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Grant Will Provide Low-Income Central Piedmont Students With Laptops

With a $875,000 grant from the Gambrell Foundation of Charlotte, as many as 700 first-year, full-time students at Central Piedmont Community College will receive laptop computers, and approximately 3,500 students will receive laptops throughout the grant’s five-year period. Central Piedmont and the Gambrell Foundation have partnered in order to tackle the divide that makes it […]

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Students Upset After Susquehanna University Decides to Arm Officers

Many Susquehanna University students have expressed their opposition to a plan by its university president to arm some public safety officers. The decision came about after an August 2017 drug-related robbery in a dormitory suite where five teenagers were arrested. One allegedly had a handgun in their possession. The following day, around 75 students held […]

Couple and Dr. James L. Moore III Establish Scholarship Program to Support Transfer Students

Dr. James L. Moore III, vice provost for diversity and inclusion and CDO at The Ohio State University (OSU) and couple Missy and Bob Weiler have come together to establish the Dr. James L. Moore III Scholars Program to support undergrads transferring from Columbus State Community College to OSU. The Weilers have lived in Ohio […]

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HEA Reauthorization Can Reduce the Equity Gaps that Persist for Students of Color

A new Congress presents a new opportunity to restart the process of reauthorizing the Higher Education Act (HEA). Policymakers must reauthorize HEA with a focus on equity because students of color are still struggling to enroll, persist and complete postsecondary education. HEA can help alleviate these barriers by implementing policies that provide students of color the support they need to earn their postsecondary degree or credential. It is time for a comprehensive HEA bill to better serve today’s students, especially students of color.

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Report: Aligning K-12 and Community Colleges for Student Success

Accelerate academic transitions, extend navigational supports and serve as career bridges are three principal recommendations of a new resource guide focused on aligning the K-12 system and community colleges for student success.

Harold O. Levy, Education Leader, Dies at 65

Harold O. Levy, who served as the executive director of the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation, died on Tuesday at his home in Manhattan due to ALS. He was 65. Levy was known as one of New York’s most well-known figures, previously working as the chancellor of New York City’s public school system from 2000 to […]

Bowie State Launches Scholarship in Honor of Slain Student

Bowie State University officials have created a new scholarship in honor of slain student 2nd Lt. Richard Collins III, in an effort to increase enrollment in Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) programs at Maryland historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). Collins was fatally stabbed on the University of Maryland, College Park campus in May 2017 just […]

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Morgan State Set to Fight Food Insecurity with Food Resource Center

Morgan State University (MSU) students who are hungry or food insecure will have a new hub to receive food resources and education around healthy food-related strategies this December.

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Michael Bloomberg Donates $1.8 Billion to Johns Hopkins University

Michael Bloomberg, former New York City mayor and CEO of Bloomberg L.P., has donated $1.8 billion to Johns Hopkins University (JHU) to increase financial assistance for low- and middle-income students. This is the largest donation to any education institution in the country. The donation will be used to diminish student loans by offering scholarships that […]

UPenn and Stanford Seniors Named 2019 Rhodes Scholars

Anea B. Moore, a senior sociology and urban studies major at University of Pennsylvania (UPenn); and Kristina Correa, a senior biology major honors student at Stanford University; have been named 2019 Rhodes Scholars. Moore, who lost both her parents while in high school and college, is a first-generation college student and has served as co-president […]

Telling the HBCU Story

Since their founding, historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) have been an important asset to the American higher education system. While keeping true to their original mission, HBCUs currently provide educational resources to students from all racial and ethnic backgrounds and provide access to higher education to students that are still plagued by the systemic barriers that exist within this country.

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Examining the Role of TCUs in Native Student Success and Retention

Higher education leaders can take cues from Tribal colleges and universities (TCUs) to better support Native American students, according to a research brief sponsored by the Penn Center for Minority Serving Institutions (CMSI) at the University of Pennsylvania.

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