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U. of New Hampshire Institute on Disabilities Gets $2.7M Grant
DURHAM, N.H. — The University of New Hampshire has been awarded a five-year, $2.7 million grant to support the independence, productivity and quality of individuals with disabilities. The funding for the university’s Institute on Disability comes from the federal Administration for Community Living. It will be used for research, for training future health and human […]
July 5, 2017
Students
The Value of ‘an HBCU Experience’
During my junior year in high school, my assistant principal pulled me aside and told me something I didn’t quite understand at the time: “Will, you can have a college experience, or you can have an HBCU experience.”
July 3, 2017
Students
St. Mary’s Unearths Evidence of Its Slave-laden Past
St. Mary’s College of Maryland is one of many colleges and universities currently exploring its ties to slavery and the slave trade. The college is not unique in having owned slaves.
July 3, 2017
Students
Report: Homelessness on Rise for Community College Students
Homelessness among community colleges is on the rise, according to a new report released by the Wisconsin HOPE Lab, a think tank that produces research aimed at improving equitable outcomes in postsecondary education.
July 3, 2017
Students
Julia Lopez Opening Doors to College in California
Julia I. Lopez was already retired for three years from her position as senior vice president of the Rockefeller Foundation in 2008 when she received a call from a head hunter who wondered if she might have any interest in serving as the president and CEO of the College Futures Foundation.
July 3, 2017
Students
Northwestern Opens Gender-neutral, Multi-stall Bathroom
CHICAGO — Northwestern University officials say one of its institutes has become among the first in the Chicago area to open a gender-neutral, multi-stall bathroom on a college campus. The Chicago Sun-Times reports that it was opened recently at Northwestern’s Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing. It’s next to a single-stall gender-neutral […]
July 3, 2017
Students
William & Mary to Construct New Facility for Jewish Students
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — A new gathering place will be constructed for Jewish students at the College of William & Mary. The university said in a press release that the facility will serve as a gathering place for a variety of cultural, spiritual and educational activities. Construction in Williamsburg is expected to begin in January and […]
July 3, 2017
Students
Benedict College Taps Roslyn Clark Artis to Become Its Next Leader
Dr. Roslyn Clark Artis is making history as the first woman to lead Benedict College in Columbia, S.C. as she follows Dr. David Holmes Swinton, who officially retired from his post last week after 23 years on the job.
July 2, 2017
Students
Tremors of Controversy Rock Southern University
Administration and alumni officials at Louisiana’s Southern University have gone into a major damage control mode in the wake of a series of developments in the last month that have rattled the institution and upset and stirred concern among its base of supporters.
July 2, 2017
Students
Oklahoma University Reverses Course on Chapel Cross, Bibles
ADA, Okla. — The president of East Central University in Oklahoma is reversing a decision to remove Bibles and crosses from its on-campus chapel. ECU President Katricia Pierson said in a statement posted on the school’s website Friday that the public university in Ada, about 65 miles (104 kilometers) southeast of Oklahoma City, “moved too […]
July 2, 2017
Students
University of Oregon Fraternity Suspended 1 Year for Hazing
EUGENE, Ore. — The University of Oregon has suspended a fraternity for one year after it was caught hazing in the spring. The Register-Guard reports the hazing involved intentional embarrassment, physical activity as punishment and coerced use of alcohol and marijuana. University officials determined the Chi Psi chapter had violated the student conduct code and […]
July 2, 2017
Students
Man Held in Chinese Scholar’s Kidnapping was Grad Student
CHICAGO — The 28-year-old Illinois man charged with kidnapping a Chinese scholar now believed to be dead was among a select few admitted to the University of Illinois’ highly competitive physics graduate program in 2013. Brendt Allen Christensen originally planned to earn a doctorate degree, but told his graduate adviser in 2016 he had changed […]
July 2, 2017
Students
Arizona Regents to Offer In-state Tuition to Some Immigrants
PHOENIX — Public universities in Arizona said Thursday they will keep providing in-state tuition for young immigrants who came to the U.S. at an early age despite a recent court decision that threw it in doubt. Young immigrants clad in bright yellow shirts emblazoned with “Protect In-State Tuition for DACA Students” stood closely together holding […]
July 2, 2017
Students
24 Colleges Each Get $1M Grant to Boost STEM Programs
Two Virginia universities — Radford University and Virginia Tech — are among 24 schools that have received individual $1 million grants from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) to improve their science, technology, education and mathematics (STEM) programs.
June 29, 2017
Students
Experts: Data Science and Analytics Skills Essential for Minority Students
By 2021, job candidates who possess skills in data science and analytics — or DSA — will be more than twice as likely to be hired as those who don’t.
June 29, 2017
Students
Money Woes Forcing Oregon to Alter Community College Promise
PORTLAND, Ore. — The Oregon Promise may not be kept to students from wealthier families. The program approved by lawmakers two years ago allows students to attend community college for nearly free, after scholarships and grants are subtracted from the tuition bill. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports lawmakers have budgeted $40 million for the program over the […]
June 29, 2017
Students
Arizona Regents Will Offer In-state Tuition to DACA Students
PHOENIX — The Arizona Board of Regents say it’ll continue to offer in-state tuition for eligible immigrants granted deferred deportation status while the issue is under court review. The Maricopa County Community College District board is asking the Arizona Supreme Court to overturn an appeals court ruling last week that says those immigrants aren’t eligible […]
June 29, 2017
Students
Supporters Stop Where Scholar Last Seen in Illinois
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — University of Illinois students and others from the wider community gathered at the Urbana-Champaign campus to show support for a Chinese scholar who disappeared three weeks ago. Thursday’s event started at the Krannert Center when participants walked to a bus stop where 26-year-old Yingying Zhang was last seen. She got into a […]
June 29, 2017
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