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Dorm Overcrowding Affects 500 Students at Georgia State

ATLANTA — Georgia State University must find room for roughly 500 students as more have applied to stay on its Atlanta campus than there are places to live. Local news outlets report that according to the school’s website, the campus’s increasing popularity to live on has led to an unusual increase in the number of […]

Charlottesville Rally Participant Withdraws from Boston University

BOSTON — An 18-year-old student who attended the White nationalist rally in Virginia last weekend says he has withdrawn from college in Boston in part because of death threats. Nicholas Fuentes tells The Boston Globe he has received 15 death threats via email and social media. Fuentes said he considered leaving Boston University in January […]

Troubled For-profit Law School in North Carolina Closing

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The alumni association president of a troubled, for-profit law school in North Carolina says it’s closing immediately. Lee Robertson Jr. says Charlotte School of Law employees were notified Monday. By Tuesday afternoon, the 11-year-old school’s website had been taken down. Local media report the University of North Carolina Board of Governors voted […]

Georgetown to Add GRE Scores to Law School Application Process

Following in the footsteps of Harvard Law School and the University of Arizona, Georgetown Law School has made the decision to no longer allow the Law School Admissions Test (LSAT) to be the only factor in determining a potential student’s acceptance.

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Faculty Chemistry Pays Off at Georgia Gwinnett College

Can you imagine a new state college having a junior faculty member chairing an open rank chemistry search committee?

Dr. C. Douglas Johnson

Those Fighting to Save DACA Still Seeking Answers

Now, just a couple of months past the five-year anniversary of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, supporters of DACA wonder if they can convince President Trump to keep the program amid calls for him to end it.

Finances a Troublesome Subject at Many HBCUs

When college leaders across the nation begin rolling out their welcome mats for the coming school year, few are likely to be more anxious about the days ahead than those operating historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs).

Dr. DeShawn Preston

Civil Rights Leaders: Higher Ed Needs More Engagement After Charlottesville

President Trump may have taken two days to specifically call out the KKK, neo-Nazis and White supremacists for their role in the Charlottesville tragedy, but a diverse group of civil rights leaders that complained of his slow response were still not satisfied.

UVA Standing Firm in Wake of Charlottesville Violence

The nation and American democracy has progressed despite hateful bigotry for more than two centuries, and “hateful actions in Charlottesville or elsewhere will not stop it either,” said Dr. Larry Sabato, director of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia (UVA).

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Rivier University Continues Job Guarantee Program for Second Year

NASHUA, N.H. — New Hampshire’s Rivier University is continuing with its promise to graduates that they will find employment nine months after graduation. The university’s Employment Promise Program, now i its second year, promises full-time undergraduate students that they will land a job within nine months of graduation. If not, the school will either pay […]

Florida University Suspends Fraternity Amid Rape Allegations

ORLANDO, Fla. — A Florida university has suspended a fraternity after a woman said she was raped during a party. Officials at the University of Central Florida sent letters to Alpha Tau Omega, accusing the fraternity of lying after the woman reported the rape to police last month. It’s unclear whether she’s a student. An […]

GWU, Among Urban Colleges Providing Scholarships to Locals

A George Washington University scholarship has eliminated concerns about paying for college — the complicated equation of aid, loans and part-time jobs — for some of D.C.’s residents.

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