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Stocks Flat Day After Dow Tops 12,000
Stocks are flat in midday trading one day after the Dow Jones industrial average closed at its highest level in two and a half years.
February 1, 2011
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Feds Probe Calif. ‘Sham University’ for Visa Fraud
The government of India is urging the United States to show leniency toward Indian students who were enrolled at a “sham university” in California that U.S. authorities say was a front for illegal immigration.
February 1, 2011
International
U.S. Universities Bringing Students Home from Egypt
American universities are citing safety as the reason for pulling students from study-abroad programs.
February 1, 2011
Community Colleges
Report: Americans Overemphasize College as Key to Upward Mobility
A report released today by Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education says the United States’ increasing emphasis on a single pathway to success is at least partly to blame for the country falling behind other nations.
February 1, 2011
Faculty & Staff
Tenure Controversy Trips Up DePaul
Claims of bias, violations of academic freedom and racism continue to dog DePaul University’s tenure process.
February 1, 2011
Students
Conference: Independent Colleges Urged to Enhance Their Affordability
Administrators are told during national meeting that there are concrete steps that universities and colleges could take to make getting a degree more affordable for low-income students.
January 31, 2011
Latinx
Federal Postsecondary Education Leader Urges Unity on College Completion Message
The many constituencies comprising U.S. higher education should come together to “speak with one voice” to the rest of this country, says Dr. Eduardo Ochoa, assistant secretary for postsecondary education.
January 31, 2011
African-American
After Egyptian Sojourn, Former Fulbright Fellow Watches Revolt from Afar
Recent Fulbright fellow and Morehouse College graduate Wendell Hassan Marsh returned to the U.S. just weeks before uprising.
January 31, 2011
African-American
Colorado Firm Wins $74,000 Contract To Study UNO/SUNO Merger
A Colorado consulting firm will be paid as much as $74,000 to evaluate a proposal to merge Southern University at New Orleans with the nearby University of New Orleans campus.
January 30, 2011
Students
Mississippi Governor Juggles White House Hopes, State’s Past
Haley Barbour’s latest efforts to talk about civil rights and race have seen improvement, a sign that the Mississippi governor knows that if he is to carry his party’s 2012 banner against the nation’s first African-American president, he will have to be more forthright about Mississippi’s troubled history, experts say.
January 30, 2011
African-American
Book Reviews: Black History Month Beckons
Through different prisms, rich Black history narratives shine. More reviews of African-American themed history books will be featured during February.
January 30, 2011
Students
Dormitories Seen as Retention Tools at Urban, Commuter Schools
In efforts to improve retention rates, commuter colleges are looking to an unusual suspect: residence halls.
January 30, 2011
African-American
Southern University New Orleans Chancellor: Low Graduation Rate No Reason To Merge
Hundreds of students, faculty and alumni of Southern University at New Orleans rallied Wednesday to protest a proposed merger of the predominantly Black school with the neighboring University of New Orleans.
January 27, 2011
Students
Perspectives: Diversity and the Future of the Professoriate – A Call to Action
Princeton dean contends that hiring and admissions committees must be proactive about creating a diverse applicant pool that will result in a diverse academic landscape, including faculty, staff and students.
January 27, 2011
Latinx
Does the DREAM Act Have a Future?
The White House and supporters aren’t yet ready to sing a requiem despite major obstacles.
January 27, 2011
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Naval Academy Settles with Critical Professor
An outspoken critic of the U.S. Naval Academy’s admissions policies has settled a complaint that alleged he was wrongly denied a pay raise for exercising his First Amendment rights.
January 26, 2011
Students
Perspectives: Mentoring Can Be the Critical Ingredient in Minority Male Academic Achievement
Mentoring programs prove a crucial resource in minority male student success.
January 26, 2011
Leadership & Policy
Louisiana Merger Study Puts Southern University Chief, Katrina-damaged Schools in Spotlight
Ronald Mason, the Southern University System President, is once again caught in the middle of a controversy involving a possible HBCU merger.
January 26, 2011
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