initiatives that improve graduation rates and solve other […]
Not all vocational experience is created equally—this is especially true if it happens on the battlefield. In 13 Midwestern states, veterans can now receive college credit for military vocational skills and trades learned working on base or in the field. For many vets, taking unnecessary general ed courses leads to longer grad times, debt accrued […]
MONTCLAIR, New Jersey—Montclair State had been a university for only a few years when Susan Cole took over as president in 1998. She wanted the job—her second presidency—because she saw vast, untapped potential on the campus of 12,000 students. She also felt certain that she could, pretty quickly, ensure the institution lived up to its […]
University of Wyoming President Laurie Nichols has been traveling to local Native American reservations in an effort to improve recruitment of these students. The initiative started in her previous position as provost at South Dakota State University. Wyoming's Native American population is 2.5 percent, while the university's is less than 1 percent. Nichols has met […]
Mike Krause has been appointed executive director of the Tennessee Higher Education Commission by Gov. Bill Haslam. Krause now spearheads the state's Focus On College and Student Success (FOCUS) Act. Krause served as executive director of Drive to 55, the state's initiative to increase the percentage of state residents with a postsecondary degree or certificate. He […]
EL PASO, Texas—Diana Natalicio, recently named one of the 100 most influential people in the world, hopes the honor causes a little dissonance in the minds of people who care about higher education. She wants observers to wonder why Time magazine placed her, the longtime president of The University of Texas at El Paso, on […]
Eugene L. Anderson has been named vice president for the Office of Access and Success for the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU). He will be involved with the Council of 1890 Universities and the Commission on Access, Diversity, and Excellence, and also support other APLU initiatives focused on increasing degree completion for minorities. […]
Two students were expelled and dozens more disciplined when a video emerged last March of the University of Oklahoma's Sigma Alpha Epsilon chapter singing racist songs with lyrics about lynchings. In the fall, the University of Missouri saw numerous protests over the treatment of black students and the failure of administrators to address the problem. […]
The twin goals of affordability and diversity dominate the nation's push to expand access to higher ed, but another critical factor—geography—is drawing more attention for the role it plays in where students go to college. With more than half selecting colleges less than 50 miles from home, there's growing concern about "education deserts"—localities that lack […]
As a new study shows one group of students falling farther behind in the struggle to land jobs with salaries that will allow them to pay off debts and achieve financial stability, some experts say it's the country's education system that needs to adjust. Only a small percentage of African-American college students enroll in the […]
