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Section: Students
Students
Exclusive: Iowa Student Loan Wonât Offer Private Loans
A tightening credit market could make life increasingly difficult this fall for college students who may not find money available to borrow or could be forced to ask their parents to co-sign a loan.
March 16, 2008
Students
Clinton: New Breed of Student Activism Can Make a Difference
Hundreds of college students, nonprofit groups and college administrators are gathering this weekend in New Orleans for the inaugural meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative University â the latest project of former President Clintonâs William J. Clinton Foundation.
March 16, 2008
Students
Lawmakers Seek to Safeguard Access to Student Loans
With urban, low-income students most likely to face the fallout from the student loan credit crunch, House lawmakers say the Department of Education should prepare a contingency âlender of last resortâ program to assure continued access to loan capital.
March 16, 2008
Students
HBCU Presidents Take Their Case For Funding To Congress
A panel of HBCU presidents and administrators stressed the need for greater federal financial support during a congressional hearing Wednesday intended to address the many obstacles facing Americaâs private and public historically Black colleges and universities.
March 12, 2008
Students
Students, Professors Rally to Support Student in Racial Attack
Faculty and students at the University of Massachusetts are rallying around a Black biology student who is facing attempted murder charges after police say a White man taunted him with racial epithets, broke his nose and smashed his dormitory window.
March 12, 2008
Students
Perspectives: Knowledge, Authority and Hmong Invisibility
A professorâs comments about Hmong Americans a year ago were controversial, but it was and is the dismissal of Hmong views and voices in the face of intolerance that remains the enduring problem.
March 12, 2008
Students
Innovations 2008 Conference Highlights Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Themes
Last week, 2,100 community college faculty, administrators and advocates gathered in the mile high city for the League for Innovation in the Community Collegeâs Innovations 2008 Conference, hosted by the Community College of Denver.
March 12, 2008
Students
NASPA Addresses Collegiate Black Male Performance
In a qualitative study examining the lives of 20 collegiate Black males, Iowa State University graduate student researchers determined the six reasons why Black males struggle at predominately White institutions: isolation, the lack of positive images, the lack of preparation, financial factors, the lack of mentors and pride.
March 12, 2008
Students
Michigan Universities Asked To Help Foster Youth With Financial Aid
This June, when foster youth in Michigan graduate from high school and apply for federal higher education funds, theyâll find that money is painfully tight.
March 11, 2008
Students
Study: Hazing Still a Problem on Campus
Virtually every college bans hazing, but more than half of college students belonging to campus organizations say they have experienced it in places from the glee club to the fraternity house, according to a new study.
March 11, 2008
Students
NASPA Session Tackles Hazing Problem Among Black Greeks
Black Greek fraternity members feel hazing solidifies their loyalty to their organization and builds âcharacter and discipline,â according to study results presented to a packed session at the 90th annual NASPA, Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education conference.
March 10, 2008
Students
A Conversation with Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum
Spelman President Beverly Daniel Tatum recently spoke with Diverse about Spelmanâs Center for Leadership and Civic Engagement, the relevance of HBCUs and more.
March 10, 2008
Students
Tragedy Strikes Two Campuses, Threatens One
An Auburn University student was found shot to death on a highway and the University of North Carolina student body president was found fatally shot on a Chapel Hill, N.C. street. Meanwhile, eight dorms at the University of California, Davis were evacuated Wednesday night and a student was arrested after explosives were found in a dorm room.
March 6, 2008
Students
UW Professors See Problems With How Math Is Taught
Sixty University of Washington professors have signed a letter to the Legislature saying that many college freshmen canât solve math problems, even at a middle-school level.
March 5, 2008
Students
Emergency Notification in an instant
Following the recent campus shootings, universities are seeking the most effective and multifaceted electronic alert systems from a host of IT companies.
March 4, 2008
Students
Providing a âFull Circle of Supportâ
With less than 1 percent of American Indian students majoring in the sciences, AISES founders say they are on a mission greater than themselves.
March 4, 2008
Students
Expanding the Cultural Reach Of Environmentalism Through Diversity
In the fall of 2005, Yale graduate student Emily Enderle was asking some uncomfortable questions about faculty diversity at the universityâs School of Forestry and Environmental Studies.
March 4, 2008
Students
Technology: Connecting Students to Their Community Colleges
Community colleges have an extremely difficult job trying to connect with students, given that so many drive to campus only to attend class and then return home or to work after the class concludes.
March 4, 2008
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