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Leadership Encouraged HBCUs a Part of National Conversation
At an executive leadership forum, HBCU leaders across the HBCU spectrum gave their take on digital media, veteran students, student success and retention, and other topics of interest for HBCUs.
February 19, 2017
African-American
Advocates Cautiously Optimistic About Potential Executive Order on HBCUs
While there has been no word from the White House on when the order might be released and what directives it might contain, organizations have laid out their own proposals for what the order could accomplish.
February 19, 2017
Students
Aztecas del Norte: We Cannot be Illegal on Our Own Continent
Scholars in Chicano studies and related disciplines, since the 1960s, have long debated the idea of when Mexican Americans as a people(s) came to be.
February 19, 2017
Students
Professor: Implementation of Leaked Immigration Proposal Would be ‘Cataclysmic’
A leaked memo that included plans to use the National Guard to round up unauthorized immigrants, some scholars say, harks back to — and portends — one of the darkest chapters in American history.
February 19, 2017
Students
Officials Close Penn State Frat Where Pledge had Fatal Fall
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — A Penn State fraternity where a pledge was fatally injured in a fall down the stairs earlier this month was shut down Friday, and the school said it was working to tighten anti-hazing measures. The university said it will be at least five years before the Beta Theta Pi chapter might […]
February 19, 2017
Students
Bob Jones U to Get Tax-exempt Status Back After 30 Years
GREENVILLE, S.C. —A conservative Christian university in South Carolina is getting its federal tax-exempt status back 30 years after losing it over a ban on interracial dating. Bob Jones University President Steve Pettit told The Greenville that the ban was dropped in 2000 and a former university president apologized for discrimination eight years later. But […]
February 19, 2017
African-American
Study: Big Data Helps Struggling College Students Graduate
WASHINGTON — Getting through college isn’t easy, and it can be even harder for low-income and first generation students with few support resources. A new tool involving big data can help those at risk. Researchers at Georgia State University spent four years analyzing students’ grades, test scores and other information in order to identify those […]
February 19, 2017
African-American
Wake Forest Opens Dorm Honoring Poet Maya Angelou
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Wake Forest University has named a new dorm in honor of poet and civil rights activist Maya Angelou. Multiple media outlets report Wake Forest cut the ribbon on the five story residence hall for 224 students on Friday. Angelou was an American Studies professor at the university in Winston-Salem up until her […]
February 19, 2017
Students
Some Texas Grad Students Hold Bar Conferences to Avoid Guns
AUSTIN, Texas — A 2016 Texas law that allows concealed handguns on college campuses has prompted some graduate students to move their student conferences to bars, a newspaper reported Saturday. Several University of Texas at Austin graduate students made the move amid safety concerns, according to the Houston Chronicle. Mark Sheridan, who’s also an English […]
February 19, 2017
Blogs/Opinion
Let Students Explore Options
It might seem hypocritical for a University of Maryland student like me to write an essay warning of the perils of a society that over-emphasizes the significance of a college education. Regardless, this is an important issue the “educated” community largely ignores. Young Americans are not encouraged to consider a variety of life paths outside […]
February 17, 2017
Academics
Arizona School Recognized for Online Education
PRESCOTT – Yavapai College was recently recognized by two different college rating organizations for its quality, affordability, and academic excellence. “AffordableCollegesOnline.org (ACO), a leader in higher education information and resources, ranked Yavapai College in five categories: Most Affordable Online Colleges (#6), Best Online Colleges in Arizona (#5), Best Online Criminal Justice Degrees (#4), Best Online […]
February 17, 2017
Other News
Veterans’ Center Management Changes
WARNER ROBINS — Less than a year after veterans training center opened, the state is changing how it is managed. The Veterans Education Career Transition Resource Center, or VECTR, has been managed by Middle Georgia State University in partnership with Central Georgia Technical College. Now Central Georgia Technical College will take over management effective July […]
February 17, 2017
Other News
Navy Vet/Professor Recalls Typhoons and a Torpedo
SAVOY, Ill.— Carl Lee Davis grew up in a very small rural community in Kentucky, later finding himself on a ship chasing submarines in the Pacific during World War II. The house that Davis, 92, grew up in was made from logs cut from trees on the family farm. There was nothing in Kentucky to […]
February 17, 2017
Veterans
Vermont Vets Eligible for Living Stipend
BRATTLEBORO, VT – Union Institute & University is expanding its Veterans in Union living allowance stipend opportunity nationwide to Vermont veterans. As a Yellow Ribbon University, and recently named a 2017 Military-Friendly® School, Union is committed to serving the unique needs of veterans. “This stipend opportunity assists veterans in the completion of their undergraduate, master’s […]
February 17, 2017
Other News
Tennessee Office Helps Vets Get Jobs
Educators at Middle Tennessee State University hope a new investment in resources for student veterans will serve as a launching pad into civilian life. The university on Tuesday officially unveiled 600 square feet in added space for the Charlie and Hazel Daniels Veterans and Military Family Center. The expansion includes office space and staff members […]
February 17, 2017
Other News
Nonprofit-Profit Online Degree Programs Differ
With the rise in popularity of online education, students can find several programs to choose from. One of the choices that they will have to make is whether to go with a nonprofit or for-profit online degree program. Similar to traditional universities and colleges, there is a difference between nonprofit and for-profit online degree programs. […]
February 17, 2017
Veterans
Groups Says Study Justifies Funding of GI Bill
WASHINGTON — In the first six years after the rollout of the multibillion-dollar Post-9/11 GI Bill, more than half of the veterans using the education benefit completed their degrees. Through September 2015, about 453,000 degrees were earned. Student Veterans of America, a nonprofit coalition of veterans groups on college campuses, released new research to Congress […]
February 17, 2017
Students
DeVos Says Community Colleges Key to Workforce Development
Community colleges will play an important role in advancing President Donald Trump’s workforce agenda, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos said at a meeting of community college leaders Thursday. It was DeVos’ first appearance at a conference event in her new role.
February 16, 2017
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