Tim’s Tips
Tim’s Tips: ‘A Voice Out There to Raise Up Our Concern as International Students’
May 22, 2013 The Chronicle of Higher Education ‘A Voice Out There to Raise Up Our Concern as International Students’ By Karin Fischer When Danilo Tchoupe arrived to study in the United States from Cameroon five years ago, no one showed up to greet him at the airport. Alone in a strange country, on New [...]
Tim’s Tips: Veterans Affairs Dept. Needs to Improve Management of GI Benefits, Report Says
May 22, 2013 by Nick DeSantis The Chronicle of Higher Education Veterans Affairs Dept. Needs to Improve Management of GI Benefits, Report Says The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs should do more to improve the management of its Post-9/11 GI Bill Program, which provides benefits to veterans who pursue a higher education, by cutting down [...]
Tim’s Tips: Obama Pledges Veto for House GOP Bill on Student-Loan Interest Rates
May 22, 2013 by Andrew Mytelka The Chronicle of Higher Education Obama Pledges Veto for House GOP Bill on Student-Loan Interest Rates President Obama promised on Wednesday to veto legislation, currently pending in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives, that would prevent interest rates from doubling on some federal student loans by switching to a market-based [...]
Tim’s Tips: Back to Methuselah
Back to Methuselah Inside Higher Education May 22, 2013 – 3:00am By Scott McLemee Standing in line at the drugstore a couple of weeks ago, I spied on the magazine rack nearby this month’s issue of National Geographic – conspicuous as one of the few titles without a celebrity on the cover. Instead it showed [...]
Tim’s Tips: Amendment to Immigration Bill
Amendment to Immigration Bill Inside Higher Education May 22, 2013 – 3:00am An amendment approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee during the mark-up of the comprehensive immigration reform bill would allow undocumented students who entered the U.S. under age 16 and who are granted registered provisional immigrant status under the DREAM Act to qualify for [...]
Tim’s Tips: Appeals Court Revives Bias Suit Against LSU
Appeals Court Revives Bias Suit Against LSU Inside Higher Education May 22, 2013 – 4:24am The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Tuesday revived a bias lawsuit against Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge that had been dismissed by a lower court. In the case, a woman passed over as police chief [...]
Tim’s Tips: Homeland Security Updates Systems to Address Visa Issues
Homeland Security Updates Systems to Address Visa Issues Inside Higher Education May 22, 2013 – 3:00am NAFSA: Association of International Educators has issued an update to its members regarding new procedures in place to verify Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) status at border checkpoints. NAFSA reports that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has [...]
Tim’s Tips: Concerns on Loan Denials
Concerns on Loan Denials Inside Higher Education May 22, 2013 – 3:00am By Libby A. Nelson WASHINGTON — Since the Education Department changed its underwriting standards for loans to students’ parents in 2011, 400,000 parents have been denied the loans. The denials have fallen disproportionately on historically black colleges and universities, whose leaders pleaded with [...]
Tim’s Tips: Capacity Fix That Rankles
Capacity Fix That Rankles Inside Higher Education May 22, 2013 – 3:00am By Paul Fain The idea of creating a second tier of tuition for California’s community colleges is as resilient as it is controversial. For the third time in recent years, a state lawmaker has introduced a bill to allow over-enrolled community colleges to charge [...]
Tim’s Tips: How a Little Data Can Solve One of Higher Education’s Biggest Problems
May 20, 2013 The Chronicle of Higher Education How a Little Data Can Solve One of Higher Education’s Biggest Problems By Jeffrey Selingo Last fall, Shaun Fowler started his sophomore year at Georgia State University still owing $500 on his tuition bill. The finance major from Atlanta had only a few days of classes before [...]
