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Pennsylvania Police Nominee Wants More Diversity
Gov. Tom Wolf’s new nominee to lead the Pennsylvania State Police said Tuesday that he sees room for improvement in the diversity of troopers and that better recruiting practices could help.
August 6, 2015
Students
UConn Expands Tuition Benefits for Veterans
STORRS, Conn. ― The University of Connecticut’s Board of Trustees has voted to expand a program that gives tuition breaks to some veterans and their dependents.
August 5, 2015
Students
Senate Seeks Ways to Take Income Out of Graduation Rate Equation
A Senate committee is pondering structural reforms that would improve student graduation rates.
August 5, 2015
Students
Admissions Pro Advises Opting to Write Essay
Even though some colleges may not require an essay under the new version of the Common Application, students should consider writing an essay anyway in order to distinguish themselves.
August 5, 2015
Students
American Bar Association OKs Rutger’s Plan to Merge Law Schools
The American Bar Association has approved Rutgers University’s plan to merge its two law schools into one entity with two campuses.
August 3, 2015
Students
Gearhart Leaves After 7 Years Leading University of Arkansas
G. David Gearhart wrapped up a seven-year tenure as chancellor of the University of Arkansas hopeful that a state with few college graduates will push more of its children into higher education.
August 2, 2015
Students
University of Akron: We’re not Closing Multicultural Center
The University of Akron joined a growing list of colleges and universities exercising severe fiscal belt-tightening in the new budget year when it announced this week that 213 staffers were losing their jobs. The university is attempting to offset a reported $40 million deficit.
July 30, 2015
Students
UVa Grads Sue Rolling Stone Over Retracted Campus Rape Story
Three University of Virginia graduates and members of a fraternity who were portrayed in a debunked account of a gang rape in a retracted Rolling Stone magazine story filed a lawsuit against the publication and the article’s author, court records show.
July 30, 2015
Students
Deal Makes College Possible for Major League Soccer Players
Major League Soccer is striking a multiyear deal with Southern New Hampshire University that will provide full scholarships for players and internship opportunities for the school’s students.
July 30, 2015
Students
FTC Investigating Online College University of Phoenix
The University of Phoenix, which runs an online college popular among military veterans, is under federal investigation for possible deceptive or unfair business practices, its parent company the Apollo Education Group told shareholders Wednesday.
July 29, 2015
Students
Charleston Tragedy Inspires S.C. Diversity Programs
Duke Energy and its employees support new diversity initiatives led by Furman University’s Riley Institute in the wake of the fatal June 17 shootings at Mother Emanuel A.M.E. Church in Charleston.
July 28, 2015
Students
MILTON OVERTON
MILTON OVERTON has been appointed director of intercollegiate athletics at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University. He was senior associate athletics director at the University of Alabama. Overton earned a bachelor’s and two master’s degrees from the University of Oklahoma.
July 28, 2015
Students
Wabash College Works to Retain Minority Students
A small, male-only liberal arts college in western Indiana is hosting 30 students this summer as part of an effort to improve its retention and graduation rates for minority and first-generation college students.
July 27, 2015
Students
U. of Richmond Suspends Fraternity for Policy Violations
Sigma Alpha Epsilon’s chapter at the University of Richmond has been indefinitely suspended for violating the school’s policies.
July 26, 2015
Students
Educators Competing With Athletics for Low-income Students’ Focus
Workshop panelist Nathan Weigl, a doctoral student at Appalachian State University, suggested that recruiting tactics of college coaches can be borrowed and adapted by GEAR UP practitioners and community partners.
July 23, 2015
Students
Professor: Student Debt Threatening American Dream
William Elliott said stakeholders must ask whether students who go to college and get debt can “achieve similar long-term outcomes as someone who didn’t take out debt.”
July 22, 2015
Students
Tony Brown Going into Black Journalists’ Hall of Fame
Tony Brown, a renowned journalist and educator, has been selected for induction into the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) Hall of Fame, the organization announced Wednesday.
July 22, 2015
Students
Johns Hopkins Sued Over Purported Frat Rape
BALTIMORE — The parents of a 16-year-old who says she was sexually assaulted at an off-campus fraternity party are suing Johns Hopkins University for $20 million.
July 22, 2015
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