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Campus ‘Free Speech’ Bill Backed by Louisianan Lawmakers

BATON ROUGE, La. — Legislation seeking to protect controversial speakers’ appearances at Louisiana colleges and calling on campuses to penalize students who disrupt them has won final passage from lawmakers, but only after its punishment provisions were watered down. Rep. Lance Harris, chairman of the House Republican Delegation, has said his bill is a response […]

3 Things Your Student Loan Servicer Might Not Tell You

Student loan servicers, the companies that manage $1.4 trillion in federal and private loans, haven’t been earning much trust among borrowers. Sixty-four percent of the 44,400 student loan complaints the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau collected between July 2011 and March 2017 involved problems borrowers had with their lenders or servicers, including not informing them about […]

Rodriguez: Affirming a Macehual or Gente de Maiz Identity

A couple years ago, someone from California wrote me to tell me that: “Mexicans are taking over Chicano Studies.” Apparently, the person did not know I was born in Mexico. And they knew less about what this topic triggers within me. During the late 1960s and early 1970s, I did become part of the Chicano […]

Wells, Annie 134872.ME.0308.walkout Sonia Salazar, 20, a UCSB student in Chicano Studies and Belmont HS graduate, joins over 1,000 people to commemorate the historic East LA student walkouts of 1968. They marched from Lincoln High School (in the background) to Hazard Park. The 1968 action launched the Chicano Civil Rights Movement . Photo by Annie Wells 03/08/08

NASFAA Offers Guidance to Displaced College Students

The National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators has developed a website to benefit students whose colleges closed while they were enrolled or shortly after they withdrew.

Leslie Hammes, the associate director of financial aid services at the University of Idaho, is a volunteer at NextStepsEdU.

Campus LGBTQ Organizations Hit Their Stride

Faculty and staff LGBTQ caucuses, or standing committees as they are sometimes known, have been instrumental in encouraging college administrations to create more inclusive campus environments.

Newspaper: Harvard Pulls Student Offers Over Online Comments

BOSTON — At least 10 students who were accepted to Harvard University had their admission offers revoked because they made offensive comments online, the university’s student newspaper reported. The Harvard Crimson reported that some students in the incoming freshman class created a private Facebook group in December where they traded images and messages that were […]

Senators Say They’re Fighting to Protect Pell Grant Program

WARWICK, R.I. — Rhode Island’s two Democratic U.S. senators said on Monday that they’re fighting to protect and expand the student financial aid program named for their predecessor Claiborne Pell. Pell Grants have been a fixture of federal financial aid since the 1970s, helping millions of low-income students attend college annually. Claiborne Pell, a former […]

Classes Resume After Threats at Evergreen State College

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Classes are resuming at a small college in Washington state after protests on the progressive campus attracted national attention – and threats. The Evergreen State College in Olympia announced on its website that it reopened its campus as of 3 p.m. Monday. Administrators didn’t immediately provide further explanation. The college had been […]

Barbara Smith Conrad’s Voice Would Not Be Silenced

A series of unexpected events eventually earned Barbara Smith Conrad a place in history with Marian Anderson and other women who became opera legends.

Barbara Smith Conrad

Higher Ed Must Take Initiative to Reduce Carbon Footprint

After Thursday’s announcement that the U.S. is pulling out of the Paris Accord on climate change, it’s unclear who is suffering the most from gassy, hot air — the world, or Donald Trump.

President Donald Trump

P-TECH Ready to Put Partnerships to Test

P-TECH in Brooklyn has spawned the creation of dozens of similar schools throughout the nation — from Chicago to Norwalk, Conn. — that seek to capitalize on a three-way partnership between the public K-12 system, higher education and business.

ACT Will Release Scores from Wrong Tests in Ohio

COLUMBUS, Ohio — More than 1,000 high school students in Ohio whose ACT college-entrance exams were invalidated by the tests’ provider will receive their scores after all. ACT said Friday the tests will be scored and released and “deeply regrets” any inconvenience caused by the situation. The state Department of Education had urged ACT to […]

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