Google backs $20M effort to train students for key cybersecurity jobs
Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Google is committing $20 million to help train thousands of students in the information security field in collaboration with the Consortium of Cybersecurity Clinics, Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and its parent company Alphabet, announced Thursday. The […]
Wisconsin budget proposal would consolidate UW-Milwaukee branch campus with technical college
Listen to the article 6 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s Washington County campus would combine with a nearby public technical college under a part of a state budget proposal lawmakers advanced last week. The Joint Committee on Finance adopted a motion […]
President Speaks: The case for being optimistic about higher education’s future
Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Andrew Hsu is the 23rd president of the College of Charleston, a public liberal arts university located in historic downtown Charleston, South Carolina. In Shakespeare’s “Hamlet,” there is a moment when the brooding prince climbs atop a […]
Florida university system seeks to add classics test as admissions qualifier
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: The State University System of Florida is seeking to add the Classic Learning Test as an admissions option for students applying to any of its 12 institutions. The CLT evaluates students on English and mathematics, […]
Merger Watch: New federal policy injects delay and uncertainty into merger process
Listen to the article 6 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Ricardo Azziz has held numerous executive positions in higher education and led the merger that resulted in Georgia Regents University, now Augusta University. He is principal at Strategic Partnerships in Higher Education Consulting Group. He writes the […]
For-profit Hussian College abruptly shuts down
Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Hussian College, a for-profit institution with campuses in four states, is closing, according to state regulators and its accreditor. The Tennessee Higher Education Commission, which oversees three of Hussian’s campuses, said all branches of the […]
Duke will cover tuition for Carolina students from low- and middle-income households
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Beginning in fall 2023, Duke University will cover the tuition of undergraduate students from North Carolina and South Carolina whose families earn $150,000 or less a year. This includes students from military families whose legal […]
AASCU pitches competitive grant program for regional public universities
Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: The federal government should create a competitive grant program for regional public universities to enhance their surrounding communities, according to a new report from the American Association of State Colleges and Universities. AASCU recommends a […]
High time for a change? NCAA panel recommends ending marijuana ban
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: An NCAA panel is calling for the association to remove cannabis from its list of banned substances for college athletes, recommending instead that drug testing exclusively apply to performance enhancers. The Committee on Competitive Safeguards […]
University of Rochester sues Rochester University over recent name change
Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: University of Rochester, a private research university in New York, filed a trademark infringement lawsuit last week against Rochester University, a Christian college in Michigan, over its recent name change. The New York university is […]