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Mar 30 2024
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Gun-free zones, more money for higher education and renter protections this week in the Colorado legislature
The Denver PostFeb 07 2024
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Conservative-friendly higher education legislation clears Indiana Senate
A sweeping bill tightening lawmaker oversight of Indiana’s public colleges and universities for “intellectual diversity” purposes drew opposition Tuesday in the Senate but easily cleared the chamber along party lines. “The number of Hoosier students and parents who view higher education as monolithic echo chambers — (that) coddle students with minority but scholarly viewpoints or ostracize
Daily Journal IndianaMar 25 2024
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Jay Jacobs, Katie Mobley and Maurice Ouimet: Bridging the enrollment gap in Vermont higher education
This commentary is by Jay Jacobs, vice provost for enrollment management at the University of Vermont; Katie Mobley, dean of enrollment and community relations at Community College of Vermont; and Maurice Ouimet, vice president for admissions and enrollment services at Vermont State University. Across Vermont, communities are engaging in conversations about the demographic challenges we are
VT DiggerMar 24 2024
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Utah System of Higher Education leading update of university diversity polices required by HB261
SALT LAKE CITY — The crafting of changes Utah's public universities will have to make to their diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives to comply with HB261 is underway. The Utah Board of Higher Education discussed the process Thursday, formally tapping the office of Geoffrey Landward, commissioner of the Utah System of Higher Education, to oversee the process. Landward is already looking
KSLAug 13 2020
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Higher education
The federal presence in higher education is both unconstitutional and harmful. Federal student aid drives up college prices, creates numerous distortions and inefficiencies, and costs taxpayers ever more. Federal institutional aid, university‐based research grants, and academic pork also cost taxpayers billions of dollars each year. Finally, federal efforts to impose ‘accountability’’ on the
Cato InstituteApr 05 2024
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Joan Gabel reflects on Pitt’s legacy, current state of higher education at installation as Pitt’s 19th chancellor,
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteJan 26 2024
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Shapiro drafting plan to help Pennsylvania higher education system
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Gov. Josh Shapiro plans next month to propose steps toward fixing a higher education system in Pennsylvania that is among the worst in the nation in affordability, his administration said Friday. The administration didn’t release many specifics and said the Democratic governor would give more details in his Feb. 6 budget address. By just about every measure there is,
ABC 27 WHTMFeb 06 2024
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Shapiro Seeks Almost $200 Million More For Pennsylvania Higher Education
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro has proposed a nearly $200 million increase for higher education as part of his $48.3 billion FY 2024-25 budget request for the state. Of the total $194 million increase for higher education, $157 million would go toward funding of the state’s public institutions. In his budget message in Harrisburg today, Shapiro called Pennsylvania’s higher education system
ForbesMar 19 2024
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‘Winning war on woke higher education,’ Anti-DEI efforts continue, some minority students struggle
AUSTIN (KXAN)— “Winning the war on woke in higher education.” That’s the title of a panel on Tuesday that a conservative nonprofit, the Texas Public Policy foundation is hosting during its summit. Speakers are set to weigh in on what they call a success ending diversity, equity and inclusion programs on public campuses in Texas, plus what comes next to maintain this. Senate Bill 17 went into
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