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Students
Georgia College Student a Reluctant Immigration Symbol
Advocates for more restrictions on illegal immigrants complained to the Georgia university system that undocumented immigrants like Jessica Colotl shouldn’t be allowed to attend state schools.
May 11, 2011
Students
Pell Institute Releases Research on DeVry
In an effort to distinguish itself within the embattled for-profit college sector, DeVry Inc. presented research that portrays the company as using effective student-centered practices for helping low-income students.
May 11, 2011
Students
Fifty Years Later, Students Retrace 1961 Freedom Ride
Forty college students chosen from nearly 1,000 applicants have joined a handful of the original Freedom Riders on an eight-day journey from Washington, D.C., through the South.
May 9, 2011
Students
Federal K-12 Education Programs Face Obstacles to Renewal
Congress is facing tough choices on the future of the nation’s main K-12 education law—including how to respond to calls from Congressional Black Caucus members to focus more attention on low-income schools.
May 8, 2011
Students
Asian American Publications Seeing Growth on U.S. Campuses
The general public’s consumption of U.S. media has declined steadily in recent years, but segments of ethnic media have seen “significant growth” nationally, according to the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism.
May 8, 2011
Students
La. Gov. Bobby Jindal Defends SUNO/UNO Merger in House Committee
Merging historically Black Southern University at New Orleans with the largely White University of New Orleans would give students better educational opportunities, Gov. Bobby Jindal told a Louisiana House committee.
May 4, 2011
Students
Conn. Senator Blumenthal, Gov. Malloy Help Student Stay in the U.S.
By all accounts, it was the politicians’ involvement that made the difference to help undocumented student Mariano Cardoso avert deportation.
May 3, 2011
Students
Book Reviews: Follow the Money
Access, income, jobs — everything eventually comes back to the dollars.
May 3, 2011
Students
Race Complaints Persist With La. Governor Jindal’s Plan To Merge Schools
Gov. Bobby Jindal’s proposal renews a politically and racially charged argument that pops up periodically in the roughly 20 states that have public, four-year institutions known as historically Black colleges and universities.
April 27, 2011
Students
Perspectives: Financial Aid is There; Help Students Find It
High school guidance counselors and college financial aid offices hold the key to helping needy students find the money for college.
April 26, 2011
Students
Recent Law School Graduates Face the Tightest Job Market in Years
But amid lingering industry wide uncertainties, officials at some law schools are scrambling to ensure that underrepresented minorities get jobs.
April 20, 2011
Students
Californians Join Hands to Help Community Colleges
Community college supporters across California joined hands Sunday to raise awareness and scholarship money for students struggling to pay for college.
April 18, 2011
Students
UNCF Study Shows HBCUs Chosen for Small Faculty-Student Ratio, Sense of Belonging
Study authors report that attending HBCUs allows students to “benefit from positive cultural experiences around being Black that they may not have received during their formal elementary and secondary education experiences.”
April 18, 2011
Students
Thousands Protest Budget Cuts at Calif. Colleges
More than 10,000 people marched, waved signs and occupied buildings at college campuses across California in a show of opposition to state budget cuts to education that could lead to higher tuition, larger class sizes and lower enrollment.
April 14, 2011
Students
Texas Lawmakers Back Off Concealed Carry on Campus
Students and administrators from the state’s universities mobilized in opposition, swaying two Democratic lawmakers who had supported the bill.
April 13, 2011
Students
Playing Chess Opens Door to College Scholarships
For a fourth consecutive year, a scholarship went to the winner of the Under 18 section of the Kasparov Chess Foundation’s All Girls Championships in Chicago, and it represents what tournament organizers say is a growing trend in chess competition.
April 12, 2011
Students
Arkansas Near Bottom in U.S. College Degrees Earned
A report by the Arkansas Department of Higher Education indicates fewer than 38 percent of those who entered the state’s public universities in 2004 had earned a degree within six years.
April 11, 2011
Students
Northwestern University Says It Was Misled By Renowned Journalism Professor
Northwestern University has taken public its dispute with a journalism professor whose students are credited with helping free wrongfully convicted prison inmates, accusing him of misleading officials about his handling of a wrongful conviction investigation.
April 7, 2011
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