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Norwich University Band to Perform at Trump Inauguration

NORTHFIELD, Vermont — A university band from Vermont will participate in President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration. The Norwich University Regimental Band and Drill Team will march along Pennsylvania Avenue after Trump is sworn in on Jan. 20. The Burlington Free Press reports band director Todd Edwards say the group is “proud to represent the university and […]

University of Minnesota President: Sexual Misconduct Training not Getting Through

ST. PAUL, Minn. — University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler says his school needs to do a better job of training its student-athletes on sexual assault and harassment issues because something isn’t getting through. In an interview published Saturday in the St. Paul Pioneer Press in the wake of the football team’s sexual assault scandal, […]

Donors Solve Talladega College’s Inaugural Parade Funding Issue

Talladega College said it needed $75,000 to carry out the controversial decision to have its marching band perform in President-electDonald J. Trump’s inaugural parade Friday. As of Monday, donors have pledged more than $400,000 on the Alabama school’s GoFundMe page and an appearance by the historically Black college’s President Billy C. Hawkins last Friday on […]

Students of American Career Institute to see $30M in Loans Forgiven

BOSTON — Students of the now-shuttered American Career Institute will have more than $30 million in federal student loans forgiven under a deal announced by Massachusetts’ attorney general. Attorney General Maura Healey asked the U.S. Department of Education to cancel the loan obligations after her office sued the for-profit school over fraud allegations and the […]

TMCF Boss: Nothing Political About $26M Gift from Kochs

The Thurgood Marshall College Fund announced on Thursday the launch of the Center for Advancing Opportunity, which is supported by a $26 million gift from the Charles Koch Foundation and Koch Industries.

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National Fraternity Drops Nevada Chapter after Teen’s Death

RENO, Nev. — A national fraternity has revoked the charter of its chapter at the University of Nevada, Reno, where an 18-year-old pledge died after falling down a stairway. Sigma Nu executive Brad Beacham said Thursday an investigation by the Lexington, Virginia-based fraternity found violations of alcohol and hazing policies at the chapter. The student […]

Growth in K-12 Student Diversity Impacts Postsecondary Education

With the rise in diversity, colleges and universities need to focus on how to not only enroll student of color, but to ensure their success.

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New Vassar President Bradley Says Diversity, Inclusion Remain a Priority

Vassar College, a private liberal arts institution known for recruiting one of the most diverse student bodies among elite colleges and universities, announced the selection of Elizabeth Howe Bradley as president.

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Going High: Soaring Like Michelle Obama

Secretly, I was going for the “Michelle Obama look”: elegance, grace, beauty, and intricacy that displayed a synergy of sophistication sprinkled with femininity.

Programs Aim to Open Doors to Diversity in Cybersecurity

ACES and Cyber Scholars are credited with transforming the way industry and higher education work to bring much-needed diversity to the field of cybersecurity.

First of 37 Defendants in Fraternity Death Pleads Guilty

STROUDSBURG, Pa. — The first of 37 suspects charged in the fraternity hazing death of a New York City college student in eastern Pennsylvania has pleaded guilty. Twenty-five-year-old Ka-Wing Yuen pleaded guilty Tuesday in Monroe County to conspiracy to hinder apprehension and conspiracy to haze for helping cover up the death of Chun “Michael” Deng. […]

Bones of Mengele, ‘Angel of Death,’ Teaching Tool in Brazil

SAO PAULO — For more than 30 years, the bones of Josef Mengele, a German doctor who conducted horrific experiments on thousands of Jews at Auschwitz, lay unclaimed inside a blue plastic bag in Sao Paulo’s Legal Medical Institute. Dr. Daniel Romero Munoz, who led the team that identified Mengele’s remains in 1985, saw an […]

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