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Leadership & Policy
Kentucky State Presidential Search Accompanied by Controversy
Kentucky State University’s search for a new president has run into a rolling storm of troubles amid widespread criticism this week from across the university’s community over its search committee’s recommendations.
February 16, 2017
African-American
Economist: Education Alone Won’t Close Racial Wage Gap
Though Black college graduates generally fare better than Black high school graduates, higher education has not proven sufficient to remedy America’s racial wage gap, a leading labor economist said recently during a Black History Month lecture.
February 16, 2017
Students
University of Wisconsin Students Demand Free Tuition for Black Students
MADISON, Wis. — Black students should be offered free tuition and housing at the University of Wisconsin-Madison because blacks were legally barred from education during slavery and UW-Madison remains out of reach for Black students today, the student government said Wednesday. The Associated Students of Madison said in a resolution that students from suburban high […]
February 16, 2017
Leadership & Policy
DePaul University Names 1st Lay President in 119-year History
CHICAGO — DePaul University has named its first lay president in the Chicago school’s 119-year history. The Catholic university on Thursday announced that A. Gabriel Esteban will be its 12th president as of July 1. He is currently president at Seton Hall University in South Orange, New Jersey, where he has held the post since […]
February 16, 2017
Women
UVa Administrator Files Gender Discrimination Lawsuit
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — An administrator at the University of Virginia is suing the school for alleged gender and disability discrimination. Media outlets report UVA assistant vice provost Becky Ackerson filed a lawsuit against the UVA Board of Visitors Wednesday claiming the school knowingly paid her less than male counterparts. According to the lawsuit, Ackerson was […]
February 16, 2017
Students
University of Kansas Campus Police Prepare for Concealed Carry
LAWRENCE, Kan. — The University of Kansas Office of Public Safety is planning to add more positions and new equipment to prepare for allowing concealed handguns on campus. Police Chief Chris Keary tells the Lawrence Journal-World that the office is adding three police officers to patrol busy areas of campus, four portable metal detectors and […]
February 16, 2017
Blogs/Opinion
Free Tuition: Here’s the Fine Print
As anyone who’s ever applied for financial aid knows, affordable tuition often seems possible only if you’re willing to fill out a thousand forms, provide test scores, grades and proof of awesomeness, and promise your first born to the college of your dreams. But what if you could go to college free of charge — […]
February 16, 2017
Other News
Merchant Marines to Resume Vessel Training
KINGS POINT, N.Y.— Federal officials say a training program that places U.S. Merchant Marine Academy midshipmen on board commercial vessels is resuming. The program called Sea Year had been halted amid concerns about sexual assault and harassment. The 900-member academy located on Long Island Sound outside New York City trains graduates to work in the […]
February 16, 2017
Other News
Veterans Share Tips on Benefits
CSUSB veteran students provide first-hand insights into a variety of tuition benefits for members of the military on active duty or after its completion. While in service, active duty members receive tuition assistance which pays on a per class basis up to $4,500 a year. “While you are in the military they pay for your […]
February 16, 2017
Veterans
Veterans’ Seminar Will Expand
STEVENS POINT – A seminar at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point that helps veterans transition out of military life will be available at other campuses in the UW System starting in the fall. The Back from the Front seminar is open only to first-year students who are veterans or currently enlisted. The course helps the […]
February 16, 2017
Academics
Idaho Panel Offers Adult Scholarship Bill
BOISE, Idaho — An Idaho House panel has introduced a $3 million proposal to create scholarships for adult students with some college credits to return and finish their undergraduate degrees. This is the second time the Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter-backed proposal has been floated inside the Idaho Legislature. Last year, a similarly worded proposal failed […]
February 16, 2017
Other News
For-Profits See New Opportunities
The invitation went out to top universities including Ohio State and Notre Dame: Let’s talk about the future of American higher education under President Donald Trump. It also went to a less-august institution: DeVry Education Group. That DeVry was invited to a January “listening session” on education by Trump’s team hints at where his administration […]
February 16, 2017
Other News
Investors See Bright Future for For-Profits
The invitation went out to top universities including Ohio State and Notre Dame: Let’s talk about the future of American higher education under President Donald Trump. It also went to a less-august institution: DeVry Education Group Inc. That DeVry was invited to a January “listening session” on education by Trump’s team hints at where his […]
February 16, 2017
Veterans
Report: Veterans Need Help Getting to “Normal”
Public understanding of the needs of military veterans has focused largely post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injuries, suicide rates, and poor conditions at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center. But the great majority of the veterans of post-9/11 wars need social services that will help them transition back to civilian life. Read More
February 16, 2017
Students
Mique’l Dangeli Puts Indigenous Art on Center Stage
Dr. Mique’l Dangeli, selected by Diverse as a member of the 2017 Class of Emerging Scholars, is not only a dedicated scholar of Northwest Coast culture and art; she also is an avid practitioner.
February 15, 2017
Leadership & Policy
Trump Issue Dividing Howard University Administration, Students
In a town hall meeting on Tuesday night, students expressed disappointment that the administration of the nation’s flagship historically Black university had not done more to put itself at the frontline of resistance to the new administration.
February 15, 2017
Students
Experts: Private Lenders Could Complicate Student Loan Program
If private lenders are allowed back into the federal student loan program — a program from which they were removed during the Obama administration — it would preclude “universal access to student loans at universal terms,” a new paper released Wednesday states.
February 15, 2017
Students
Students Push Ivy League to Drop Fee for Needy Applicants
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Ivy League students are asking their schools to automatically waive the application fee for applicants who are low-income or the first in their family to attend college. A letter to the Ivies was penned by Brown University senior Viet Nguyen. Nguyen leads the undergraduate student government at Brown and asked student government […]
February 15, 2017
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