Elderly people who suffer depression for more than three years ‘have higher dementia risk’
ELDERLY people who suffer depression for more than three years are over a fifth more at risk of dementia, a study found. Daily Express :: Health Feed
World’s scariest waterslide? Hit 65mph slipping down a slide higher than Niagara Falls?
THE ATTRACTION holds the Guinness World Record as the world’s tallest waterslide. Daily Express :: Travel Feed
Illinois House Moves Timely Higher Ed Funding Bill Forward
(Photo: Daniel Schwen, Creative Commons) A $ 600 million bill aimed at keeping Illinois’ universities and community colleges in operation until the new academic year received swift bipartisan support in the House, passing on a 106-2 vote on Friday morning. Now it heads back to the Illinois Senate. But when Illinois House members were preparing for a […]
Universities Australia Pressures Gov’t for Higher Education Funding
The peak body that represents the higher education sector in Australia says that the issue surrounding future funding for universities needs to be addressed before the federal election this year, adding that no other industry would put up with the uncertainty and absence of policy that universities have had to endure. The chair of Universities Australia is expected […]
UK tax OUTRAGE: Millions face double whammy of higher bills and bigger public service cuts
THE CONSERVATIVES have been accused of declaring war on the middle classes over plans for swingeing cuts to county council budgets. Daily Express :: News Feed
Higher One to Pay Millions to Students Over Debit Card Fees
Two affiliated financial firms have been ordered by US bank regulators to pay out over $ 50 million in fines and restitution to hundreds of thousands of borrowers over allegations of “deceptive” marketing practices concerning student loan disbursement. Higher One Holdings, Inc of New Haven, Connecticut has been ordered to pay out $ 24 million […]
Tennessee’s Haslam Launches Major Higher Education Overhaul
Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam announced plans this week to overhaul the state’s public higher education system through the creation of independent governing boards instead of management by the Tennessee Board of Regents, writes Adam Tamburin for The Tennessean. The result of this change would be that local boards at universities such as Middle Tennessee State […]
Julia Steiny: A Small Gesture Toward Spreading Higher Ed Wealth
By Julia Steiny Consider for a moment that almost 90 colleges and universities have endowments of a billion – that’s with a “B” — dollars or more. At 5% interest, a billion earns $ 50 million a year. Harvard, of course, is the big winner at nearly $ 37 billion, an amount so large that others […]
Colorado Lt. Gov. Garcia to Leave for Higher Education Role
Colorado’s Lieutenant Governor announced this week that he will be stepping down next year to run a higher education commission in the West. Lt. Gov. Joe Garcia, who is currently in his second term, is expected to serve as president of the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education. The commission has a $ 25 million annual budget […]
Kiron University Offers Online Higher Education to Refugees
A new online university will be offering free, internationally-recognized education to refugees that comes at no cost and without asking for paperwork that refugees may not have. It’s named Kiron University, after the Chiron of Greek myth, and was founded last year by German students including partnerships with universities like Harvard, Stanford, Yale, and 20 […]