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Marine Corps Vet Grateful for Scholarship, Finding New Purpose

September 21, 2020 Jenny

Ryan Doyle, Dental Assistant Student at UEI College in Ontario, Awarded $5,000 Scholarship from Pacific Dental Services Foundation Ontario, California— Ryan Doyle enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps right after high school. He was nearing four years of service when he was injured while deployed on active duty overseas, and although he recovered and wanted More Info »

ECPI University Stands Out in Annual US. News & World Report’s Best Colleges – Top 5 Rankings for Ethnic and Economic Diversity

September 21, 2020 Jenny

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U.S. News & World Report has announced its annual rankings of America’s Best Colleges and once again, ECPI University has been selected for excellence in academics and superior student support. U.S. News & World Report has announced its annual rankings of America’s Best Colleges and once again, ECPI University has been selected for excellence in More Info »

Noodle Partners teams with for-profit college operator to launch tuition benefit platform – Education Dive

September 21, 2020 Jenny

Dive Brief: Noodle Partners, a prominent online program manager, is teaming up with the parent company of two for-profit universities to create a platform for employers to administer tuition assistance benefits. WorkforceEdge will allow employees to enroll in online undergraduate and graduate programs offered by participating colleges within Noodle Partners’ network — including Boston College, More Info »

Dallas Area Educator Awarded State’s Highest Honor for Health Information Professionals

September 21, 2020 Jenny

College of Health Care Professions’ Shawna Ridley wins TxHIMA Legacy Award DALLAS, Sept. 17, 2020 — Today, the Texas Health Information Management Association (TxHIMA) announced Shawna Ridley, a longtime faculty member at the College of Health Care Professions (CHCP) Dallas campus, as the recipient of the 2020 TxHIMA Legacy Award. This prestigious accolade adds to More Info »

Education Department investigates Princeton for admitting ‘systemic racism’ on campus – Politico

September 21, 2020 Jenny

Education Department officials will be examining whether the university’s “admitted racism” means that the school made false claims when it said it doesn’t discriminate on race. The Trump administration has opened an investigation into Princeton University over the school president’s recent statement that students there face “systematic racism” and that racism is “embedded” in the More Info »

2020 Survey of Admissions Leaders: A Mess of a Year – Inside Higher Ed

September 21, 2020 Jenny

The process of building a class to educate has never been easy. In recent years, community colleges and nonelite liberal arts colleges have had great difficulties. But this year, fear and anxiety spread throughout higher education, according to the 2020 Inside Higher Ed Survey of College and University Admissions Officials, conducted by Gallup between Aug. More Info »

DeVos Accused of Violating Settlement With Blanket Student Debt Relief Denials – Courthouse News Service

September 21, 2020 Jenny

SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — Student borrowers claim Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is violating the terms of a settlement and her department’s own rules by using “boilerplate language” to issue blanket denials of student debt relief claims. This past April, DeVos agreed to settle a federal class action claiming the Education Department illegally stopped processing borrower More Info »

CARES Act Review Highlights Lack of Support for Public Colleges – NASFAA

September 21, 2020 Jenny

While the ongoing pandemic and stalled congressional negotiations over additional coronavirus aid continues to squeeze the fiscal belts of higher education institutions, a new report found public colleges were provided with insufficient aid through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. The review — conducted by Accountable.US, a nonprofit government watchdog group — More Info »

How colleges are helping Latinx students cope with the pandemic – Education Dive

September 21, 2020 Jenny

These students’ biggest needs are funding, technology and emotional support, according to recent surveys and student affairs professionals. Jose Salazar doesn’t like to ask for help. An introvert, he finds just talking to people to be draining. But when Salazar lost his job waiting tables in mid-March for, as he tells it, not being “bubbly More Info »

Marine Corps Vet Grateful for Scholarship, Finding New Purpose

ECPI University Stands Out in Annual US. News & World Report’s Best Colleges – Top 5 Rankings for Ethnic and Economic Diversity

Noodle Partners teams with for-profit college operator to launch tuition benefit platform – Education Dive

Dallas Area Educator Awarded State’s Highest Honor for Health Information Professionals

Education Department investigates Princeton for admitting ‘systemic racism’ on campus – Politico

2020 Survey of Admissions Leaders: A Mess of a Year – Inside Higher Ed

DeVos Accused of Violating Settlement With Blanket Student Debt Relief Denials – Courthouse News Service

CARES Act Review Highlights Lack of Support for Public Colleges – NASFAA

How colleges are helping Latinx students cope with the pandemic – Education Dive

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