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Top United Kingdom Academics Form New University
A group of prominent British academics said Sunday they are starting a private liberal arts university in London to rival the country’s elite institutions in Oxford and Cambridge.
June 7, 2011
Students
Skip Senior Year and Go Straight to College?
When the Indiana legislature passed the budget at the end of April, it also launched a plan by Gov. Mitch Daniels, which allows high school students who complete their core requirements by the end of their junior year to skip senior year and go straight to college.
June 7, 2011
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New National Campaign Launched To Boost High School Graduation Rate
A group of representatives from the Campaign for High School Equity coalition unveiled the campaign’s new “Plan For Success” while urging lawmakers to take more decisive steps toward addressing the nation’s high dropout rate.
June 7, 2011
Students
Senate Committee Puts For-profits Back in Spotlight Following Education Department Ruling
The for-profit college sector underwent tough scrutiny Tuesday from members of the U.S. Senate committee that has been leading the charge for tighter controls over the proprietary schools accused of preying on minorities and the poor.
June 7, 2011
Opinion
Stay–At-Home Dads More Commonplace Among Academics and Non-Academics
A couple of weeks ago I was talking with a friend of mine who lives in the Midwest. It had been a few months since we had last spoken. I asked him to update me on the status of things—his job, his family etc. … I reciprocated. Fortunately, things are going good for both of […]
June 6, 2011
Community Colleges
Mississippi Community Colleges Keeping More Students
A record increase in the number of new students in Mississippi’s community colleges translated this spring into a record number of degrees.
June 6, 2011
Students
Commentary: The Asian Pacific American Paradox
While Asian Pacific Americans are no rarity on campus, they remain on the margins.
June 6, 2011
African-American
Report: Low-Income Students “Priced-Out” of College
Of 1,186 colleges surveyed in a college affordability study, only five provide adequate financial support, the Education Trust organization reports.
June 6, 2011
African-American
Black Music Month: The Beat Goes On
On June 7, 1979, President Jimmy Carter decreed that June would be Black Music Month, and all the United States presidents since then have acknowledged the month-long observance.
June 5, 2011
Students
NCORE Conference: Scholar Offers Perspectives on Inter-Minority Racism
During the 24th annual National Conference on Race & Ethnicity in American Higher Education, educators examined not only race, gender, religion and sexual orientation, but intersections among them.
June 5, 2011
Students
NCAA President Mark Emmert: Increased Emphasis on Student-Athlete Academic Performance Due in Part to Reforms
There’s a greater emphasis on the performance of student-athletes in the classroom—thanks in part to academic reforms of the National Collegiate Athletic Association over the past decade, NCAA president Mark Emmert told a national group of academic advisors on Saturday.
June 5, 2011
Sports
Perspective: While Spurrier Plan To Pay Players is Self-Serving, It Opens Door to More Dialogue
Stop pretending college football is anything but the big-time business it really is and start paying the employees whose hard work generate the revenue to begin with, a sports columnist writes.
June 4, 2011
Leadership & Policy
NCORE Conference: College Presidents Share Impact of International Programs
Remarks by Howard University president Sidney Ribeau and other college presidents came Thursday in a symposium examining the internationalization of their institutions during the annual meeting of the National Conference on Race & Ethnicity in American Higher Education.
June 2, 2011
Students
Big Student Debt Could Limit Schools’ Financial Aid Access
Newly-released federal rules aimed at for-profit schools stipulate that, if graduates owe too much relative to their income or too few former students are paying back their tuition loans on time, institutions stand to lose access to Pell grants and federal student aid.
June 2, 2011
Students
U.S. Education Department Official Urges Making Academic Credit Transfer More Efficient
In order to boost the rate of college degree attainment in the U.S., higher education leaders must make it easier for students to transfer credits from one type of institution to another, an U.S. Education Department official said Thursday.
June 2, 2011
African-American
MSIs Seek To Defy Budget Trend By Lobbying for New Teacher Education Program
Under the proposal to Congress, a minority-serving college or university could obtain $500,000 a year for five years for enhancements to teacher education programs.
June 2, 2011
Community Colleges
New For-profit School Regulations at a Glance
The U.S. Department of Education has finalized terms of its “gainful employment” rule for higher education programs.
June 2, 2011
Opinion
U.S. Department of Education Recognizes Institutions Serving Critical Mass of Asian American and Pacific Islander Students
In May, during Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) Heritage Month, the U.S. Department of Education took the much needed step of formally recognizing institutions serving a critical mass of AAPI students. Alongside other institutions serving students of color and low-income populations, Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions (AANAPISIs) are now eligible to […]
June 1, 2011
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