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Here are some of the key stories in higher education this week reported by Diverse: Poll: Minorities More Likely to Say College Degree is Key to Success Winston-Salem State Moves on to Playoffs as Fight Investigations Continue New SCSU President Tackles Enrollment, Financial Challenges Proposal to Disband UDC Sports Teams Delayed

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Diverse Campus Roundups

In this week’s news on campus, Brazilian students withdraw from Jackson State University amid safety concerns.

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Leadership & Policy

Obama to Announce $100M in Education Grants for HS Students

WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama is announcing $100 million in grants to help better prepare high school students to compete in the global economy.

Survey: Students Forgoing Advisers Who Can Help Them Graduate

At a time when research shows that academic advising is a key to helping college students graduate on time, most say they aren’t getting it.

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Poll: Minorities More Likely to Say College Degree is Key to Success

Minorities overwhelmingly believe the U.S. economy will benefit if President Obama’s goal of increasing Americans with postsecondary degrees by 2020 is met.

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Leadership & Policy

South Texas University, Med School to Get $196M

University of Texas System regents unanimously approved nearly $200 million Thursday for construction projects at the new university and medical school in the Rio Grande Valley near the Texas-Mexico border.

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Diverse Conversations: Is a Free College Education a Basic American Right?

Society dictates that secondary education is an absolute must for lifetime success, but the cost associated with earning those credentials is debilitating.

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Louisiana Remedial College Education Study Extended

The Louisiana Board of Regents has extended a study of remedial education in community colleges and universities.

Clemson Chooses Clements of West Virginia University as New President

Clements succeeds Jim Barker, who announced plans in April to retire after 14 years and become an architecture professor at the school.

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Funding Cuts for Undergrad Programs, Research Trouble APLU

The Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities kicked off its annual meeting focused on how to address the challenges that beset public education.

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Careers in Higher Education Special Report

In this edition, Diverse features Dr. Arnold Mitchem, who recently stepped down as president of the Council of Opportunity in Education after a long and illustrious career, as well as advocate for TRIO programs. Diverse also reports on Dr. Carl Hart, one of the nation’s top neuroscience researchers on drugs, Dr. Kwame Anthony Appiah, philosopher and champion of Black studies, and the number of senior college presidents that are still on the job.

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Human Rights Campaign HBCU LGBT Summit Fosters New Leaders

30 LGBT student leaders traveled to Washington, D.C., to participate in the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s HBCU Leadership and Career Summit for personal leadership and career training.

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