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Students
Sexual Assaults on Campus? Administrators Should Heed Tips from Renowned Reporter
After his latest major story, higher ed officials should be reading and following Walt Bogdanich’s work in The New York Times and using it as a cautionary tale.
June 30, 2014
Students
Student Loan Interest Rates Increasing
Interest rates go up today for students taking out new federal loans. This hike is relatively minimal but could foreshadow more increases to come.
June 30, 2014
African-American
Diverse Conversations: Is a 4.0 at an HBCU the Same as a 4.0 at a PWI?
One of the biggest struggles, perhaps, is the equalizing of values, of recognition and importance.
June 30, 2014
Students
Expert Sees AAPI Churches, Elders as Keys to LGBT Inclusion in Higher Ed
A former evangelical minister, Jess Delegencia led a conference session last week examining the intersections—and historical lack thereof—among Asian American and Pacific Islanders (AAPI), Christianity and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.
June 30, 2014
African-American
Freedom Summer Conference: Black Vote Still an Issue in Mississippi
Last week’s Freedom Summer 50th Anniversary Conference at Tougaloo College brought national attention to the fight for Black voting rights in Mississippi just as a pivotal Republican Senate primary runoff election likely was decided by African-American Democrats.
June 30, 2014
Students
Grimes, Warren Hit McConnell on Student Loan Debt
Brandon Davis has an undergraduate degree, a law degree and more than $200,000 in student loans ― which is why he is living with his future in-laws.
June 29, 2014
HBCUs
Millet Named Stillman College President; Warrick in as Grambling State Interim
Peter Millet is taking over permanently as president of Stillman College as the sixth president of the historically Black school in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
June 29, 2014
African-American
Freedom Summer Conference: Black Vote Still an Issue in Mississippi
Last week’s Freedom Summer 50th Anniversary Conference at Tougaloo College brought national attention to the fight for Black voting rights in Mississippi just as a pivotal Republican Senate primary runoff election likely was decided by African-American Democrats.
June 29, 2014
Students
Indiana University to Offer Multiyear Scholarships
Indiana plans to immediately begin guaranteeing four-year scholarships to athletes and will agree not to reduce the amount of money students on partial scholarship receive year to year based on illness.
June 29, 2014
African-American
Confrontation Between Campus Security, Professor Puts Arizona State in Spotlight
Physical encounter involving Dr. Ersula Ore reignites an age-old discussion among academics about how minorities — including minority faculty — are policed by campus officers who are charged with safeguarding the university and its surrounding areas.
June 29, 2014
HBCUs
Wilberforce University Faces Potential Loss of Accreditation
Documents released Tuesday reveal that Wilberforce University, the nation’s oldest private historically Black university, has been notified that its accreditation is in jeopardy.
June 26, 2014
African-American
In Case You Missed It…
Course Correction Uncertain for Increasing Black Enrollment in Higher Ed Financial Help Not Likely on Horizon for Tribal Colleges Panel: Community-Based Programs Vital for Black Male Educational Achievement Help for the Armchair Athletic Director
June 26, 2014
Faculty & Staff
Winthrop University Fires President After Less Than a Year
Winthrop University fired its president after less than a year, saying she violated the Rock Hill college’s nepotism policy by hiring her husband, lied to trustees and was rude, hostile and demeaning to faculty, her own staff and school leaders.
June 26, 2014
Students
Study Finds Taking Class Online Does Not Necessarily Improve Outcomes
The authors found that there is no compelling evidence that online learning systems can deliver improved educational outcomes across the board, at scale, on campuses other than the one where the system was born and on a sustainable basis.
June 26, 2014
Faculty & Staff
Education Department Official: Some Campuses Hostile to Victims
Some colleges and universities are still failing students by inadequately responding to campus sexual assault, a senior Education Department official testified Thursday.
June 26, 2014
International
International Universities Grappling With Global Growing Pains
In an age of popular study abroad programs and social media, the isolationist borders have fallen, and collaboration between universities in different nations has become common.
June 26, 2014
Students
Cornell University Alumni Endow First Africana Studies Center Lectureship
Cornell University alumni Reuben A. Munday and Cheryl Casselberry Munday have created an endowment that will allow the university’s Africana Studies and Research Center to bring in a leading scholar of African and African-American studies to the Ithaca campus for an annual lecture.
June 25, 2014
Community Colleges
Education Department Removes Tweet With Movie Scene
The Education Department on Wednesday apologized for a tweet that depicted a scene from the movie Bridesmaids with the words “Help me. I’m poor” imprinted on it as part of an effort to get students to apply for federal aid.
June 25, 2014
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