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New Volpe Center opens to support the country’s most innovative transportation projects

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Zach Winn | MIT News; September 20, 2023 MIT community members gathered with local, state, and federal leaders in Kendall Square for a ceremony marking a milestone in the area’s transformation. Read the full article here. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center in Kendall Square.

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The 2023 men's NCAA tournament results, if academics ruled

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As a result, the rates on average are significantly higher than the federal graduation rate, the formula the federal government uses to track graduation rates for all students. Yes In-Article Careers: 3

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The NCAA women's DI basketball tournament, if academics ruled

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As a result, the rates on average are significantly higher than the federal graduation rate, the formula the federal government uses to track graduation rates for all students. Yes In-Article Careers: 3

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Updated educational attainment data show progress and gaps

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Mamie Voight, president and CEO of the Institute for Higher Education Policy, said continuing to lift attainment rates, and doing it equitably, should be a “shared responsibility” between the federal government, state governments and colleges and universities. Is this Career Advice newsletter?:

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More colleges will likely face closure in 2023, experts say

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The for-profit Living Arts College closed abruptly after the shutdown of the embattled Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges & Schools and blamed the federal government for its demise. Is this Career Advice newsletter?:

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Iowa Wesleyan University announces closure

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” Reynolds added that if the state had “provided the federal funding as requested and it was used to finance debt or other impermissible uses according to US Treasury guidelines, the state and taxpayers could have been liable for potential repayment to the federal government.” Yes In-Article Careers: 3

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Academic freedom policies should mean something (opinion)

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A public institution that relies on Garcetti as a rationale to try and disavow faculty academic freedom in teaching, research and service, including shared governance participation, has explicitly rejected this key accreditation requirement. Yes In-Article Careers: 3 Is this Career Advice newsletter?: