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Students
Institutions Must Invest in Retention Efforts, Panel Says
In the battle to boost retention and graduation rates, it pays to invest institutional resources for the cause and to dedicate specific staff people to do the job.
January 8, 2013
Students
Fraternity Shut Down for Drinking, Hazing Activity
The University of Florida’s Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity has been shut down and accused of involvement in theft, hazing and underage drinking.
January 8, 2013
Community Colleges
UC Online Courses Attract Few Outside Students
The University of California has spent more than $4 million marketing its new online courses, but so far it’s attracting few students outside the UC system.
January 8, 2013
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Dr. Shaundra B. Daily Works to Improve Education with Technology
Dr. Shaundra B. Daily is an educational technologist whose interdisciplinary training enables her to blend cutting-edge science and engineering with sophisticated pedagogical ideas to design learning technologies.
January 8, 2013
Community Colleges
Report: College Savings Plans Utilized by a Wealthy Few
The few Americans who participate in federal programs that help families save money for their children’s college education are primarily wealthy, the U.S. Government Accountability Office says in a new report.
January 8, 2013
Disabilties
Gallaudet Reinstates Official Who Signed Petition
Gallaudet University has reinstated its chief diversity officer after a 3-month paid suspension for signing a petition circulated by opponents of gay marriage in Maryland.
January 7, 2013
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Cal Grant Rules Disqualify 80 Percent of For-Profits
A state report examining Cal Grant’s new eligibility standards says the tighter rules have disqualified 80 percent of California’s for-profit colleges from the financial aid program.
January 7, 2013
Faculty & Staff
Dr. Rodney Priestley Exemplifies the Rigor of Research in the Ivy Leagues
Dr. Rodney Priestley was sure he’d be a marine biologist or a geologist. But somewhere along the line, the Princeton professor changed his mind and ended up a chemical engineer.
January 7, 2013
African-American
Perceived Factors that Contribute to Low Persistent Rates of Minority Males in Community Colleges
Community College officials discuss the attributes of minority males on the perceived influence of dropping out of institutions of higher learning and to recommend some activities that have proven to be successful in increasing the retention and graduation rates among community colleges.
January 7, 2013
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Semester-long Exploration of Race Underway at University of Michigan
The University of Michigan has launched the Understanding Race Project to showcase a wide-ranging selection of public exhibitions, lectures, performances, symposia and other events exploring the role of race in American society.
January 7, 2013
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Vets Face Confusion Using GI Bill at State Schools
In choosing to serve her country in uniform, Hayleigh Lynn Perez knowingly accepted a nomadic life. Now the former Army sergeant says she and thousands of other veterans trying to get a higher education are being penalized for that enforced rootlessness.
January 6, 2013
Leadership & Policy
Unified Basketball Schools Continue to Plot Future
The seven Catholic schools that have decided to leave the Big East and form their own league continued to plot the future Friday, retaining Proskauer Rose LLP Proskauer Rose LLP -Search using:News, Most Recent 60 Daysand Pilson Communications, Inc., to aid in their defection.
January 6, 2013
Students
Institute for Higher Education Policy Outlines Financial Aid System Reforms
One of 16 organizations tapped by the Gates Foundation to rethink higher education financial aid in the U.S., the Institute for Higher Education Policy has released its policy recommendation paper.
January 6, 2013
Health
Champion of Change: Dr. Flavia Peréa explores issues of equity and health disparities
Dr. Flavia Peréa believes that “change happens in action.” The 38-year-old, self-described “accidental academic” has spent most of her adult life working in education, from low-resource public schools to elite private school settings.
January 6, 2013
Opinion
Sustaining the Future of HBCUs
Almost every institution in America, if not the world, is seeking ways to enhance its stability. Historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are paramount among this group.
January 6, 2013
African-American
Crisis Management: Leaders Reflect on High Presidential Turnovers at HBCUs
There has been an unprecedented number of presidential vacancies resulting in instability and turmoil at the nation’s HBCUs.
January 6, 2013
African-American
Free at Last!
This month, we not only celebrate the inauguration of the first black U.S. president to his second term, on Jan. 20, and Martin Luther King Jr. Day, on Jan. 21, but we also mark the 150th anniversary of the date the Emancipation Proclamation was issued, Jan. 1, 1883. That makes this a fitting time to look at books about Lincoln’s time.
January 4, 2013
Students
Sexual Assault is Gender Blind
The fact is that 2012 was a horrible year in terms of sexual assaults on college campuses.
January 3, 2013
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