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Xavier University Receives $19.5M NIH Award
Xavier University received a $19.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health as part of the national Building Infrastructure Leading to Diversity (BUILD) Initiative. The historically Black university will use the grant to expand its biomedical programs.
October 22, 2014
Faculty & Staff
Keene State Professors Concerned Student Riots Becoming Accepted as the Norm
Student celebrations associated with Pumpkin Fest, which was originally founded as a family celebration, devolved into an hours-long riot between students and police on Saturday afternoon.
October 22, 2014
Sports
Probe Reveals Scope of Academic Fraud at the University of North Carolina
More than 3,100 students—nearly half of them athletes—enrolled in classes they didn’t have to show up for and received artificially inflated grades in what an investigator called a “shadow curriculum” that lasted nearly two decades at the University of North Carolina.
October 22, 2014
Faculty & Staff
Parent PLUS Loan Requirements Revisions Get Mixed Initial Reviews
Critics focus on implementation of loan counseling for those with adverse credit ratings and decry changes not going into effect until July 2015.
October 22, 2014
Faculty & Staff
Remembering the Enslaved at the University of Virginia
A symposium by the University of Virginia brought faculty and researchers together to honor the legacy that slavery has had on our nation.
October 21, 2014
Faculty & Staff
Professor to Use Grant to Bring Computer Science to Elementary Schools
A Georgia State University professor will use a $1.2 million grant to develop curriculum to bring computer science to elementary schools.
October 21, 2014
Community Colleges
Virginia Joins Higher Education Distance Learning Agreement
Virginia higher education officials announced a partnership that would make it easier for students to take online classes.
October 21, 2014
Faculty & Staff
Toni Morrison’s Papers to be Housed at Princeton University
Toni Morrison donates her papers to Princeton University’s Permanent Library Collection.
October 21, 2014
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Four Universities in Running for Obama Presidential Library
The list of institutions vying to become the host site of the Barack Obama Presidential Library has been narrowed to four finalists, including two universities in Chicago.
October 21, 2014
Community Colleges
Colleges Find Success With New Approaches to Developmental Education
Remedial education has been such a major contributor to lowering student retention at two-year schools that it has been characterized as a “bridge to nowhere.”
October 21, 2014
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Three Virginia Colleges’ Support Staff Pay Exceed Average
According to a new report the staff salaries at Virginia Tech, U.Va. and VMI exceed the average of similar schools nationwide.
October 20, 2014
Students
The University of Michigan Reports Undergraduate Enrollment Up
The University of Michigan announced it has 112 more students now than a year ago.
October 20, 2014
Students
State Lottery Funds May Not Help Those Who Need it Most
When it comes to using state lottery funds to finance scholarships for college, the idea that gambling proceeds are helping the poor pay for their education makes the state-sanctioned games of chance more acceptable than they might otherwise be.
October 20, 2014
Students
Experts: Minority Talent Available for Silicon Valley
While technology firms have blamed an insufficient talent pipeline for low Black and Latino employee numbers, educators say Silicon Valley companies have cast too narrow a net for potential hires.
October 20, 2014
LGBTQ+
College Basketball Player Derrick Gordon Still Happy About His Decision to Come Out Last Year
When Derrick Gordon decided last April to become the first openly gay player in Division I men’s college basketball to publicly come out, he wasn’t sure what kind of reaction he would receive.
October 20, 2014
Faculty & Staff
Group Asks Temple to Change Ethics Policies
Professors question the academic integrity of research done by Temple University.
October 19, 2014
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Ohio College Receives Fundraising Help From Leading Actor
Tom Hanks helps lead $150 million fundraising campaign for Wright State University
October 19, 2014
Students
Enrollment decrease leads to NMSU spending cuts
New Mexico State University has seen a decline in enrollment for the fall semester, resulting in the loss of revenue.
October 19, 2014
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