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LGBTQ+
Diverse Docket: Judge Tosses Title IX Suit Against Pitt
Public universities that receive federal funds can legally prohibit transgender students from using sex-segregated facilities of the gender they identify with, a federal judge in Pennsylvania has ruled.
April 16, 2015
Sports
To Sai Tummala, There’s No Such Thing as Too Much Preparation
After a basketball game or hard practice, don’t expect to find the 2015 Arthur Ashe Jr. Male Sports Scholar of the Year taking a break or chilling out. Expect to find the lights on and his head buried in an organic chemistry or neurobiology textbook.
April 16, 2015
Home
Delaware Valley Steps Up With Global Ambitions
Delaware Valley College officially became a university this month with ambitious goals that extend well beyond its bucolic Pennsylvania setting.
April 16, 2015
Students
‘Animal House’ Fraternity to Appeal Dartmouth Branding Sanction
A Dartmouth College fraternity that partly inspired the 1978 movie Animal House and was recently accused of branding new members is appealing a decision to withdraw its recognition as a student organization.
April 15, 2015
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Accreditation Group at South Carolina State University
A panel that will make recommendations on the accreditation of South Carolina State University is at the Orangeburg school to review operations.
April 15, 2015
Community Colleges
Life Goes On Regardless of a Particular Outcome
A student’s first-choice school may not necessarily be the best one for them.
April 15, 2015
Sports
University of Alabama’s Rivers Will Not Be Deterred
The 2015 Arthur Ashe Jr. Female Sports Scholar of the Year always rises to meet a challenge, whether it’s on the volleyball court, in the classroom or in her personal life.
April 15, 2015
Community Colleges
City College of San Francisco Gains Political Support
As the college continues to regroup from the blow it was dealt several years ago, the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges, the body that oversees California’s community colleges, has come under increasing scrutiny.
April 15, 2015
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Bowdoin College President Opened Doors for Minorities
Dr. Barry Mills worked to increase access and affordability to Bowdoin for low-income families and to students of color who otherwise might not have bothered to apply to the liberal arts institution in Maine, where 95 percent of the state’s population is White.
April 15, 2015
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Police: N.C. Community College Shooting Possible Hate Crime
Police are investigating the fatal shooting of a gay community college worker as a hate crime, while the man charged in the killing told a judge Tuesday there was “one less child molester” after the slaying of his former supervisor.
April 14, 2015
African-American
NCA Honors Former President Taylor
The National Communication Association has established an award in honor of Dr. Orlando L. Taylor, its 85th president and first African-American to serve in that capacity.
April 14, 2015
African-American
Knoxville College Board Chairman Insists Closure Not Permanent
The Tennessee HBCU is suspending instruction for the fall 2015 semester and its board hopes it can restructure to better position itself to advance the viability of the college.
April 14, 2015
African-American
Charles Homes In on Tiffin University’s Security Programs
Dr. Curtis B. Charles, who currently serves as the senior associate vice chancellor for institutional transformation at Fayetteville State University and founding executive director of the Center for Defense and Homeland Security, has been selected to lead Tiffin University in Ohio.
April 14, 2015
Opinion
Don’t Wait to Address Summer Melt: The Time is Now
It is easy to assume that once high school seniors apply to and get accepted by colleges, complete the FAFSA and then deposit at the institution of their choosing having reviewed and accepted the proffered financial aid award, the hard work is done. Not so.
April 14, 2015
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Colleges Turning to Internet for Intel on Applicants
As if getting into college wasn’t hard enough, now students have to worry about college admissions officers doing web searches and scanning their social media accounts for information that could possibly influence the decision of whether to accept a particular student into college.
April 14, 2015
Students
Community College Shooting Victim was Long-time Employee
A gunman with a rifle entered a community college campus building Monday morning and killed a print shop operator who had just arrived at work, school officials and authorities said.
April 13, 2015
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A Month Of Poetry
National Poetry Month, which organizers say is the largest literary celebration in the world, is observed throughout April. The Academy of American Poets inaugurated the month in 1996. Tens of millions of people participate, according to the academy, as schools, publishers, libraries, booksellers and poets offer readings, festivals and workshops.
April 13, 2015
Health
Harvard’s Julio Frenk Named University of Miami President
Julio Frenk, a former health minister in Mexico and a dean who helped quadruple fundraising at Harvard during his recent tenure there, was tapped Monday as the next president of the University of Miami.
April 13, 2015
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