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Black Students Seeking Action on Racial Climate at Duke
A group of Black students at Duke University are continuing their push to force college administrators to improve the racial climate on campus.
January 31, 2012
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Official: White House Path on College Affordability Not Fully Mapped Out
Obama administration wants input from higher education community on college affordability policies, White House official tells members of independent college association.
January 31, 2012
African-American
Tennessee Seeks Appeal to Reverse Fisk Art Sale Approval
The Tennessee Attorney General on Monday asked the Court of Appeals to hear his arguments against two lower state courts’ decisions allowing Fisk University to sell part ownership in its treasured Stieglitz Collection
January 31, 2012
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Pepperdine Students Petition for Campus Recognition of LGBT Group
Pepperdine University gay and lesbian students are petitioning the administration to reconsider its refusal to recognize their group as an official campus organization.
January 30, 2012
African-American
Emerging Scholars: Sparking Interest in STEM – Frances Williams
The eighth profile in a 12-part series on prominent young scholars is that of Dr. Frances Williams, who is an associate professor in the Engineering and Center for Materials Research Department at Norfolk State University.
January 30, 2012
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U.S. Ed Department Symposium Sheds Light on New Obama College Plan
A U.S. Department of Education-led symposium on Monday sought to explore ways to scale up practices that have been shown to increase college completion.
January 30, 2012
Community Colleges
College Presidents Wary of Obama Cost-control Plan
President Barack Obama’s new plan to force colleges and universities to contain tuition or face losing federal dollars is raising alarm among education leaders who worry about the threat of government overreach.
January 29, 2012
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Emerging Scholars: Regenerative Medicine – Franklin West
The seventh profile in a 12-part examination of prominent young scholars is that of Dr. Franklin West, who is an assistant professor of animal and dairy science at the University of Georgia.
January 29, 2012
African-American
Conference: Troubled Youth Need New Intervention Strategies
Issues facing troubled youth have become so severe that new and bold paradigms are needed to address them, presenters at Jackson State University’s Mississippi Child Welfare Institute conference told social work practitioners last week.
January 29, 2012
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Leaders, Scholars Urged Not to Neglect Higher Education’s Social Goals
Academic leaders must remember that their primary purpose is to produce thinkers, be of service to society and facilitate research that advances human understanding, says a keynote speaker at the AAC&U national meeting.
January 29, 2012
Opinion
Selling Out the Truth to Thwart Affirmative Action
I admire the glorious intellectual endeavor to discover and reveal the ever-changing, ever-remaining, ever-complicated, ever-simple fountain of truth—the sociological truth, the economic truth, the biological truth, the historical truth (to name a few). But too often, too many academics sell out the truth. They sell the truth for causes, for careers, for funds, for conservatism, […]
January 26, 2012
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Conference: Higher Education Urged to Maintain Role in Molding Good Citizens
At the Association of American Colleges and Universities meeting, college and university leaders were urged to reclaim their civic mission by making sure their institutions are places where students are prepared for engaged citizenship.
January 26, 2012
Asian American Pacific Islander
Emerging Scholars: Breaking Down Access Barriers — Jenny Lee
The sixth profile in a 12-part examination of prominent young scholars is of Dr. Jenny Lee, an associate professor of higher education at the University of Arizona.
January 26, 2012
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Freshmen Survey Documents Growing Focus on Career Readiness
In a trend that began after the start of the recession in 2007, most incoming college freshmen now say their primary reason for going to college is being able to get a better job, according to a survey released Thursday.
January 26, 2012
STEM
It Just Doesn’t Add Up: Barriers to STEM Higher Education
A small flurry of conversation on Twitter and elsewhere followed a recent proposal by two university presidents that students seeking science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM, degrees pay more tuition than those in other academic majors. While it’s not surprising that public college presidents — and indeed other policymaking officials — are seeking new […]
January 25, 2012
STEM
New Jersey Gov. Christie Seeks Shake-up in Higher Education
Gov. Chris Christie on Wednesday proposed turning a former teacher’s college into New Jersey’s second major public research university in a shake-up of the state’s higher education system.
January 25, 2012
STEM
Emerging Scholars: Righting Social Wrongs — Alexes Harris
The fifth profile in a 12-part examination of prominent young scholars focuses on Dr. Alexes Harris, an associate professor of sociology at the University of Washington who researches the inequities in the U.S. criminal justice system.
January 25, 2012
Community Colleges
Obama Maps 2012 Education Agenda
President Obama outlined an election-year higher education plan that includes a major expansion of college work-study programs and a stronger role of community colleges in workforce training.
January 25, 2012
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