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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.

The Essential Nature of HBCUs

For me, it was not a matter of if I was going to attend an HBCU; it was a question of which HBCU I was going to attend.

Andrew Hairston

Georgia Debates Bill at Odds with U.S. Rules on Campus Assault

ATLANTA — A panel of Georgia lawmakers has approved a bill requiring college officials and employees to report sexual violence and other crimes to law enforcement, clashing with existing federal guidance laying out specific requirements under civil rights law. The bill also would bar schools from taking any disciplinary steps such as suspending a student […]

Scholar Ramon Goings: No Time Like Present to Return to School

Dr. Ramon Goings, selected by Diverse as a member of the 2017 Class of Emerging Scholars, sees the experiences of nontraditional-age students as a ripe area for study, even as he’s training graduate students to be leaders in education.

Dr. Ramon Going

Elizabeth Warren to Accrediting Agencies: Step Up

U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren said accrediting agencies should be more aggressive and work with the federal government to share information and determine if schools are cheating students.

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Enrollment Growing Slowly at South Carolina State University

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Enrollment is rising slowly at South Carolina State University as the Orangeburg school recovers from financial problems. School President James Clark told state lawmakers Tuesday the spring enrollment is 2,634. That’s up from 2,610 students last year at the state’s only public historically Black school. Enrollment usually drops in the spring as […]

Harvard Scholars: Travel Ban Deprives U.S. of Best, Brightest

BOSTON — Harvard Medical School professor Thomas Michel was so excited about recruiting Iranian researcher Soheil Saravi, he put Saravi’s name on the door of his Boston lab when his new hire got his visa. Then President Donald Trump’s travel ban took effect, blocking Saravi from entering the U.S. “It’s interesting. This is a door. […]

Wheaton College Answers Immigration Ban with a Scholarship

Wheaton College, a small, private, liberal arts institution located in Norton, Massachusetts, announced Tuesday that it would institute a scholarship for a refugee from one of the seven countries listed under the travel ban in the executive order.

Wheaton President Dennis M. Hanno

Rodriguez: A Lesson the USA Could Learn from Mexico

Primary process and principio are complex issues, but it is the general idea of revolting and then returning to one’s original roots.

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