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In this May 17, 2018, file photo, new graduates line up before the start of the Bergen Community College commencement at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. (Seth Wenig | AP Photo, File) Sen. Bernie Sanders, an Independent from Vermont, and Rep. Pramila Jayapal, a Democrat from Washington state, on Wednesday unveiled legislation that, if passed, would make college tuition-free for many families. The proposed bill comes amid a larger debate about student loan debt relief. Here’s what to k...

College at no cost? Heres who could get tuition-free education under proposed bill Bailey Aldridge, The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.) Apr. 21—Sen. Bernie Sanders, an Independent from Vermont, and Rep. Pramila Jayapal, a Democrat from Washington state, on Wednesday unveiled legislation that, if passed, would make college tuition-free for many families. The proposed bill comes amid a larger debate about student loan debt relief. Heres what to know. What would the bill do? The ...

Universities seek alternative vaccines amid J&J pause Inside Higher Ed. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the United States Food and Drug Administration issued a joint statement on 13 April recommending a pause in use of the one-shot vaccine “out of an abundance of caution”. Officials are reviewing six reported cases of a rare severe blood clot in people receiving the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. More than 6.8 million doses of the vaccine have been administered in the US. The...

To combat a lack of state and federal funding for HBCUs, alumni, advocates, and donors have raised funds and supported programs at these historic institutions in recent years, aiming to help many schools’ financial situations and open pathways for students that include less debt at the end.  “There is a distinct possibility that a number of HBCUs could cease to exist in 20 years or so,” Ronnie Bagley, a retired Army colonel and 1983 graduate of Norfolk State University told NBC News in...

Bill and Melinda Gates at the mostly socialist World Economic Forum The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation gave $100 million to fund a mega database to collect private information on every American school child from early education through high school. He is also funding studies to prove the need for tracking students through college and into their adult life. His thinking falls in line with The Life of Julia, one of Mr. Obama’s campaign’s socialist selling points. The Life of Julia imposes ...

Florida State scrambles to explain alleged abusers long tenure “My mind was blank and I was scared,” the unnamed student told investigators. “I didn’t know what to do. After the incident, I went to my friend’s house where I was staying and took a shower. I haven’t told anyone because it’s very hard and I couldn’t tell them because I didn’t feel I had anyone to protect me.” Feiock had already been reported for and counseled about sexual misconduct involving students in 1991 a...

Scott Eisen/Stringer/Getty Images Ron Liebowitz, president of Brandeis University, is taking contract negotiations public after receiving a one-year extension offer that he says wouldnt allow him to fundraise adequately. In an unusual public statement, Brandeis University president Ron Liebowitz panned a one-year contract extension offered to him by the universitys Board of Trustees. “The dead-end contract, offered only six months before my term ends, would not allow me to complete the ongoin...

Despite pandemic, 2021 promises to be record year for local college admissions FacebookTwitterEmail 1of5 2of5 3of5 4of5 A view of UConn campus in Storrs, Conn., on Thursday Mar. 4, 2021.Christian Abraham / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less 5of5 Local colleges are seeing record applications — despite a pandemic that threatened to fumble admissions. Schools in and near the area, several of which are releasing admissions decisions this month, shared preliminary application figures with ...

Introduction Veteran nonprofit journalism executive Kate Myers has been named interim chief operating officer of the Center for Public Integrity. Myers, who served most recently as executive director of revenue and operations of First Look Media Works, the parent organization of The Intercept, will lead Public Integrity’s business operations while the nonprofit investigative news organization completes its ongoing search for a new chief executive officer. Investigations in your inbox Email ad...

Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images Last fall, as students around the country were adjusting to the beginning of a school year in the midst of a pandemic, something else changed too: the rules for K-12 schools, colleges, and universities handling reports of sexual harassment and assault. A new Trump administration regulation that went into effect last August raised the bar for what constitutes sexual harassment, allowed students who report harassment or assault to be directly cross-examined, and...