LAS VEGAS (AP) — The overseers of Nevada’s state higher education system have voted to conduct a national search for the next University of Nevada Las Vegas president but also to give acting President Marta Meana a chance to be considered.

The Las Vegas Review-Journal

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nearly half of Tennessee students enrolled in higher education during the 2016-2017 school year needed some sort of remedial classes during their first year of college, according to new state data.

The Tennessee Higher Education Commission released the numbers this ...

BRISTOL, R.I. (AP) — Roger Williams University in Rhode Island has named Ioannis Miaoulis (YAH’-nis me-OW’-lis) as its new president.

Trustees said Wednesday that Miaoulis was selected in large part for his previous successes in sparking interest and opportunity in the science, technology, ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Leaders of Pennsylvania’s state-owned university system promised lawmakers a transformation amid declining enrollments and rising costs, as well as lackluster state support that skeptical Republican lawmakers suggested Tuesday was not a coincidence.

The hearing ...

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — An online university focused on fantasy and sci-fi literature is setting up shop in New Hampshire.

The state’s Higher Education Commission has given Signum University approval to offer classes, and the nonprofit, Delaware-based school is in the process of transferring ...

SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (AP) — Textile companies are gathering at the University of Rhode Island for the first networking event organized by a new industry group.

The Rhode Island Textile Innovation Network was launched in September to promote textile manufacturing in Rhode Island. It worked ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina lawmakers say they are confident a solution to fixing the state’s education system will be resolved this legislative session.

Members of the Senate education subcommittee met for the first time Wednesday to discuss their version of comprehensive ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia’s House and Senate have passed competing versions of the state budget.

The Richmond Times Dispatch ...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The president of Kentucky’s Council on Postsecondary Education plans a statewide listening tour.

A council statement says President Aaron Thompson wants to talk with students, community members, business representatives and educators about college access, student ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo says she’s opposed to a major overhaul to the way colleges and universities handle sexual misconduct complaints proposed by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos.

DeVos has proposed adding protections for students accused of assault and ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A legislative panel rejected a bill protecting student journalists from administrative censorship on a tie vote Monday.

House Bill 2382, sponsored by Del. Chris Hurst, D-Montgomery, would have protected free speech for student journalists in public elementary, middle ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia has opened an office dedicated to helping residents with student loan debt.

The Richmond Times-Dispatch

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The heads of New York’s public university systems are scheduled to testify at a state budget hearing in Albany.

The joint Assembly and Senate public hearing is being held Monday in the Legislative Office Building.

Among those expected to give testimony are State ...

CHARLESTON, Ill. (AP) — Eastern Illinois University’s enrollment has jumped 7 percent this spring semester compared with the same time last year.

The increase comes after the Charleston school reported a 5 percent increase in enrollment from spring semester 2017 to spring semester 2018.

ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) — Changes are coming to Presentation College.

After a few years of declining enrollment and an evolving higher education landscape, the administration has decided now is the time to set the small Catholic college up for a successful future,

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A record 73.6 percent of high school graduates who enrolled in the college access program Oklahoma’s Promise last year completed the requirements to earn the scholarship, according to an Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education report.

There were 6,024 scholars who ...

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Preventing teachers and researchers from being distracted by problems swirling around North Carolina’s public universities - including an ideological divide over the future of a Confederate memorial on the flagship campus - is a top priority for the 17-campus system’s ...

ONLY, Tenn. (AP) — Inmates at the Turney Center Industrial Complex in Tennessee are graduating from Nashville State Community College with associate’s degrees in political science and business administration.

The students are part of a program sponsored by the Tennessee Higher Education ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana’s top higher education policy board found that college freshmen admitted without meeting its minimum standards had lower grades and were less likely to graduate than those who reached the admissions criteria.

The Advocate

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The state Board of Regents has approved a resolution meant to provide financial relief to higher education students affected by the federal government shutdown.

In a statement, the Nevada System of Higher Education said that the resolution was passed unanimously as ...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Public higher education students in Nevada who are unable to pay their tuition and fees because of the partial U.S. government shutdown are getting extra time to make the payments and won’t face penalties.

State higher education officials on Friday approved a resolution to ...

ATLANTA (AP) — The new president of Georgia Southern University has been named.

News outlets report the Board of Regents named Kyle Marrero as president of Georgia Southern University on Thursday. He’ll begin his new position effective April 1.

Marrero currently serves as president ...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak has asked the state’s higher education system to help any students who are unable to pay their fees because of the partial U.S. government shutdown.

Sisolak in a letter issued Sunday asked the Nevada System of Higher Education to help students who ...

TUCUMCARI, N.M. (AP) — The New Mexico National Guard’s armory in Tucumcari soon will be used by college students, not soldiers.

Mesalands Community College says the New Mexico Higher Education Department and the State Board of Finance recently approved the college’s plan to purchase the ...

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum has reappointed Nick Hacker to the state Board of Higher Education and named Timothy Mihalick to fill the remaining term of a board member who quit.

Hacker, of Bismarck, will serve another four-year term. He has been on the board since ...

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Trustees are setting a March 1 deadline for applications to become president of Alcorn State University, with the goal of choosing a new leader in April.

Applications should be submitted to Parker Executive Search, the firm the board is using to screen ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Faculty members from colleges and universities across Virginia converged on the state Capitol on Thursday, urging legislators to provide more funding for higher education and ensure affordable college degrees for future generations of students.

Higher Education ...

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The Latest on Rosebud Sioux Tribe President Rodney Bordeaux’s State of the Tribes message (all times local):

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The president of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe is urging South Dakota lawmakers to expand Medicaid and work with tribal officials to fight the opioid and ...

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — More Connecticut lawmakers will not take the oath of office when the legislative session opens, instead opting for jobs in Gov.-elect Ned Lamont’s administration.

Lamont is nominating a fellow Democrat, East Hartford Sen. Tim Larson, to lead the Office of Higher ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — In a story Jan. 1 about appointments to boards overseeing colleges and universities, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Joe Salter, John R. Condos, Virgil Robinson Jr., and Mark E. Romero were new appointments to the University of Louisiana System Board of ...

SHERIDAN, Wyo. (AP) — A higher education administrator is advocating a program to help adults in Wyoming return to college for workforce training.

The Sheridan Press

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Democratic Kansas Gov.-elect Laura Kelly says she’s aware the state may need to help higher education institutions but has more pressing issues she needs to focus on during her first legislative session.

“We’re going to have to deal with situations in the state in a ...

TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania’s prime minister has shuffled his Cabinet in response to a students’ protest and complaints of corruption and inefficiency from the opposition.

Edi Rama’s move on Friday replaced eight out of 15 members of the Cabinet — including the finance and foreign ...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The University of Nevada Las Vegas on Wednesday joined the list of top research schools in the country, becoming the first institution of higher education in the state to achieve that status.

The university was among the 120 institutions that this year received the “very ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The University of Alabama and Auburn University have both been classified as top doctoral research institutions nationally.

The Carnegie Foundation has recognized the schools with its “Very High Research Activity” status in the Carnegie Classification of ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Hundreds of people from state and local politics, higher education and the business community have gathered to pay their final respects to former Florida State president and former Florida House speaker T.K. Wetherell.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A longtime higher education leader has been named interim chancellor at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.

UW System President Ray Cross announced Friday that Cheryl Green has agreed to take over the post on Jan. 1. She replaces Beverly Kopper, who resigned from ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam is asking state lawmakers for an extra $21.6 million for affordable housing and to help tenants facing eviction.

The Democratic governor highlighted parts of his forthcoming budget plans on Monday. He’ll present his full budget to the ...

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia University is seeking public input on a new proposal to tighten its tobacco-free campus rules.

School officials say the new rules will be available for public comment from Monday through Jan. 21.

Officials say the proposal would clarify that the ...

NEW BRITAIN, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut university has taken the final step in its plan to name a building after its first black graduate.

The New Britain Herald

RUTLAND, Vt. (AP) — The College of St. Joseph in Vermont could lose its accreditation by August because of financial issues.

The Rutland Herald

BOSTON (AP) — Presidents of America’s private colleges and universities saw their pay increase by nearly 4 percent in 2016, with dozens receiving more than $1 million, according to a new report .

The average chief ...