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For HSIs, “Servingness” is a Journey, Not an Endpoint

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The federal government, on the other hand, uses a straightforward numerical definition to classify as Hispanic Serving Institutions any two- or four-year nonprofit degree-granting college or university where enrollment is at least 25% Latine. But enrollment is just the first step in the journey toward servingness.

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Baylor Confirms Exemption from Title IX Claims

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Department of Education to move to an expanded definition of sexual harassment, which could infringe on Baylor’s rights under the U.S. Lhamon, Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights in a letter to the school’s president, Dr. Linda Livingstone.

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A forgotten minority: Why we must better serve student parents

University Business

For every dollar the federal government invests in childcare for single-mother students, research shows a projected return of 430 percent in increased tax contributions and reduced public assistance. One review of data collection efforts by the Urban Institute found that no two definitions were the same.

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PSLF Could Soon Include All Early Childhood Education Workers

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Public service jobs include public education, social work, and early childhood education — it’s already in the definition. But public service requires the employers to either be a government organization, federal, state, local or other, or a 501c3 organization,” said Kantrowitz. “[ED]

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Comments on a Proposed Federal List of Low-Value Programs

Robert Kelchen

I would love to see information on federal income taxes paid by former students and use of public benefits (if possible). Finally, there is a great need to rethink definitions of “public service,” as it currently depends on the employer instead of the job function. Nothing too fancy here.

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Despite regulation efforts and student complaints, this popular edtech platform marches on

University Business

Students and the federal government have waged lawsuits and called for stronger oversight of the edtech company. ” A year later, the Department of Education announced that it expanded its definition of third-party services to include OPMs , such as 2U. Yet, 2U has managed to fight back on all fronts.

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Accreditor emerging for intellectual disabilities programs

Confessions of a Community College Dean

A federal definition used with some programs describes students with intellectual disabilities as having “significant limitations” in cognitive functioning, as well as with social, practical and conceptual adaptive skills. Students in these programs are eligible for Pell Grants, though not federal student loan aid.