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College scholarships in limbo in tussle over ‘Promise’
Students in Michigan have letters from the state ‘promising’ them the Michigan Promise Scholarship awards, but the scholarship could be eliminated.  According to the Detroit News, more than 96,000 students are still unsure of whether the state will honor their Michigan Promise Scholarship.  The students earned the state-funded merit scholarship — worth up to $4,000 […]
August 16, 2009
Students
SPE announces scholarship winners for graduate research.
Gregorio Manuel Velez-Garcia and Zeba Farheen Abdul Samad will each receive a $2,000 scholarship check at the Society of Plastic Engineers Automotive Composites Conference and Exhibition to help underwrite research in composites for ground transportation, ThomasNet reported.  Velez-Garcia will use scholarship for development work on new method for predicting fiber orientation in fiber-reinforced, injection-molded thermoplastics, […]
August 16, 2009
Students
Clemson sets application, enrollment record while maintaining academic quality
Clemson University will welcome its largest freshman class this week.  According to Clemson University Media Relations, the university set a record enrollment of 16,281 undergraduate student applications.  The director of admissions said the university accepted more freshmen and transfer students because of uncertainty about how the economic recession would affect yield – the percentage of […]
August 16, 2009
Students
Some Undergrads Shave a Year Off College to Save
While educators debate the wisdom of three-year college degrees, some ambitious students are going ahead and finishing their course work in three years anyhow as a way to save thousands of dollars in tuition.
August 16, 2009
Students
AKA Lawsuit Reveals Longtime Internal Conflicts
For an organization with a code of silence rivaled only by police departments, a 38-page lawsuit filed by eight members of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority against its president and board of directors is unusual enough.
August 13, 2009
Students
California State Offers Tough Love To “Super Seniors”
The California State University system’s budget is shrinking and that means space is limited for “super seniors,” those students who keep taking classes despite having enough credits to graduate.
August 12, 2009
Students
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
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
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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