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NAFEO, AT&T Launch Effort To Help Students With Disabilities Attend HBCUs, PBIs
The National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education and the AT&T telecommunications giant have launched an initiative to provide scholarships to students with disabilities attending Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Predominantly Black Institutions.
December 2, 2010
Students
Perspectives: When College is a Means to an End
How do you reach college students who are only enrolled to develop marketable skills rather than critical-thinking skills?
November 30, 2010
Students
Book Reviews: Life Journeys in Academia
While college professors spend a lot of time preparing others for careers, three recent academic memoirs show it can be instructive when scholars share the stories of their own development and life journeys.
November 29, 2010
Students
Sullivan Seeks to Lead the University of Virginia at a Challenging Time
Dr. Teresa Sullivan, the first female president of the University of Virginia, leads the institution into a new era amid state budget cuts and other challenges.
November 28, 2010
Students
Advocates Decry Loss of N.J. Scholarship Program for Preschool Teachers
Education advocates say New Jerseyâs Abbott initiativeâoffering scholarships to employees of preschools in New Jerseyâs poorest districtsâhad tremendous impact.
November 23, 2010
Students
Report: For-profit Schools Likened to Subprime Mortgage Lenders
The embattled for-profit college sector has taken another hit with the release of a new report that indicts the industry for preying on low-income and minority students in a way that will ultimately lead to a financial catastrophe like the subprime mortgage collapse of 2008.
November 23, 2010
Students
Young Scholars Reflect on Family Ties in the Academy
Having grown up in the academy, second-generation scholars chart their own course to become their professor parentsâ academic peer.
November 22, 2010
Students
More Students Taking Advantage of Study-abroad Opportunities
Institute of International Education survey results include minorities in that growing number.
November 15, 2010
Students
Singer John Legend Urges Howard Students To Consider Teaching
In an event that commingled star power and the power of the federal government, President Obamaâs Education Secretary and soul singer John Legend visited Howard University Wednesday as part of a national teacher recruitment campaign aimed at making Americaâs teaching ranks as diverse as the nationâs students.
November 10, 2010
Students
First-Person Narrative: HBCU Alumnus Explores Hampton Humanities Online Class
Diverse correspondent Marlon Walker experiences HamptonU Online, which promises a slice of the historically Black college campus in a virtual world.
November 9, 2010
Students
Critics, Supporters Express Concerns on Proposed Rules Targeting For-profit Colleges
Supporters and opponents of the controversial âgainful employmentâ rule being directed at for-profit colleges voiced their concerns Thursday at one of a series of public hearings being conducted by the U.S. Department of Education this week as it mulls modifying the rule before putting it into effect.
November 4, 2010
Students
Conveying the Black College Experience into Distance Learning
With HBCUsOnline.com, radio personality Tom Joyner ventures into âexpanding the voiceâ of HBCUs by targeting growing contingent of nontraditional students.
November 3, 2010
Students
Future Teachers Must Show, Not Just Tell, Skills
Standing at the edge of a pond surrounded by her class of fourth-graders, Jasmine Zeppa filled a bucket with brown water and lectured her pupils on the science of observing and recording data. Many of the children seemed more interested in nearby geese, a passing jogger and the crunchy leaves underfoot.
November 2, 2010
Students
College Tuition Costs Climbing Again This Fall
College tuition costs shot up again this fall, and students and their families are leaning more on the federal government to make higher education more affordable in tough economic times, according to two reports issued Thursday.
October 28, 2010
Students
Forum: Reaching 2020 Degree Completion Goal May Require Multi-State Approach and Credit for Prior Learning
At a Center for American Progress forum Thursday, U.S. Education Under Secretary Martha Kanter pinpointed the challenges that education leaders and advocates must overcome to successfully boost in 10 years the proportion of students who complete college from 42 percent to 60 percent.
October 28, 2010
Students
College Board Forums Emphasize Expanded Postsecondary Access
College Board regional and national meetings on Wednesday drew veteran experts as well as up-and-coming educators who are on the front lines of school innovation and reform aimed at taking the whole âcollege readinessâ mantra from being a buzzword to a reality.
October 27, 2010
Students
Study: Scholarship Athletes Still Pay for School
A report by Ithaca College researchers and an athletesâ advocacy group shows that the average âfull scholarshipâ Division I athlete winds up having to pay $2,951 annually in school expenses not covered by grants-in-aid.
October 26, 2010
Students
Bethune-Cookman Defends Dismissals of Professors Accused of Sexual Misconduct
Countering the claim that faculty members were denied due process prior to being fired, Bethune-Cookman University officials have defended the 2009 dismissals of four professors accused of sexual misconduct.
October 26, 2010
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