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UC System Considers Dropping SAT Subject Test Requirement
Facing pressure from an influential faculty group, the University of California system is considering dropping subject tests of the Scholastic Aptitude Test as a requirement for admission into its nine universities.
March 18, 2008
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AP Poll: Stress Pains Many in College
College kids are so frazzled they can’t sleep or eat. Or study. Good grief, they’re even anxious about spring break.
March 18, 2008
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‘Great Debater’ Wells Remembered as Spiritual, Passionate
Henrietta Bell Wells, the only woman on the 1930 Wiley College team that took part in the nation’s first interracial collegiate debate, was remembered Sunday as a deeply spiritual person whose presence moved others to be quiet and listen.
March 17, 2008
Leadership & Policy
College Presidential Advice: ‘Never Lose Your Soul’
In part two of our series on female college presidents, Diverse talks with Dr. Mildred Garcia, president of California State University, Dominguez Hills.
March 17, 2008
Faculty & Staff
Improving the Communities Scholars Study
The research taking place in Africa on educational equity most often benefits the scholars who publish studies and has little direct impact on the lives of those being studied, a researcher said during a presentation Monday at the 52nd Annual Conference of the Comparative & International Education Society.
March 17, 2008
Sports
No. 1 Seeds Lag Academically
The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, was the only school among the four No. 1 seeds in the NCAA men’s tournament to graduate at least 50 percent of its players.
March 17, 2008
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Sex Offenders Collect Financial Aid
Prison inmates are ineligible for Pell Grants under a 1994 law, but some sex offenders are exploiting a loophole to pay for correspondence courses upon transferring to treatment facilities. Rep. Ric Keller, R-Fla, is outraged by this use of limited college resources “while hardworking young people from lower-class families are flipping hamburgers to pay for college.”
March 17, 2008
Students
Associate NMSU Dean Steps Down During Investigation Into Porn
An associate dean at New Mexico State University has given up the post while officials investigate allegations that he e-mailed pornography to others at the school.
March 16, 2008
Community Colleges
Pilot Program to Link Community Colleges with UNH Expanded
A pilot program that makes it easier and cheaper for community college students to transfer to the University of New Hampshire is being expanded statewide.
March 16, 2008
Students
Exclusive: Iowa Student Loan Won’t Offer Private Loans
A tightening credit market could make life increasingly difficult this fall for college students who may not find money available to borrow or could be forced to ask their parents to co-sign a loan.
March 16, 2008
Students
Clinton: New Breed of Student Activism Can Make a Difference
Hundreds of college students, nonprofit groups and college administrators are gathering this weekend in New Orleans for the inaugural meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative University — the latest project of former President Clinton’s William J. Clinton Foundation.
March 16, 2008
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Women Redefining Leadership
In honor of Women’s History Month, Diverse talks with nine recently appointed college and association presidents, who discuss the challenges unique to their own institutions, those facing higher education in general, and more. Today, we feature Molly C. Broad, president-elect of the American Council on Education.
March 16, 2008
Evaluating the Benefits of Lifelong Learning
Students
Lawmakers Seek to Safeguard Access to Student Loans
With urban, low-income students most likely to face the fallout from the student loan credit crunch, House lawmakers say the Department of Education should prepare a contingency ‘lender of last resort’ program to assure continued access to loan capital.
March 16, 2008
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From South America to Europe, Scholars Discuss Equity
While affirmative action programs are being challenged in the United States, Brazil is readily adopting these admissions policies in their colleges and universities as the morally correct thing to do to address the socioeconomic exclusion of Blacks, according to research done by Fulbright New Century scholar, Dr. Michele S. Moses.
March 16, 2008
Leadership & Policy
Tribal College Leaders Bow Out of UND Advertisement, Citing Nickname
Five current and former tribal college presidents have decided not to take part in a photo shoot for a University of North Dakota student recruiting campaign because of their opposition to the Fighting Sioux nickname, a UND official says.
March 16, 2008
Students
HBCU Presidents Take Their Case For Funding To Congress
A panel of HBCU presidents and administrators stressed the need for greater federal financial support during a congressional hearing Wednesday intended to address the many obstacles facing America’s private and public historically Black colleges and universities.
March 12, 2008
Latinx
Colleges Encouraged to Improve the Student Experience By Using Identified Best Practices
Jackson State University discovered through a student survey that students were not feeling engaged at the institution, and despite problematic academic probation and retention rates, were not taking advantage of the support services available.
March 12, 2008
Students
Students, Professors Rally to Support Student in Racial Attack
Faculty and students at the University of Massachusetts are rallying around a Black biology student who is facing attempted murder charges after police say a White man taunted him with racial epithets, broke his nose and smashed his dormitory window.
March 12, 2008
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