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Section: Institutions
HBCUs
Building on a “Promise to Create and Foster a Diverse and Inclusive Climate”
Founded in 1957 as two residence centers, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is a student-centered educational community dedicated to communicating, expanding and integrating knowledge.
February 4, 2015
Community Colleges
A Community Committed to the Development of Staff and Students
Established in 1828 by pioneer Methodists, McKendree University is the oldest college in Illinois, and the oldest in the nation with continuous ties to the United Methodist Church.
February 4, 2015
Students
A Diverse Community Committed to “Radical Hospitality”
Holy Names University was founded by the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary in 1868.
February 4, 2015
Students
Corinthian Students Lured by Job Prospects Get Loan Break
A federal regulator says Corinthian College students will be forgiven a total of $480 million in loans because the for-profit school used “bogus” job prospects to persuade them to pay tuition with expensive private loans.
February 3, 2015
Community Colleges
Bill Would Allow Credit Card Purchases of Lottery Tickets
The chairman of a powerful Senate committee has proposed changing the law to allow people to use their credit cards to purchase lottery tickets in New Mexico.
February 2, 2015
HBCUs
Brandeis University President to Step Down, Take Job at Yale
Brandeis University President Frederick Lawrence will step down at the end of the current school year and take a job at Yale.
February 1, 2015
Faculty & Staff
China Education Minister Demands Rejection of Western Values
China’s education minister has issued a stern warning against threats to communist ideological purity in higher education, saying Western values must never be permitted to infiltrate the classroom.
February 1, 2015
Faculty & Staff
Illinois Professor Who Lost Job Offer After Tweets Sues
A professor who lost a University of Illinois job offer over his profane, anti-Israel Twitter messages sued several university officials on Thursday, saying they denied his right to free speech and that the school should rehire him.
January 29, 2015
Students
Rare Find
Posse Foundation goes the extra mile to connect underprivileged students with top-tier colleges.
January 29, 2015
Community Colleges
Grambling State Could Lose Undergraduate Nursing Program
Grambling State University officials will meet with the Louisiana State Board of Nursing next month to learn the fate of the university’s undergraduate nursing program.
January 28, 2015
HBCUs
UC’s Santa Barbara Campus Recognized for Latino Enrollment
The University of California, Santa Barbara, has become the fourth UC campus and the nation’s first major research university to be recognized for having a student body that is at least one-quarter Hispanic, university officials announced Wednesday.
January 28, 2015
Students
Finley Excels in STEM Career
Dr. Stacey Finley, a Diverse 2015 Emerging Scholar, has used her expertise in the STEM field to research the growth and development of cancer and to become an advocate for diversity in the academy.
January 28, 2015
Faculty & Staff
National Initiative Aims to Lift Minority Men
In an effort to improve the outcomes for underrepresented men of color at community colleges, a new national consortium is being launched with the intended purpose of strategizing over how best to serve this growing demographic.
January 28, 2015
MSIs
Lawmaker Wants to Increase State Funding for Tribal Colleges
HELENA, Mont. — A Montana lawmaker proposed Monday that tribal colleges receive the same per-student funding that community colleges receive.
January 27, 2015
Faculty & Staff
Top UNC Leader Cites Coincidence in Ross Replacement Timing
It was a coincidence that the oversight board for North Carolina’s public university system began rewriting its 18-year-old rules for finding a new president just before the current leader was forced out, the board’s chairman said Tuesday.
January 27, 2015
African-American
U.S. Energy Department Powers New HBCU Cybersecurity Consortium
A consortium including 13 historically Black colleges and universities has launched an ambitious pipeline initiative aimed at recruiting and training cybersecurity professionals and researchers.
January 27, 2015
Faculty & Staff
Sexual Assault Reports Double at University of Kansas
LAWRENCE, Kan. — The University of Kansas received nearly twice as many sexual assault complaints in 2014 than the year before, likely because of increased awareness after public criticism of the school’s handling of rape allegations, a school official said.
January 26, 2015
Students
Colleges Meet in Nashville in Effort to Fight Sex Assaults
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A two-day summit focused on fighting sexual assaults at college campuses is drawing about 400 officials from 76 schools across Tennessee.
January 26, 2015
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