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Students
Drexel to Offer 2-Year Law Degree
With enthusiasm for law school waning over concerns about high student debt, Drexel University is creating a two-year degree program designed to help new attorneys get into the workforce sooner and start making money.
April 1, 2013
Faculty & Staff
U.S. Still Has More Work to Do in Technology Education
According to a recent survey, China leads in integrating technology into the curriculum, its students spend more time using technology in school and say their teachers are technologically savvy.
March 31, 2013
Students
Group Discusses Solutions for Raising the Number of Hispanic Teachers
Hispanics are underrepresented in the American higher education professorate. And the American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education is working to change that.
March 28, 2013
Faculty & Staff
School Officials Oppose Campus Carry Bill
Supporters of a bill to allow employees of school districts and Nevada’s higher education system to carry guns on campus if they have a concealed weapon permit said Monday the issue is about responding quickly to imminent threats.
March 25, 2013
Faculty & Staff
Admissions and ‘Admission’
It seems wholly appropriate that most colleges send out their judgment notices around Holy Week when borderline applicants might resort to prayer, or give new meaning to the notion of being “passed over.”
March 24, 2013
Faculty & Staff
Reflections on Increased Visibility of Lesbian and Gay Leaders in Higher Education
I also want to celebrate and mark the positive shifts when we see them, such as increased visibility and acceptance of queer leaders on our campuses nationwide.
March 24, 2013
Faculty & Staff
Remembering a Giant of African Literature
Considered the father of modern African literature, acclaimed writer Chinua Achebe has died at age 82, leaving behind a body of work that scholars say will grow increasingly more influential over time.
March 24, 2013
Faculty & Staff
West Virginia Senate Bill Could Change How Tuition is Charged
A bill advanced by the West Virginia Senate Education Committee could change how tuition is calculated at up to six state colleges and universities.
March 21, 2013
Students
Kansas Immigration Hearing Draws Emotional Response
An emotional crowd gathered for a House committee hearing on a measure that seeks to repeal in-state tuition for Kansas students without legal residency.
March 21, 2013
Faculty & Staff
Paternalism and Temple’s Enduring Black Studies Crisis
Back in November, I blogged on the crisis in the Department of African-American Studies (DAAS) at Temple University. I would like to update you on what happened.
March 20, 2013
Faculty & Staff
Florida A&M Suspends Search for New President
Florida A&M University on Friday abruptly halted its search for a new president after the university board chairman contended it was the wrong time to move ahead with a new leader.
March 17, 2013
Faculty & Staff
Study: Female Science Professors Underrepresented on Corporate Scientific Advisory Boards
Research universities can play a proactive role in reducing the discrimination female professors may encounter while seeking to commercialize scientific research, according to a forthcoming management study.
March 17, 2013
Faculty & Staff
Catholic Institutions React to Announcement of a New Pope
On the second day of the papal conclave, the world watched Wednesday as Catholic leaders announced that Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio would be the next head of the Catholic Church worldwide.
March 13, 2013
Faculty & Staff
Calif. Bill Would Permit Online Courses for Credit
California would allow private, online education companies to offer courses for credit at state colleges and universities, under a bill introduced Wednesday in the state Legislature.
March 13, 2013
Faculty & Staff
Tech Venture Initiative Launched on HBCU Campuses
Representatives of the HBCU community launched an effort to stream a tech-based entrepreneurship initiative at Black institutions.
March 7, 2013
Faculty & Staff
Bill Offered to Create Higher Ed Inspector
Republican state lawmakers are proposing legislation to create an inspector who would examine operations within Tennessee’s higher education systems.
March 6, 2013
Faculty & Staff
2013 Franklin Award Recipients Recall His Legacy
Dr. John T. Casteen III, Dr. Mary Hatwood Futrell and Dr. William Julius Wilson shared the spotlight as winners of the 2013 Dr. John Hope Franklin Awards on Monday night.
March 5, 2013
Faculty & Staff
12 Charged With Manslaughter in FAMU Hazing Death
Ten of the band members had been charged last May with third-degree felony hazing for the death of Robert Champion, but now the charge of manslaughter has been added for each defendant.
March 5, 2013
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