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DeSantis' quest to conquer higher ed just got scarier

Alcino Donadel | February 23, 2023

The Governor's Office of Florida recently demanded all spending associated with DEI. Then, its governor promised to ban it. Now he has a weapon.

Getting creative: How higher ed is finding solutions to post-pandemic problems

Alcino Donadel | February 22, 2023

Young adults aren't as readily pulled toward a degree in higher education as they once were, and colleges need to stay on pace with them if they aren't looking to be left behind.

For scandal-plagued for-profit colleges, no state is more welcoming than New York

UB Custom Publishing | February 22, 2023

ASA College seemed like Jacaly Muranelli's ticket to a better life – and the government was helping her pay for it. And it wouldn't cost her anything upfront, since New York State and the federal government had awarded her a significant amount of aid. But the dream didn't last. In November, ASA College lost its accreditation […]

How to hit your fundraising goals during an economic downturn

Alcino Donadel | February 20, 2023

As the saying goes, you have to spend money to make money, and EAB senior director Dr. R. Fleming Puckett believes that quitting philanthropy efforts in times of crisis will prove more costly than fueling schools' "revenue growth engine" with finances and resources.

This South Dakota university is cybersecurity's next powerhouse

Alcino Donadel | February 15, 2023

Dakota State University's recent partnership with the NSA and a $90 million funding boost aims to upgrade the school's longstanding tradition of placing graduates in cybersecurity jobs to forge South Dakota as the next "cyber state" defending national security.

"Hunger-Free Campus Act" advances through Senate Education Committee

UB Custom Publishing | February 14, 2023

CHARLESTON, WV (LOOTPRESS) – The West Virginia Senate Education Committee on Tuesday, advanced the "Hunger-Free Campus Act," a bill that would establish a Hunger-Free Campus Grant Program. According to the language of Senate Bill 578, the purpose of the grant funding shall be to address student hunger, leverage more sustainable solutions to address basic food […]

New College's new trustees hand interim president pretty purse

Alcino Donadel | February 13, 2023

Richard Corcoran, selected by the school's newly conservative board of trustees, will receive a $699,000 base salary, double the pay of his predecssor, who was fired less than a month ago in a "hostile takeover."

"The Florida of today is the America of tomorrow": Ron DeSantis' New College takeover is just the beginning of right's higher ed crusade

UB Custom Publishing | February 09, 2023

Big-money donors on the right like the Olin and Koch foundations have been establishing "beachhead" academic centers in universities across the country since the 1970s, as a means of shoring up academic arguments for right-wing policies, creating a pipeline of conservative talent, and endowing professorships for right-wing scholars—some of whom, more moderate academics suggest, are unemployable on […]

Mentorship program bumps retention rates of minority male students, study finds

Alcino Donadel | February 09, 2023

Leveraging a cost-effective, technology-based approach to guide minority male students, Watermark and NCCCS led the Minority Male Success Initiative (MMSI), and the results further proved how necessary it is to find innovative ways to reach students.

Legislature could send $15 million to an overhauled New College of Florida

UB Custom Publishing | February 08, 2023

Moving quickly as Gov. Ron DeSantis seeks to overhaul New College of Florida, lawmakers next week could funnel $15 million to the liberal-arts school for such things as hiring faculty and providing scholarships. The Joint Legislative Budget Commission, which can make mid-year budget decisions, is scheduled to consider the issue during a meeting Wednesday. The […]

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