The institution’s efforts to raise awareness about cybersecurity threats and to protect institutional and personal information are recognized by industry experts. Tampa, Fla., May 14, 2019 – Ultimate Medical Academy, a nonprofit healthcare educational institution, was recently presented with the first ever KnowBe4 Sharky Awards for Best Security Awareness Plan and Best Phishing Campaign. The More Info »
A new “adversity score” assigned by the College Board on the SAT exam will reportedly reflect students’ family income, environment and educational differences in an effort to level the playing field in the highly competitive college admissions process. The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday that 50 schools used the new indicator as part of More Info »
Inspector general’s report backs up complaints from student aid administrators about income-verification process. But Education Department says it is already carrying out several recommendations. The U.S. Education Department’s process for verifying the accuracy of student aid applications has no reasonable assurance of identifying errors, a Thursday report from the department’s inspector general found. The report More Info »
New programs in robotics, virtual reality and artificial intelligence prove popular with students seeking future-facing careers. As technologies such as virtual reality, artificial intelligence and robotics take on bigger roles in daily life, job opportunities for people who make it all work — and who will push those technologies forward — are expanding. That means More Info »
Another former Westchester college football standout from Monroe College in New Rochelle is taking his talents to the NFL. Fresh on the heels of Anthony Stubbs signing with the Cleveland Browns, the Pittsburgh Steelers announced that they’ve picked up former Mustangs star defensive end Tuzar Skipper as an unrestricted free agent. Skipper played two years More Info »
In today’s higher education landscape, many colleges and universities are clamoring to attract adult learners and the dollars they bring to the bottom line. To gain insight into the mindsets of adult learners, education research firm EAB recently conducted a survey of current and prospective students attending or interested in undergraduate and graduate degree programs More Info »
The facility will be home to the Armada collegiate team and third-party events One year after launching its own collegiate esports team, Full Sail University is kicking its esports-production efforts into high gear with the launch of a $6 million, 11,200-sq.-ft. esports arena next week. Dubbed “The Fortress,” the new facility is the largest gaming More Info »
Despite a decade-long existence of a benefit exempting military student loan borrowers from paying interest on federal student loans while serving in hostile areas, hundreds of thousands of eligible service members continued to pay interest, a group of Democratic senators wrote in a letter to the Department of Defense (DOD) this week. The senators applauded More Info »
With rules around Title IX in flux, a George Washington University student has filed a different kind of complaint against the institution, alleging it violated another federal law designed to protect survivors. A George Washington University student has filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education, accusing the institution of violating the federal law More Info »
The Promoting Readiness in Education to Prevent Additional Remediation and Expense (PREPARE) Act, introduced by Democrat presidential hopeful Amy Klobuchar and two of her Senate colleagues, is aimed at helping to reduce the need for students to take remedial courses when pursuing post-secondary education and improving degree-completion rates. The bill, sponsored by the Minnesota senator, More Info »