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STEM
Obama Announces STEM Teacher Training Initiative
President Barack Obama announced a $250 million initiative Wednesday to train math and science teachers and help meet the goal of pushing America’s students from the middle to the top of the pack in those subjects in the next decade.
Sports
U.S. House Panel Approves College Football Playoff Bill
A U.S. House subcommittee approved legislation Wednesday aimed at forcing college football to switch to a playoff system to determine its national champion, over the objections of some lawmakers who said Congress has meatier targets to tackle.
Community Colleges
California Higher Ed Chiefs Urge Renewed Investment
The heads of California’s three-tiered higher education system urged state legislators to boost investment in California higher education.
Students
Temple U. Establishes Center to Study, Promote Diversity-Related Issues
The discussion about race and the Philadelphia public school system had already lasted 20 minutes and Temple University students couldn’t stop talking. A forum on the country’s changing demographics hosted by the Philadelphia-based university’s new diversity research center left the students with more to say.
HBCUs
WASHINGTON UPDATE: HBCUs on Board with Direct Lending
System won’t pose expensive administrative burdens for private and small public historically Black schools, HBCU association leaders say.
STEM
New STEM Initiatives, National Science Fair Touted by White House
President Barack Obama said he would convene a national science fair next year to honor young inventors with the same gusto that college and professional athletes celebrate their victories at the White House.
Students
HBCUs Get On Board With Direct Lending
Direct Loan-only system won’t pose expensive administrative burdens for private and small public historically Black schools, HBCU association leaders say.
Students
As N.C. Families Struggle, College Aid Panel Meets
After N.C. lawmakers shuffled around financial aid programs around to help balance the state budget this year, a legislative commission meets this week to recommend reforms to the state’s financial aid system
STEM
CSU Chancellor Expects Minority Enrollment to Remain Steady Amid Budget Cuts
Despite massive cuts and closed enrollments at the California State University system, the percentage of minority students is not expected to drop, Chancellor Charles B. Reed said Tuesday in a press briefing.
STEM
Success Starts With A Support System
My niece is in the first grade and this weekend I helped her finish her homework. She had to complete a one-page report on capuchin monkeys and create a habitat in a shoebox depicting the monkeys in their natural environment. We spent time on the Web looking at videos and investigating what the monkeys ate […]
Community Colleges
Florida Higher Ed System Confronting Multiple Challenges
Newly appointed Florida higher education leader tackles difficult tasks, including conversion of community colleges into four-year colleges and helping defuse governance crisis on public university tuition rates.
Students
New Minority Engineering Leader Stresses K-12 Exposure to Careers
Dr. Irving Pressley McPhail, president and CEO of the National Council for Minorities in Engineering (NACME), says developing more elementary and secondary school initiatives that help steer under-represented minority students into undergraduate engineering programs will be a high priority during his tenure.
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