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No More National Anthem at Pacifist Indiana College

A small Christian college with ties to the Mennonite Church has decided to stop playing “The Star-Spangled Banner” at sporting events after some complained the song’s images of war undermined the school’s pacifist message.

President Jim Brenneman

Skip Senior Year and Go Straight to College?

When the Indiana legislature passed the budget at the end of April, it also launched a plan by Gov. Mitch Daniels, which allows high school students who complete their core requirements by the end of their junior year to skip senior year and go straight to college.

Senate Committee Puts For-profits Back in Spotlight Following Education Department Ruling

The for-profit college sector underwent tough scrutiny Tuesday from members of the U.S. Senate committee that has been leading the charge for tighter controls over the proprietary schools accused of preying on minorities and the poor.

Community Colleges

Mississippi Community Colleges Keeping More Students

A record increase in the number of new students in Mississippi’s community colleges translated this spring into a record number of degrees.

NCAA President Mark Emmert: Increased Emphasis on Student-Athlete Academic Performance Due in Part to Reforms

There’s a greater emphasis on the performance of student-athletes in the classroom—thanks in part to academic reforms of the National Collegiate Athletic Association over the past decade, NCAA president Mark Emmert told a national group of academic advisors on Saturday.

Leadership & Policy

NCORE Conference: College Presidents Share Impact of International Programs

Remarks by Howard University president Sidney Ribeau and other college presidents came Thursday in a symposium examining the internationalization of their institutions during the annual meeting of the National Conference on Race & Ethnicity in American Higher Education.

Big Student Debt Could Limit Schools’ Financial Aid Access

Newly-released federal rules aimed at for-profit schools stipulate that, if graduates owe too much relative to their income or too few former students are paying back their tuition loans on time, institutions stand to lose access to Pell grants and federal student aid.

U.S. Education Department Official Urges Making Academic Credit Transfer More Efficient

In order to boost the rate of college degree attainment in the U.S., higher education leaders must make it easier for students to transfer credits from one type of institution to another, an U.S. Education Department official said Thursday.

African-American

MSIs Seek To Defy Budget Trend By Lobbying for New Teacher Education Program

Under the proposal to Congress, a minority-serving college or university could obtain $500,000 a year for five years for enhancements to teacher education programs.

Augustus Hawkins

Community Colleges

New For-profit School Regulations at a Glance

The U.S. Department of Education has finalized terms of its “gainful employment” rule for higher education programs.

Leadership & Policy

FAMU and Tennessee State Join HBCUsOnline Roster

HBCUsOnline, an online education services company, has partnered with Florida A & M University and Tennessee State University.

Leadership & Policy

Saint Paul’s Athletes Face School With No Sports

More than 250 student athletes at St. Paul’s College are left with a tough decision — stay at the historically Black Virginia college and give up their sport or transfer in hopes of finding a new team and a new academic home.

St. Paul’s College athletes

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