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Elizabeth Warren to Accrediting Agencies: Step Up
U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren said accrediting agencies should be more aggressive and work with the federal government to share information and determine if schools are cheating students.
February 1, 2017
Students
Enrollment Growing Slowly at South Carolina State University
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Enrollment is rising slowly at South Carolina State University as the Orangeburg school recovers from financial problems. School President James Clark told state lawmakers Tuesday the spring enrollment is 2,634. That’s up from 2,610 students last year at the state’s only public historically Black school. Enrollment usually drops in the spring as […]
February 1, 2017
Students
Harvard Scholars: Travel Ban Deprives U.S. of Best, Brightest
BOSTON — Harvard Medical School professor Thomas Michel was so excited about recruiting Iranian researcher Soheil Saravi, he put Saravi’s name on the door of his Boston lab when his new hire got his visa. Then President Donald Trump’s travel ban took effect, blocking Saravi from entering the U.S. “It’s interesting. This is a door. […]
February 1, 2017
Students
Wheaton College Answers Immigration Ban with a Scholarship
Wheaton College, a small, private, liberal arts institution located in Norton, Massachusetts, announced Tuesday that it would institute a scholarship for a refugee from one of the seven countries listed under the travel ban in the executive order.
January 31, 2017
Students
Rodriguez: A Lesson the USA Could Learn from Mexico
Primary process and principio are complex issues, but it is the general idea of revolting and then returning to one’s original roots.
January 31, 2017
Students
Make Room for the ‘Dean’s List Subversives’
As a professor, I encouraged students to join Women’s March events, but I stayed in the classroom. However, I am not silent when I use my classroom to normalize diversity.
January 31, 2017
Students
Travel Ban Throws Research, Academic Exchange into Turmoil
BOSTON — Universities across the nation say President Donald Trump’s ban on travelers from seven Muslim countries is disrupting vital research projects and academic exchanges in such fields as medicine, public health and engineering, with untold numbers of scholars blocked from entering the U.S. For years, schools in the U.S. have worked to widen exchanges […]
January 31, 2017
Students
DeVry University to Pay $2.5M in New York Settlement
NEW YORK — New York’s attorney general says DeVry University will pay $2.25 million following allegations that it exaggerated graduates’ job and salary prospects. Eric Schneiderman said Tuesday that a settlement also requires the school – which operates locally as DeVry College of New York – to pay $500,000 in penalties and fees. Graduates eligible […]
January 31, 2017
Students
Claim Accuses Wells Fargo of Denying Loans to Young Migrants
SAN FRANCISCO — A federal lawsuit filed Monday accuses banking giant Wells Fargo of illegally denying student loans to young immigrants who are protected from deportation and allowed to work and study in the U.S. under a program created by former President Barack Obama. Wells Fargo said it was disappointed the plaintiffs sued instead of […]
January 31, 2017
Students
President Gates Black: Labor Market Sets Course for Community College
As she prepares to transition from Tarrant County College District in Texas to assume the leadership of Delaware County Community College, Dr. L. Joy Gates Black reflects on changes in the community college sector.
January 30, 2017
Students
Study: Sanctuary City Stats Belie Negative Narrative
As President Donald Trump starts implementing controversial immigration protocol, a new report suggests that so-called sanctuary counties boast less crime and stronger economies than do their nonsanctuary counterparts.
January 30, 2017
Students
Higher Ed Seeks Footing Amid Immigration Policy Chaos
Questions about the implementation and reach of President Trump’s executive order on immigration and refugee rights still roil, three days after it was signed.
January 30, 2017
Students
University of South Carolina to Erect Statue of First African-American Professor
COLUMBIA, S.C. — The University of South Carolina wants to erect a statue in honor of the school’s first African-American professor. The university hosted a celebration about Richard T. Greener’s life Monday afternoon. The State of Columbia reported university officials hope to raise money for the statue and an endowment that would pay for future […]
January 30, 2017
Students
Justice Sotomayor Says Universities Need More Diversity
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Monday said future diversity on college campuses is a key to diversifying society at large, noting that the number of Black students at the University of Michigan is a “real problem.” Sotomayor received an honorary degree and participated in a forum about the future […]
January 30, 2017
Students
AAC&U Says Liberal Arts Education Not Just for the Elite
The liberal arts education should not be reserved for just the elite but should be embraced by all colleges and universities, according to its advocates.
January 29, 2017
Students
Education Reformer: Charter Schools Can Be ‘Culturally Affirming,’ Not Segregated
Though some critics say charter schools that serve predominantly minority students are “segregated,” others say such schools can be “culturally affirming” and should not be lumped with schools that are segregated in the traditional sense of the word.
January 29, 2017
Students
University of California Shows Leadership on Trump Travel Ban
Universities, especially public institutions, have a major role in the moral leadership of America and should not shirk that responsibility.
January 29, 2017
Students
College Presidents Vow to Protect Students Amid Immigration Crackdown
Several college presidents sprang into action, reassuring their students who are from the seven predominantly Muslim countries that President Trump temporarily banned from entering the United States that they would do everything to support them.
January 29, 2017
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