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Students
Obama Administration: End Zero Tolerance
The wide-ranging series of guidelines issued Wednesday in essence tells schools that they must adhere to the principle of fairness and equity in student discipline or face strong action if they don’t.
January 8, 2014
Students
Study Urges Tough Measures for Parent PLUS Loan Requirements
A new report released by the New America Foundation urges reforms to ensure that the Parent PLUS loan program does not burden parent borrowers with debt they cannot pay back.
January 8, 2014
Students
Former Emerging Scholars of the Year: Where are they now?
Brian Blake Vice Provost for Academic Affairs Dean of the Graduate School University of Miami Class of 2007 Dr. Mitchell Chang Professor, Higher Education and Organizational Change, University of California, Los Angeles Class of 2006 Dr. Sean Decatur President Kenyon College Class of 2007 Dr. Wayne A.I. Frederick Interim President Howard University Class of 2011 […]
January 2, 2014
Students
Special Report: Emerging Scholars
In this edition Diverse also presents the Emerging Scholars Class of 2014. This is our annual look at 12 standout scholars, under age 40, who are making their mark in the academy. And in honor of our 30th anniversary we also take a look back at 18 Emerging Scholars from years past to find out […]
January 2, 2014
Students
Maine Student Loan Tax Credit Program Falls Flat
Lawmakers heralded the Educational Opportunity Tax Credit as a bold plan to prevent “brain drain” and keep the best and the brightest in the state when they approved it in 2007.
January 1, 2014
Students
Faculty Panel Gives OK to Deviant Behavior Class
A course at the University of Colorado on deviant behavior has passed a faculty review, but the professor behind the class said she is still not sure if she’ll return after being suspended from teaching it.
January 1, 2014
Students
Ex-Frat House Becomes Home for Va. Tech Entrepreneurs
Virginia Tech invited freshmen with “entrepreneurial spirits” to apply to live in the $5 million brick mansion after the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity was kicked off campus in May for bad behavior.
December 30, 2013
Students
University of Minnesota to Offer Gender-neutral Student Housing
The University of Minnesota is preparing to offer gender-neutral housing at its Twin Cities campus.
December 29, 2013
Students
Calif. Higher Ed Leader: Demand-Based Funding Best Serves Underrepresented Groups
California Community Colleges Chancellor Dr. Brice W. Harris says that the prospect of outcome-based funding poses the risk of forcing colleges to leave a whole generation of students behind.
December 24, 2013
Students
University of North Florida Won’t Appeal Court Ruling on Guns
President John Delaney states that students will be allowed to store guns in their cars.
December 23, 2013
Students
Crazy Horse Program Jumpstarts College Careers
Program’s CEO says about 68 percent of the students who have attended Indian University of North America summer sessions in the backdrop of the mammoth mountain carving in South Dakota’s Black Hills have continued to pursue degrees at private public or tribal colleges and universities.
December 23, 2013
Students
Alabama State Trustees Choose Boyd as President
Gwendolyn Boyd went from a Montgomery housing project as a girl to a career with a leadership position at Johns Hopkins University.
December 22, 2013
Students
Aviation Schools Preparing Students for Future Drone Jobs
Student pilots are eager to cash in on the booming market for drone operators, which could happen in the next few years.
December 19, 2013
Students
Harvard Student Appears in Court on Bomb Hoax Charge
A Harvard University student appeared briefly in federal court Wednesday, accused of making a bomb threat that forced the evacuation of four campus buildings so he could get out of a final exam.
December 18, 2013
Students
Report Presses UNC System for Greater Efficiency
North Carolina’s public university system should increase its focus on efficiency as students and taxpayers alike grapple with the rising cost of higher education, a report Wednesday to state legislators said.
December 18, 2013
Students
Center for American Progress Urges ‘Game-Changing’ Higher Education Reforms
The Washington-based Center for American Progress releases a pair of research reports that highlight three approaches for higher education reform models.
December 18, 2013
Students
Educators Protest Koch Gift to Catholic University
Some Catholic educators are protesting Catholic University of America’s recent acceptance of a $1 million donation from the Charles Koch Foundation, which is affiliated with the libertarian Koch brothers.
December 17, 2013
Students
Just the Stats: College Graduate Debt Increases by 10 Percent From Previous Year
College graduates student loan debt increased from 2011 to 2012 by 10.5 percent, an increase from $26,600 in 2011 to $29,400 in 2012.
December 17, 2013
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