The Buffalo Chronicle
Higher Education
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Blakeman’s plan to save Syracuse University would adopt Cornell’s governance model
BY STAFF REPORTER Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman’s soon to be announced plan to save Syracuse University from closure does not ask the state to buy the campus, fold it into SUNY,…
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McMahon testimony urges rejection of Excelsior Scholarship expansion
The state Legislature should reject Governor Andrew Cuomo’s proposal to expand the family income cap for the Excelsior Scholarships and devote more money to expanding the state’s existing Tuition Assistance Program (TAP),…
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Policy experts argue that the Pentagon’s ambitious strategy for AI lacks visibility
The U.S. Department of Defense has articulated an ambitious vision and strategy for artificial intelligence (AI) with the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center as the focal point, but the DoD has yet to…
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Gender bias and discrimination persist at Canadian colleges
BY ELIZABETH PRICE The first steps towards gender equality were made in the late-19th century. It all began with the suffrage movement – women insisted that they should have the right to…
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Following student death, Cornell Interfraternity Council bars alcohol from recruitment events
BY MARYAM ZAFAR In another reform to the fraternity rushing process passed on Tuesday night, the Interfraternity Council voted to ban alcohol — and tighten other rules — at spring rush events.…
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Excelsior scholarship is inferior to TAP, report says
New York’s Excelsior Scholarship, now offering tuition-free public college to students from families making up to $125,000 a year is “deeply flawed,” and the $119 million the state now budgets for Excelsior…
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MUFLEH: Educating children of war requires innovation and patience
BY LUMA MUFLEH As the Trump administration continues to reduce the number of refugees the U.S. will admit each year, our leaders should look to Ohio for examples of how states should…
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AKERS: Millennials aren’t drowning in student debt
BY BETH AKERS The Narrative “[My plan] forgives all student debt and ends the absurdity of sentencing an entire generation to a lifetime of debt for the ‘crime’ of getting a college…
