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SUNO Reaches 94 Percent of Pre-Katrina Enrollment
SUNO president Victor Ukpolo said he credits aggressive recruitment efforts and good relations with local high schools for the school’s continued growth.
February 7, 2012
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Ga. Governor Nathan Deal Launches Need-based College Scholarship
Georgia Democrats criticized the scholarship program, saying Deal should be focused on fixing the HOPE scholarship rather than starting a new program.
February 7, 2012
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Seeking College Success: The Harlem Educational Activities Fund
HEAF serves high-potential, under-resourced public school students in New York City, particularly Harlem, Washington Heights and the Bronx.
February 7, 2012
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Open Educational Resources Could Make Learning Materials Less Costly and More Accessible
Panelists say higher education will have to seek ways to adapt to OER environment, moving from traditional textbooks to digital resources.
February 7, 2012
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Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn Names Members of Dream Fund Commission
The commission will create a not-for-profit entity to raise money for immigrant students, in addition to choosing recipients and publicizing the program.
February 6, 2012
Community Colleges
Obama Administration Focuses on How to Keep the Cost of College Education Affordable
The plan would include reforms that would steer federal funds away from colleges that fail to keep net tuition down and toward those colleges and universities that do their fair share to keep tuition affordable, provide good value, and serve needy students well.
February 6, 2012
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Emerging Scholars: The Poetic Gift – Karen An-Hwei Lee
The 12th profile in a 12-part series on prominent young scholars is that of Dr. Karen An-Hwei Lee, who is professor and chairwoman of the Department of English at Vanguard University in Costa Mesa, Calif.
February 6, 2012
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ACLU Questions FAMU’s Ban on Student Groups
State ACLU executive director Howard Simon says the move violates students’ First Amendment rights.
February 5, 2012
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Report: ‘Intrusive Advising’ Among Best Practices for Community College Student Success
It would start with a letter and an e-mail message asking the students to come in for a meeting, and if students failed to respond, advisers would show up in class and ask the students to meet in person.
February 5, 2012
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Emerging Scholars: The Fruits of Perseverance — Byron Williams
The 11th profile in a 12-part series on prominent young scholars is that of Dr. Byron Williams, who is an assistant professor at Mississippi State University.
February 5, 2012
Opinion
Today’s Current College Freshmen Are More Academically Conscious
Read the following.  Students are having intense study sessions taking notes in class registering for more demanding courses less likely to show up drunk or late to class The following conclusions are from a recent article written by Mary Beth Marklein in USA Today. The results are from an annual survey conducted by UCLA’s Cooperative […]
February 2, 2012
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Mississippi Universities Say Financial Aid Fund Running Short
Recipients of state scholarships could see their aid packages trimmed unless the Mississippi Legislature puts more money into financial aid.
February 2, 2012
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Emerging Scholars: Visionary Thinker – Osagie Obasogie
The tenth profile in a 12-part series on prominent young scholars is that of Dr. Osagie Obasogie, who is an associate professor of law at the University of California, Hastings.
February 2, 2012
African-American
Virginia State University, USAID Pitch In To Help South Sudan Grow
Virginia State University and Virginia Tech have partnered to help the University of Juba and the Catholic University of Sudan develop a curriculum to teach South Sudanese farmers through community outreach.
February 2, 2012
African-American
Second Black Graduate of University of Mississippi Dies
Along with James Meredith and another student, Cleveland Donald Jr. entered Ole Miss under a federal protection order.
February 1, 2012
Latinx
Emerging Scholars: Cell Biology Pioneer – Magdalena Bezanilla
The ninth profile in a 12-part series on prominent young scholars is that of Dr. Magdalena Bezanilla, who is an associate professor at the University of Massachusetts.
February 1, 2012
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Robert Franklin to Step Down as Morehouse College President
Morehouse College has announced that school president Dr. Robert M. Franklin will spend the 2012-13 academic year on sabbatical as a Scholar-in-Residence at Stanford University’s Martin Luther King Jr. Institute.
February 1, 2012
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FAMU Campus Organizations Suspended From Taking in New Members
Florida A & M University, in the aftermath of the recent death of a FAMU band member after a hazing incident, issued a sweeping ban Tuesday on campus club intake for the remainder of the school year.
January 31, 2012
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