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New Report Highlights Hidden Costs and Privacy Risks of Digital Courseware for Higher Education Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

That’s the findings from a new Privacy Rights Clearinghouse report, funded by a Michelson 20MM grant. The report outlined a number of recommendations, including state and federal policy updates, institution-level contracting practices, and increased transparency from educational technology providers. Titled “ Paying Twice to Learn?

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Howard Earns $90 Million DoD Contract, a First for an HBCU

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

government took a major step towards remedying these disparities by awarding a five-year $90 million contract to create a university affiliated research center (UARC) to Howard University, one of the largest HBCUs in America. The Howard contract is the result of a conscious effort by the Department of Defense to address these disparities.

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Community Colleges Increase Housing Options

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“Post-pandemic, we have more individual students coming to us than actual school contracts.” Impact “As of 2020, students who live on campus, their [three-year] graduation rate is 4% higher than the students who do not live on campus,” says Andrew Morong, dean of enrollment management at CMCC. EHS President and CEO Jeffrey H.

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Profiling Some of the Institutions With the Most Minority Business Graduates

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

After degree completion, undergraduates get positions such as account analysts, managers, contract specialists, and business analysts. Two recent MBA graduates became presidential management fellows, three-year positions with the federal government. Other graduate students have received promotions to senior level managers.

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NewSchool of Architecture and Design: Legal Troubles Mount

Higher Education Inquirer

Adding to its woes, NewSchool is currently embroiled in two major lawsuits over unpaid rent and contract breaches. The second lawsuit, filed on September 6, 2024, also by Art Block Investors, LLC, alleges breach of contract and guaranty against both NewSchool and Ambow Education Holdings Ltd., seeking $4.47

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Education Department faces calls to rescind outsourcing guidance

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The department wrote a Dear Colleague letter in February that said any entity involved with the administration of an institution’s federal student aid is considered a third-party servicer, which puts them under the department’s oversight authority and subjects the companies’ contracts with institutions to regular audits.

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These access and affordability programs geared toward high schoolers reap great results

University Business

The program is set to offer graduating seniors interested in pursuing jobs in high-demand industries 80% coverage of their tuition or up to $8,000 in grants. As of the start of the year, over 12,000 students have applied, said Sherawn Reberry, communications and program manager for the council, according to KTVB.