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U.S. Department of Education Develops College Scorecard

The idea is that people would check out the Scorecard early in the college search process.

April 17, 2012

Asian American Pacific Islander

Dartmouth College President Jim Yong Kim Named President of the World Bank

The move marks a return to global development issues for Kim, a public health expert, MacArthur “genius” grant recipient and Harvard University-trained physician and anthropologist.

April 17, 2012

Va. Tech Marking 5 Years Since Campus Massacre

Students were headed to class on Monday at Virginia Tech, the first year the school hasn’t suspended instruction to mark the anniversary of a 2007 rampage that left 32 people and the gunman dead.

April 16, 2012

Experts: Equipping Students With Questions Is Next Best Thing to Stricter Regulations of For-profit Institutions

A Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute white paper says Hispanics at for-profits completed their degrees at a rate of 25 percent, versus 60 percent at private nonprofits and 46 percent at public institutions.

April 16, 2012

Marcela Iglesias

African-American

White House Promotes Entrepreneurship Focus for HBCUs and MSIs

The White House meeting included panel presentations from Obama administration officials and leaders from the African American and Hispanic communities.

April 16, 2012

Debra Saunders-White

University of California, Davis, Slammed for Pepper-spraying Students

In a report released on Wednesday, a UC Davis task force said the decision to douse seated Occupy protesters with the eye-stinging chemical was ”objectively unreasonable” and not authorized by campus policy.

April 15, 2012

Education Department Signals New Direction on Graduation Rates

The Department of Education’s announcement would require colleges and universities to include part-time and transfer students when measuring graduation rates, a key factor in national studies of post-secondary institutions and their value.

April 15, 2012

Commentary: In-House Counsel: Challenges and Rewards

There were some employees who were uncertain of my role and some employees who applauded the development of a legal affairs office.

April 15, 2012

Laverne Gaskins

The Struggle for Tuition Equality

Should public institutions make undocumented state residents pay out-of-state tuition? In Michigan, Western Michigan, Wayne State, and Saginaw Valley State allow non-citizens to pay in-state tuition. Yet, its flagship campus—the University of Michigan—does not. “We just want tuition equality.” That is the proclamation of Daniel Morales, a freshman at U-M, who recently co-founded the Coalition […]

April 12, 2012

Shaken by Shooting, Chinese Still Seek U.S. Colleges

Shaken by the shooting deaths of two Chinese students near the University of Southern California, China is unlikely to slow its pace of sending its students to U.S. universities.

April 12, 2012

Community Colleges

Questions Persist in Fatal Shooting of Black Community College Student

The fatal shooting of Citrus College student Kendrec McDade by police officers has provoked outrage in Pasadena, Calif., as yet another example of a young Black man losing his life under questionable circumstances.

April 12, 2012

U.S. Education Secretary Duncan Delivers College Completion Message to Civil Rights Group

The U.S. won’t regain its position as the most college-educated nation in the world unless it eliminates disparities in public education, contended U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan during a speech on Thursday.

April 12, 2012

U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan

New Website To Calculate Potential Student Loan Debt

The site is the latest effort by the Obama administration to make colleges and universities more open about costs.

April 11, 2012

Policy Forum: Experts Explore Pell Grant Sustainability

On Wednesday at a Washington policy forum, college access experts said that the federal government needs to develop a long-term strategy to support one of its primary means of helping the poor pay for higher education—the Pell Grant program.

April 11, 2012

African-American

Renowned Trial Attorney Donates Law Library to Texas Southern University

Joe Jamail, one of the nation’s most storied trial lawyers and educational philanthropists, has donated a major gift to Texas Southern University—his law library.

April 11, 2012

Mississippi Out-of-state Tuition Waiver Bill Signed

The flexibility of a new law that will allow universities to waive out-of-state tuition will let each school structure a plan conducive to its needs, according to higher education leaders.

April 10, 2012

College Board Planning Website Unveiled

The College Board unveiled a new website on Tuesday that one executive hailed as the most comprehensive college planning tool available online.

April 10, 2012

Gaston Caperton

Latino Success Key to College Completion Goal, Report Says

The U.S. will not meet its 2020 college completion goals without a major contribution from Latinos, who continue to trail Whites in key indicators of higher education attainment, a new study says.

April 10, 2012

Dr. Eduardo Ochoa