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Mississippi HBCUs have spent a third of $503M in Miss. college desegregation funds

OXFORD Miss. Mississippi’s three historically black universities have spent about $145 million of money allocated from settlement of a college desegregation case.

University of Kansas investigating unauthorized mailing of records

TOPEKA Kan. Records discarded at the University of Kansas were mailed anonymously to three newspapers, prompting a campus investigation Wednesday. It was the second report in two months of such a breach of students’ privacy.

Community Colleges

Promoting La Cultura Hispana

ASU’s Hispanic Research Center advances the arts and works to produce homegrown talent in the STEM fields.

Community Colleges

Grants and Gifts

Baltimore County Community College received a $25,000 grant from Civic Ventures, with support from the MetLife Foundation, to develop its “Prime 50+ Transition Program.” The program, an executive outplacement model, is designed to help African-American women over the age of 50 develop individual plans to transition into encore careers in public school education, health care […]

Are Historically Black Colleges Worth It?

Some scholars suggest that the “unique educational services” once provided by HBCUs to Black students have now disappeared.

Students from HBCUs, other schools gear up for march in support of Jena Six

JENA La. The streets around this tiny town’s courthouse began filling with protesters and reporters Wednesday, a day ahead of a planned march in support of six black teenagers jailed in the December beating of a white classmate.

Community Colleges

Ed board wants to double CC tuition cap to $2,500

BOISE Idaho The Idaho State Board of Education will meet Wednesday and is likely to approve proposed 2008 legislation, including a measure that would allow community colleges to double their tuition limit to $2,500 annually to cover the rising cost of education.

Princeton University pleased students are making fewer ‘A’s’

PRINCETON N.J. Students at Princeton University, often recognized as the top undergraduate university in the country, are not getting as many “A’s” as they used to.

Community Colleges

Kansas State University issues warning about Salina tech school merger

SALINA Kan. Kansas State University could be forced to close its Salina campus if an area technical school merges with a community college that could offer cheaper classes, a Kansas State official says.

Leadership & Policy

Examiners’ reports show Alabama 2-year colleges doing OK job

PRATTVILLE Ala. Financial aid abuse at Bishop State Community College has led state examiners to expand the scope of their audits, but such problems have not been found at other schools so far, an examiner told system presidents Tuesday.

Community Colleges

Shares of for-profit education companies finish mostly lower

Shares of for-profit education companies finished mostly lower on Monday, with Universal Technical Institute Inc. leading the way.

Student arrested, Tasered at Kerry forum in Florida

A University of Florida student was Tasered and arrested after trying to ask U.S. Senator John Kerry about the 2004 election and other subjects during a campus forum.

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