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    Vanderbilt University just signed a 99-year lease in Chelsea
    Alabama

    Vanderbilt University just signed a 99-year lease in Chelsea

    Photo: Alon Adika/Shutterstock There aren’t many places in Manhattan that compare to the General Theological Seminary campus. The Close, as it is called (rhymes with “dose”), takes up almost an entire block of Chelsea between Ninth and Tenth Avenues and…

    Posted on Idris Bevan
    Graduate Students Request Union Vote at Vanderbilt | Mark in the wind | Nashville News
    Frisco

    Graduate Students Request Union Vote at Vanderbilt | Mark in the wind | Nashville News

    Vanderbilt University graduates filed for a union election with the National Labor Relations Board on Wednesday, a move that signals confidence from organizers who have solidified support on campus for more than a year. Within 24 hours, Vanderbilt’s lawyers filed…

    Posted on Bronwen Cerys
    Student loan update: 27.6 million borrowers receive good news
    Washington

    Student loan update: 27.6 million borrowers receive good news

    Some 27.6 million student loan borrowers could benefit as a federal judge decided to bar Georgia from the lawsuit challenging President Joe Biden’s student debt relief plan. Georgia-based U.S. District Judge J. Randal Hall made the decision Wednesday. On Thursday,…

    Posted on Madoc Meredith
    GAO releases initial results of FAFSA investigation
    Tennessee

    GAO releases initial results of FAFSA investigation

    A government watchdog’s investigation into the launch of the new Free Application for Federal Student Aid last year found that Education Department officials failed to properly test and prepare the form and released it despite signs that it was not…

    Posted on Eira Gwyneth
    FSU ranks 23rd in the 2024-2025 U.S. News & World Report rankings
    Frisco

    FSU ranks 23rd in the 2024-2025 U.S. News & World Report rankings

    Florida State University remained unchanged from last year in U.S. News & World Report’s latest “2024-2025 Best Colleges” rankings. While FSU remains ranked 23rd in the annual national report, it is tied with the University of Minnesota Twin Cities and…

    Posted on Bronwen Cerys
    CU Boulder has failed to combat discrimination and harassment
    Albany

    CU Boulder has failed to combat discrimination and harassment

    As a Black woman entering her 20th year as a professor at the University of Colorado Boulder, I have spoken out for years against the university’s failure to address the discrimination, harassment, injustice and retaliation faced by faculty, students and…

    Posted on Madoc Meredith
    Ed-Tech Veteran Matt Hulett Named CEO of StraighterLine
    Alabama

    Ed-Tech Veteran Matt Hulett Named CEO of StraighterLine

    WASHINGTON, DC, Aug. 28, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — StraighterLine, an online education pioneer offering flexible, affordable post-secondary courses and industry degrees, today named Matt Hulett as CEO. With three decades of experience leading high-growth companies in the education technology and…

    Posted on Idris Bevan
    On the Day of Service, GW community volunteers are sent throughout the DC region | GW Today
    Massachusetts

    On the Day of Service, GW community volunteers are sent throughout the DC region | GW Today

    Mira Singhal, a freshman biology major at George Washington University, sat in a lecture hall at the Edward C. Mazique Parent-Child Center on Saturday afternoon, carefully sketching the outline of a tree. Singhal’s drawing, when finished, will be used by…

    Posted on Idris Bevan
    Ozarks Tech board must choose from 4 bidders for .5 million project
    Alabama

    Ozarks Tech board must choose from 4 bidders for $48.5 million project

    Ozarks Technical Community College is ready to select a company to build its new Center for Workforce and Student Success. At a meeting on Wednesday, Ozarks Tech’s board of directors will be asked to approve a construction contract with Springfield-based…

    Posted on Idris Bevan
    Montana Tech Chancellor Les Cook retires
    Alabama

    Montana Tech Chancellor Les Cook retires

    MISSOULA, Mont. — Montana Tech Chancellor Les Cook announced Wednesday that he will retire at the end of the 2025 academic year. Cook has been involved in higher education for four decades and has been chancellor of Montana Tech since…

    Posted on Idris Bevan

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