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University students less satisfied with courses, survey reveals
University students are unhappier with their degree courses than they were a year ago, a major survey has revealed.  The Birmingham Post reported that almost a fifth of final year undergraduates at higher education institutions in the West Midlands said they were not satisfied with the quality of their course. The findings, which reflect the […]
August 6, 2009
University Students Behaving Badly
Students
COMMUNITY COLLEGE FORUM: Sustaining Enrollment Growth in Difficult Financial Times
As more people head back to school in these recessionary times, many community colleges across the United States are struggling to handle the influx of new students.
August 5, 2009
Students
THE EXPERIMENT
In an age in which free Craigslist online classifieds, self-reported news blogs and a plethora of Web news sources are sapping advertising revenue from print media, many news organizations are searching for new, more viable business models.
August 5, 2009
Students
ISU to hire for graduate students to teach
The provost for Idaho State University says the school will rely more on graduate students rather than temporary faculty members to teach in the classroom.  According to the Idaho State Journal, he university fired several full-time adjunct faculty during the most recent school year, and sent notices to another 20 saying their contracts for the […]
August 5, 2009
Preparing Graduate Students to Teach
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ISU to hire for graduate students to teach
The provost for Idaho State University says the school will rely more on graduate students rather than temporary faculty members to teach in the classroom.  According to the Idaho State Journal, he university fired several full-time adjunct faculty during the most recent school year, and sent notices to another 20 saying their contracts for the […]
August 5, 2009
Preparing Graduate Students to Teach
Students
Kennesaw State U to open ‘green’ dining hall
Kennesaw State University is opening its new “green” dining hall this week, complete with composting, recycling and locally grown produce. According to the Atlanta Journal Constitution, the university is set to cut the ribbon on the new facility Thursday morning, a week before classes begin for the fall semester Aug. 15. The 54,000-square-foot dining hall […]
August 5, 2009
Students
Kennesaw State U to open ‘green’ dining hall
Kennesaw State University is opening its new “green” dining hall this week, complete with composting, recycling and locally grown produce. According to the Atlanta Journal Constitution, the university is set to cut the ribbon on the new facility Thursday morning, a week before classes begin for the fall semester Aug. 15. The 54,000-square-foot dining hall […]
August 5, 2009
Students
Report: J-Schools Not Making the Grade
In a time of two wars, global terrorism and precarious diplomatic relations with several rogue leaders, many of the United States’ top journalism programs are still not teaching students how to responsibly cover violence and conflict, according to a recently released report by the International Center for Media and the Public Agenda at the University of Maryland, College Park.
August 5, 2009
Teaching Unprepared Students
Students
The Experiment
The City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism is testing a new model for journalism with an innovative hyperlocal news project with The New York Times.
August 5, 2009
Students
Who Should Teach Hip-hop Studies?
By most criteria, hip-hop has now been solidifi ed as an essential domain of inquiry and learning in higher education. This status entails a sizable body of scholarship; symposia, conferences and courses devoted to its study; and a growing pool of scholars who have centered it in their research agendas.
August 5, 2009
Students
In Brief: Stories From Around the Academy
UVa awards a scholarship in honor of late dean who helped increase college access for low-income and minority students; Indiana-based researchers seek breast tissue from Hispanic women; Jobless grad sues NY college for tuition.
August 3, 2009
Students
Morgan Staffer Alleges Wrongful Firing
After six years as Morgan State University’s media advisor Denise Brown was suddenly fired last month. According to ABC 2 News, Brown claimed her contract termination stems from a series of articles and opinion pieces published in the school newspaper, The Spokesman, in February alleging misuse of funds from the student government association’s budget. “ […]
July 29, 2009
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AKA president sued over wax statue of herself
Members of the country’s oldest black sorority are suing to remove their president, alleging that she spent hundreds of thousands of dollars of the group’s money on herself — some of it to pay for a wax statue in her own likeness.
July 29, 2009
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Students
Sallie Mae Suffers Revenue Losses From Economy and Federal Loan Reforms
Sallie Mae, the largest private funding source for student loans, is under fire both from the recession and political reforms in student lending heralded by the Obama administration.
July 27, 2009
Students
California Budget Deal Cuts Higher Ed, Saves Financial Aid
After marathon sessions including all-nighters, the California Legislature has passed a budget deal that will bring new gloom to higher education by slashing funding for public colleges by $2.8 billion and school districts and community colleges by $5.7 billion.
July 26, 2009
Students
GRANTS & AWARDS
AUSTIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE (Texas) has received a $35,305 grant from the Texas Workforce Commission for 68 scholarships for two camps that provide students handson experience in computer programming and design. CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, FRESNO has received a $260,000 grant from Worldwide, HP for the Lyles College of Engineering to receive wireless tablet personal computers, wide-format […]
July 22, 2009
Students
THE TOP 100: GRADUATE RANKINGS
The Top 100 degree tables published in this edition of Diverse, and the many more detailed tables included on the Diverse Web site, delineate the institutions that have conferred the most master’s, doctoral and first professional degrees to students of color in academic year 2007-2008.
July 22, 2009
Students
NOTEWORTHY NEWS : NEW GL BILL BRINGS NEW CHALLENGES
With expanded education benefits for war veterans taking effect in August, public institutions anticipate having to cater to veterans’ unique needs.
July 22, 2009
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