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National Urban League, Brady Center Team Up with Plaxico Burress to Prevent Gun Violence
The former wide receiver for the New York Giants will help educate and send an anti-violence message particularly among young people.
June 21, 2011
Students
Averting Deportation, Undocumented Student Realizes DREAM
After political intervention by federal officials leads to withdrawal of deportation order, community college graduate pursues studies to become civil engineer.
June 20, 2011
Students
Northwestern University Journalism Professor To Retire
A renowned Northwestern University journalism professor whose students helped free wrongfully convicted prison inmates—but whose methods have been under scrutiny—will retire this year, the school announced Monday.
June 15, 2011
Students
College Mentoring for Access and Persistence Program Gives Graduating High School Seniors a Boost
What started as a group of high school students who stopped by for pizza and soft drinks at a monthly meeting with mentors from the Big Four accounting firm Ernst & Young has turned into the College MAP program’s first cohort of polished college-bound seniors.
June 15, 2011
Students
N.J. Student Aid Bid Rejected Due to Mom’s Immigration Status
An American-born high school student from New Jersey has been denied state tuition assistance because her mother is an undocumented immigrant, according to the American Civil Liberties Union.
June 13, 2011
Students
Michigan Two- and Four-Year Colleges Team Up To Boost Minority STEM Enrollment
In Michigan, the alliance builds on a five-year effort by the University of Michigan, Michigan State University, Wayne State University and Western Michigan University. Between 2005 and 2010, those universities increased the number of STEM bachelor’s degrees awarded to underrepresented minority students by almost 50 percent.
June 13, 2011
Students
IHEP Launches College Completion Coalition
The National Coalition for College Completion—made up of civil rights organizations, businesses and student advocacy groups—will focus on increasing access to financial aid and building support networks for low-income students.
June 9, 2011
Students
University of Illinois Wants $100 Million for Scholarships
The University of Illinois hopes to raise $100 million through private donations for scholarships over the next three years to help make up for increasing tuition and shortfalls in state support for students who need help paying for college.
June 8, 2011
Students
Diversity Still Matters in Michigan
Five years since Proposition 2 dismantled Michigan’s race-based programs from state-funded institutions, schools still refuse to abandon diversity.
June 8, 2011
Students
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.
June 7, 2011
Students
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.
June 7, 2011
Students
Commentary: The Asian Pacific American Paradox
While Asian Pacific Americans are no rarity on campus, they remain on the margins.
June 6, 2011
Students
NCORE Conference: Scholar Offers Perspectives on Inter-Minority Racism
During the 24th annual National Conference on Race & Ethnicity in American Higher Education, educators examined not only race, gender, religion and sexual orientation, but intersections among them.
June 5, 2011
Students
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.
June 5, 2011
Students
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.
June 2, 2011
Students
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.
June 2, 2011
Students
Financial Aid Doesn’t Stretch To Help Middle Class
Since the state’s need-based grants—and most other federal and state need grants—are distributed based on income, middle-class students are the ones feeling the most pain right now, said financial aid officers at Washington’s universities.
June 1, 2011
Students
Lawmakers Approve Private Fund for Undocumented Immigrants
The children of immigrants, both legal and undocumented, would be able to obtain private college scholarships and enroll in state savings programs under legislation approved Monday.
May 31, 2011
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