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Temple U. Establishes Center to Study, Promote Diversity-Related Issues

The discussion about race and the Philadelphia public school system had already lasted 20 minutes and Temple University students couldn’t stop talking. A forum on the country’s changing demographics hosted by the Philadelphia-based university’s new diversity research center left the students with more to say.

Former Philadelphia Mayor John Street

WASHINGTON UPDATE: HBCUs on Board with Direct Lending

System wonâ€™t pose expensive administrative burdens for private and small public historically Black schools, HBCU association leaders say.

New STEM Initiatives, National Science Fair Touted by White House

President Barack Obama said he would convene a national science fair next year to honor young inventors with the same gusto that college and professional athletes celebrate their victories at the White House.

Ursula M. Burns

HBCUs Get On Board With Direct Lending

Direct Loan-only system won’t pose expensive administrative burdens for private and small public historically Black schools, HBCU association leaders say.

Lezli Baskerville

As N.C. Families Struggle, College Aid Panel Meets

After N.C. lawmakers shuffled around financial aid programs around to help balance the state budget this year, a legislative commission meets this week to recommend reforms to the state’s financial aid system

N.C. Gov. Beverly Perdue (right)

CSU Chancellor Expects Minority Enrollment to Remain Steady Amid Budget Cuts

Despite massive cuts and closed enrollments at the California State University system, the percentage of minority students is not expected to drop, Chancellor Charles B. Reed said Tuesday in a press briefing.

Success Starts With A Support System

My niece is in the first grade and this weekend I helped her finish her homework. She had to complete a one-page report on capuchin monkeys and create a habitat in a shoebox depicting the monkeys in their natural environment. We spent time on the Web looking at videos and investigating what the monkeys ate […]

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Florida Higher Ed System Confronting Multiple Challenges

Newly appointed Florida higher education leader tackles difficult tasks, including conversion of community colleges into four-year colleges and helping defuse governance crisis on public university tuition rates.

New Minority Engineering Leader Stresses K-12 Exposure to Careers

Dr. Irving Pressley McPhail, president and CEO of the National Council for Minorities in Engineering (NACME), says developing more elementary and secondary school initiatives that help steer under-represented minority students into undergraduate engineering programs will be a high priority during his tenure.

Irving Pressley McPhail

WASHINGTON UPDATE: Two-year Colleges Face Student Loan Default Challenge

Two-year Colleges Face Student Loan Default Challenge Rising rate causing some community colleges to opt out of student loan system.

Two-Year Colleges Face Student Loan Default Challenge

Rising rate causing some community colleges to opt out of student loan system.

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Black College Advocate Questions Funding Formula for Southern University Campuses

While serving as an appointee on a panel examining ways to overhaul Louisiana public college systems, the president of the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education questioned whether state funding practices are fair to the historically Black schools

Lezli Baskerville

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