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Community Colleges

Katrina Loan Changes Mean Relief to HBCUs

Three historically Black colleges and universities in New Orleans and one in Mississippi are getting relief from their federal loans taken after Hurricane Katrina.

Faculty & Staff

NCAA Tournament Important to Recruiting — But Not Likely to Rutgers

Anyone want to go to a school that now has a history of homophobia as well as physical abuse of students? Oh, and besides that, the team doesn’t win basketball games.

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National Urban League Calls Attention to Financial Aid Issues From African-American Perspective

The National Urban League has released a paper on financial aid to bring the views of African-Americans to a Gates Foundation-sponsored project on reforming the college financial aid system.

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Md. Governor Seeks $4.1M More for HBCUs

Gov. Martin O’Malley is asking for an additional $4.1 million in his supplemental budget to go directly to the state’s four historically Black colleges and universities or their students.

Faculty & Staff

Experts Differ on Route to Getting Talented Teachers to Most Challenged Schools

Consideration of talent, diversity and effectiveness urged in the ongoing struggle to boost student achievement, but should a ‘bar exam’ also be part of the process?

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Research Can Pay Off for Students When It Comes to Loan Repayment

Experts say that when it comes to federal student loans, repayment options are expanding and becoming more generous.

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New Student Advisers Show Nontraditional Students the Way at Online University

As driven as the students are to move forward professionally, many lack the will to communicate openly about barriers that are likely to come up in a virtual learning space.

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Community Colleges

Napolitano Taps Seven Colleges for Crisis Prep Program

The Campus Resilience Pilot Program seeks to help colleges develop and share best practices for responding to threats, violence or natural disasters.

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Incredibly, Rejected Asian Americans Start New “Historical Asian American College and University” Movement

Billionaire cites difficulty for Asian Americans to get beyond the limitations of top institutions with increasingly high percentages of Asian American students.

African-American

Fostering Diversity: A Necessary Step for HBCU Survival

Historically Black colleges and universities, or HBCUs, have provided a top-notch education for African-Americans since pre-Civil War days.

Community Colleges

Budget Cuts Hobble Calif. Community Colleges

Student enrollment at California’s community colleges has fallen dramatically in recent years as campuses slashed teaching staffs and course offerings in response to unprecedented cuts in state funding, according to a report released Tuesday.

Reducing Number of High School Diplomas Proposed

State Superintendent of Education John White says he wants to consider eliminating one of Louisiana’s three high school diplomas.

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