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Latino students are making pragmatic financial choices to pay for their education, and institutions are increasingly responding with tailored support, according to a comprehensive new report released today by Excelencia in Education. The report, "How Latinos Pay for College: 2025 National Trends," builds on two decades of research and reveals that while Latino students demonstrate high financial need, they are employing effective cost-saving measures to make higher education affordable.
As NIH Pulls Funding, Scientist Worries About Frightening Implications kathryn.palmer Fri, 03/28/2025 - 03:00 AM The National Institutes of Health claimed that numerous canceled research grants were antithetical to the scientific inquiry. A clinical psychology researcher who lost her grant says that characterization smacks of ignorance.
Amid intense scrutiny from policymakers and the broader public on the value of higher education, no role may be more important than the college advisor, says Lafayette College President Nicole Hurd. However, limited staffing and resources have kept students in the dark on the transformative power of postsecondary education. “We all need to hear those four words: ‘I believe in you'”, says Hurd, who is also the founder and former CEO of College Advising Corps, the largest college
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Theater requires you to embrace diverse perspectives, whether youre performing on stage, directing a production, designing costumes, or managing lights and sound. Its an art that calls you to step into another persons shoesnot just emotionally, but culturally and sociallyto create authentic and compelling performances. From actors to stage designers, directors to production assistants, those working in theater must engage with people from a wide range of backgrounds, broadening their understandi
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Louisville President Abruptly Replaced Josh Moody Fri, 03/28/2025 - 03:00 AM University of Louisville president Kim Schatzel stepped down on Wednesday and her successor was hired the same day, leaving many unanswered questions about the transition.
As the academic year winds down, college students prepare to transition into summer, new opportunities, or even graduation and moving into a professional role. While this time can be filled with excitement, it can also bring uncertainty, nostalgia, and even sadness. As a student staff members or RA, you play a crucial role in helping.
Rector: Recruiting U.S. Scholars Can Protect Threatened Research sara.custer@in Fri, 03/28/2025 - 03:00 AM Universities should offer opportunities to U.S. talent because it can prevent fruitful lines of enquiry from being abruptly cut off, says head of leading European institution.
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement is detaining a Harvard Medical School research associate whos a Russian native. One of Kseniia Petrovas lawyers says the government is trying to deport her to Russia, where she faces possible arrest due to her prior political activism and outspoken opposition to Russias invasion of Ukraine.
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(Higher Education Inquirer) Can you tell us more about the process that the State Department is using to decide what student visas are revoked? Should students from particular countries, like Iran and China, be concerned? Besides pro-Palestinian activists, are there any other areas of activism that may be targeted, such as those concerned about climate change?
Immigration and Customs Enforcement has detained a University of Alabama doctoral student and Iranian native. A spokesperson told Inside Higher Ed in an email that the student posed significant national security concerns but didnt clarify what those concerns were.
Gov. Glenn Youngkin agreed with Virginia lawmakers plan to create the Hunger-Free Campus Food Pantry Grant Program to provide college students with food at no cost, signing the bill Monday. Senate Bill 1016 and House Bill 2240 , sponsored by Sen. Danica Roem, D-Manassas, and Del. Rae Cousins, D-Richmond, initiated the program, allocating $500,000 to support food pantries to eligible public and nonprofit private colleges.
State department shares new standard for denials based on social media posts, financial donations and memberships The United States has ordered consular offices to significantly expand their screening processes for student visa applicants, including through comprehensive social media investigations, to exclude people they deem to support terrorism. Coming after several high-profile visa revocations and targeted arrests over pro-Palestinian campus activism, a state department cable from 25 March,
The City University of New Yorks Hunter College reposted a job listing for Palestinian studies scholars earlier this week, one month after New York governor Kathy Hochul ordered the system to remove an earlier listing that she called antisemitic.
In this interview with Charles Chen, a senior scientist in Big Pharma specializing in lipid chemistry, he shared his journey from earning a bachelor’s in chemical engineering at Michigan State University to completing a PhD in chemistry at King’s College London and a postdoc at MIT. Charles discusses topics including but not limited to: differences between academia and industry, provides valuable advice to PhD students and postdocs interested in transitioning to industry, emphasizes
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DOJ Admissions Probe Targets California Colleges Liam Knox Fri, 03/28/2025 - 06:51 PM The Trump administration is investigating four California universities for allegedly considering race in admissions, three decades after the state banned affirmative action at public institutions.
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Concerns grow as university becomes latest to capitulate to Trumps anti-DEI demands Follow US politics live The University of Michigan has shuttered its flagship diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) program and closed its corresponding office, becoming the latest university to capitulate to Donald Trump s anti-DEI demands. The school launched the program in 2016, at the beginning of Trumps first administration, and it became a model for other DEI initiatives across the country.
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The Trump administration is now cancelling the student visas of people it deems “lunatics,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio said this week. “We do it every day,” Rubio said at a press conference in Guyana on Thursday. “Every time I find one of these lunatics, I take away their visa.” A handful of students with green cards or visas have been detained in recent weeks and threatened with deportation for what the administration describes as pro-Palestinian activiti
In a controversial move, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on Thursday that the State Department had revoked the visas of more than 300 students, a number that is expected to rise. This action is part of the White Houses growing crackdown on foreign-born students, many of whom have been involved in political activism, particularly related to pro-Palestinian protests that have been sweeping college campuses.
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