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Students

Recipients Attest to Impact of Cooke Foundation Scholarships on Journeys

Since its origins in 2000, the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation has offered a range of grants and scholarships to thousands of low-income students across the country.

July 31, 2017

News Roundup

California Considers Lower Bar for Law Exam

SAN FRANCISCO — The State Bar of California on Monday proposed lowering the minimum score on the most recent licensing exam for attorneys amid an alarming decline in people passing the test that is considered one of the toughest in the U.S. Staff at the state bar presented the option to the agency’s Committee of […]

July 31, 2017

Leadership & Policy

Chancellor Writes in Support of UNC Center for Civil Rights

RALEIGH, N.C. — A ban on courtroom work for a University of North Carolina center that represents the poor and disenfranchised puts the school’s “hard-earned reputation at risk” if it leads the closure of the center, the chancellor of UNC’s flagship campus says. The UNC Center for Civil Rights provides valuable litigation training to law […]

July 31, 2017

Students

Grant Program for Students’ Childcare Imperiled

CCAMPIS, a grant program aimed at helping low-income parents in college pay for childcare, was one of several higher education programs slashed in the Trump administration’s budget proposal.

July 27, 2017

LGBTQ+

Trump Relegates Transgender Americans to Ranks of Second-Class Citizens

On July 26, 2017, President Donald J. Trump announced — via Twitter, of course — that transgender people will be banned from serving in the military in any capacity.

July 26, 2017

Leadership & Policy

Bureaucratic Costs Are Twice Instruction Expenses at Some Colleges

New report urges boards of trustees to constrain continuing administrative bloat.

July 26, 2017

Students

Clearinghouse Data May Help Students Home In on Success

District of Columbia Public Schools administrators are using National Student Clearinghouse data to determine how well their graduates are faring at particular institutions of higher education.

July 26, 2017

Students

Beleaguered For-profit EDMC Still Seeking Financial Way Out

Earlier this month, a regional accrediting agency blocked the Education Management Corp.’s plan to sell the Art Institute of Philadelphia and the Art Institute of Pittsburgh to a Los Angeles nonprofit.

July 20, 2017

Faculty & Staff

Southern University Fires Vice Chancellor Dumas

Southern University has fired Dr. Brandon K. Dumas, the school’s vice chancellor for student affairs who was placed on administrative leave last month for undisclosed reasons. Dumas will have the opportunity to appeal his termination to the historically Black institution’s board of supervisors Friday. Dumas, who had served in his position for nearly five years, […]

July 20, 2017

Home

ACE Names Ted Mitchell President

Former U.S. Under Secretary of Education Ted Mitchell has been named as the 13th president of the American Council on Education, the largest lobbying group for colleges and universities.

July 20, 2017

Students

HBCU Leaders Aim to Make Campuses More LGBTQ Inclusive

HBCU presidents and executives convened a summit to develop more strategic ways to turn their campuses into safe spaces for students that identify as LGBTQ.

July 19, 2017

Students

Lehigh University Suspends Fraternity for Alcohol Violations

BETHLEHEM, Pa. — Lehigh University officials have suspended a fraternity following several alcohol-related code of conduct violations at the eastern Pennsylvania campus. A blog run by the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Affairs states police cited more than 40 students for underage drinking at an event hosted by Kappa Sigma in April. The university decided […]

July 19, 2017