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Advocacy Group Urges Schools to Remove Students’ Barriers To Mental Health Help

WASHINGTON, D.C. In the wake of the Virginia Tech tragedy, mental health experts urge higher education administrators to implement policies that encourage students to seek help early, remove barriers to seek treatment and ensure that students will not be punished when they ask for help.

April 26, 2007

Cuomo: Student Loan Scandals Flourished Because Ed. Dept. ‘Asleep At The Switch’

Congress must crack down on questionable practices between student loan companies and higher education institutions to help restore consumer confidence in the $85 billion student loan industry, lawmakers and a chief industry critic said Wednesday.

April 25, 2007

Assessing Faculty Safety

Although attacks on college professors are not common, the horrific slayings at Virginia Tech show just how much at risk they can be when they try to do their jobs.

April 23, 2007

Tackling The Problem of Foster Children Missing Out On College

A Michigan task force, charged with recommending ways to help teenagers who age out of the foster care system, is focusing on higher education. One proposal would waive tuition for former foster children enrolled in Michigan’s public universities and community colleges.

April 23, 2007

Asian Americans Urge Not to Stereotype Community

Asian-American community members are fearful of a backlash given the recent events at Virginia Tech and are urging Americans not to reduce the tragedy into stereotypical assumptions about Asian Americans or Korean Americans in particular.

April 19, 2007

Accommodating Picky Palates

While there remains disagreement over the prevalence of the “Freshman 15,” college health and dining officials are trying to help students wade through many convoluted nutritional choices.

April 18, 2007

Grants & Gifts

Austin College (Texas) has received a $2.5 million gift from alum John Q. Adams Sr. and his wife, Vicki. A lecture hall in the college’s planned science facility will be named the Cindy Adams Black Lecture Hall in honor of John Adams’ late sister. Burnham Institute for Medical Research (Calif.) has received more than $6 […]

April 18, 2007

Conveying a Simple, Yet Difficult Message

How Whitman College officials and student-leaders moved swiftly to prevent a racial incident from dividing the campus.

April 18, 2007

Virginia Tech Gunman Was Student From South Korea

BLACKSBURG Va. A Virginia Tech senior from South Korea killed at least 30 people locked inside a classroom building in the deadliest shooting rampage in modern U.S. history, the university and police said Tuesday.

April 16, 2007

Questions Raised About Virginia Tech’s Response To Shootings

BLACKSBURG Va. A gunman massacred 32 people at Virginia Tech in the deadliest shooting rampage in modern U.S. history Monday, cutting down his victims in two attacks two hours and a half-mile apart before the university could figure out what was going on and get the warning out to students.

April 15, 2007

Gunman Killed 21 at Virginia Tech Before Being Killed

BLACKSBURG, Va. A gunman opened fire in a dorm and classroom at Virginia Tech on Monday, killing 21 people in the deadliest campus shooting in U.S. history. The gunman was killed but it was unclear if he was shot by police or took his own life. CNN, however, is reporting the death toll at 31.

April 15, 2007

Sallie Mae To Stop Loan Perks to College Officials

NEW YORK The nation’s largest student loan provider will stop offering perks to college employees as part of a settlement announced Wednesday in a widening probe of the student loan industry.

April 12, 2007

In a League of Her Own

It seems paradoxical, but by being the ultimate team player, DeCarol Davis, a junior at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, is leading the way in academics, basketball, student government — and even in transforming the Academy itself.

April 11, 2007

“Rez Ball” Gains NCAA Certification Thanks to Native American Basketball Invitational (NABI)

If all goes according to plan, the term “Rez Ball” may soon become part of the mainstream lexicon. The Native American Basketball Invitational, founded in 2003, is helping to bring Indian Country’s unique variation of basketball to the outside world. Long played on Indian reservations, rez ball has finally been certified by the NCAA.

April 9, 2007

New school tech trend creates old school problems

Online admissions applications offer prospective students immediacy and cost savings, but are electronic applications efficient as paper applications?

April 9, 2007

Minority Scholarships Fall Victim To Fear Of Anti-affirmative Action Lawsuit

Starting this fall, a scholarship created to boost Black student enrollment at Northeastern University will be open to White students, one of several policy changes the university has taken to avoid becoming the target of an anti-affirmative action lawsuit.

April 8, 2007

At Conservative Black Colleges, Gays Struggle To Find Their Voice

HAMPTON, Va. So lured was April Maxwell by the promise of the Black college experience, with its distinct traditions and tight-knit campus life, that she enrolled at Hampton University in 2001 without even visiting the waterfront campus.

April 5, 2007

First-generation Students Need Continued Support for College, Says Report

WASHINGTON, D.C. First-generation students say navigating the admissions process and receiving continuing support after getting in are some of the key elements in raising their aspirations, according to a new study by the Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education.

April 5, 2007