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Section: Students
Students
Learning From Minority-Serving Institutions
The success of all students needs to be anchored in a shared understanding among all stakeholders that it is long past time to abandon the “one-size-fits-all” view of students.
September 30, 2014
Students
New Center Seeks to Boost Knowledge, Interest in Hispanic-Serving Institutions
Seeking to address a gap in knowledge about Hispanic-serving colleges nationwide, a leading research group on Tuesday launched a virtual data center to provide key information about these institutions as well as promising practices in serving Latino students.
September 30, 2014
Students
Ghost Tales For Scholars
With Halloween on the horizon, October brings to mind ghost stories, preferably told on a cool night sitting around a campfire in the deep, dark woods. Ghosts have long been associated with Halloween, which has its origins in a pagan holiday honoring the dead and evolved into the Christian observances of the vigil of All Hallow’s Eve, Oct. 31, All Hallow’s or All Saints Day, Nov. 1 and All Soul’s Day, Nov. 2., which also honor the departed.
September 30, 2014
Students
Lane College Plans Layoffs
JACKSON, Tenn. ― Lane College President Logan Hampton says he must cut staff to align expenses with current revenues.
September 29, 2014
Students
Special Focus: Hispanic Heritage Month
This issue contains a special focus on Hispanics in higher education in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month. We highlight the top universities for graduating Hispanic students in bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees.
September 25, 2014
Students
Experts: HBCUs Need to Start Prepping Potential College Students
HBCUs and Predominantly Black Institutions should drill deeper into the K-12 systems in order to better prepare students for the demands of a college education.
September 25, 2014
Students
University of Southern California Inviting Neighbors Over for Education
USC’s Neighborhood Academic Initiative grooms high school students at the Foshay Learning Center, not far from the university’s main campus in southern Los Angeles.
September 25, 2014
Students
Student Accused of Videotaping Females in Shower
VERMILLION, S.D. ― University of South Dakota officials are defending their notification procedures after a student was accused of using a cellphone to videotape women in a dormitory shower in late August and charged days later in an off-campus rape.
September 25, 2014
Students
Clemson Suspends Fraternities’ Activities After Death of Student
One day after a student fatally fell from a bridge after a run with his fraternity brothers, Clemson University suspended activities for all of its fraternities, citing reports of alcohol abuse and sexual misconduct but stopping short of tying the ban to the death.
September 24, 2014
Students
When a Privileged Scholar Tries to Examine Privilege
I don’t think it’s intellectually honest to discuss how elite education reproduces more elite without considering how race, societal values or the study of primarily White canons help to reproduce this status quo.
September 24, 2014
Students
Federal Student Loan Default Rate Drops But Critics Question Data
The rate at which students default on federal student loans after three years dropped to 13.7 percent for students who began repaying their loans in fiscal 2011 — a full percentage point lower than the previous year’s cohort.
September 24, 2014
Students
Miss America Admits She was Forced Out of Sorority
Miss America Kira Kazantsev said Tuesday that she was removed from her college sorority over a letter that made light of hazing, but she denied a report that she was involved in aggressively hazing fellow students.
September 23, 2014
Students
Fraternities to Train Members to Help Stop Assault
Eight college fraternities announced Tuesday an effort to work together on new training aimed at combating sexual misconduct, hazing and binge drinking.
September 23, 2014
Students
Wesleyan University Orders Fraternities to Become Coed
Wesleyan University in Connecticut on Monday ordered its fraternities with houses on campus to become coeducational within the next three years.
September 22, 2014
Students
After Leaving UNCF, Labor Union Goes With Thurgood Marshall College Fund
AFSCME, one of the largest labor unions in the country, severed its ties with the United Negro College Fund earlier this summer over its decision to accept money from the controversial Koch brothers.
September 21, 2014
Students
University of Delaware Students Rally on Harassment; Professor Leaves
Hundreds of students at the University of Delaware called for more transparency in the school’s harassment policy during a rally Friday after a professor was accused of offering a student an “A” in exchange for sexual favors.
September 21, 2014
Students
Oakwood University Professor Creates First HBCU-Developed MOOC
Colleagues hope Dr. Keith Augustus Burton’s creation will put HBCUs square in the mix of the growing educational trend.
September 18, 2014
Students
Analysis: Black Graduates More Apt to Carry Student Loan Debt
One out of every two Black college graduates since the year 2000 has graduated from college with more than $25,000 in undergraduate student loan debt.
September 18, 2014
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