Tag: Association of American Universities

Community Colleges

Why Flexibility in Credit Transfers Is Crucial for Equity in a Post-COVID-19 World

Higher education groups have urged four-year institutions to revamp how they evaluate credits earned by students transferring campuses, saying both four-year and two-year colleges must ensure that more credits count toward baccalaureate degrees, especially in a post-coronavirus economy.

May 18, 2020

News Roundup

APLU and AAU Receive $191,000 National Science Foundation Grant

The Association of American Universities (AAU) and the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) received a $191,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). NSF’s funding would go towards developing guidelines for universities to establish policies and procedures to ensure the public has access to federally funded data, according to a press release. Last […]

December 11, 2019

News Roundup

Association of American Universities Launches New Initiative For PhD Programs

Doctoral students may feel like going into academia is the only path forward, but a new initiative aims to change that. The Association of American Universities launched a PhD Education Initiative, which seeks to create a more student-centered culture for doctoral education, support diverse career paths and promote greater inclusion at its member institutions. During […]

September 13, 2019

STEM

12 Universites Awarded AAU Mini-Grants to Support STEM Education

The Association of American Universities (AAU) has awarded “mini-grants” to 12 AAU member institutions to support their efforts of refining undergraduate science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education. The mini-grants are funded by a five-year, $1 million grant from the Northrop Grumman Foundation which supports maintainable and diverse national programs to improve STEM education and […]

February 21, 2019

Latinx

Rutgers Can Do More for New Jersey’s African-American Population

In January, 2019 Rutgers kicked off a year of celebrations to mark 100 years since the graduation of our famous alum, Paul Robeson. Yet, despite the hoopla, the university continues to neglect the needs of African-Americans in our state in a manner that is openly contemptuous of Robeson’s core ideas.

February 13, 2019

Students

GOP Strategist: Free Education a Ploy for Votes

A Republican strategist threw shade on Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s plan for free college Tuesday but conceded he had nothing to report on where Republican candidate Donald Trump might be headed with higher education.

August 30, 2016