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News Roundup: Page 250
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UNC Pembroke Awarded $1.1M to Support American Indian School Administrators
The University of North Carolina at Pembroke (UNCP) School of Education recently received a $1.1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to increase the number of American Indian administrators in the state’s public school districts with a large American Indian student population, university officials said. The five-year grant will support the First Americans’ […]
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Morgan State Completes $250M Sesquicentennial Anniversary Campaign
Morgan State University (MSU) completed its largest ever fundraising effort, raising more than $250 million as part of the university’s Sesquicentennial Anniversary Campaign. The Anniversary Campaign funds will be used to advance teaching and research, increase the university’s endowment, develop academic programs, provide student scholarships and further community engagement, according to MSU. More than 15,000 […]
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UM Raises $5 Billion, Breaks Record for Public University
A University of Michigan campaign has raised $5 billion for the school, making it the largest amount ever raised by a public university through a campaign, according to an article by the Detroit Free Press. University president Dr. Mark Schlissel announced Thursday that the money was raised through the Victors for Michigan campaign. According to the […]
Students
MDC Awarded $10 Million to Grow its American Dream Scholarship
Miami Dade College (MDC) received an anonymous donation of $10 million that will be used to magnify its American Dream Scholarship that benefits Miami Dade high school graduates with a free college education. The American Dream Scholarship was established in 2011 and more than 17,000 students qualified for the scholarship, awarding more than $4 million […]
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Hurricane Florence-Impacted Schools Received $2.8 million from Education Department
More than $2.8 million in supplemental funding has been designated for low-income schools in North Carolina and South Carolina that were affected by Hurricane Florence, U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos said in a press release issued this week. About $2 million in funding will go to students in financial need in North Carolina, while […]
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Free Tuition Program Succeeding at Rhode Island Community College
About 40 percent of students who received free college tuition in the first year of a new program in Rhode Island have earned the scholarship for a second year, according to a story by the Associated Press. Gov. Gina Raimondo visited Tuesday with students benefiting from the program she created at the Community College of […]
Students
Study: Elementary School Student Support Reduces High School Dropout
Elementary school students who participated in a comprehensive support intervention in the Boston public school district had about half the odds of dropping out of high school as students not in the intervention, according to a new study in AERA Open, a peer-reviewed journal published by the American Educational Research Association. The 894 students who […]
Students
Emory University Announces Increased Stipends for Ph.D. Students
Emory University’s Laney Graduate School has announced it will increase the base stipend for Ph.D. students to $31,000 for the 2019-20 academic year, in efforts of attracting top graduate students and improving its doctoral programs. “Emory’s investment in graduate education is a tangible sign of our dedication to enhancing faculty excellence and graduate program distinction,” […]
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Kavanaugh Not Returning to Harvard Law to Teach
Embattled U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh will not return to teach at Harvard Law School in January, according to an email administrators sent to law students Monday evening, reports the The Harvard Crimson school newspaper. “Today, Judge Kavanaugh indicated that he can no longer commit to teaching his course in January Term 2019, […]
MSIs
MSIs are ‘Turning Student Activism into Votes’
Several minority serving institutions (MSIs) highlighted in a new report from the Penn Center for Minority Serving Institutions (CMSI) at the University of Pennsylvania are mobilizing their students to vote and become engaged around political issues, despite barriers that keep students away from the polls. MSI students and leaders are encouraging student voting and civic […]
Students
WVU President Bans Five Fraternities After Trying to Form Independent Council
West Virginia University (WVU) president Dr. E. Gordon Gee decided to ban five fraternities after they announced the formation of an independent group after seeing new Greek life rules and regulations, such as a delayed freshmen rush. In a letter issued to WVU students and faculty, Gee said the five fraternities: Alpha Sigma Phi, Kappa […]
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CSU President Announces Plan to Step Down as CSU System Chancellor
Colorado State University (CSU) president Dr. Tony Frank has announced he will be stepping down from his duties in July 2019 and will start working full time as chancellor of the CSU system. Frank has been president of the university for ten years and helped accomplish its goals of increasing graduation rates and decreasing the […]
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