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Devaka Premawardhana Exploring Christianity’s Global Reach
A long and winding road led Dr. Devaka Premawardhana, selected by Diverse as a member of the 2017 Class of Emerging Scholars, to northern Mozambique and anthropological research among the Makhuwa people.
February 2, 2017
Students
John King to Succeed Kati Haycock as Education Trust CEO
The announcement that former U.S. Secretary of Education John King has been named Ed Trust president and CEO is winning plaudits from many.
February 2, 2017
Students
The Essential Nature of HBCUs
For me, it was not a matter of if I was going to attend an HBCU; it was a question of which HBCU I was going to attend.
February 2, 2017
Students
Georgia Debates Bill at Odds with U.S. Rules on Campus Assault
ATLANTA — A panel of Georgia lawmakers has approved a bill requiring college officials and employees to report sexual violence and other crimes to law enforcement, clashing with existing federal guidance laying out specific requirements under civil rights law. The bill also would bar schools from taking any disciplinary steps such as suspending a student […]
February 2, 2017
Students
Scholar Ramon Goings: No Time Like Present to Return to School
Dr. Ramon Goings, selected by Diverse as a member of the 2017 Class of Emerging Scholars, sees the experiences of nontraditional-age students as a ripe area for study, even as he’s training graduate students to be leaders in education.
February 1, 2017
Students
Elizabeth Warren to Accrediting Agencies: Step Up
U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren said accrediting agencies should be more aggressive and work with the federal government to share information and determine if schools are cheating students.
February 1, 2017
Students
Enrollment Growing Slowly at South Carolina State University
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Enrollment is rising slowly at South Carolina State University as the Orangeburg school recovers from financial problems. School President James Clark told state lawmakers Tuesday the spring enrollment is 2,634. That’s up from 2,610 students last year at the state’s only public historically Black school. Enrollment usually drops in the spring as […]
February 1, 2017
Students
Harvard Scholars: Travel Ban Deprives U.S. of Best, Brightest
BOSTON — Harvard Medical School professor Thomas Michel was so excited about recruiting Iranian researcher Soheil Saravi, he put Saravi’s name on the door of his Boston lab when his new hire got his visa. Then President Donald Trump’s travel ban took effect, blocking Saravi from entering the U.S. “It’s interesting. This is a door. […]
February 1, 2017
Students
Wheaton College Answers Immigration Ban with a Scholarship
Wheaton College, a small, private, liberal arts institution located in Norton, Massachusetts, announced Tuesday that it would institute a scholarship for a refugee from one of the seven countries listed under the travel ban in the executive order.
January 31, 2017
Students
Rodriguez: A Lesson the USA Could Learn from Mexico
Primary process and principio are complex issues, but it is the general idea of revolting and then returning to one’s original roots.
January 31, 2017
Students
Make Room for the ‘Dean’s List Subversives’
As a professor, I encouraged students to join Women’s March events, but I stayed in the classroom. However, I am not silent when I use my classroom to normalize diversity.
January 31, 2017
Students
Travel Ban Throws Research, Academic Exchange into Turmoil
BOSTON — Universities across the nation say President Donald Trump’s ban on travelers from seven Muslim countries is disrupting vital research projects and academic exchanges in such fields as medicine, public health and engineering, with untold numbers of scholars blocked from entering the U.S. For years, schools in the U.S. have worked to widen exchanges […]
January 31, 2017
Students
DeVry University to Pay $2.5M in New York Settlement
NEW YORK — New York’s attorney general says DeVry University will pay $2.25 million following allegations that it exaggerated graduates’ job and salary prospects. Eric Schneiderman said Tuesday that a settlement also requires the school – which operates locally as DeVry College of New York – to pay $500,000 in penalties and fees. Graduates eligible […]
January 31, 2017
Students
Claim Accuses Wells Fargo of Denying Loans to Young Migrants
SAN FRANCISCO — A federal lawsuit filed Monday accuses banking giant Wells Fargo of illegally denying student loans to young immigrants who are protected from deportation and allowed to work and study in the U.S. under a program created by former President Barack Obama. Wells Fargo said it was disappointed the plaintiffs sued instead of […]
January 31, 2017
Students
President Gates Black: Labor Market Sets Course for Community College
As she prepares to transition from Tarrant County College District in Texas to assume the leadership of Delaware County Community College, Dr. L. Joy Gates Black reflects on changes in the community college sector.
January 30, 2017
Students
Study: Sanctuary City Stats Belie Negative Narrative
As President Donald Trump starts implementing controversial immigration protocol, a new report suggests that so-called sanctuary counties boast less crime and stronger economies than do their nonsanctuary counterparts.
January 30, 2017
Students
Higher Ed Seeks Footing Amid Immigration Policy Chaos
Questions about the implementation and reach of President Trump’s executive order on immigration and refugee rights still roil, three days after it was signed.
January 30, 2017
Students
University of South Carolina to Erect Statue of First African-American Professor
COLUMBIA, S.C. — The University of South Carolina wants to erect a statue in honor of the school’s first African-American professor. The university hosted a celebration about Richard T. Greener’s life Monday afternoon. The State of Columbia reported university officials hope to raise money for the statue and an endowment that would pay for future […]
January 30, 2017
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