Tag: Community Colleges: Page 82

Disabilties

Sallie Mae, Justice Department in $60M Settlement

Student lender Sallie Mae has reached a $60 million settlement with the Justice Department to resolve allegations that it charged members of the military excessive interest rates on their student loans.

May 13, 2014

HBCUs

IMF’s Lagarde Out, Ruth Simmons In as Smith College Speaker

The managing director of the International Monetary Fund has withdrawn as Smith College’s commencement speaker after faculty and student protests.

May 12, 2014

African-American

Can Stephen Guillermo Graduate Posthumously?

The family’s primary goal is to gain justice in the aftermath of his slaying but to have Stephen be given a degree from San Francisco State would be a very close second.

May 12, 2014

HBCUs

CU Pays Student $32,500 to Settle Sexual-Assault Complaint

The victim said her assailant’s punishment included only an eight-month suspension and $75 fine.

May 11, 2014

African-American

Texas House Panel Set to Vote on Hall Impeachment

A group of state lawmakers is set to vote on whether to recommend removing Wallace Hall from office as University of Texas System regent.

May 11, 2014

African-American

Deadline Extended for Bids to Buy St. Paul’s College Campus

St. Paul’s College trustees are hopeful a deadline extension will stir a buyer for the campus of the historically Black school.

May 8, 2014

Students

Amherst Extends Ban on Fraternities, Sororities

Amherst College has extended a 3-decade-old ban on fraternities and sororities to include off-campus “underground” organizations.

May 7, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Howard University Awarding School Record 105 Doctoral Degrees

Howard University has maintained it lead as the top producer of on-campus doctoral degrees awarded by Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

May 7, 2014

Community Colleges

Studying the Humanities Always Will Be Important

For the better part of the last two decades, we have heard from various quarters that studying liberal arts or the humanities in general was a waste of time.

May 6, 2014

Native Americans

Ho-Chunk Tribe Hopes Change Sends More to College

The Ho-Chunk tribal legislature has proposed a policy it hopes will encourage members to better themselves after high school.

May 5, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Motherhood & Scholarship

Many women in academia juggle not only the time demands and responsibilities of this choice of career but must also face the reality that their fertile years are limited and will roughly coincide with the years they need to be publishing and working toward tenure.

May 5, 2014

LGBTQ+

When a Young Life Ends Tragically

Why San Francisco State University senior Stephen Guillermo won’t graduate this year.

May 5, 2014