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Students

Religious Leaders March Against Trump Direction

Sikhs and Buddhist monks, rabbis, reverends and ministers rallied in the nation’s capital Monday to protest the direction of the country under President Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

August 28, 2017

Students

Hurricane Harvey Shuts Down Colleges in SE Texas

Universities across Houston, Galveston, and Corpus Christi have kept their students and staff updated regarding operating status and the physical condition of their campuses.

August 27, 2017

Faculty & Staff

Social Media Harassment Targets Academics of Color

The psychological and professional consequences of social media engagement can be particularly consequential for academics of color, especially those whose work includes issues of race and gender.

August 27, 2017

Students

Education Department Issues New Round of Upward Bound Awards

These Upward Bound awards, which aid low-income students who aspire to attend college, are going to programs with applications that were initially rejected because of formatting errors such as not being double-spaced or using the wrong font.

August 24, 2017

Students

Poland to Boost Defenses by Training Student Volunteers

WARSAW, Poland — Poland’s Defense Ministry says it is starting a new program to boost the nation’s defenses by offering military training to university student volunteers. Poland has been making efforts to increase its defense capabilities amid security concerns raised in the region by Russia’s military activity. It is upgrading its military equipment and increasing […]

August 22, 2017

Students

Lawmakers Press Justice Dept. on Intentions Regarding Higher Ed Inclusion

Several Democratic lawmakers are pressing the Trump administration for clarity on the question of whether the Department of Justice plans to “launch an attack on racial diversity and inclusion in higher education.”

August 21, 2017

Students

National Study Shows Freshmen Better Off Taking 15 Credits

Students who took 15 credits during their first year of college did better academically and were retained at higher rates than those who took fewer credits, a new EAB analysis has found.

August 21, 2017

Leadership & Policy

University of Florida Denies White Nationalists’ Event Request

University of Florida President W. Kent Fuchs said that he weighed the First Amendment rights of White nationalists against the risk to the safety of his students in denying a request by the group to rent space on campus for an event.

August 16, 2017

Students

Unaccredited and Undeterred: Morris Brown Seeks Turnaround

Morris Brown College, a historically Black institution in Atlanta, Georgia, lost its accreditation in April of 2003 but has kept its doors and classrooms open in spite of a significant loss in funding and enrollment.

August 16, 2017

Students

Charlottesville Rally Participant Withdraws from Boston University

BOSTON — An 18-year-old student who attended the White nationalist rally in Virginia last weekend says he has withdrawn from college in Boston in part because of death threats. Nicholas Fuentes tells The Boston Globe he has received 15 death threats via email and social media. Fuentes said he considered leaving Boston University in January […]

August 16, 2017

Faculty & Staff

University of Montana Lecturers Given 6-month Layoff Notices

MISSOULA, Mont. — The University of Montana has given about 40 non-tenured lecturers notice that their contracts won’t be renewed at the end of the fall semester. Provost Beverly Edmond told the Missoulian the letters were sent to meet university policy that lecturers with more than three consecutive years of service be given one semester’s […]

August 16, 2017

Students

Faculty Chemistry Pays Off at Georgia Gwinnett College

Can you imagine a new state college having a junior faculty member chairing an open rank chemistry search committee?

August 16, 2017