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Minnesota State weighs plan to transfer money from two-year colleges to shore up struggling universities
Minnesota State officials say a plan to shift millions of dollars from two-year colleges to struggling universities is a “stopgap” measure that should help as they address a $31.5 million systemwide deficit.
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To protect immigrant students, a Chicago-area college told Flock to remove its cameras. The company refused.
Elgin Community College resorted to covering the surveillance cameras with trash bags and zip ties. Public records show that federal immigration authorities have accessed Flock data at other Illinois colleges.
Timeline: Feds subpoena Pitt, others alleging visa fraud
Here’s how President Donald Trump’s administration has roiled higher ed, and how the University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University and other colleges and universities have responded.
How new credentials are reshaping career pathways in Wisconsin
A Wisconsin Watch and Open Campus event explored how short-term credentials are creating new career pathways — and what workforce leaders say Wisconsin should do more to expand access.
On Fort Worth’s streets, a UNT Health professor remembers why he chose medicine
Through street medicine, Christopher Rheams cares for people without homes and teaches students to see the person before the patient.
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