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Effort to Answer Call on Sexual Assault Gaining Momentum Nationwide
With the additional coverage when President Obama established the White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault this past January, the issue of sexual assault already has seen an unprecedented amount of attention this year.
July 10, 2014
Students
Research Shows U.S. Students ‘Average’ in Terms of Financial Literacy
Experts say American education must evolve to ensure that students are better able to navigate an increasingly complex financial landscape.
July 9, 2014
Students
Low-Income Students’ Success in College Starts in High School
There needs to be a partnership between colleges and organizations in the communities where students live.
July 8, 2014
Students
Marshall Rose Voted New President of AAAED
The membership of the American Association for Access, Equity and Diversity (AAAED) has selected Marshall Rose of Toledo, Ohio, as its president.
July 7, 2014
Students
How Does Your Pay Compare to University of California’s Salaries?
School releases 2013 data, says its workers are still paid “under-market.”
July 7, 2014
Students
Fierce Feminist Tanisha Ford Brings Style to Her Scholarship
The University of Massachusetts Amherst assistant professor is strictly 21st century in her approach to writing and teaching about the lives of Black women in the U.S., Britain and the African diaspora.
July 6, 2014
Students
Indiana University Grad Drums Up Interest in Anti-Cheating Device
INDIANAPOLIS ― He has met CEOs of Apple and Zappos, but in pitching his startup that aims to stop college cheating, Indiana University entrepreneur Max Brickman really wants to hook one particular fish: “Shark Tank” venture capitalist and fellow Hoosier Mark Cuban. “That’s my goal right now: To get him as an investor,” Brickman, 22, […]
July 3, 2014
Students
Fraternity Suspended After Pledge Dies During Hike
LOS ANGELES ― A fraternity at California State University, Northridge, has been ordered to suspend all its activities while the school and sheriff’s detectives investigate the death of a 19-year-old pledge on a hike, officials said. An administrative probe of Pi Kappa Phi was launched Wednesday, a day after the death of Armando Villa in […]
July 3, 2014
Students
Free Speech Suit Targets Student Code at Ohio University
A lawsuit challenging Ohio University’s student conduct code alleges administrators violated constitutional free speech rights by telling students not to wear T-shirts bearing a sexually suggestive double entendre, though the school denies that officials made such comments.
July 2, 2014
Students
Measuring, Addressing Student Behaviors Help Raise Completion Rates
Recent research shows the potential of identifying the student behaviors and attitudes that are key to improving college completion.
July 2, 2014
Students
Booker T. Washington Descendant: Fight for Quality Education Constant
Amanda Washington, Booker T. Washington’s great-great granddaughter, assesses the state of education 50 years after the signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
July 1, 2014
Students
Sexual Assaults on Campus? Administrators Should Heed Tips from Renowned Reporter
After his latest major story, higher ed officials should be reading and following Walt Bogdanich’s work in The New York Times and using it as a cautionary tale.
June 30, 2014
Students
Student Loan Interest Rates Increasing
Interest rates go up today for students taking out new federal loans. This hike is relatively minimal but could foreshadow more increases to come.
June 30, 2014
Students
Expert Sees AAPI Churches, Elders as Keys to LGBT Inclusion in Higher Ed
A former evangelical minister, Jess Delegencia led a conference session last week examining the intersections—and historical lack thereof—among Asian American and Pacific Islanders (AAPI), Christianity and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.
June 30, 2014
Students
Grimes, Warren Hit McConnell on Student Loan Debt
Brandon Davis has an undergraduate degree, a law degree and more than $200,000 in student loans ― which is why he is living with his future in-laws.
June 29, 2014
Students
Indiana University to Offer Multiyear Scholarships
Indiana plans to immediately begin guaranteeing four-year scholarships to athletes and will agree not to reduce the amount of money students on partial scholarship receive year to year based on illness.
June 29, 2014
Students
Study Finds Taking Class Online Does Not Necessarily Improve Outcomes
The authors found that there is no compelling evidence that online learning systems can deliver improved educational outcomes across the board, at scale, on campuses other than the one where the system was born and on a sustainable basis.
June 26, 2014
Students
Cornell University Alumni Endow First Africana Studies Center Lectureship
Cornell University alumni Reuben A. Munday and Cheryl Casselberry Munday have created an endowment that will allow the university’s Africana Studies and Research Center to bring in a leading scholar of African and African-American studies to the Ithaca campus for an annual lecture.
June 25, 2014
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