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Senate Passes Historic Immigration Bill
The bill offers hope of citizenship to millions of immigrants living illegally in America’s shadows and also promises a military-style effort to secure the border with Mexico.
June 27, 2013
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Analysis: Howard University Heading in Harm’s Way?
The effect of Parent Plus Loan changes, cuts in funds allocated by the federal government and anticipated shrinking grant funds make for a “perfect storm” that perhaps has the prestigious institution rattled.
June 27, 2013
Community Colleges
West Virginia Higher Ed Panel Approves Tuition Increases
In-state tuition is increasing at least 6 percent at five West Virginia higher education institutions.
June 26, 2013
Faculty & Staff
Revamped Big East Hires Val Ackerman as Commissioner
The newly reconstituted Big East Conference hired former WNBA president Val Ackerman, a member of the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame, as its commissioner Wednesday.
June 26, 2013
Latinx
Study: 55M New Job Openings by 2020
However, the forecast also suggests the economy will fall short 5 million workers with the postsecondary degrees those jobs require.
June 26, 2013
Students
Scholarship Fund’s Director Carrying on Social Justice Legacy
Cecilia Marshall, granddaughter of the late Thurgood Marshall, is the director of general scholarships at the Asian & Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund.
June 26, 2013
Opinion
Not the End of Affirmative Action as We Know It
The Supreme Court’s agreement to hear Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action made it pretty clear that the Court was not leaning toward an affirmative action ban.
June 26, 2013
Leadership & Policy
Economists Seek National Effort to Increase Selective College Applications, Enrollment by Low-Income Students
Stanford University economist Caroline Hoxby unveiled a national proposal aimed at encouraging high-achieving, low-income students to apply to and attend selective colleges.
June 26, 2013
Community Colleges
Dartmouth: Numbers Down for Binge Drinking
Two years after Dartmouth College started a national initiative to reduce binge drinking, it says the number of its students treated for extreme alcohol intoxication has been reduced by more than half.
June 25, 2013
Leadership & Policy
Moody’s Revises NCAA Credit Outlook to Negative
The NCAA’s credit outlook has been revised to negative by ratings agency Moody’s as the governing body of college sports deals with an anti-trust lawsuit about the use of athletes’ images and likenesses.
June 25, 2013
Students
Higher Education Summit Highlights Research on Asian-American, Pacific Islander-Serving Schools
A new study examines opportunities and challenges at colleges and universities that enroll significant Asian-American and Pacific Islander student populations.
June 25, 2013
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Diverse Conversations: The Business of Higher Education
There are many people that believe higher education could be changed for the better if colleges and universities were to think of themselves as businesses and the students as the customers.
June 25, 2013
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Supreme Court Deals Voting Rights Act Serious Blow
Civil rights advocates are expressing dismay in the wake of the decision to strike down the section that designated that parts of the country must have changes to their voting laws cleared by the federal government or the federal courts.
June 25, 2013
Faculty & Staff
Employment Practices in the Professions
June 24, 2013
Health
Grambling Wins $1.7 Million STEM Grant
Grambling State University has been awarded a $1.7 million, five-year grant by the National Institutes of Health to provide graduate degree opportunities to under-represented honors students.
June 24, 2013
Leadership & Policy
North Dakota State University President Accused of Deleting 45K Emails
The North Dakota Legislative Council is asking Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem to determine whether the president of North Dakota State University broke the law by deleting more than 45,000 emails that may have been subject to an open records request.
June 24, 2013
Latinx
Supreme Court’s Ruling Means Affirmative Action Safe for Now
I always thought Abigail Fisher’s case wasn’t quite good enough to bring down what has been the most successful tool for racial equity in history.
June 24, 2013
Faculty & Staff
Symposium Panelists Stress Leaders’ Commitment to Mission as Key to Closing Achievement Gap
Speakers at the ETS/Children’s Defense Fund symposium tackled subjects that ranged from the need for more “cultural competence” among educators to the subtle racism within the catchphrase “achievement gap.”
June 24, 2013
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