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Harvard Student Says He Faces Deportation From U.S.

An undocumented Harvard University student is facing deportation to Mexico after being detained by immigration authorities at a Texas airport, the student said last week.

Arizona State Forum: Fixing U.S. Education

Taking the uncommon step as a public flagship university to help stimulate the national conversation on education reform, Arizona State University convened a panel of education experts for a forum titled “Getting Back in the Race: Fixing American Education” this past Friday.

Freeman Hrabowski

Faculty & Staff

Minority College Presidents Share Their Stories

Along with the former president of California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, Drs. Sidney Ribeau of Howard University and Tomas Morales of the College of Staten Island, CUNY, shared insights Thursday with National Conference of Race and Ethnicity in Higher Education attendees about how they positioned themselves to become college presidents.

Community College Trends Examined at Conference

At a conference of community college faculty and staff members, attendees looked to veteran leaders for a glimpse at what the future holds for U.S. community colleges.

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Community College Conference Urges Focus on Student Success

The theme of improving student success in community colleges took center stage Monday at the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD) Thirty-Second Annual International Conference on Teaching and Leadership Excellence.

Leadership & Policy

Experts: Texas Textbooks are Unlikely to Spread

As the second-largest purchaser of textbooks behind California, the Lone Star State has historically wielded enormous clout in deciding what material appears in classrooms across the country.

Leadership & Policy

College Board Merger Legislation Scrapped in Louisiana House

House Speaker Jim Tucker scrapped his push to merge the governing boards for four-year public colleges Wednesday after facing significant opposition from lawmakers and higher education leaders.

The Louisiana state Capitol building

Leadership & Policy

Texas State Board of Education Approves Controversial Social Studies Curriculum Changes

Former U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige was among those who implored board members to take more time to consider the new standards, which diminish civil rights and American slavery.

Faculty & Staff

Former Sheriff Named Interim President at Historically Black Florida-based College

Last week, Nat Glover, a former Duval County sheriff, became interim president of the African Methodist Episcopal-affiliated Edward Waters College and predicted the debt-ridden school would soon return to financial health under his leadership.

Dr. Frank Pogue

Leadership & Policy

N.C. County School Board Ends Diversity Policy

Law professor Danielle Holley-Walker, an expert on public school integration in the South, says North Carolina’s Wake County had been viewed as a national model because its diversity policy helped integrate schools using socio-economic factors instead of race.

North Carolina NAACP president William Barber said the NAACP would consider filing federal civil rights complaints over the Wake County school board ending its diversity policy.

Needy Students Don’t Apply for Financial Aid, College Board Report Says

The financially neediest students are the least likely to apply for financial aid, according to a new study titled “The Financial Aid Challenge” by the College Board’s Advocacy and Policy Center.

College Board Vice President Ronald Williams (right) speaks at a Washington news conference to announce the release of “The Financial Aid Challenge” by the College Board’s Advocacy and Policy Center. (photo by Arelis Hernandez)

Leadership & Policy

Thurgood Marshall Connection Invites Admiration, Criticism of Supreme Court Nominee

While conservatives have criticized Elena Kagan’s relationship with the late justice, for whom she clerked in 1987 to 1988, some liberals and African-Americans have praised Kagan for her connection to the pioneering jurist.

Solicitor General Elena Kagan

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