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University of California Board Endorses Tax Initiative, Freezes Tuition

Univ. of California committee voted Wednesday to freeze college tuition this fall and endorse Gov. Jerry Brown’s tax initiative.

July 18, 2012

Community Colleges

Before U.S. House Subcommittee, Experts Urge College Degree Completion Time Reduction

States and institutions should adopt innovative practices that lessen the time to earn a degree and embrace financial practices tied to college completion, experts urged in U.S. House testimony on Wednesday.

July 18, 2012

After Decades, Revolving Door Remains for Black, Latino Scholars in the Academy

Scholars from underrepresented groups see little progress with recruitment and retention efforts that would diversify faculty ranks.

July 18, 2012

Dr. Boyce Watkins

Rediscovered Black Travel Guide Series adds to U.S. Segregation Era History

A scholar commenting on a rediscovered African-American travel guide finds parallels between travel restrictions placed on Blacks before the 1960s to current-day racial profiling and stop-and-frisk practices.

July 17, 2012

Community Colleges

Education Secretary Touts Career and Tech Education Competitive Grant Program

An Obama administration proposal to award $1 billion in competitive grant funding to career and technical education is expected to help usher in a new era for how students are prepared for college and careers.

July 17, 2012

Community Colleges

Community College Leadership Program Opens a New Chapter

Former UT-Austin Community College Leadership Program director John E. Roueche voices concerns about the future of the leadership program he led for 42 years.

July 17, 2012

Dr. John E. Roueche

Critical Thinking Is Absent Long Before Students Reach College

Over the past few years, there has been no shortage of op-ed articles, feature stories, conference panels and other forums discussing and, in many cases, decrying the deficient level of critical thinking that has supposedly evaded far too many among college students and graduates. Last year, academics Richard Arum and Josipa Roska in their co-authored […]

July 16, 2012

Armored Vehicle on a College Campus?

Since the late 1960s, American higher education has been a policed state. One day in the near future, it may become a militarized state. The days of a single unarmed security guard everyone knew seem like ages ago. The greatest fixation from in loco parentis—tremendous, sympathetic care for each and every student—seems now to have […]

July 16, 2012

Pulitzer-winning Columnist William Raspberry Dies

William Raspberry, a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for The Washington Post and one of the most widely read Black journalists of his generation, died Tuesday.

July 16, 2012

William Raspberry

Commentary: FAMU’s Life or Death Decisions at 125 Years Old

In the aftermath of the tragic death of drum major, Robert Champion last year, I began to realize that we are living in one of the most important periods in the 125-year history of Florida A&M University, University of Albany historian Ibram H. Rogers writes.

July 16, 2012

Dr. Ibram H. Rogers

UNCF/Merck Grants Awarded To Address Minority STEM Underrepresentation

Thirty-seven students pursuing careers in the biological sciences and engineering have been selected to receive UNCF/Merck Science grants.

July 16, 2012

Report: California Schools Serving Socially Disadvantaged Students Send Too Few to College

The vast majority of California high schools that serve high numbers of low-income students and students of color do a poor job of sending their students on to college, a new report has found.

July 16, 2012

Patricia Gándara

African-American

James Ammons Leaves FAMU Presidency

Despite announcing his intention to resign this October, Florida A & M University president James Ammons was relieved of his post Monday, after trustees decided to end his once-celebrated tenure promptly.

July 16, 2012

Dr. James Ammons

State Colleges in Georgia Hiring in Economic Downturn

While the rest of state government eliminated 10,000 jobs during the Great Recession, the University System of Georgia added more than 5,000 employees.

July 15, 2012

Tennessee State President Defends School Administrators Over Grading Controversy

The school’s president has denied allegations that Tennessee State University administrators authorized improper grade changes for students in revamped introductory math courses.

July 15, 2012

African-American

Morgan State Hosts White House Meeting on African-American Affairs

About 150 people gathered at Morgan State University Friday to pose questions and complaints at a contingent of Obama administration officials who promoted the president’s “An America Built to Last” platform.

July 15, 2012

William Jawando

College Presidents Join Coalition Advocating for New Orleans Newspaper

In an unfamiliar role for college presidents, academic leaders, including Xavier University chief Norman Francis, have joined a New Orleans-based coalition to champion a local newspaper.

July 12, 2012

African-American

Jackson, Miss. to Lose Capital City Classic in 2012

Alcorn State University is exercising its rights to have its annual football matchup with Jackson State played in Lorman, Miss. rather than in Jackson where for the past 18 years the game has been known as the Capital City Classic.

July 12, 2012