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Penn Center Aims to Boost Hispanic Faculty Pipeline

Many colleges and universities across the United States have committed to recruiting more faculty of color. In some cases, they are facing pressure from students to do so. Recent student protests at institutions like the University of Missouri centered around the dearth of faculty of color on campus, among other issues. Yet, despite intentional efforts […]

Deborah Santiago is co-founder of Excelencia in Education.

Report Links ‘Disadvantaged’ Students, Quality Schools to Higher Loan Repayment Rate

Authors of a new study say that low-income or “disadvantaged students — and taxpayer money that is used to support them — should be steered away from low-quality institutions and toward institutions that have high “economic mobility” to put the student in better position to pay back their student loans.

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Disabled Student Fires Back Against North Dakota University

FARGO, N.D. — A student with cerebral palsy has filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights after she was denied admission into the pharmacy program at North Dakota State University. Kelli Sem was given conditional acceptance into the program last spring, provided she could meet physical requirements under newly […]

Free Tuition? Not the Same as Free College, Students Say

BUFFALO, N.Y. — They don’t mean to sound ungrateful, but … New York public college students who would stand to gain from the nation’s most ambitious free-tuition proposal are quick to point out a sobering reality from their own meager finances: Free tuition doesn’t mean free college. Take Brooklyn College senior Florencia Salinas, who despite […]

Lourdes University to Add Video Gaming to Athletic Offerings

SYLVANIA, Ohio — A private liberal arts university in northwest Ohio is adding competitive video gaming to its athletic programs, joining an association of about 30 other schools across the country that offer so-called eSports. Lourdes University President Mary Ann Gawelek has been advocating for an eSports program at the Sylvania school since she assumed […]

Guillermo: How Far are Colleges, Scholars Ready to Go Against Trump?

As the legal back and forth on the Trump executive order is creating a public mini-course on constitutional law and presidential power, it’s clear higher ed has an opinion about closing of borders to immigrants from seven majority-Muslim countries.

ACLU: Time Not Right for National Student ID

The ACLU told the Education Writers Association that a national student ID that would help track outcomes would be subject to misuse as a result of the Trump administration’s “outward hostility” to immigrants and Muslims.

Court Filing Details of Former Baylor Coach Art Briles’ Conduct

WACO, Texas — A new court filing detailed allegations that former Baylor University football coach Art Briles ignored sexual assaults by players, failed to alert university officials or discipline athletes and allowed them to continue playing. The filing is in response to a lawsuit against Baylor and several officials including interim President David Garland by […]

Berkeley Campus Chaos Spurs Questions at Free-speech Bastion

BERKELEY, Calif. —Chaos that erupted at the University of California, Berkeley, to oppose right-wing provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos was shocking not just for the images of protesters setting fires, smashing windows and hurling explosives at police, but because of where it took place. UC Berkeley is the birthplace of the free-speech movement and has been known […]

Fraud by Globe University Leaves Broken Dreams, Big Debt

WOODBURY, Minn. — Some students who were victims of fraud by Globe University and the Minnesota School of Business have been left with broken dreams and a mountain of debt. The state sued the school, accusing it of defrauding more than 1,000 students, Minnesota Public Radio reported. Many students said the for-profit school encouraged them […]

Devaka Premawardhana Exploring Christianity’s Global Reach

A long and winding road led Dr. Devaka Premawardhana, selected by Diverse as a member of the 2017 Class of Emerging Scholars, to northern Mozambique and anthropological research among the Makhuwa people.

Dr. Devaka Premawardhana

John King to Succeed Kati Haycock as Education Trust CEO

The announcement that former U.S. Secretary of Education John King has been named Ed Trust president and CEO is winning plaudits from many.

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