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Students
In Defense of ‘Exploitation Games’
Savannah State President Cheryl Dozier defends her institution’s decision to allow its football team to play against big market Division I teams, despite much criticism from those in the HBCU and football communities.
September 30, 2012
Students
California Community Colleges Names New Chancellor
California Community Colleges on Thursday named a veteran administrator to lead the nation’s largest system of public higher education as it confronts a host of financial and academic challenges.
September 30, 2012
Students
New Data Show Many Students Struggling to Repay Loans
More than 13 percent of student loan borrowers are defaulting on their loans during the first three years of repayment, with students from for-profit colleges topping the list of defaulters, the U.S. Education Department said Friday.
September 30, 2012
Students
Professors Navigate Social Media Boundaries in Providing Effective Counsel to Students
Scholars discuss appropriate social media interaction with students they teach at a Howard University conference September 27-28.
September 30, 2012
Students
California Community Colleges Names New Chancellor
California Community Colleges on Thursday named a veteran administrator to lead the nation’s largest system of public higher education as it confronts a host of financial and academic challenges.
September 27, 2012
Students
Obama Encourages Ohio College Students To Vote
President Barack Obama’s latest trip to Ohio wasn’t just about getting his message across. He wanted to make sure college students and 20-somethings are going to vote in big numbers, just like four years ago when they backed him by a wide margin.
September 26, 2012
Students
Academic Coaching: Seeking a Winning Strategy
Academic coaching can help students, particularly those from first-generation and low-income backgrounds, navigate the challenges of academe.
September 25, 2012
Students
Perspective: Building an Engine of Opportunity
After four decades of executive leadership in higher education, the recently retired chancellor and CEO of North Carolina Central University writes that he is launching the Destination Graduation Initiative.
September 24, 2012
Students
Calling it a Career
Dr. James Hawkins has retired after 35 years of service as a journalism educator at Florida A&M University.
September 23, 2012
Students
Linguists’ Quest To Preserve Languages in Danger
A Utah linguist says dozens of native languages across the Americas could disappear within a few generations with the downsizing of a prominent university program.
September 23, 2012
Students
Before House Subcommittee, Panelists Urge Move to Incorporate Nontraditional Students in College Completion Data
The federal government’s method of collecting college graduation rates is outdated and does not take into account the large number of nontraditional students now in higher education, witnesses told a House of Representatives panel on Thursday.
September 20, 2012
Students
Florida Congresswoman Introduces Anti-hazing Legislation
Students who participate in hazing could forever lose their financial aid under proposed legislation announced Thursday by U.S. Congresswoman Frederica Wilson, D-Fla.
September 20, 2012
Students
Pennsylvania Court: College Can be Told of Juvenile Record
In a case that poses questions about whether a juvenile record should follow a student to college, a Pennsylvania appeals court ruled that it was OK for a university to be told that an incoming freshman had disseminated child pornography.
September 19, 2012
Students
U.S. Senators Host Higher Education Accountability Forum
Two U.S. senators advanced the idea that getting students better information on how much a college graduate is likely to earn after graduation from a given program would help families make better college decisions.
September 19, 2012
Students
FAMU Holds First Home Game Without Famed Band
Saturday marked the first FAMU football game in decades without a halftime show of elaborate dances, booming percussion and thundering brass.
September 16, 2012
Students
Man Shot on Morgan State Campus
Authorities say a man who was shot in the student center on the campus of Morgan State University is in serious condition at Johns Hopkins Hospital.
September 13, 2012
Students
Haskell Indian Nations U. Sports Programs on Probation through 2014
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics has put all athletic programs at Haskell Indian Nations University in Kansas on probation through 2014 for “violations involving ineligible players.”
September 12, 2012
Students
Scholars, Lawmakers Call for Greater Focus on Recruiting, Preparing Engineers of Color
Engineering deans at many minority-serving institutions are among those calling for a new national initiative to help MSIs and urban public universities increase the number of engineers of color, whom they say are critical to the nation’s future economic growth.
September 12, 2012
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