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African-American
Activists at Rally Vow S.C. State Won’t Close
Black lawmakers promised more than 1,000 supporters of South Carolina State University at a rally Monday at the Statehouse in Columbia that a legislative proposal to close the HBCU will not be enacted.
February 16, 2015
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UMass Bans Iranians from Some Engineering, Science Programs
The University of Massachusetts at Amherst has banned Iranian nationals from admission to certain graduate programs in a move that school officials say aligns its policy with U.S. sanctions against Iran.
February 16, 2015
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Diverse Docket: Ministerial Exemption Upheld
A former “spiritual director” for a national Christian evangelical ministry serving colleges and universities can’t sue the organization for gender discrimination because of the so-called ministerial exemption to anti-bias laws.
February 16, 2015
Community Colleges
Congressional Report — by Colleges — Claims They’re Over-Regulated
Review ordered by congressional committee was produced by the American Council on Education.
February 16, 2015
Students
Race a Factor in South Carolina State University ‘Mess’
The barriers to the solutions are politics, race, intransigence, corruption and political dysfunction.
February 16, 2015
Students
Undocumented Students Check Stress at UC Davis Center’s Door
New center at the University of California, Davis serves as a safe haven for undocumented students.
February 16, 2015
Faculty & Staff
KATHRYN BIRKELAND
Kathryn Birkeland was named faculty coordinator for the master of professional accountancy program at the Beacom School of Business at the University of South Dakota (USD). She was an assistant professor at USD. Birkeland earned a bachelor’s from USD. She earned a master’s and a doctorate from Arizona State University.
February 16, 2015
Community Colleges
Hate Crime Prosecutions Rare in North Carolina
Relatives of the three Muslim college students killed in North Carolina are pressing for hate crime charges against the alleged shooter, but legal experts say such cases are relatively rare and can be difficult to prove.
February 15, 2015
Students
Yale Fraternity Banned for Sex Misconduct Policy Violation
A fraternity has been banned from Yale University’s campus for two years over an initiation ceremony that violated the school’s sexual misconduct policy, the Ivy League university announced Friday.
February 15, 2015
Leadership & Policy
Happy President’s Day for HBCUs? Not Likely
You would think with the first Black president in our country’s history, there would be more of a lovey-dovey relationship with HBCUs. Apparently not. “President Obama was critical of Historically Black Colleges and Universities during a meeting with members of the Congressional Black Caucus this week according to several in attendance. The February 10 meeting was […]
February 15, 2015
Community Colleges
College Ratings Proposal Continues to Be Work in Progress
Under Secretary of Education Ted Mitchell said that the proposed ratings system would no longer be linked to financial aid funding, and suggested that it would be open to reinterpretation after its first iteration.
February 15, 2015
African-American
U.S. Colleges Bringing in Chaplains to Serve the Nonbelievers
Bart Campolo, 51, joined a growing movement of college “humanist chaplains,” arriving at the University of Southern California last September.
February 15, 2015
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Philadelphia Futures Paying Off With College Access
Philadelphia Futures, a nonprofit established in 1989, is credited with getting hundreds of young people from low-income families connected to college.
February 15, 2015
African-American
And Still We Rise
Construction of Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture belies struggle of many Black history museums.
February 13, 2015
HBCUs
In Case You Missed It…
HBCU Leaders Divided on Free Community College Plan More Than $2 Billion in Federal Grant Money Unclaimed High School Graduation Rates Between Black and White Males Widen President Elzey: S.C. State Not Closing, I’m Not Quitting
February 13, 2015
Leadership & Policy
Report: University of Texas President OK’d Applicants Over Objections
A “select handful” of University of Texas applicants are approved each year at the direction of the school president over the objections of the admissions office, a longtime practice that has grown in recent years, according to details of an investigation commissioned by the school’s Board of Regents and released Thursday.
February 12, 2015
Leadership & Policy
Bill Allowing Concealed Weapons at South Dakota Colleges Moves to House
Over the objections of some student representatives and South Dakota’s Board of Regents, a legislative panel approved Thursday and sent to the full state House a proposal to allow people 21 years or older to carry a concealed weapon on the six public university campuses.
February 12, 2015
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MLA Not Discouraged by Dip in Language Enrollments
A new Modern Language Association (MLA) report shows a 6.7 percent decrease in total language enrollments on U.S. college campuses since the last survey in 2009.
February 12, 2015
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