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Universities Weighing Impact of Football on Finances
Of the 128 Division I football programs, only seven finish debt-free year after year, according to the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics.
August 4, 2015
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Folt Advises Colleges to Get More Involved with High Schools
To make higher education a reality for more students from diverse backgrounds, colleges and universities must be more proactive about reaching students in high school.
August 4, 2015
Disparities
Grant Backs Joint Meharry-Vanderbilt HIV Project
Meharry Medical College and Vanderbilt University are working together to expand HIV research in the state of Tennessee under a $5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health. The HBCU and majority White university have collaborated before on HIV research, but this five-year grant includes the Tennessee Department of Health as a full partner, […]
August 4, 2015
Leadership & Policy
Grambling, Southern among 5 La. Universities Sharing $20M Grant
Five Louisiana universities are sharing a five-year $20 million grant to build a national consortium that supports advanced manufacturing research.
August 3, 2015
Students
American Bar Association OKs Rutger’s Plan to Merge Law Schools
The American Bar Association has approved Rutgers University’s plan to merge its two law schools into one entity with two campuses.
August 3, 2015
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Pennsylvania Resident Guilty in Chinese Test-taking Plot
A Chinese citizen who lives in Pennsylvania has pleaded guilty to charges she took English-language fluency tests used for college entrance purposes for two other Chinese women.
August 3, 2015
Women
Leadership Institutes Building Pipelines of Women, Minorities
Efforts to result in more women and minorities on track to become university or college presidents.
August 3, 2015
Opinion
Celebrating the 125th Anniversary of the Morrill Act of 1890
The Morrill Act of 1890 aimed to further expand access to higher education and the promise of opportunities that accompany such an education.
August 3, 2015
African-American
Last Year, Fewer Black Men Applied to Med School than in 1978
Factors cited range from substandard education and stereotypes to the lack of role models and the high cost of medical school.
August 3, 2015
Disparities
People of Color, Southerners, Women Most Likely to be Disabled, CDC says
One out of every five adults In the United States has a disability, according to a study published July 30 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “We are all at risk of having a disability at some point in our lifetime,” said CDC Director Tom Frieden, M.D., M.P.H. “Health professionals and health care […]
August 3, 2015
Disparities
Obama Signs Order on Federal HIV Priorities
President Obama on July 30 signed an Executive Order detailing principles and priorities to guide collective national work to address HIV through 2020. The original goals of the strategy first released in 2010 were to reduce new HIV infections, increase access to care and improve health outcomes for those living with HIV, reduce HIV disparities […]
August 3, 2015
Sports
Georgetown Track Coach Resigns Following Investigations
Georgetown announced the resignation of the director of its track and field and cross country programs following investigations of reports of hazing and sexual misconduct.
August 2, 2015
Students
Gearhart Leaves After 7 Years Leading University of Arkansas
G. David Gearhart wrapped up a seven-year tenure as chancellor of the University of Arkansas hopeful that a state with few college graduates will push more of its children into higher education.
August 2, 2015
Opinion
Making Schools Accountable for Bad Loans May Pay Off
A bipartisan push to make schools share in the debt burden may help financial aid problems.
August 2, 2015
African-American
FAMU, Faculty Reach Agreement on Salary Increase
Florida A&M University has reached a tentative agreement with the United Faculty of Florida that would result in a 1.5 percent across-the-board salary increase, retroactive to August 1, 2014.
August 2, 2015
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Massachusetts Cracks Down on 2 For-profit Colleges
Kaplan Career Institute and Lincoln Technical Institute will pay back $2.3 million to hundreds of students for overstating their job placement rates and pressuring students to enroll.
August 2, 2015
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Prison Ed Program Based on Second Chances
“To have a second chance is something that should be part and parcel of who we are as American people,” U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said.
August 2, 2015
Faculty & Staff
MARGARET FAUT CALLAHAN
MARGARET FAUT CALLAHAN has been appointed provost of Loyola University Chicago. She was interim provost and dean of the College of Nursing at Marquette University. Callahan earned a bachelor’s from Loyola University Chicago, and a master’s and a doctorate from Rush University in Chicago.
August 1, 2015
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