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Ohio University Settles Students’ Free Speech Lawsuit
Ohio University will revise its student conduct code and pay $32,000 to a student and his attorneys to settle a lawsuit challenging that code.
February 3, 2015
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Budget Troubles Slow Grambling State Presidential Search
Louisiana’s budget problems are making Grambling State University’s presidential search more difficult, with possible job applicants apparently worried they’d be walking into a financial mess.
February 3, 2015
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Diverse Conversations: Affordability Makes Diversity Possible on College Campuses
Colleges use the buzzword “diversity” when talking about their ideal student populations, but ideals and reality do not always add up.
February 3, 2015
Students
Corinthian Students Lured by Job Prospects Get Loan Break
A federal regulator says Corinthian College students will be forgiven a total of $480 million in loans because the for-profit school used “bogus” job prospects to persuade them to pay tuition with expensive private loans.
February 3, 2015
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Report: Graduation Gap Grows Between Rich, Poor
The percentage of students from low-income families who go on to earn a bachelor’s degrees is almost the same today as it was in 1965.
February 3, 2015
Students
East Carolina Fraternity Suspended After Rape Report
A fraternity has asked its chapter at East Carolina University to suspend activities after a woman reported a rape last week.
February 2, 2015
Community Colleges
Bill Would Allow Credit Card Purchases of Lottery Tickets
The chairman of a powerful Senate committee has proposed changing the law to allow people to use their credit cards to purchase lottery tickets in New Mexico.
February 2, 2015
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Platt a Groundbreaker in Emerging Field
ÂAs an assistant professor in the biomedical engineering department, Dr. Manu Platt, a 2015 Diverse Emerging Scholar, has managed in a short time to reach the upper ranks of researchers.
February 2, 2015
Students
Goucher College: Video Application a Hit
Prospective students could apply to the college with a two-minute video featuring the student explaining why he or she might be a good fit. No high school transcripts were required.
February 2, 2015
African-American
Oakland Achievement Gap Initiative Gains Momentum
A public schools program aimed at reducing and eliminating the Black male achievement gap has been praised for offering “a beacon of hope.”
February 2, 2015
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Unfinished Business
Through the movie “Selma,” many people who weren’t born yet when police forces attacked marchers on the route to Montgomery, Alabama, are getting an opportunity to learn about that episode of history.
February 1, 2015
HBCUs
Brandeis University President to Step Down, Take Job at Yale
Brandeis University President Frederick Lawrence will step down at the end of the current school year and take a job at Yale.
February 1, 2015
Faculty & Staff
China Education Minister Demands Rejection of Western Values
China’s education minister has issued a stern warning against threats to communist ideological purity in higher education, saying Western values must never be permitted to infiltrate the classroom.
February 1, 2015
Students
Higher Ed’s Super Bowl Dilemma: Go to Game or Pay for Dartmouth?
Hmm. But you can still drink a heck of a lot more at Dartmouth — for now.
February 1, 2015
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Lee Leaving APLU, Focuses on Development
Dr. John Michael Lee Jr., is stepping down from his position at the advocacy organization after nearly two and a half years on the job.
February 1, 2015
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Howard University Hospital Doctors Unionizing
The debate about unionization in higher education is no longer limited to adjuncts. Now university hospital doctors are getting in the mix.
February 1, 2015
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Half of High-risk Students Coming Up Empty
Roughly half of high-risk students are starting college but have nothing to show for it in terms of earnings because they leave without a credential that could command a higher salary.
February 1, 2015
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In Case You Missed It…
Undocumented Undergrads Continue to Face Challenges U.S. Energy Department Powers New HBCU Cybersecurity Consortium The Practice of Parents Posting Child Beatings Online Becoming More Common Initiative Aims to Lift Minority Men at Community Colleges
January 29, 2015
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