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Students
Loan Change Sends Thousands of Students Home
Many parents of students just recently found out that that they no longer qualify for Parent PLUS loans that they had depended upon to help pay tuition.
October 10, 2012
Sports
From Jail to Juris Doctor
James King’s experience on the undesirable side of the legal system spurred his drive to become a lawyer and help the disadvantaged.
October 10, 2012
African-American
Parents Suing Consultant for Failing to Get Sons into Ivy League School
A couple from Hong Kong has sued a U.S.-based college admissions consultant for failing to get their two sons into an Ivy League university as he had allegedly promised.
October 9, 2012
Leadership & Policy
Florida Ponders Higher Education Tuition Increases
Gov. Rick Scott’s task force says part of the reason higher tuition is needed is to pay top professors more to stem the tide of other states luring them away.
October 9, 2012
African-American
Lag in Civics Savvy Ends Up in Hurting Communities
A recent study shows that the declining emphasis on teaching social studies and civics in high school stunts students’ growth as individuals and citizens.
October 9, 2012
Home
Sandusky Sentenced to 30-60 Years in Prison
The convicted child sexual abuser maintains his innocence and plans to appeal. The judge says the former Penn State assistant coach betrayed children and abused their trust.
October 9, 2012
Sports
New Report Calls for Increased Board Oversight in Intercollegiate Athletics
The Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges released a report on board oversight in intercollegiate athletics and is calling for enhanced board involvement.
October 9, 2012
African-American
Educator Letting World Know About Contributions of HBCUs
All too often only the most elite institutions garner attention outside the United States. It is time for other countries that want to add value to their students’ lives to look to HBCUs as role models.
October 8, 2012
Disabilties
Alabama Students Looking To Fill Pell Grant Void
Changes to federal eligibility rules for Pell grants have some Alabama students returning to college looking for new ways to pay for classes.
October 8, 2012
Community Colleges
Program Seeks To Steer More Students Toward College
A program to encourage high school seniors to consider higher education after graduation is being launched in three high schools this fall.
October 8, 2012
Home
Goal of Increasing Diversity in Medical School Becoming Reality
A cartoon may have been the spark that launched the project, but the We Are Doc McStuffins Project & Artemis Medical Society’s work is no laughing matter. The groups are urging more students of color to pursue medicine and finding ways to put medical school within their reach.
October 8, 2012
Sports
UNC-Chapel Hill Begins Search for Chancellor
North Carolina’s flagship public university is looking inside and out of academic circles to find a replacement for Holden Thorp, who is resigning in June in the wake of a series of athletic, academic and financial scandals.
October 8, 2012
Asian American Pacific Islander
Asian-American, Pacific Islanders Flying Under Radar as a Political Force
The group the Democrats take for granted and the Republicans totally ignore could make a difference in 2012 election.
October 8, 2012
Students
Groups Step Up Ahead of Supreme Court’s Hearing of Fisher Case
Supporters of race-conscious affirmative action are trying to influence public opinion as oral arguments begin on the case that they say could undermine diversity on campuses across the nation.
October 8, 2012
Students
UNCF Empower Me Tour Rolls On
UNFC’s Empower Me Tour begins its 10-city journey to help students navigate through college.
October 7, 2012
Students
Moody’s Report Says Grad Enrollment Decline Hits Higher Education Credit
Grad enrollment decline to have negative impact on schools’ credit rating.
October 7, 2012
African-American
Black Male Incarceration Crisis: Transparency and Education Are Key in Effecting Change
Transparency and education are the best ways to start changing the effects of mass incarceration on voting rights in the United States, concurred a panel of experts at a session at the Seventh Annual Black Male Initiative Conference at the City University of New York’s College of Staten Island.
October 7, 2012
Students
New Study Finds Millennials Well Prepared for the ‘Real World’
The recession and its lingering effects are heavily influencing the academic choices of the Millennial generation, according to leaders of the study of more than 5,600 people between ages 17 and 23 who are either college students or college-bound high school juniors and seniors.
October 7, 2012
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