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Students
Influential Lumina Foundation Drives Higher Education Change, Innovation
The Lumina Foundation has a larger impact on the national debate about how to improve higher education, particularly community colleges, than its financial size suggests it should.
August 17, 2010
Students
Ex-MVSU Student Sues Over Suspended Music Industry Degree Program
A former Mississippi Valley State University student who had pursued a degree in music recording practices has filed a lawsuit over the school’s decision to cut his major.
August 17, 2010
Students
For-profit College Firm Stocks Dive Following Loan Data Disclosure
Shares of for-profit education companies slid Monday as government data showed that many of their students aren’t repaying school loans, which could imperil the ability of their students to receive federal financial aid, the bulk of the schools’ revenue.
August 16, 2010
Students
Nation’s Governors Tackle College Completion Rates
Following President Barack Obama’s lead, the National Governors Association (NGA) has launched an initiative to increase the number of degrees and certificates awarded and to improve productivity at higher education institutions.
August 15, 2010
Students
University of Virginia Requires Annual Disclosures of Student Arrests
The University of Virginia is requiring students to disclose whether they’ve been arrested or convicted of crimes each fall semester when they log in for the first time to the computer system that handles e-mail and course materials.
August 10, 2010
Students
Highlighting the Plight of Unjustly Imprisoned Journalists
New book on Ling sisters’ account of 140-day detention in North Korea calls attention to the growing number of journalists being held captive.
August 9, 2010
Students
Opinion: Recruiting Students of Color to Predominantly White Campuses
Despite the gains in minority student enrollment over the last four decades—Black and Hispanic students accounted for 13.1 and 11.4 percent, respectively, of enrollment at degree-granting institutions in 2007, up from 9.4 and 3.5 percent in 1976—students of color remain underrepresented at traditionally White institutions.
August 5, 2010
Students
Senate Hearing: Videos of For-Profit School Staffers Expose Fraudulent Acts
Secretly-recorded videos of shady practices within the for-profit college sector got aired Wednesday during an occasionally testy Senate committee hearing that probed the extent of those practices among the proprietary schools.
August 4, 2010
Students
Veteran Journalist Pinkston Sees Bright Prospects for the News Profession
Encouraged by educators to become a reporter, CBS newsman Randall Pinkston says he’s optimistic about the news profession because of the promising student journalists he meets while guest lecturing at journalism schools.
August 4, 2010
Students
Federal Appeals Court Hears University of Texas Admissions Case
Two White students who were denied admission to the University of Texas at Austin asked a federal appeals court Tuesday to rule that the school impermissibly uses race in its undergraduate admissions decisions.
August 3, 2010
Students
Appeals Court to Consider Use of Race in UT’s Admissions Policies
Today, the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will consider whether the University of Texas at Austin’s use of race and ethnicity in its admissions policy violates the law.
August 2, 2010
Students
Journalism Education Embraces Ethnic Media
Journalism schools turn to ethnic media outlets in effort to train future reporters on covering diverse communities.
August 2, 2010
Students
Proposed Rules Aimed at For-profit Colleges Explored During Policy Discussion
The for-profit college sector was portrayed as both villain and victim Friday at a Washington policy institute panel discussion on the proposed rules that seek to make the sector more accountable.
August 1, 2010
Students
Award-Winning Journalist Recalls Intervention by College Professor
With assistance from a caring professor, CBS news correspondent Byron Pitts overcame illiteracy and graduated in four years from Ohio Wesleyan University, according to his new autobiography.
August 1, 2010
Students
Opinion: University of Texas at Austin Continues Its Progress on Diversity
In response to a recent Diverse blog by Dr. Ibram Rogers, the chief diversity officer at The University of Texas at Austin elaborates on the recent decision by The University of Texas System Board of Regents to change the name of Simkins Residence Hall.
July 29, 2010
Students
National Urban League Convention Considers College Success, K-12 Education Reform
The rough road to a college degree can be made smoother for first-generation and low-income students if society begins to step up support in the areas of academic support, mentoring and financial aid, according to education experts at the National Urban League’s 100th Anniversary Convention.
July 29, 2010
Students
Journalism Education Undergoes Academic Discipline Makeover
Media industry changes force the nation’s journalism schools to reinvent themselves to better prepare students for the demands of the job market.
July 28, 2010
Students
Proposed Federal Rules Target For-profit Colleges
The Education Department proposed much-anticipated regulations this past Friday that would cut off federal aid to for-profit college programs if too many of their students default on loans or don’t earn enough after graduation to repay them.
July 26, 2010
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