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Students
Nissan Funds Educational Initiative
Nissan North America, Inc. presented the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) with a $20,000 donation to fund a new educational initiative: “El Reto Supremo Academico.”
September 30, 2008
Students
Obama Effigy Found Hanging From Ore. Campus Tree
Officials of a small Christian university say a life-size cardboard reproduction of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama was hung from a tree on the campus, an act that outraged students and school leaders alike.
September 25, 2008
Students
Falwell College Wants Students to Vote Locally
The chancellor of Liberty University has an ambitious plan to get the 10,500 students at the evangelical Christian college registered to vote in Virginia, a swing state that could be crucial to victory in the presidential election.
September 24, 2008
Students
For Ole Miss, Presidential Debate Marks School’s Progress
Two generations ago, bullets flew and tear gas canisters exploded among the magnolias as segregationists fought federal authorities over the court-ordered admission of the first Black student to the University of Mississippi.
September 21, 2008
Students
Suit Filed Against New Mexico State University
Four current and former New Mexico State University faculty members and a graduate student have filed a lawsuit in federal court charging university administrators with racial discrimination and unfair professional retaliation.
September 21, 2008
Students
Rethinking Student Aid Group Suggests Overhauling Financial Aid
A group of policy experts charged with the arduous task of rethinking strategies for student financial aid recommends an overhaul of the financial aid process, beginning with simplifying the financial aid application by tying it to a family’s tax return in addition to creating a better college savings program for low-income families.
September 18, 2008
Students
Congress Sends Student Loan Extension to Bush
Congress has approved through the 2010 school year a program that will allow students who rely on loans to continue their educations regardless of current difficulties in the private credit market.
September 18, 2008
Students
Grooming a New Cadre of Faculty Leaders
The Leadership Alliance has produced more than 100 Ph.D.s, one-third of whom are now working in the academy.
September 17, 2008
Students
Expanding the Scope of Advanced Placement Classes
Hispanic educators launch an effort to create an AP Latin American History course.
September 17, 2008
Students
The Next Best Thing to Family
As more Hispanic women are enrolling in college, Hispanic sororities are filling a personal void that other campus groups don’t.
September 17, 2008
Students
Building a Friendly Environment for Hispanic Students
In 1963, Bob Dylan wrote and sang about how “The Times They Are A-changing.”
September 17, 2008
Students
Grants & Gifts
ARMSTRONG ATLANTIC STATE UNIVERSITY (Ga.) has received a $360,000 grant from the University System of Georgia to participate in the USG’s Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Initiative (STEM). CALIFORNIA LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY has received a $100,000 Wal-Mart grant from the Council of Independent Colleges to help CLU recruit and retain more firstgeneration college students. CALIFORNIA STATE […]
September 17, 2008
Students
Hispanic Heritage Month 2008
On September 15, academic institutions and cultural groups nationwide embarked on a month-long celebration of Hispanic heritage and culture.
September 16, 2008
Students
Colleges Spend Billions to Prep Freshmen
It’s a tough lesson for millions of students just now arriving on campus: even if you have a high school diploma, you may not be ready for college.
September 15, 2008
Students
Perspectives: Challenges in Higher Education for the Next President
Unlike the Middle East or the housing industry, the next president will not face an immediate crisis in addressing the issue of higher education in the United States.
September 14, 2008
Students
Parents, Community Holds Key to Hispanic Education Achievement
“Parents and family are the No. 1 enablers, and the No. 1 obstacles” to student success, Sara Martinez Tucker, the undersecretary at the U.S. Department of Education, told a group of educators, parents and community organizers at the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans on Thursday.
September 11, 2008
Students
Clinton Concerned About Sept. 11 Scholarship Fund
Former President Clinton has been in talks with the directors of a huge college scholarship fund for Sept. 11 victims to address complaints by some families that the program has given out too little money.
September 11, 2008
Students
IU Offers Support for American Indian Group
Indiana University administrators are working to find a new space and director for a support group for American Indian students weeks after student leaders accused IU of not supporting the group.
September 9, 2008
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