Jamaal Abdul-AlimHomeCritics Again Accuse DeVos of Aiding For-profit Schools at Students’ ExpenseU.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos is under fire from student advocates once again for her recent decision to delay certain aspects of the Obama-era gainful employment regulation.August 20, 2017StudentsReport: Student Borrowers Mired Deeper in DebtMore student loan borrowers are finding themselves deeper in debt and taking a longer time to pay off their student loans — and an increasing number of student loan borrowers are older than in the past, according to a report released Wednesday from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.August 16, 2017HomeAncestry Research Proves Stumbling Block for White NationalistsIf you want to get underneath the skin of White nationalists, check out how they react when genetic ancestry tests reveal the “bad news” that they are not 100 percent European.August 16, 2017StudentsThose Fighting to Save DACA Still Seeking AnswersNow, just a couple of months past the five-year anniversary of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, supporters of DACA wonder if they can convince President Trump to keep the program amid calls for him to end it.August 16, 2017HomeExpert: Diversifying Cybersecurity Starts with ‘Targeted Recruiting’In order to diversify the growing field of cybersecurity, employers must do more “targeted recruiting” at colleges and universities that are diverse themselves. That advice comes from Debora Plunkett, a retired National Security Agency executive and adjunct cybersecurity professor at the University of Maryland University College, or UMUCAugust 13, 2017HBCUsHBCU and Congressional Leaders Push Trump Administration to Fill Key PostNow that the White House Initiative on historically Black Colleges and Universities has remained leaderless for longer than it has under any previous administration, a chorus of HBCU advocates and some lawmakers are increasingly of the mind that the Trump administration has failed to make good on its promise to HBCUsAugust 13, 2017STEMBoeing Helps Diversify STEM FieldsA longstanding partnership between The Boeing Company and Washington University in St. Louis is being hailed as a potential model for how to diversify STEM fields in general and America’s aerospace industry in particular.August 9, 2017HomeNew Report Trains a Spotlight On Chief Diversity OfficersFirst-time chief diversity officers should seek clarity of purpose, anticipate major change, avoid thinking of themselves as a “messiah” and be prepared to be regarded as “the diversity expert.”August 8, 2017HomeFunds Used to Expand College Courses for InmatesUsing $7.3 million in funds seized from criminals, seven colleges in New York State will be able to sustain or expand their course offerings to prisoners this fall with hopes that education behind bars will cut down on crime.August 7, 2017StudentsExperts: Intimidation at Heart Department of Justice PlanThe U.S. Department of Justice’s recently revealed plan to investigate and sue colleges that wrongly use race in college admissions is a scare tactic meant to dissuade colleges from using race as one of many factors, as permitted by the U.S. Supreme Court.August 2, 2017Previous PagePage 7 of 81Next Page
