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West Virginia Higher Ed Changes to Help Students
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia higher education leaders are finalizing policy changes to help students more easily transfer college credits and earn degrees. The changes were approved by the state Higher Education Policy Commission and the state Council for Community and Technical College Education within the last two months. The proposed rules state that a […]
December 28, 2014
Faculty & Staff
Virginia Commonwealth University Group Seeks to Increase Number of Black Faculty
RICHMOND, Va. — A group at Virginia Commonwealth University is working to reverse a decline in Black faculty members. Black Education Association president and psychology teacher Faye Z. Belgrave tells the Richmond Times-Dispatch that the percentage of Black faculty is lower today than it was a decade ago. A report presented to the Board of […]
December 28, 2014
Students
Diverse Dockett: Judge Tosses Out Retaliation Suit Against University of Washington
Dr. W. Gary Olson admitted granting “ghost credits” for no work to qualify low-income, part-time graduate students for financial aid that was available only to full-time students at the University of Washington. Olson, who was assistant dean of student affairs at the School of Social Work, said he believed that university policies requiring satisfactory completion […]
December 28, 2014
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College Sees Small, Big Benefits with Loan Promise
Adrian College is among the first colleges to take out insurance policies on every incoming freshman and transfer student who have student loans and at least two years of school remaining.
December 28, 2014
Students
HBCU Stakeholders List Financing Programs, Affordability as Top Issues
The 2014 State of HBCUs Report reflects concern about the health of the institutions in the wake of shrinking enrollment and a fairly steady decline in federal funding.
December 28, 2014
HBCUs
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Experts Divided Over Impact of Absent Father-themed College Admission Essays New Fund for Low-Income California Students Enables Donor Tax Breaks Department of Education Criticized for Not Using Accreditor Sanction Data Do Community College Credentials Pay Off?
December 26, 2014
Students
Trip to Cuba Gives Wabash College Students Invaluable Insight
Although Cuba is not far from the United States, the historical, political and bureaucratic chasm that separates the two nations can be vast.
December 25, 2014
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Researchers Mobilize to Preserve U.S. College Major Question on Census Survey
Researchers and others have opposed a Census Bureau proposal that would drop a college major survey question from the American Community Survey.
December 25, 2014
African-American
Tennessee State University Alumnus Receives NASA Award
NASHVILLE, Tenn. ― A Tennessee State University alumnus and NASA engineer is being recognized for outstanding contribution to the agency. Ron Cobbs is a 1989 graduate of TSU and avionics chief engineer to the International Space Station operations. He recently received the NASA Johnson Space Center Director’s Commendation Award. The award recognizes the center’s civil […]
December 25, 2014
Students
Judge Says University of South Carolina Fraternity Members Must Move
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A judge in Columbia says about 30 University of South Carolina students in the Kappa Sigma fraternity house must find somewhere else to live before the new semester begins Jan. 12. Circuit Judge Casey Manning refused to allow the fraternity members to live in the house since the chapter lost its charter, […]
December 25, 2014
Students
Jackson State’s 2-Year Executive Ph.D. Program Marks 10 Years of Success
The 167 graduates of the Executive Ph.D. program in urban higher education were honored this month at the 10th anniversary celebration of the program.
December 25, 2014
Faculty & Staff
University of Illinois Faculty: Reconsider Professor’s Job
A committee of University of Illinois faculty members is recommending that the school reconsider its decision to rescind a job once offered to a Native American studies professor.
December 23, 2014
Students
Daughter’s Suit Over Tuition Goes to Higher Court
A higher court will be handling the case of whether a divorced New Jersey couple must pay their daughter’s college tuition even though they both disagree with where she’s going to school.
December 23, 2014
Sports
Giving Black Boys a Framework for Success
I am waking up and going to bed asking the same question: What is going on, America?
December 23, 2014
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Associate Degrees on Rise at 4-Year Institutions
Many four-year institutions have joined community colleges in offering two-year degrees.
December 23, 2014
Faculty & Staff
LSU Law Center Offers Buyouts to Cut Budget
LSU’s Law Center is offering an incentive to seven professors if they retire next summer as it looks to cut costs amid a dwindling interest in law schools nationally.
December 23, 2014
Community Colleges
Do Community College Credentials Pay Off?
The returns to education have been a popular topic of study among economics researchers.
December 23, 2014
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Department of Education Criticized for Not Using Accreditor Sanction Data
As the U.S. Department of Education forges ahead to establish a college ratings system, a new government report blasts the department for failure to make use of accreditor sanction data at its disposal.
December 23, 2014
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