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Post-Elections, There is Work to do on Higher Education Front
While the 2012 elections were generally favorable to higher education, significant work remains to make college more affordable, particularly for students of lesser economic means.
November 27, 2012
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New Alabama State President Placed on Leave
After only a few months on the job, Alabama State University president Joseph Silver was placed on administrative leave this week.
November 27, 2012
Faculty & Staff
New President for Tennessee State University
The Tennessee Board of Regents voted unanimously Tuesday to approve Glenda Baskin Glover’s appointment as the next president of Tennessee State University.
November 27, 2012
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Former UT Board Member Sees Gender Diversity Need
A former University of Tennessee trustee says more women should be appointed to the board.
November 26, 2012
Students
Scott Wants Low-Cost Degrees At Florida Colleges
Gov. Rick Scott on Monday challenged Florida’s community and state colleges to develop four-year degrees that would cost no more than $10,000, which also would continue their move into an area that was once the sole domain of the state’s public universities.
November 26, 2012
Students
Pembroke University Celebrates 125 Years of Accomplishments, Growth
Dr. Kyle Carter, chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Pembroke, has some advice for university administrators with major milestones on the horizon
November 26, 2012
African-American
Charles Chesnutt Leaves an Indelible Legacy in Hometown and the Nation
Fayetteville, N.C. is well known as the home of one of the country’s largest Army bases. Historians and literature lovers may know that the city was also home to America’s first famous Black novelist, Charles Waddell Chesnutt. His works focused on racial prejudice in the country in the late 19th and early 20th century, an issue he knew first-hand and wrote about long before the Harlem Renaissance.
November 26, 2012
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Thurgood Marshall College Fund, Public HBCUs to Develop Academies that Blend Online, Classroom Instruction
Championing a secondary school model that blends online learning and classroom instruction, the Thurgood Marshall College Fund and its HBCU member schools expect to launch as many as 10 college prep academies over the next five years.
November 26, 2012
HBCUs
Slideshow: Maryland Colleges Speak Out on Dream Act
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November 26, 2012
Native Americans
Special Focus: American Indian Heritage Month
Tribal colleges make an effort to return to their food roots; Efforts to recruit American Indian males to college are working; Professors work to increase the number of American Indians in business.
November 26, 2012
Students
IU Eyes Global Audience in Online Learning Venture
Indiana University hopes to reach unlimited numbers of students worldwide through an aggressive new online education model.
November 25, 2012
Faculty & Staff
UM, MSU Students Want Gender Identity Protection
University of Montana and Montana State University students want the state Board of Regents to add sexual orientation and gender identity to its nondiscrimination policy.
November 25, 2012
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Budget Stalemate Could Hurt Schools
The stakes are high for the University of Oregon and Oregon State University if the impending automatic, across-the-board cuts to the federal budget are not averted by Congress and President Barack Obama.
November 25, 2012
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New Department of Labor Initiative Focuses on Workforce Development
While most of us would not debate the value of a four-year degree, this American dream remains beyond the reach of many as the cost of a college education continues to rise.
November 25, 2012
Opinion
A Crisis in Black Studies at Temple University
In the last few days, the graduate students in the Department of African American Studies (AAS) at Temple University have dispatched a carefully written letter to thousands of faculty across the nation in an effort to publicize what they call “a crisis.”
November 25, 2012
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Professors Work to Increase the Number of American Indians in Business
As a student at Whittier College, Robert Jacobo relished learning more about Native American culture through courses in history and anthropology
November 25, 2012
Community Colleges
A Guide for Embracing Diversity at Elite Institutions
Elite institutions are often criticized for their historical legacy of excluding specific populations and facilitating privilege.
November 21, 2012
Faculty & Staff
Part-time Archivist Helps Preserve History of MUW
A new archivist is helping preserve the history of Mississippi University for Women
November 21, 2012
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