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Obama Administration Puts Teeth into Teacher Prep Ratings

New federal regulations will rate teacher prep programs according to how many of their graduates get jobs, how long they stay in those jobs, and how well they do those jobs as measured by student academic performance.

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BYU-Hawaii Student Files Lawsuit over Honor Code, Assault

SALT LAKE CITY ― A former Brigham Young University-Hawaii student has filed a lawsuit alleging the school’s honor code prevented her from seeking help after she was sexually assaulted. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that the lawsuit, filed Sept. 30 in Honolulu, claims the Mormon-owned school’s rules banning unmarried students from sexual activity made the […]

Trump’s Lewd Remarks Concern Campuses Fighting Sex Assault

NEW LONDON, Conn. ― At Connecticut College, as at a growing number of campuses nationwide, students are encouraged to speak up if they hear remarks celebrating or condoning sexual aggression against women. In one training scenario, male students ask a peer if he really means it when he boasts of such conduct. So when news […]

At HBCU, Obama Encourages Students to be Agents of Change

At a town hall meeting at North Carolina A&T State University, President Obama discussed national issues facing Black communities as well as historically Black colleges and universities.

Presidents: Diversity, Inclusion Everybody’s Job on Campus

What role do presidents have to play in shaping campus policy to be inclusive of all students but particularly Hispanic students at institutions that serve a predominantly Hispanic student population?

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Admissions Movement Leaving ACT/SAT Behind

Hundreds of four-year, liberal arts schools have decreased reliance upon ACT/SAT test scores in admissions. These institutions are self-identifying in three categories: test-optional, test-flexible and test-blind.

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South African Campus Hit by Second Day of Student Unrest

JOHANNESBURG ― South African riot police fought stone-throwing students for a second consecutive day at a university campus on Tuesday amid national calls by demonstrators for free higher education. Clashes broke out when students hurled rocks at a central building at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg and police fired rubber bullets to disperse […]

Haskell Indian Nations University Employee Sues Over School’s Treatment of Rape Victim

LAWRENCE, Kan. ― A Haskell Indian Nations University employee alleges in a lawsuit that she was demoted from her job as a student counselor after trying to help a student who said she was raped. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that Angelina Adams sued Monday in Douglas County District Court. Adams says Haskell leaders improperly expelled […]

Diverse Conversations: 2 Things to Know Before Paying for Private College

Here are two things everyone should know before forking over money for that elite private college education.

Colleges, Universities Making Retention, Completion Priority

Colleges and universities are working to boost retention and completion rates after a steady decline in recent years.

Howard University Starting Ph.D. Program Focusing on Minority Serving Institutions

Howard University is launching a new Ph.D. program in Higher Education with a focus on Minority Serving Institutions—the first doctoral program of this kind in the nation.

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Rodriguez: Nightmare Looms for an Original DREAMER

This is the story of Lizbeth Mateo, a young, bright Indigenous woman from Oaxaca, Mexico, and a recent graduate from the Santa Clara University School of Law, who today finds herself under threat of imminent deportation.

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