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Professor: Implementation of Leaked Immigration Proposal Would be ‘Cataclysmic’
A leaked memo that included plans to use the National Guard to round up unauthorized immigrants, some scholars say, harks back to — and portends — one of the darkest chapters in American history.
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Officials Close Penn State Frat Where Pledge had Fatal Fall
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — A Penn State fraternity where a pledge was fatally injured in a fall down the stairs earlier this month was shut down Friday, and the school said it was working to tighten anti-hazing measures. The university said it will be at least five years before the Beta Theta Pi chapter might […]
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Bob Jones U to Get Tax-exempt Status Back After 30 Years
GREENVILLE, S.C. —A conservative Christian university in South Carolina is getting its federal tax-exempt status back 30 years after losing it over a ban on interracial dating. Bob Jones University President Steve Pettit told The Greenville that the ban was dropped in 2000 and a former university president apologized for discrimination eight years later. But […]
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Some Texas Grad Students Hold Bar Conferences to Avoid Guns
AUSTIN, Texas — A 2016 Texas law that allows concealed handguns on college campuses has prompted some graduate students to move their student conferences to bars, a newspaper reported Saturday. Several University of Texas at Austin graduate students made the move amid safety concerns, according to the Houston Chronicle. Mark Sheridan, who’s also an English […]
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DeVos Says Community Colleges Key to Workforce Development
Community colleges will play an important role in advancing President Donald Trump’s workforce agenda, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos said at a meeting of community college leaders Thursday. It was DeVos’ first appearance at a conference event in her new role.
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University of Wisconsin Students Demand Free Tuition for Black Students
MADISON, Wis. — Black students should be offered free tuition and housing at the University of Wisconsin-Madison because blacks were legally barred from education during slavery and UW-Madison remains out of reach for Black students today, the student government said Wednesday. The Associated Students of Madison said in a resolution that students from suburban high […]
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University of Kansas Campus Police Prepare for Concealed Carry
LAWRENCE, Kan. — The University of Kansas Office of Public Safety is planning to add more positions and new equipment to prepare for allowing concealed handguns on campus. Police Chief Chris Keary tells the Lawrence Journal-World that the office is adding three police officers to patrol busy areas of campus, four portable metal detectors and […]
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Mique’l Dangeli Puts Indigenous Art on Center Stage
Dr. Mique’l Dangeli, selected by Diverse as a member of the 2017 Class of Emerging Scholars, is not only a dedicated scholar of Northwest Coast culture and art; she also is an avid practitioner.
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Experts: Private Lenders Could Complicate Student Loan Program
If private lenders are allowed back into the federal student loan program — a program from which they were removed during the Obama administration — it would preclude “universal access to student loans at universal terms,” a new paper released Wednesday states.
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Students Push Ivy League to Drop Fee for Needy Applicants
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Ivy League students are asking their schools to automatically waive the application fee for applicants who are low-income or the first in their family to attend college. A letter to the Ivies was penned by Brown University senior Viet Nguyen. Nguyen leads the undergraduate student government at Brown and asked student government […]
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Harvard Students Protest Ex-pharma Exec Shkreli’s Talk
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Harvard students are protesting a campus appearance by indicted former pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli. The former CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals is slated to talk about investing at a Wednesday night event organized by the Harvard Financial Analysts Club. Another student group, the Harvard College Global Health and AIDS Coalition, says the appearance […]
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Colorado State Suspends Grant Program after Lawsuit from Student Group
FORT COLLINS, Colo. — Colorado State University has temporarily suspended a grant program that helps student organizations plan educational and cultural events in the wake of a lawsuit brought by an anti-abortion student group. The Coloradoan reported Tuesday that the Diversity Grant awards up to $600 per semester to student groups and academic departments for […]
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