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U.S. Colleges Recruit Hispanic Families Using Spanish
Some venerable American universities are trying to tap the booming pool of Hispanic students by offering Spanish translations of their admissions and financial aid material.
February 8, 2010
Students
Revised FAFSA Form Easing Financial Aid Process
The Obama administration unveiled the new FAFSA form recently in a visit to a high school in Washington, D.C., where U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan, Dr. Jill Biden and Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., attended the session.
February 8, 2010
Students
La. College Commission Suggests Restructuring
The final list of recommendations from a higher education restructuring panel would shift the way dollars are divvied up among Louisiana’s public college campuses and reshuffle governance of the schools.
February 7, 2010
Students
Criminal Justice Scholar Dispels Racial Stereotypes
At Penn State Harrisburg, Dr. Shaun Gabbidon focuses primarily on three areas: racial profiling of consumers, the social-historical perspective of race and crime and African-American criminological thought.
February 4, 2010
Students
Judge Dismisses Suit Against AKA President and Sorority
A judge has thrown out a lawsuit by eight members of the nation’s oldest black sorority, who accused the group’s president of taking hundreds of thousands of dollars in improper compensation and spending sorority money on a wax statue of herself and other questionable purposes.
February 3, 2010
Students
On The Move – Feb 4, 2010 Issue
DR. CHRISTINE CLARK was named senior scholar for multicultural education and founding vice president for diversity and inclusion at University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Previously, Clark was executive director of the Offi ce of Human Relations Programs at UNLV. Clark earned a bachelor’s from Franklin & Marshall College and a master’s and doctorate from the […]
February 3, 2010
Students
Noteworthy News – Standing Up for the Count
With federal dollars on the line, colleges are working to prevent an undercount of college students in the 2010 Census.
February 3, 2010
Students
Washington Update – Financial Aid Simplification: One Step Forward and More to Go
New changes are making it easier to complete the federal government’s financial aid form. But some experts are concerned that the multipage application may still deter students from seeking aid.
February 3, 2010
Students
Private Institutions Seek Role in Obama College Completion Drive
In joining President Obama’s ambitious college completion initiative, a leading U.S. association of private colleges and universities has devoted part of its annual meeting to exploring the role private institutions can play in the quest to expand access and graduate more students.
February 2, 2010
Students
Private Institutions Seek Role in Obama College Completion Drive
In joining President Obama’s ambitious college completion initiative, a leading U.S. association of private colleges and universities has devoted part of its annual meeting to exploring the role private institutions can play in the quest to expand access and graduate more students.
February 2, 2010
Students
Parents, Students on Edge Over Soaring Tuition
As students around the country anxiously wait for college acceptance letters, their parents are sweating the looming tuition bills at public universities.
February 1, 2010
Students
Academy Standing Up for the Count
With federal dollars on the line, colleges are working to prevent an undercount of college students in the 2010 Census.
January 28, 2010
Students
Obama Cites Key Education Priorities—But Also Fiscal Restraints
President Barack Obama last night called for new initiatives on college affordability—many of them aimed at low-income students—while also seeking a spending freeze that could affect the long-term outlook of other established programs.
January 27, 2010
Students
Foreign students excluded from university union
International students won’t be allowed to join a union for research assistants at the University of Wisconsin-Madison under a new policy that labor activists believe is the first of its kind in the U.S.
January 24, 2010
Students
Health Care Debate Carries Implications for College Students
While pundits in Washington, D.C., assess the effect of the Massachusetts Senate outcome on the future of health care reform, college leaders also are focusing on another stumbling block to final action: how the government will treat health plans for 3 million college students.
January 24, 2010
Students
On The Move
DR. KENNETH BOUTTE is program officer in the Division of Human Resource Development, Directorate for Education and Human Resources of the National Science Foundation. Boutte serves as a professor of biology and dean of freshman studies at Xavier University of Louisiana. Boutte holds a bachelor’s from Xavier University of Louisiana and a doctorate from […]
January 20, 2010
Students
Community College Forum: Is Diogenes on Your Campus?
Community colleges must prize integrity by deliberately developing proactive, innovative and inclusive strategies to reinforce the behaviors of the honest students.
January 20, 2010
Students
A Cut Below
California students and faculty grapple with the effects of a state budget crisis in postsecondary education.
January 20, 2010
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