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JUN LIU

JUN LIU has been named vice provost for global affairs and dean of international academic programs and services at Stony Brook University. He was associate provost for international initiatives, chief international officer, director of the Confucius Institute and a professor of applied linguistics at Georgia State University. Liu earned a bachelor’s from Suzhou University in China, a master’s from East China Normal University and a doctorate from The Ohio State University.

January 20, 2016

AUDREY BILGER

AUDREY BILGER has been appointed vice president for academic affairs and dean of the college at Pomona College, effective July 1. She is a professor of literature and founding faculty director of the Center for Writing & Public Discourse at Claremont McKenna College. Bilge earned a bachelor’s from Oklahoma State University, and a master’s and a doctorate from the University of Virginia.

January 20, 2016

Faculty & Staff

JANE WONG

JANE WONG has been named dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at The College of New Jersey. She is interim dean of the College of Science and Technology and head of the psychology department at Armstrong State University in Georgia. She earned a bachelor’s from Loyola University, and a master’s and a doctorate from Northern Illinois University.

January 20, 2016

African-American

On This Date: Obama Is Sworn in as the 44th President

January 20, 2009 “Barack Hussein Obama became the 44th president of the United States on Tuesday before a massive crowd reveling in a moment of historical significance, and called on Americans to confront together an economic crisis that he said was caused by “our collective failure to make hard choices.” Mr. Obama spoke just after […]

January 20, 2016

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Expert: ‘Momentum Matters’ for Community College Students Who Transfer to 4-Year Schools

Only 14 percent of students who transfer from community college to a four-year school graduate with a bachelor’s degree within six years, according to a joint study.

January 19, 2016

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Obama Administration Seeks to Expand Pell Grants

The Obama Administration wants more students who receive Pell Grants to graduate from college as quickly as possible and is proposing to pay more to help make that happen.

January 19, 2016

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Title IX Exclusion and Marginalization Needs to Change

We have a law that was meant to protect many, but is too focused on a few — those participating in varsity-level collegiate sports.

January 19, 2016

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HBCUs Hit Strategic Reset in Face of Funding Mismatch

Despite the doom-and-gloom narrative that is often projected on these institutions, three in particular are seizing an opportunity to look inward, producing new strategic plans that accentuate their strengths and build upon their weaknesses.

January 19, 2016

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Individual Coaching Demystifies College for First-Generation Applicants

Students who are the first in their family to apply to college are the least likely to have had help navigating the complex process. A group called the College Advising Corps is trying to turn that disparity around. It partners with high schools and universities to recruit and pay recent college grads to advise lower-income, […]

January 19, 2016

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The Obama Administration Proposes $2 Billion More In College Aid

“President Obama has increased college aid by over $50 billion since coming into office. And he’s trying to do more. Acting Education Secretary John King announced two new proposals today that would expand the Pell Grant program, the biggest pot of federal money for students with financial need. Will offering students a few hundred dollars, […]

January 19, 2016

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Washington Lawmakers Propose Free Community College

OLYMPIA, Wash. ― A group of Democratic lawmakers in Washington have announced a proposal to make community college and technical college free for state residents without a bachelor’s degree. Some qualifying students could also get a stipend for books and other expenses based on family income, lawmakers said at a news conference on Tuesday. The […]

January 19, 2016

Dartmouth Will Account for State Aid it Agreed to in 1800s

CONCORD, N.H. ― Facing questions from a skeptical lawmaker, Dartmouth College has agreed to provide an annual accounting of how it keeps promises it made two centuries ago to help needy New Hampshire students. In 1807, the state gave the then-cash-strapped college 42 square miles of land, with the provision that all income produced from […]

January 19, 2016

Leadership & Policy

St. Bonaventure University President Announces Retirement

OLEAN, N.Y. ― St. Bonaventure University President Sister Margaret Carney is retiring. The 74-year-old announced Tuesday that she will leave her position at the western New York university on July 31. She’s been at the Franciscan college for 20 years and has been president for the last 12. In an email to the college community, […]

January 19, 2016

Suicide of Student Triggers Protests in Southern India

HYDERABAD, India ― Shouting slogans and holding placards, hundreds of students on Tuesday angrily protested the death of an Indian student who, along with four others, was barred from using some facilities at his university in the southern tech-hub of Hyderabad. The protesters accused Hyderabad University’s vice chancellor and a federal minister of unfairly demanding […]

January 19, 2016

Community Colleges

Whiteness History Month coming to Portland Community College in April

Whiteness History Month has been discussed as a possible event at PCC since Dec. 2014, officials said Monday, inspired by groups such as the Black Lives Matter movement’s actions both on and off campuses nationwide. Organizers created a website last August and plan events for this April, though the project doesn’t have an agenda set […]

January 19, 2016

Hampton University Senior Awarded Prestigious Schwarzman Scholarship

“Ivana Thomas, a senior at Hampton University, was awarded the Schwarzman Scholarship, the newest and most ambitious international scholarship of the 21st century. Founded and largely funded by American billionaire Stephen A. Schwarzman, the new international scholarship recognizes academic excellence, leadership accomplishment as well as promise. Schwarzman endowed the scholarship with $100 million of his own, […]

January 19, 2016

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Leadership & Policy

2015: Yet Another Turbulent Year for Black America

To put it bluntly, 2015 was a year that left its brash, brutal, ugly stain of racism on America.

January 18, 2016

NCAA Program Putting Qualifying Members on Right Track Academically

The Accelerating Academic Success Program is an effort to help so-called “limited-resource” institutions receive extra human and technological help for student-athletes.

January 18, 2016

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