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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
Students
Corinthian Colleges, Education Dept. Reach Tentative Agreement
The for-profit education company will receive an immediate $16 million in federal student aid funds and keep operating.
June 23, 2014
Students
Financial Help Not Likely on Horizon for Tribal Colleges
At an address earlier this month at Standing Rock Sioux Reservation, President Obama promised a renewed commitment to American Indian interests, with a particular focus on education.
June 22, 2014
Students
Starbucks and Arizona State Create a New Education Pathway
Choice and access are the two pillars upon which future educational pathways must be built.
June 22, 2014
Students
Corinthian Colleges Warns It May Shut Down
Corinthian Colleges, a for-profit education company with about 75,000 students nationwide, warned Thursday that it may fail as it clashes with U.S. regulators over student data.
June 19, 2014
Students
HBCUs Challenged to Address LGBT, Diversity Issues
Leaders at HBCU Student Success Summit say that they are making progress, but their campuses remain conservative at the core despite shifting national sentiment.
June 19, 2014
Students
Walmart Awards Thurgood Marshall College Fund $600K Grant
The Walmart Foundation has awarded a $600,000 grant to the Thurgood Marshall College Fund in support of the organization’s Annual Leadership Institute, coaching and mentorship for low-income students and first-generation scholarships for freshman college students.
June 18, 2014
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