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Section: Institutions
Students
Walmart Awards Thurgood Marshall College Fund $600K Grant
The Walmart Foundation has awarded a $600,000 grant to the Thurgood Marshall College Fund in support of the organization’s Annual Leadership Institute, coaching and mentorship for low-income students and first-generation scholarships for freshman college students.
June 18, 2014
HBCUs
University of Alabama Birmingham Launching Human Rights Institute
University of Alabama Birmingham officials say the school has been approved to move forward with creating a new human rights institute.
June 17, 2014
Leadership & Policy
Randolph-Macon College’s Less Heralded Congressional Candidate Puts Education Atop Agenda
Democratic nominee Jack Trammell will take on fellow Randolph-Macon professor David Brat, who barreled into the political spotlight with an upset of incumbent Eric Cantor, in Virginia’s seventh district race.
June 17, 2014
African-American
Higher Ed Advocate, Philanthropist Jim Rogers Dies
Jim Rogers, a philanthropist and education advocate who served as chancellor of Nevada’s higher education system from 2005 to 2009 without pay, died Saturday evening at his Las Vegas home after a bout with cancer.
June 16, 2014
Asian American Pacific Islander
Intervention Programs Having Positive Impact on AAPI Educational Achievement
AAPI community college students who participate in federally funded intervention programs are likelier than nonparticipating peers to earn associate’s degrees.
June 16, 2014
HBCUs
Plan to House Immigrant Children at St. Paul’s University on Hold
Hundreds of Central American children and teenagers are to be housed on the campus of the closed college in rural Virginia amid complaints by local officials.
June 16, 2014
Community Colleges
Starbucks Offers Its Employees an Educational Break
In collaboration with Arizona State University, the company will pay employees’ college tuition during their junior and senior years.
June 16, 2014
Faculty & Staff
William Peace University Offers Faculty Buyout
William Peace University in Raleigh is offering buyouts to many of its tenured faculty members.
June 15, 2014
Faculty & Staff
HBCU Education Deans Hope Brainstorming Proves Fruitful
Education deans from HBCUs from across the nation gathered at Rutgers University to strategize on how best to strengthen teacher education programs at their respective institutions.
June 15, 2014
Students
Ruby Dee’s Legacy of Activism, Acting Mourned
For Ruby Dee, acting and activism were not contradictory things. They were inseparable and they were intertwined.
June 12, 2014
MSIs
Senate Republicans Block Student Loan Bill
Senate Republicans on Wednesday blocked legislation aimed at letting people refinance their student loans at lower rates, a pre-ordained outcome that gave Democrats a fresh election-year talking point against the GOP.
June 11, 2014
HBCUs
Judge: UNC-Wilmington Must Pay $700K for Professor’s Legal Fees
A North Carolina public university is being ordered to pay more than $700,000 in legal fees for a professor denied promotion because of his conservative Christian views.
June 11, 2014
Community Colleges
Gwinnett College Settles Discrimination Suit
A metro Atlanta college has reached a settlement with a former student who accused the school of discriminating against her because she’s HIV positive.
June 10, 2014
Community Colleges
College Presidents Express Support for Common Core
Higher education leaders in 33 states on Tuesday announced the formation of a coalition in support of Common Core education standards rolling out in most states.
June 10, 2014
Students
The Hero Was Asian American in Latest University Shooting, And So Was the Victim
In a colorblind world, unless people come forward and self-identify, it’s hard to get confirmation on a person’s race or ethnicity.
June 9, 2014
HBCUs
University of Louisiana System Board to Consider Warrick for Grambling State Interim President
University of Louisiana System President Sandra Woodley will recommend that the UL System Board of Supervisors appoint Dr. Cynthia Warrick to serve as interim president of Grambling State University.
June 9, 2014
Students
Educators Applaud President Obama’s Order Capping Monthly Student Loan Repayments
Nearly five million borrowers of federal student loans will soon have their monthly repayments capped at 10 percent of their income, thanks to an executive order signed by President Obama at the White House yesterday.
June 9, 2014
HBCUs
ASSISTANT PROF. OF ENVIRONMENTAL & INTERIOR DESIGN
Mesa Community College anticipates the following residential faculty positions in Fall 2016 and invites applications from candidates who demonstrate a commitment to service excellence, innovation, student success, and integrity.
June 8, 2014
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