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Perspectives: It’s About Common Sense and Decency

The events leading to Rutgers University freshman Tyler Clementi’s death speaks to a continuing myopia and homophobia, a decline of decency and a lack of critical-thinking skills among some college students.

Proprietary Colleges Accused of Scamming Vulnerable Populations at Senate Hearing

U.S. Senate hearing demonstrates that debate over for-profit colleges is growing political with Republicans charging that Democrats’ motivations are all wrong.

Senator Tom Harkin of Iowa

National Academies Committee Recommends Measures To Boost Minority STEM Participation

Citing the relatively low levels of minority representation in science and engineering, leaders of a group working to increase diversity in those fields released a report Thursday that shows the extent of the problem and makes recommendations on how to solve it.

Dr. Freeman Hrabowski

Latino Student-focused College Programs Honored at U.S. Capitol

Prominent political officials helped Washington-based nonprofit group Excelencia in Education salute collegiate programs that boost Latino student success Wednesday during the non-profit’s fifth annual awards ceremony.

Excelencia in Education President Sarita Brown says all agencies involved in the Latino college completion campaign must remain optimistic.

Minority Engineering Association Urges National Focus on Community College Students

A national engineering science group, citing the surge in minority student enrollment in community colleges, says more emphasis should be placed on two-year college students to increase STEM field graduates.

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New Jersey Police Charge Two in Fatal College Shooting

Two men were charged Monday in the weekend shooting at an off-campus house party that left a Seton Hall University student dead and four other people wounded.

Nineteen-year-old Seton Hall student Jessica Moore, an honors student from Disputanta, Va., died from her injuries hours after shooting early Saturday.

Latino College Completion Campaign Moves Forward With Collaboration Strategy

Excelencia in Education spearheads collaboration among advocacy groups to improve Hispanic college attendance and graduation rates.

Excelencia in Education President Sarita Brown says all agencies involved in the Latino college completion campaign must remain optimistic.

Black Caucus Foundation Scholarships Went to People Tied to Ga. Lawmaker

The controversy over Rep. Sanford Bishop’s decision to award scholarships to his relatives has expanded as four more students tied to the south Georgia Democrat have acknowledged receiving them as well.

Mexican Drug Conflict Threatens U.S. College Study Abroad Programs

U.S. State Department’s travel advisory compels some institutions to withdraw their students from the country for safety concerns.

NMSU student engineers

Private College Associations Introduce Student Access Website

A project begun by two leading associations of non-profit private U.S. higher education institutions targets the national goal of re-establishing the U.S. as the world’s leader in college completion.

Dr. David L. Warren is president of the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities.

ACLU: GSU’s E-Mail Policy Violates Constitution

A First Amendment issue is brewing at Grambling State University in the wake of the president’s summer e-mail message to students, prohibiting political expression via e-mail.

Dr. Frank Pogue is president of Grambling State University.

Special Report: Puerto Rico’s Eleven Campuses, One University, Many Strikes

The two-month-long student strike that shuttered 10 of 11 University of Puerto Rico campuses this year has been settled, but the underlying issues that contributed to the unrest are far from resolved.

The two-month-long student strike that shuttered 10 of 11 University of Puerto Rico campuses this year

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