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Section: Institutions
Faculty & Staff
North Carolina HBCU Students Embrace Technology to Discuss Foreign Policy
Faculty members and students from five HBCUs gathered in the battleground state via videoconference to prep for Monday night’s presidential debate.
October 23, 2012
Students
University of New Orleans Loses 800 to Tougher Admission Standards
The University of New Orleans lost more than 800 students between last year and this year.
October 21, 2012
Leadership & Policy
Delta State to Eliminate Nonresident Tuition Status
Delta State University will become the first of Mississippi’s eight public universities to allow all non-Mississippi residents to pay the same tuition rates as students who live in the state.
October 21, 2012
Community Colleges
Former Connecticut College Official Got an Extra $100K
The former president of Connecticut’s state university and community college system resigned after awarding $250,000 in unauthorized raises.
October 21, 2012
Faculty & Staff
Professor Said University of Iowa Retaliated Against Him for Testimony
A University of Iowa law professor who testified on behalf of a conservative colleague alleging she wasn’t hired because of her conservative viewpoints said the school is retaliating by falsely suggesting he was under investigation for sexual misconduct.
October 18, 2012
Students
Groundbreaking Shanghai New York University Closing in on Grand Opening
The Shanghai Daily reports that Shanghai New York University, the first Sino-U.S. joint venture university, soon will begin admissions for the inaugural undergraduate freshman class for the 2013 fall semester, university officials announced Tuesday.
October 17, 2012
Sports
Study: Dual Enrollment Students in Texas More Likely to Attend, Graduate From College
A study of more than 30,000 students in Texas found that those who take college courses in high school are significantly more likely to attend and graduate from college than peers who do not.
October 17, 2012
Community Colleges
Obama awakes, takes it to Romney in 2nd debate; Education finally gets some mention
President Barack Obama seemed to finally figure out what to do in a debate—to assert and negate, in essence to clash and cross swords with Governor Mitt Romney on any issue on the table. As a result, the second debate was far from the steamroller for Romney as in the first debate. In this town […]
October 17, 2012
HBCUs
Utah Colleges Mull Impact of Mormon Policy Change
Utah State University has formed a special task force to weigh the impact of the Mormon church’s new lower minimum age requirements for missionaries.
October 15, 2012
Faculty & Staff
Gallery Renovation Delay Offers Opportunity for an Unusual Exhibit
WSSU exhibit offers eclectic mix of pieces assembled “By special request.”
October 15, 2012
Latinx
Race and Income Influence Who Votes in Texas
AUSTIN Texas — More than 17 percent of the people who register to vote never make it to the ballot box, and according to new research, these people tend to be poor or uneducated. Research also suggests, however, that more of these people would vote if officials made it more convenient. The most basic duty […]
October 15, 2012
HBCUs
Slideshow: Fisher v. University of Texas Rally
On Wednesday, October 10, a wide range of organizations, institutions and individuals rallied on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court in support of the University of Texas’ holistic admissions policies. The rally was scheduled to coincide with the presentation of oral arguments in Fisher v. University of Texas.
October 11, 2012
Students
Loan Change Sends Thousands of Students Home
Many parents of students just recently found out that that they no longer qualify for Parent PLUS loans that they had depended upon to help pay tuition.
October 10, 2012
Sports
From Jail to Juris Doctor
James King’s experience on the undesirable side of the legal system spurred his drive to become a lawyer and help the disadvantaged.
October 10, 2012
African-American
Parents Suing Consultant for Failing to Get Sons into Ivy League School
A couple from Hong Kong has sued a U.S.-based college admissions consultant for failing to get their two sons into an Ivy League university as he had allegedly promised.
October 9, 2012
Leadership & Policy
Florida Ponders Higher Education Tuition Increases
Gov. Rick Scott’s task force says part of the reason higher tuition is needed is to pay top professors more to stem the tide of other states luring them away.
October 9, 2012
African-American
Educator Letting World Know About Contributions of HBCUs
All too often only the most elite institutions garner attention outside the United States. It is time for other countries that want to add value to their students’ lives to look to HBCUs as role models.
October 8, 2012
Disabilties
Alabama Students Looking To Fill Pell Grant Void
Changes to federal eligibility rules for Pell grants have some Alabama students returning to college looking for new ways to pay for classes.
October 8, 2012
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