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Community College Pilot Programs Administer Immediate Aid to Students With Financial Emergencies
For many community college students living on tight budgets, an increase in rent, car repair expenses, unanticipated textbook costs and even running out of bus fare to get to school can derail their college education.
July 2, 2008
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Commuter Colleges Go Residential, Gain Enrollment
The neighborhood around Georgia State University was for years a maze of boarded up storefronts, aging buildings and parking lots that emptied at the close of each day.
July 2, 2008
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Students Learning English Are Isolated in Poor Schools, Study Finds
Gaps in test scores narrow when students who have not mastered English are not isolated in low-achieving schools, according to a new report from the Pew Center for English-Language learning.
July 1, 2008
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Blacks Given ‘Ghetto’ Names in SoCal Yearbook
Phony “ghetto” names were printed under a yearbook photo of Black Student Union members, leaving some angry Charter Oak High School students and parents calling for an apology and a reprint.
June 30, 2008
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Commuter Colleges Go Residential, Gain Enrollment
The neighborhood around Georgia State University was for years a maze of boarded up storefronts, aging buildings and parking lots that emptied at the close of each day.
June 30, 2008
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Interest Rates on Need-based Federal Student Loans To Drop July 1
Interest rates on need-based federal student loans will drop July 1, making these loans cheaper for the 5.5 million college students that qualify, lawmakers announced Thursday.
June 26, 2008
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Young Teens Encouraged to Become Entrepreneurs
Matt Walker, 12, would like to own a business one day.
June 25, 2008
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Coalition Says Using a Culturally Based Education Model Could Help Close Achievement Gap
Teachers must be sensitive and inclusive to all students’ cultural backgrounds, educators and advocacy organizations said during a congressional briefing on Capitol Hill Wednesday.
June 25, 2008
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Getting to Know Sharon Washington
From faculty member at Kent State University and Springfield College to visiting scholar at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and administrator at Spelman and Bennett colleges, Dr. Sharon Washington has now arrived at the University of California, Berkeley, as director of the National Writing Project.
June 25, 2008
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Course Watch: Indigenous Language To Be Offered at NYU
A class on the second most widely spoken indigenous language in South America, Quechua, will be offered to undergraduate and graduate students at New York University this fall through the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies and the Spanish Department.
June 25, 2008
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Professional Appointments
Dr. Jack Scott, a Democratic California state senator, has been named chancellor of the California Community College System. Currently, he serves as chairman of the Senate Education Committee and will assume his new post in January 2009. Scott holds a bachelor’s from Abilene Christian College, a master’s from Yale University and a doctorate from Claremont […]
June 25, 2008
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Grants & Gifts
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, BAKERSFIELD, has received a $250,000 gift from State Farm Insurance for an advanced computer lab. The lab will be located in the university’s new science building. FRESNO STATE UNIVERSITY (Calif.) has received $1.75 MILLION in grants from Rehabilitation Administration Services in the U.S. Department of Education. Specifically, the funds will go to […]
June 25, 2008
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Most Hispanic Students Say College Too Costly
About half of Hispanic high school students in Indiana would be the first in their families to attend college, and most feel they can’t afford a higher education, according to a new survey.
June 24, 2008
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Report: To Serve Hispanics, Schools Should Look to the Success of HSIs
By looking at the success of Hispanic-serving institutions, other colleges and universities can find ways to support the growing number of Hispanic college students nationwide, according to a report released Wednesday by the higher education policy group Excelencia in Education.
June 24, 2008
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Sparked by Wright Controversy, Northwestern’s Black Alumni Call on University to Correct Racial Injustices
Northwestern University’s decision to rescind an invitation to the Rev. Jeremiah Wright to receive an honorary degree was the last straw for many Black alumni, who have started an online petition that calls for changes to how the university treats Black students and the Black community, including an investigation into the decrease in Black student enrollment.
June 19, 2008
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Report: To Serve Hispanics, Schools Should Look to the Success of HSIs
By looking at the success of Hispanic-serving institutions, other colleges and universities can find ways to support the growing number of Hispanic college students nationwide, according to a report released Wednesday by the higher education policy group Excelencia in Education.
June 18, 2008
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Higher Education Associations Launch National Student Voting Campaign
In an effort that builds upon the enthusiastic participation of young voters during the recent presidential primary season, a coalition of higher education associations have launched the National Campus Voter Registration Project (NCVP), a nationwide nonpartisan campaign to register, educate and motivate college students to vote in the national election this November.
June 18, 2008
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Most Hispanic Students Say College Too Costly
About half of Hispanic high school students in Indiana would be the first in their families to attend college, and most feel they can’t afford a higher education, according to a new survey.
June 17, 2008
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