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Opinion
The Future of Higher Education: Non-Profit or For-Profit?
As American higher education continues its jog from public to private, a fierce battled has gripped Washington that could accelerate or slow the pace. Last year, the U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO) issued a blistering report that found many for-profit institutions have misled students during the recruiting process, encouraged students to falsify financial aid applications [âŚ]
February 16, 2011
African-American
Census Estimates Show Blacks Moving South
The Southern U.S. region â primarily metropolitan areas such as Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, Miami and Charlotte, N.C. â accounted for roughly 75 percent of the population gains among Blacks since 2000.
February 16, 2011
Students
South Carolina College Students Rally for Higher Education
Students from three South Carolina universities urged lawmakers to be careful when they trim the budget, saying deep cuts to higher education will hurt the stateâs economic future.
February 16, 2011
Students
Georgia Tech Sees âRoom for Progressâ After Half Century of Integration
Fifty years after its integration, Georgia Tech recommits itself to providing institutional access to underserved students.
February 16, 2011
Community Colleges
Civil Right Groups Urge Congress to Protect âGainful Employmentâ Rule
Citing the need to protect students of color, civil rights organizations Wednesday urged Congress to reject a House Republican plan that would prevent the Obama administration from issuing new rules on the operation of for-profit career colleges.
February 16, 2011
STEM
President Obamaâs 2012 Commitment to STEM
At a time of fiscal constraint and severe cuts to numerous federal programs, President Obamaâs fiscal year 2012 budget proposal confirms his commitment to strengthen science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education. On numerous occasionsâincluding during last monthâs State of the Union addressâthe president has pointed to the importance of U.S. advancements in STEM for [âŚ]
February 15, 2011
Community Colleges
Lawmakers Target Obama Plan on For-Profit Colleges
A pair of Washington lawmakers say they will seek to limit federal Education Department spending on an Obama administration Biographies Plus Newsplan designed to better track studentsâ academic performance at for-profit colleges.
February 15, 2011
Latinx
Study: California State Northridge Students Hit Hard by Recession
The report, âSqueezed From All Sides,â blames Californiaâs recession and education cuts for pushing students to the breaking point, with some reporting they must forgo college.
February 15, 2011
Home
UNO-SUNO Merger Study Temporarily Halted
The case filed on behalf of the students by former state Sen. Cleo Fields argues that the Regents board studying a consolidation of the two campuses is unconstitutional because its racial and gender makeup under-represents Black and female Louisiana citizens.
February 15, 2011
Community Colleges
Regaining the Edge in American Higher Education
Can American higher education regain its edge? A group of advocates, policymakers and scholars attempted to answer this question Tuesday during a Washington think tank policy forum.
February 15, 2011
African-American
Ohio Universities Defend Affirmative Action Strategies in Their Admissions
Two universities accused in a new report of giving minority students an unfair edge in the admissions process defended their practices as being legitimate strategies to expand access and enhance diversity on campus.
February 15, 2011
Disabilties
Virginia University Named in Lawsuit Alleging Poor Access for Disabled
ROANOKE Va. â An advocacy group claims in a series of lawsuits that Radford University, a half-dozen Roanoke area shopping malls and two hotels fail to provide adequate facilities for disabled people. The lawsuits were filed over the last two weeks in U.S. District Court in Roanoke by the Florida-based National Alliance for Accessibility and [âŚ]
February 14, 2011
African-American
Slaves Hid African Charms in Maryland Greenhouse
The greenhouse on the Maryland-based Wye House plantation where famed abolitionist Frederick Douglass spent part of his childhood was not as uniquely European as once thought: Its furnace was built by slaves, who hid distinctly African touches within it to ward off bad spirits, researchers say.
February 14, 2011
Students
Obama Budget Protects Pell Grants, Sets Education Priorities
President Obama presented a 2012 budget that has limited increases for education but a commitment to protect the current $5,550 maximum Pell Grant, which is the subject of potential cuts on Capitol Hill.
February 14, 2011
Home
Diverse Special Feature: A Proud Heritage
The role of Blacks in the Civil War is being rediscovered, talked about and relived on historic Civil War battlefields across the Midwest and South.
February 14, 2011
African-American
Civil Rights Activists Mark 1961 Freedom Rides
Joan Trumpauer Mulholland and the Rev. Reginald Green appeared at the University of Mary Washington to honor the Freedom Rides and their organizer, the late James Farmer.
February 13, 2011
Latinx
Yale, Peruvian University Sign Deal on Incan Artifacts
Yale University announced that it will send back to Peru thousands of Incan artifacts removed from the famed Machu Picchu citadel nearly a century ago.
February 13, 2011
Students
New Federal Data Show Rising Student Loan Default Rates
The federal governmentâs new system to calculate student loan default rates â while highlighting the problems of many for-profit colleges â also may pose risks for some minority-serving institutions that are seeing their rates increase as well.
February 13, 2011
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