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N.C. Central, N.C. State Offering Dual Degree Program
North Carolina Central University and N.C. State University are collaborating to offer a physics and engineering dual degree program.
July 8, 2015
MSIs
Proponents Unveil ‘America’s College Promise Act’
The proposed bill, America’s College Promise Act, will impact at least 9 million students attending community colleges and minority-serving institutions.
July 8, 2015
Students
Gates Foundation Pushes for FAFSA Simplification
The recommendation for a streamlined federal financial aid process is an effort to smooth out the path to college for low-income and first-generation students.
July 8, 2015
Faculty & Staff
Student Activists in Thailand Seen Before Military Court
BANGKOK ― A military court in Thailand freed 14 student activists from detention Tuesday ahead of their trial but said they still face sedition charges ― and up to seven years in prison ― for defying the junta’s ban on political gatherings.
July 7, 2015
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New York Expands ‘Yes Means Yes’ Policy to Private Colleges
ALBANY, N.Y. ― New York state’s private colleges and universities have a new, affirmative sexual consent policy to combat campus sexual violence.
July 7, 2015
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Virginia State University Lands International Grant
Virginia State University has secured a grant of $748,465 from the U.S. Agency for International Development to fund a project to combat the aggressively invasive weed parthenium in East Africa.
July 7, 2015
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New Congressional Proposal for ‘Free’ College Expected Today
The America’s College Promise Act would provide a federal match of $3 for every $1 invested by states, intended to waive tuition and fees at community, technical and tribal colleges.
July 7, 2015
African-American
Addressing the Skills Gap for Students and Young Adults
It is imperative that we address the failings and inequities of our current educational system, and the mathematics curriculum in particular.
July 7, 2015
Students
Study: Community Colleges a Destination
More than a third of the 3.6 million students who started college in the fall of 2008 — 37.2 percent — transferred to a different institution at least once en route to college completion.
July 7, 2015
Students
Tennessee State University Exposes Students to Cutting-Edge Research
More than 20 incoming Tennessee State University freshmen spent part of their summer getting exposed to real-world scientific work and cutting-edge research.
July 6, 2015
Faculty & Staff
UNC Law Professor Open New Anti-poverty Research Project
In the wake of the controversial closure of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s anti-poverty center, the law school professor who had led the center has launched a research fund outside the domain of university leaders.
July 6, 2015
African-American
Symbolic Gestures Distracting from Black Community’s Key Issues
Many times such nominal gestures wind up having insufficient funds when it’s time to cash them in. We cannot lose sight of the importance of substance.
July 6, 2015
Community Colleges
CCBC Finding Student Success at Accelerated Pace
The Community College of Baltimore County’s accelerated learning program has proved successful for students, despite the mired state of remedial education.
July 6, 2015
Students
Students See Value of Internships
Of the 50,000 college students and recent graduates surveyed, 70.8 percent of students believe that internships should be a requirement when obtaining a college degree.
July 6, 2015
African-American
Florida State Takes Hold of FAMU Engineering Purse Strings
Florida A&M University (FAMU) recently lost its power of financial oversight over the shared FAMU-FSU (Florida State University) College of Engineering.
July 6, 2015
African-American
On His Way Out, Francis Says HBCUs Here to Stay
As he ends his 47-year stint as president of Xavier University, Dr. Norman Francis doesn’t sugarcoat the fact that HBCUs face “another tough decade” ahead.
July 5, 2015
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July 5, 2015
Students
Fraternity Tied to Racist Chant Hires Diversity Director
The fraternity connected to a racist video featuring University of Oklahoma students that surfaced this spring announced that it has hired a director of diversity and inclusion.
July 5, 2015
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