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Rodriguez: Diaz Epitomizes Education and Responsibility

How time flies. Watching Cynthia Diaz at this year’s Centro Guerrero convocation at the University of Arizona brought back memories of when I first saw her.

Maria Rodriguez celebrates with her daughter Cynthia Diaz at graduation.

The African-American College Experience and Student Loan Debt

The cost of college has spiraled beyond the reach of many families and is leaving millions of students and graduates with debts that are keeping them from realizing their financial goals.

Texas Senate Votes to Bar College ‘Free Speech Zones’

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Senate has given preliminary approval to barring universities from establishing so-called “free speech zones” which are sometimes used to confine demonstrations to certain areas of campus. Supporters of the ban say using the free speech zones actually prohibits speech by implying free expression is not allowed across the rest of […]

Report: Minnesota Athletics Official Broke Harassment Policy

MINNEAPOLIS — The University of Minnesota’s Board of Regents has launched an investigation into a leak of confidential information regarding the latest in a long line of sexual harassment allegations to be leveled against the school’s athletic department. Regent Chairman Dean Johnson said a closed-door meeting was held on Thursday, one day after a television […]

Civil Rights Should be Part of UNC’s Mission, Speakers Say

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — A campus that protects a statue honoring White supremacy in the Civil War should balance that support by continuing to train law students who will fight social injustice, the head of the school’s Center for Civil Rights told a panel Thursday. Ted Shaw, director of the UNC Center for Civil Rights, […]

Puerto Rico’s Financial Crisis Wallops University System

Puerto Rico’s fiscal control board is proposing to cut the university system’s budget by nearly half by 2021. As a result, the stakes are higher than ever for UPR’s future.

Protests, Boos Greet DeVos at Bethune-Cookman Commencement

Ever since officials announced the choice for this year’s commencement speaker at the historically Black institution would be Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, the university and the town where it’s based have been roiled by controversy and protests.

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Puerto Rico University Students Vote to Keep Strike Going

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A strike that has shuttered Puerto Rico’s largest public university for more than a month will continue indefinitely in defiance of a court order, students decided Wednesday. Thousands of students approved extending the strike at a mass meeting where they also demanded an audit of Puerto Rico’s $73 billion public […]

4 Johns Hopkins Students Overdose at Fraternity Party

BALTIMORE — Officials say four Johns Hopkins University undergraduates were hospitalized for apparent opioid overdoses following a fraternity house party. The school mentioned the overdoses in a public safety advisory emailed to its student body Tuesday evening. According to the email, the Delta Phi fraternity has been suspended by its national organization and is not […]

DeVos Taking Center Stage at Bethune-Cookman

Controversial U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos is scheduled to deliver a commencement address Wednesday at Bethune-Cookman University that is certain to be heavily scrutinized.

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Community Colleges Working Around State Budget Cuts

Financial struggles pose a problem for many community colleges, and can be expected to continue for the foreseeable future particularly as a number of states face ongoing budget shortfalls.

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Expert: Achievement Gap a National Crisis

Consider this sobering fact: For every 10 African-American students who enter college, only four will graduate. Just four in 10.

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