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Perspectives: Exposure, High Expectations and Academic Rigor are Critical for Achieving College Success

Many Black students, high school valedictorians included, are entering college completely ill-equipped academically and with the false perception that college is a form of “advanced high school.” The problems in education are twofold: the failure to graduate and the failure to graduate students prepared for success in college. The Center for Leadership Development provides a model that helps youth see that college success is truly an option.

UK Adopts New Security Check for Foreign Graduate Students

LONDON The British government has introduced a new program of security checks for foreign graduate students to prevent sensitive scientific information from being used in other countries to develop weapons of mass destruction.

University of Idaho Revamps Marketing Slogan to Help Boost Enrollment

MOSCOW Idaho The University of Idaho is trying out a third slogan in less than two years in hopes of stemming slumping enrollment.

In Brief: Final Suspect in Slayings of Delaware State Students Pleads Not Guilty

A Nicaraguan national considered a principal suspect in the execution-style slayings of three Delaware State University students in Newark over the summer pleaded not guilty Wednesday; nearly half of Texas’ college freshmen have to take remedial classes; the last of six Black teens to be arraigned in the beating of a White high school student pleaded not guilty to reduced charges.

Pa.’s Student Loan Agency Spent Lavishly on Promotional Giveaways

HARRISBURG Pa. Pennsylvania’s student loan agency spent about $2.2 million over five years on promotional giveaways, such as logo-enscribed golf balls, pencils, clothing and reusable glowing ice cubes, a newspaper reported.

Hispanic Students Thrive More in Culture of Community, Says Report

Hispanic students tend to succeed more at institutions where there is a culture of inclusiveness and an explicit commitment from the leadership to serve the community, according to a new report from The American Association of State Colleges and Universities’ (AASCU).

The University of Nebraska Looks to Replace Main Computer System

LINCOLN, Neb. The state could be asked to pay millions of dollars to help replace an important computer system that thousands of University of Nebraska students and faculty use daily.

Iowa College Students Protest Cost of Birth Control Pill

DES MOINES, Iowa More than 400 Iowa college students have signed a petition protesting federal legislation that has made getting birth control more expensive.

Utah State University Student Group to Approach Regents Over Insurance

LOGAN, Utah Utah State University students will ask the Board of Regents to make health insurance mandatory for everyone enrolled in the state’s public colleges and universities.

Arizona State University to Break Ground on Honors College

PHOENIX Arizona State University is one of the nation’s biggest. Now, school officials want to show it can be among the best.

Oregon State U Plans Cell Phone Net to Warn of Campus Violence

CORVALLIS Ore. Oregon State University is working toward turning the almost universal student cell phone ownership on campus into an early warning system to warn against emergencies such as a gunman running amok.

Arizona State U to Break Ground on Honors College

PHOENIX Arizona State University is one of the nation’s biggest. Now, school officials want to show it can be among the best.

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