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Fla. College Graduation Rates Called ‘Unacceptable’

FORT MYERS, Fla.—Graduation rates at some Florida universities are being called unacceptable

African-American

Scholar Works to Combat ‘Academic Fraud’ for Black Males

University of Oklahoma professor and 2014 Emerging Scholar Dr. T. Elon Dancy II focuses on African-American males in educational settings, finding inspiration in his own life journey.

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LSU’s Graduation Rate at All-Time High

BATON ROUGE, La.—For the third year in a row LSU has notched an all-time high graduation rate, with 69.1 percent of students walking away from the university with a degree in hand—the highest graduation rate out of all public universities in the state.

Faculty & Staff

Miss. Universities Seek $20M to Fund Aid Formula

JACKSON, Miss.—The board that oversees state-run universities in Mississippi says it needs more money to complete the transition to a new formula for dispensing funds to the state’s eight public universities.

Community Colleges

Obama Announces Manufacturing Institute at North Carolina State

President Obama revealed Wednesday that North Carolina State University will be the first university to have a manufacturing hub that will help create jobs.

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Faculty & Staff

Scholar Poised to Introduce Intersection Between Race, Modern English

2014 Emerging Scholar Dr. Dennis Austin Britton is bringing the “theological account of race and racialization in early modern England” to a wider audience.

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Alabama State Bans President from Campus Cohabitation

An Alabama university has barred its incoming president from living in her required campus home with any romantic interest as long as she remains unmarried.

Faculty & Staff

Education Champion George Miller to Retire from Congress

U.S. Rep. George Miller, ranking Democrat on the House Education Committee, has announced that, after four decades in Congress, he won’t be seeking re-election in 2014.

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Faculty & Staff

Univ. of Utah Investigates Clinic’s Sperm Mix-Up

The University of Utah is investigating a complaint that a convicted felon working at a fertility clinic replaced a customer’s sperm with his own, fathering a girl 21 years ago.

Community Colleges

Fighting Inequality: Is Higher Ed Creating a New Class of Highly Educated Poor?

In this era where college tuition is pretty much an automatic $40,000 a year, even with scholarships, the average middle-class family still struggles.

Leadership & Policy

U. of Ark. Spokesman Files EEOC Complaint Over Termination

Former University of Arkansas spokesman John Diamond has filed a complaint to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, claiming that his firing violated his civil rights and asking that he be reinstated.

Faculty & Staff

Modern Language Convention Focuses on ‘Vulnerable Times’

The 129th Modern Language Association Convention lacked the racial diversity it has seen in the past.

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