Michigan governor pushes for male college enrolment after recent drop
FOX 47 NEWS — Gov. Whitmer to sign an executive directive to boost young men’s education and training.
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HOODLINE — Texas has a $24 billion surplus, but the state’s legislature has proposed budget cuts that could significantly reduce funding for higher education.
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THE REGULATORY REVIEW — On February 14, the new chair of the Federal Trade Commission, Andrew N. Ferguson, announced that political appointees employed by the Commission can no longer be members of the American Bar Association (ABA) and that the Commission will no longer support any employee’s membership in the ABA.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — A professor at the University of Iowa encourages students to adopt new habits or break unhealthy behaviors using a low-stakes assignment.
Read More about How weekly assignments can help students build healthy habitsUS Department of Education letter expands scope of affirmative action ban
INSIDE HIGHER ED — The Education Department issued a surprise letter over the weekend vastly expanding the scope of the Supreme Court’s affirmative action ban. As the dust settles, institutions must decide how to respond—and whether to fight back.
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THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION — On February 14, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued guidance that departs from the U.S. Supreme Court’s explicit ruling in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard (SFFA) and attempts to widely expand the scope of that ruling to areas that are not within the jurisdiction of…
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — Proposed cuts to National Institutes of Health reimbursement rates have created financial headaches for universities, prompting cost-cutting measures at even the richest institutions.
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ED WEEK MARKET BRIEF — The U.S. Department of Education has issued a “Dear Colleague” letter warning colleges and K-12 schools they risk jeopardizing their access to federal funding if they promote what the agency labels “pervasive and repugnant” racial preferences out of step with the Trump administration’s vision.
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NBC NEWS — A federal judge temporarily halted the Trump administration’s radical changes to how the National Institutes of Health pays for biomedical research, putting on hold a plan to slash research funding paid out by the federal government.
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NPR — An independent research arm within the U.S. Department of Education is being all but shut down, employees of the department say. The Institute of Education Sciences (IES) is responsible for gathering and disseminating data on a wide range of topics, including research-backed teaching practices and the state of U.S. student achievement.
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