Jamaal Abdul-AlimStudentsCourt Rules Against Accrediting Agency of ITT Tech, Corinthian CollegesThe Accrediting Council on Independent Colleges and Schools — the accrediting agency that had oversight for two recently collapsed for-profit schools — lost its bid to stop the U.S. Department of Education from terminating its federal recognition.February 21, 2017StudentsProfessor: Implementation of Leaked Immigration Proposal Would be ‘Cataclysmic’A leaked memo that included plans to use the National Guard to round up unauthorized immigrants, some scholars say, harks back to — and portends — one of the darkest chapters in American history.February 19, 2017African-AmericanEconomist: Education Alone Won’t Close Racial Wage GapThough Black college graduates generally fare better than Black high school graduates, higher education has not proven sufficient to remedy America’s racial wage gap, a leading labor economist said recently during a Black History Month lecture.February 16, 2017StudentsExperts: Private Lenders Could Complicate Student Loan ProgramIf private lenders are allowed back into the federal student loan program — a program from which they were removed during the Obama administration — it would preclude “universal access to student loans at universal terms,” a new paper released Wednesday states.February 15, 2017StudentsSupreme Court Nominee’s Students Find Him Demanding and FairWhen Erik Gerding, associate dean for academic affairs and professor at the University of Colorado Law School, found out that one of his colleagues at the school had been nominated for the Supreme Court of the United States, the first thing he did was call him to discuss security and advise him that journalists were […]February 14, 2017StudentsCollege Students Finding Their RootsColleges and universities are using AfricanAncestry.com to connect students with their background and heritage.February 13, 2017StudentsDeVos Touts Merits of Diversity, Inclusion in DebutNewly minted U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos made her debut at the agency she now oversees with a call for unity, a bit of self-deprecating humor, and a thoughtful emphasis on diversity and inclusion.February 8, 2017StudentsDeVos Confirmation Fails to End UncertaintyAlthough Betsy DeVos narrowly secured confirmation to lead the Department of Education, questions about the direction she will guide the agency — as well as her higher ed agenda — are likely to remain unsettled until key agency posts are filled.February 7, 2017StudentsReport Links ‘Disadvantaged’ Students, Quality Schools to Higher Loan Repayment RateAuthors of a new study say that low-income or “disadvantaged students — and taxpayer money that is used to support them — should be steered away from low-quality institutions and toward institutions that have high “economic mobility” to put the student in better position to pay back their student loans.February 6, 2017WomenTyesha Burks Takes on Age-defying MissionDr. Tyesha N. Burks, selected by Diverse as a member of the 2017 Class of Emerging Scholars, is on a mission to remedy the problem that everyone faces even if they avoid or survive a particular disease: aging.February 5, 2017Previous PagePage 16 of 81Next Page
