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Administrator Set Solid Course for Twin Rising Stars

Rosie Castro has helped underserved students navigate the landscape of academia even as she’s nurtured, trained and inspired two rising political stars, Julian Castro and Joaquin Castro.

Los Angeles Chicano Rights Activist Castro Dies

Sal Castro, a social studies teacher who played a leading role in 1960s Chicano student walkouts, has died at age 79.

Faculty & Staff

NCAA Tournament Important to Recruiting — But Not Likely to Rutgers

Anyone want to go to a school that now has a history of homophobia as well as physical abuse of students? Oh, and besides that, the team doesn’t win basketball games.

Faculty & Staff

AAUP Criticizes Southern’s Treatment of Faculty

A national organization of university professors is criticizing the way Southern University faculty members were treated immediately after the school declared a financial emergency nearly two years ago.

Faculty & Staff

Admissions and ‘Admission’

It seems wholly appropriate that most colleges send out their judgment notices around Holy Week when borderline applicants might resort to prayer, or give new meaning to the notion of being “passed over.”

Faculty & Staff

Remembering a Giant of African Literature

Considered the father of modern African literature, acclaimed writer Chinua Achebe has died at age 82, leaving behind a body of work that scholars say will grow increasingly more influential over time.

Leadership & Policy

Oberlin Dean Named Next Kenyon College President

A dean at Oberlin College has been named the next president of Kenyon College.

Leadership & Policy

Oberlin Dean Named Next Kenyon College President

A dean at Oberlin College has been named the next president of Kenyon College.

Latino Blueprint Offers New Ideas for Financial Aid Policy

A leading Hispanic education organization is seeking to shake up current thinking about federal policy with a collection of new ideas that would re-imagine student financial aid for college.

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Pricey Colleges, the High Cost of Nutella and Timberlake’s Vegan Shake

Is it just New York’s Columbia University or is the insatiable demand for this thing called Nutella spreading throughout the land?

Leadership & Policy

Labor Union Asks Wis. College To Stop Training

A labor union has accused Caterpillar Inc. of training nonunion workers as replacements in case next month’s labor negotiations stall.

African-American

Millennial Stress College Years and Beyond

A few weeks ago, the nation and blogosphere was abuzz with news about the stressful lives of Generation Y (the Millennials).

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