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Health
Congress Completes Overhaul of Health Care, Student Loan Program
Capping an epic struggle, congressional Democrats put the final touches Thursday to historic legislation enshrining health care as the right of every citizen. Republicans vowed to campaign for repeal in the fall election season.
March 25, 2010
Students
California Officials Condemn Racist Acts on Campuses
During a regents board meeting on Wednesday, University of California officials condemned recent incidents of racism and intolerance on campus and promised to promote greater diversity and inclusion.
March 25, 2010
African-American
Tech Savvy HBCUs Keeping Pace With Innovation, Others Lag
Closing the so-called digital divide is becoming less of a possibility for many HBCUs.
March 25, 2010
Opinion
Helping Lincoln Students Find Opportunities
Over the past few months, I’ve had almost two dozen students come to my office expressing concern about their future. Some are graduating seniors who now see the error of not having an internship in their fields of choice. Others are underclassmen who read the news and see the bleak prospects for employment in the […]
March 24, 2010
African-American
North Carolina HBCU Renegotiates Debt With $31 Million Federal Loan
One of the South’s oldest historically Black colleges has landed a $31 million federal loan that restructures several pieces of privately held debt.
March 24, 2010
Community Colleges
Adult Learners Key To U.S. Reclaiming College Completion Lead, Education Dept. Official Says
President Barack Obama’s goal to increase the number of two- or four-year degree holding Americans by 2020 will require significant investments in educating nontraditional-aged college students, a U.S. Education Department assistant secretary told TRIO program administrators Wednesday at the Council for Opportunity in Education’s annual seminar with Education Department officials.
March 24, 2010
Home
Diversity Officers Group to Launch State Chapters
The National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education (NADOHE) will expand its activities later this year to include state chapters, the organization’s leaders decided in Phoenix at their annual meeting earlier this month.
March 24, 2010
Leadership & Policy
Black Trustee Flap Sparks S.C. Football Boycott Effort
South Carolina Black lawmakers are urging Black football recruits to reconsider playing for the University of South Carolina because the school could lose its lone Black trustee.
March 24, 2010
Opinion
Competition Has Its Place
According to a 2005 U.S. Government Accountability Office report, there are just over 200 STEM education programs funded by 13 federal civilian agencies. The National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Institutes of Health support roughly half and cover approximately $2 billion of a $2.8 billion total programmatic investment. While much of this funding is […]
March 23, 2010
Students
Meeting Brings Ohio University, HBCU Officials Together for Collaboration
Bridging the faculty-student digital technology divide was the focus of a conference held last week at Spelman College, launching the first meeting for a nine-member alliance among eight historically Black institutions and Ohio University.
March 23, 2010
Home
TRIO Leader Says Freeze Puts Programs at Risk
Advocates for federal TRIO college access and support programs are disappointed that, in actions from the $787 billion stimulus package to a multibillion-dollar college aid package, there was little or no discussion of TRIO.
March 23, 2010
Latinx
Census Campaign Targets Tech-savvy Hispanic Youth
Groups pushing for robust Hispanic participation in the 2010 census are enlisting a new corps of foot soldiers in their battle to reach that hard-to-count demographic: tech-savvy, smart-phone-toting young people.
March 23, 2010
STEM
Survey: U.S. Women and Minority Scientists Often Discouraged from Pursuing STEM Careers
A Bayer Facts of Science Education survey examined the root causes of underrepresentation in STEM fields by gauging the life experiences of female, African-American, Hispanic and American Indian scientists.
March 22, 2010
Students
Student Loan Reform Changes Necessary To Avert Pell Grant Crisis, Advocates Say
House approval of a student loan reform plan will help alleviate a potential crisis in the Pell Grant program as growing numbers of low-income students seek to access the program during this recession, higher education advocates say.
March 22, 2010
Community Colleges
Board Votes to Allow Undocumented Immigrants Access to N.C. Community Colleges
North Carolina’s community college board has approved allowing illegal immigrants to enroll next year, a move that could drop a contentious issue in the lap of state lawmakers in an election year.
March 22, 2010
Opinion
Stopping Hate Before it Starts
On March 20, as U.S. Rep. John Lewis walked to a meeting on Capitol Hill, Tea Party protestors hurled racial slurs at him. They also yelled homophobic comments at and spat on U.S. Rep. Barney Frank. These cruel actions toward two people who have endured much discrimination brought tears to my eyes. Of course I […]
March 21, 2010
Latinx
Amid Bitter Health Care Debate, House Clears Student Loan Changes
After months of delays as education took a back seat to the health care debate, the House of Representatives Sunday night approved a mammoth bill that ties both issues together in a package that includes more support for Pell Grants and minority-serving institutions.
March 21, 2010
Faculty & Staff
Report Examines Why Women are Under-represented in STEM Fields
The American Association of University Women report, funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation, involves a review of literature about gender and science published over the past 15 years.
March 21, 2010
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