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Educators Seek Out More Minorities to Study Abroad
Educators want more minority students to study abroad because the experience is seen as crucial to student development, yet minority participation badly lags their overall presence on college campuses.
February 22, 2011
Students
U.S. Banker to Match Immigrants’ College Savings
The group promises that if families save $1,500 by the time a child graduates from high school, it will match that amount.
February 21, 2011
Bob Hildreth
Students
Texas Poised to Pass Bill Allowing Guns on Campus
Texas has become a prime battleground for the issue because of its gun culture and its size, with 38 public universities and more than 500,000 students.
February 21, 2011
Texas Gov. Rick Perry
Students
Campus Racial Flaps Dog Alabama Despite Progress
Months after the university unveiled a plaza and clock tower named for its earliest Black students, the campus was swamped with unwelcome attention after a White student was disciplined for yelling racial slurs.
February 20, 2011
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Students
Race Unknown
For a small but growing number of multiracial students, freedom means being able to identify multiple ethnicities, or none at all.
February 20, 2011
Bryan Lee
Students
House Republicans Slash $61B in Continuing Resolution
An amendment barring the Department of Education’s proposed gainful employment regulation passed by a vote of 289-136.
February 19, 2011
John Kline
Students
House Republicans Slash $61B in Continuing Resolution
An amendment barring the Department of Education’s proposed gainful employment regulation passed by a vote of 289-136.
February 19, 2011
Students
Perspectives: Rest Stops & Scenic Overlooks – A Call to Professional Renewal
We need to cultivate a culture of contemplation and joy, urges George Mason University assistant professor.
February 17, 2011
Toby Jenkins
Students
South Carolina College Students Rally for Higher Education
Students from three South Carolina universities urged lawmakers to be careful when they trim the budget, saying deep cuts to higher education will hurt the state’s economic future.
February 16, 2011
Isaiah Nelson
Students
Georgia Tech Sees ‘Room for Progress’ After Half Century of Integration
Fifty years after its integration, Georgia Tech recommits itself to providing institutional access to underserved students.
February 16, 2011
Student Body President Steve Glickman
Students
Obama Budget Protects Pell Grants, Sets Education Priorities
President Obama presented a 2012 budget that has limited increases for education but a commitment to protect the current $5,550 maximum Pell Grant, which is the subject of potential cuts on Capitol Hill.
February 14, 2011
Arne Duncan
Students
New Federal Data Show Rising Student Loan Default Rates
The federal government’s new system to calculate student loan default rates – while highlighting the problems of many for-profit colleges – also may pose risks for some minority-serving institutions that are seeing their rates increase as well.
February 13, 2011
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Students
HBCU President Brings Sex and Health Education to the Campus
Sex Week, Philander Smith’s first-ever campus wide sexual education forum, brought students together with medical, religious, health, and relationship experts.
February 10, 2011
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Students
Despite AP Access Limited Among Minorities, Exam-Taking on the Rise
The number of high school seniors taking Advanced Placement exams is steadily rising, but a significant gap persists with lack of exam-taking among African-American students, according to a report.
February 9, 2011
AP students
Students
Witnesses Say Shots Led to Stampede at Ohio Fraternity Party
Partygoers stampeded to escape gunfire that killed one college student and wounded 11 people at an Ohio fraternity house, authorities said as they searched for a motive in the weekend shooting.
February 7, 2011
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Students
Civil Rights Groups Express Support for Gainful Employment Rules
The Obama administration’s efforts to step up oversight of for-profit colleges got a key endorsement when a group of civil rights leaders announced support for the proposed rules.
February 7, 2011
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Students
Achieve Report Shows States Embracing College and Career Readiness Standards
Six years after coining the term “expectation gap,” a nonprofit group’s study proves that states are paying attention.
February 6, 2011
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Students
Faculty Members Seeking to Oust Medgar Evers President
Medgar Evers College, the newest and smallest member of the City University of New York system, finds itself in a familiar but unenviable position — cloaked in controversy — as faculty leaders press for the immediate ouster of its new president and provost.
February 3, 2011
William Pollard
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