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UNCF Study Shows HBCUs Chosen for Small Faculty-Student Ratio, Sense of Belonging
Study authors report that attending HBCUs allows students to “benefit from positive cultural experiences around being Black that they may not have received during their formal elementary and secondary education experiences.”
April 18, 2011
Students
Thousands Protest Budget Cuts at Calif. Colleges
More than 10,000 people marched, waved signs and occupied buildings at college campuses across California in a show of opposition to state budget cuts to education that could lead to higher tuition, larger class sizes and lower enrollment.
April 14, 2011
Students
Texas Lawmakers Back Off Concealed Carry on Campus
Students and administrators from the state’s universities mobilized in opposition, swaying two Democratic lawmakers who had supported the bill.
April 13, 2011
Students
Playing Chess Opens Door to College Scholarships
For a fourth consecutive year, a scholarship went to the winner of the Under 18 section of the Kasparov Chess Foundation’s All Girls Championships in Chicago, and it represents what tournament organizers say is a growing trend in chess competition.
April 12, 2011
Students
Arkansas Near Bottom in U.S. College Degrees Earned
A report by the Arkansas Department of Higher Education indicates fewer than 38 percent of those who entered the state’s public universities in 2004 had earned a degree within six years.
April 11, 2011
Students
Northwestern University Says It Was Misled By Renowned Journalism Professor
Northwestern University has taken public its dispute with a journalism professor whose students are credited with helping free wrongfully convicted prison inmates, accusing him of misleading officials about his handling of a wrongful conviction investigation.
April 7, 2011
Students
FAMU Board Approves President’s Restructuring Plan
A total of 89 jobs will be lost directly related to the plan, while another 109 employees will be laid off on June 30 because they were funded by the federal stimulus program.
April 7, 2011
Students
Oklahoma’s GOP Lawmakers Push to Abolish Affirmative Action
A Republican-backed plan to wipe out any affirmative action programs in Oklahoma appears headed for approval by the Legislature, prompting a bitter response from some minority lawmakers that it is merely a political ploy to play on racial fears.
April 6, 2011
Students
Military Spending Becomes Latest Battleground of For-Profit Colleges
For-profit colleges are facing a new challenge from congressional Democrats as some lawmakers have questioned the steep rise in military tuition benefits going to high-cost proprietary schools.
April 6, 2011
Students
Study: Southern Regional Education Board States Lag Behind in Completion Rates
Nationwide, 29 percent of White adults have a bachelor’s degree, compared with 27 percent in SREB states.
April 3, 2011
Students
Paying for Pell Grant Program Requires Stark Choices
To maintain the current maximum grant of $5,550 and meet demand, the Obama administration would eliminate in-school Stafford Loan subsidies for graduate students.
March 30, 2011
Students
Criminal Justice Think Tank Exits Medgar Evers Campus
The Brooklyn District Attorney’s office will now partner with Medgar Evers on a Community Justice Program for formerly incarcerated students that will involve professors and students from the college’s departments of social work and education and include student internships in the DA’s office.
March 30, 2011
Students
Northwestern University Journalism Professor Launches Innocence Project
David Protess will go on leave for the spring quarter to work on the Chicago Innocence Project, a reporting organization that he says will draw students from a variety of Chicago-area universities, not just Northwestern.
March 29, 2011
Students
Conference: Student Affairs Personnel Are Critical to College Success Programs
At the American College Personnel Association annual conference in Baltimore, university leaders were urged to make sure their campus environments help facilitate the kind of self-discovery that enables students to develop a strong sense of self.
March 29, 2011
Students
“No One Told Me…”
The hit Broadway play “In the Heights” centers around the story of Nina, a child of the barrio who is the first in her family to go to college, indeed to Stanford.
March 23, 2011
Students
Stanford Study Says Academic Coaching Can Improve a College Student’s Graduation Chances
Students who receive one-on-one coaching may be more likely to graduate from college, according to a study released from Stanford University’s School of Education.
March 23, 2011
Students
Black College Conference Takes on Public Criticism of HBCUs
This year, the Thurgood Marshall College Fund’s professional institute conference has provided practical ideas and strategies to address major challenges facing HBCUs.
March 22, 2011
Students
Georgia Technical College Students Required to Maintain B Average to Retain HOPE Funding
Thousands of working moms, laid-off factory employees and others who flocked to Georgia’s 26 technical colleges for job training because of the recession could lose the HOPE Grants that pay their tuition under changes the state is making to the cash-strapped program.
March 21, 2011
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