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Celebrations for First-Gen Students Expand in Year Two

The Council for Opportunity in Education (COE), in partnership with the Center for First-Generation Student Success, an initiative of NASPA and The Suder Foundation, has announced the second annual First-Generation College Celebration.

October 22, 2018

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UNCF and Nissan North America Create new Program for Fisk & Tennessee State Universities

The United Negro College Fund (UNCF) has continued its partnership with Nissan North America and announced the creation of a new scholarship program for sophomore and junior students enrolled at Fisk University and Tennessee State University, two historically Black colleges and universities. The new scholarship program, called the Nissan Scholars Program, will donate four $5,000 […]

October 22, 2018

Seven Charged in Sex and Prostitution Ring on Georgia Campus

Seven people, some prominent figures, have been charged in connection with what law-enforcement agencies described as a sex and prostitution ring connected to Fort Valley State University (FVSU) between 2017 and earlier this year. Macon Judicial Circuit District Attorney David Cooke says warrants were issued last week for six men charged with pandering and solicitation of […]

October 22, 2018

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New UVA President Promises Free Tuition for Students Whose Parents Make Under $80K

James E. Ryan, the new president of The University of Virginia (UVA) pledged to waive tuition for students in families whose combined income is less than $80,000 a year during his inauguration. Currently, in-state tuition at UVA is around $13,700 a year. President Ryan did not say when the promise will be in effect, but […]

October 22, 2018

Princeton Professor’s Book on Freed, Enslaved Blacks Wins Award

Princeton University’s Dr. Tera W. Hunter has won two prizes for her 2017 book on marriage among freed and enslaved Blacks in the 1800’s, according to the Princeton University website. Hunter, an Edwards Professor of American History and a professor of history and African-American studies, won the Joan Kelly Memorial Prize, given for women’s history […]

October 22, 2018

USC Agrees to Pay $215M Over Sex Abuse Lawsuit

The University of Southern California (USC) has recently settled and will pay a total of $215 million to hundreds of women who claim that they were sexually abused by a former head gynecologist at the student center. The settlement, still under review by the court, is one of the largest settlements a university facing sexual […]

October 21, 2018

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Beto O’Rourke Galvanizes Texas HBCU Students and Leaders

The U.S. Senate campaign of Robert Francis “Beto” O’Rourke has motivated students at HBCUs in Texas, resulting in thousands registering to vote, rallying for the right to vote on campus, and encouraging others to do the same.

October 21, 2018

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Still Separate, Still Unequal: American Indians and Election 2018

To be sure, the legacy of conquest meant that American Indians and enslaved Africans were often forced to live in close proximity to each other. This proximity resulted in a number of blended families and children of mixed racial heritage who were discriminated against in distinct and overlapping ways based not on their self-identity, but on social identity.

October 20, 2018

Alabama A&M’s Transportation Director Pushes Environmental Sustainability

Marshall Chimwedzi is helping increase Alabama A&M University’s status as an environmentally sustainable historically Black institution through his grant writing capacity and service as the university’s director of transportation.

October 19, 2018

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Nepotism in the Academy Raises Serious Questions

Recent incidents involving family members who work together at institutions of higher learning has sparked renewed discussion about nepotism policies and related conflicts of interest on college campuses.

October 19, 2018

JCSU Partners with Next Level Leadership to Launch African-American Leadership Pipeline Program

Johnson C. Smith University (JCSU) is working with Next Level Leadership, Inc., a non-profit training organization that creates educated African-American leaders, to establish a program where future leaders can cultivate and flourish. The program will occur over the course of five months, and the first class will be selected in January from students, professionals, and […]

October 19, 2018

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Tuition Grant Program Doubles Summer School Enrollment at University

In the first summer of the pilot Wings Up Summer Tuition Grant program, enrollment at Our Lady of the Lake University (OLLU) in San Antonio, Texas rose 108 percent from the previous summer and 99 percent of students in the program returned for the fall semester. Designed to help students stay on track to graduate, […]

October 19, 2018

Companies Pushing Security Products Court Education Department

SECURITY COMPANIES COURT EDUCATION DEPARTMENT: A top Education Department appointee spoke by phone in recent months with companies that push products like electronic locks and technology designed to better detect concealed weapons. — The calls come as the Trump administration weighs recommendations for bolstering school safety and as the security industry has aggressively marketed its […]

October 19, 2018

Education Department Sued in Armed Teachers’ Case

A coalition of advocacy and teacher groups sued the U.S. Department of Education on Wednesday morning for information related to its decision to allow schools to purchase firearms using federal funds. The American Federation of Teachers, the Southern Poverty Law Center and the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence say the Education Department is […]

October 19, 2018

GI Bill Benefits Aren’t Taxable

You may wonder if you have to report your GI Bill benefits as income on your taxes, well the good news is that the answer is NO. GI Bill benefits are NOT taxable and should NOT be reported on your tax return as income. You will not receive a W-2 from the VA. Read more

October 19, 2018

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VBA may have lauded its decision to disband the Office of Economic Opportunity, formerly led by Deputy Under Secretary Curtis Coy, until it created a new backlog of the Forever GI Bill veterans’ claims approaching well over 100,000 veterans. In October, reports originally surfaced that around 100,000 veterans did not timely receive their monthly subsistence payment […]

October 19, 2018

Air Force Academy Grad, Vet Named Teacher or the Year

With science being the lead dancer in the marriage of technology, engineering and math through the popular STEM movement, the discipline has never been as cool as now. But to Dan Ganoza, science has always held the top-dog spot in education. “You can pretty much apply science to every aspect of your life,” said Ganoza, […]

October 19, 2018

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Students Plant, Sell Deer Corn to Benefit Wounded Warriors

CLEMSON — Freedom is earned by those who aren’t afraid to give a lot of blood, sweat and tears. Some Clemson students are giving a little of their own sweat to help repay America’s veterans. Michael Kule from Aiken, Jamie Lanham from Eastover and Fil Mabry and Joey McCorkle from Columbia are senior agricultural mechanization […]

October 19, 2018