UC Berkeley and two of its popular University of California sister campuses would allow more state residents, and the entire UC system would add 6,230 more newcomers for 2022, in a proposed budget bill that lawmakers are due to vote on Monday evening. Berkeley, UCLA, and UC San Diego would provide places for Californians at…
The consortium, consisting of four higher education institutions in the St. Petersburg area, wants to implement an action plan to dismantle racial hierarchies. In an effort to develop a plan of action to break down racial hierarchies on college campuses, representatives from four universities in the St. Petersburg area, including the USF St. Pete campus,…
University of Washington President Ana Mari Cauce and Provost Mark A. Richards today announced the election of Sheila Edwards Lange, President of Seattle Central College, as Chancellor of the University of Washington Tacoma. Your appointment, subject to approval by the UW Board of Regents, is scheduled to begin on September 16. Edwards Lange has a…
Following a ransomware attack last October that disrupted the Heartland Community College of Illinois, leaders this month approved a budget to rebuild defenses, but also to position systems to quickly adapt to future ones Adjust threats. “We looked at our back-end data management,” said Steve Fast, public information director at Central Illinois College. “When we…
ACCORDING to the QS ranking 2020, the University of the Philippines is in 356th place, the Ateneo de Manila University in the ranks 601 to 650, the De La Salle University in the ranks 800 to 1000 and the University of Santo Tomas (UST) in 801 up to 1000. No Philippine university has made it…
There are many tasks that the LDF government must consider in its focus in order to transform the state into a knowledge society The latest election manifesto of the Kerala Left Democratic Front (LDF) government begins by claiming “we are entering a new phase in the reconstruction of Kerala” and promising to usher in…
A small group of international university and quality assurance experts met for an informal virtual conversation in June 2021. Our topic was the all-important question of institutional autonomy. Why this conversation again – and now? After all, this has been a much discussed topic in higher education for many years. A prime example is the…
Greg Archer | Special on The Desert Sun Before his death in 1991, Dr. Reynaldo Carreón, how important it is for children to have financial support for education. Thirty years and more than $ 1.8 million in grants later, the philanthropist’s nonprofit organization, the Dr. Carreón Foundation (DCF), has blossomed into a vibrant empire helping high…
Two members of the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly have proposed a possible solution to funding Kodiak College programs locally. However, the concept would require a vote in the October local elections and the introduction of a 0.1 million rate for property tax. MP Duane Dvorak, one of the co-authors of the proposed vote, said during…