Higher Education

• Texarkana City Council to vote on hiring David Orr as city manager October 24, 2021
  ... from the University of Arkansas and a doctorate in higher education administration from Stellenbosch University in South Africa.
• Why are we still electing school board trustees? - The Nevada Independent October 24, 2021
  While the education government was strengthened particularly by school ... “Normal schools” — post-secondary educational institutions which taught ...
• HEARINGS THIS WEEK ON REAPPORTIONMENT, STATE SYSTEM REDESIGN | WCCS ... October 24, 2021
  On Tuesday, the Senate Appropriations and Education committees will hold a required quarterly review hearing with the State System of Higher ...
• Campus notes: KU alumna wins physics award - Reading Eagle October 24, 2021
  Brooks is the first student in the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education to win the award. She is a native of Bear, Del., and is currently ...
• Yavapai College Tuition & Fees Set for 2022-23 | Prescott eNews October 24, 2021
  YC Remains Most Affordable Higher Education Option in Arizona. Tuition and fees at Yavapai College have been set for the 2022-23 academic year.
• Why the Bell Curve system for giving grades needs reform - University World News October 24, 2021
  ... topic in education, from schools to higher education institutions. ... Specifically, the Bell Curve is used to ensure that the high value ...
• New tool allows students to safely report sexual harassment - University World News October 24, 2021
  A new online tool that will allow higher education students and staff to anonymously report sexual harassment and sexual violence has been ...
• #Letter: Pursue higher education to escape poverty - Benoni City Times October 24, 2021
  #Letter: Pursue higher education to escape poverty. Penelope Masilela. Email your letter to the Editor to bctletters@caxton.co.za.
• Our neighbors: Higher education | Brazos Life | theeagle.com October 24, 2021
  Our neighbors: Higher education ... Blinn College recently recognized Faith Harrison of College Station, Alexandra Jackson of Bryan and Kaylie Jaster of ...
• North Carolina college receives record $200 million gift | News | greensboro.com October 24, 2021
  Associated Press · North Carolina · General News · Education · Social Affairs · Undergraduate Education · Higher Education · Scholarships ...
• Opinion: Virginia's economy has blossomed under Northam's leadership - Daily Press October 24, 2021
  ... and record investments in higher education and infrastructure under Gov. Ralph Northam are helping Virginia not just recover but thrive.
• A Battle saxophone player holds a bouquet of flowers | News | columbiamissourian.com October 24, 2021
  Columbia high school bands compete at Champion of Champions Marching Festival ... Gordon Dickson. Higher Education editor gsdrrd@missouri.edu.
• Kendall Flaherty holds the band's trophy | News | columbiamissourian.com October 24, 2021
  Battle senior drum major Kendall Flaherty holds the band's trophy Saturday at Faurot Field. The trophy was earned after the Battle High School ...
• Are we facing another winter of Covid discontent? - Independent.ie October 24, 2021
  Minister for Further and Higher Education Simon Harris talks to student nurse Sarah Dwyer (left) before she administers a vaccine to Elham ...
• Vincent D. Rougeau installed as first Black president of the College of the Holy Cross - Yahoo News October 24, 2021
  “With Vince Rougeau, we have a leader whose intimate knowledge of higher education, whose faith and commitment to Catholic social teaching … whose ...
• A fall flourish: Idaho universities report enrollment increases - Times-News October 24, 2021
  The rebound comes at a pivotal moment for Idaho higher education. ... As high school students wrestled with pandemic uncertainties — and often a ...
• Former Kirkwood High teacher admitted to sex with 16-year-old student, prosecutor says ... October 24, 2021
  ... with a 16-year-old student in the 1990s and was allowed to quietly resign and move on to a job in higher education, a prosecutor said Friday.
• Election 2021: Central New York polls open today for early voting - syracuse.com October 23, 2021
  A complete list of city, town and county candidates running for office can be found here. James T. Mulder covers health and higher education. Have a ...
• India's engineering drive is seeing the wheels come off | Times Higher Education (THE) October 23, 2021
  India's higher education system may be famous, in part, for its Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) network. During the past decade or so, ...
• Maurie McInnis Inaugurated as the Sixth President of Stony Brook University - SBU News October 23, 2021
  ... few days in the last four decades when I have not thought about my role in amplifying the transformative power of higher education,” she said.