Education: November 2023 Archives
Community colleges and trade schools are largely void of Israel-Hamas protests | Washington Examiner
"'In 2016, I was feeling very proud to have a scholarship fund that was earmarked for trade schools when everywhere I looked, I saw people burning the flag at elite universities,' [Mike] Rowe said, adding, 'Maybe it happened then, or maybe it is happening now, but I looked, and I couldn't find a single incident of a trade school or community college burning the American flag.'...
"'The first protest I saw [at the University of Wisconsin at Madison] was related to some minor military event. ... They were clearly 'finding themselves' on someone else's dime. When you work to pay for your school like most trade and community college students do, you don't see the value. And the faculty and administration seem to share that sentiment at those schools.'"
State-approved University of Austin to start taking applications
"School leaders also said they will offer the inaugural 100-student class full scholarships for the entirety of their four-year undergraduate program....
"'This is an opportunity for students to not only go to a university but help us build the university or build the culture of the university, create the institution with us,' UATX President Pano Kanelos told The Texas Tribune. 'We thought that there would be a wonderful way to reward them for being part of this project by offering these scholarships.'...
"They found a location in the Scarborough building on Sixth Street and Congress Avenue in downtown Austin, with plans to build a larger campus in the outskirts of the city in the future. They are also working to establish student housing in downtown Austin.... Kanelos said the university plans to keep tuition around $32,000 a year." I wish they'd take a page from SCAD's book instead of moving to the outskirts -- renovate scattered old buildings in downtown to add to the campus. More about the University of Austin on its website.
