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Feds: Company Stole $2.4M from Fraternities, Sororities

LEHIGH, Pa. — Federal prosecutors say a Pennsylvania company set up to provide food and management services to fraternities and sororities at Lehigh University defrauded them of more than $2.4 million so the co-owners could take fancy vacations and shop at high-end department stores. A grand jury indicted 76-year-old Albert Fisher, of Quakertown, on Thursday […]

April 7, 2016

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Ex-Indianapolis Mayor Drops Bid for Ivy Tech President

INDIANAPOLIS ― One prominent candidate is out of the running to head up Indiana’s statewide community college system, with former Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard withdrawing his name. Ballard and former Lt. Gov. Sue Ellspermann were among more than 30 applicants to become the new president of Ivy Tech Community College. Ballard said in a statement […]

April 6, 2016

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Diverse Docket: Title IX Suit Against Stony Brook Moves Forward

Stony Brook University must defend a Title IX suit accusing it of deliberate indifference to the alleged sexual assault of a student, a federal judge in White Plains, N.Y., has ruled.

April 6, 2016

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17-Year-Old Girl Gets Accepted to All Eight Ivy League Schools

While many 17-year-olds are deciding which Snapchat filter to use, Augusta Uwamanzu-Nna has an even more difficult decision to make: Which Ivy League school should she attend? After all, she got accepted to all eight, plus MIT and NYU. The high-school senior, who is the daughter of Nigerian immigrants, says that it was her parents […]

April 5, 2016

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Engaging Latino Students for Transfer and Completion

Both community colleges and bachelor’s degree-granting institutions across the country are responding to a chorus of calls for dramatic improvements in student success and college completion.

April 5, 2016

Students

Engaging Latino Students for Transfer and Completion

Both community colleges and bachelor’s degree-granting institutions across the country are responding to a chorus of calls for dramatic improvements in student success and college completion.

April 5, 2016

Students

Duke Students Persist in Demands for Asian American Studies Major

For several months, determined groups of Duke University students have called for the establishment of an Asian American studies major in the Trinity College of Arts and Sciences.

April 4, 2016

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Responding to Trump Microaggressions

There is no reason for students to be mocked due to trigger responses from “Trump” graffiti.

April 3, 2016

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Expert: Higher Ed Needs to Embrace Assessments of Student Learning

Colleges and universities should embrace assessments of student learning in order to prove their worth as college costs rise and the job market remains tough.

March 31, 2016

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Harvard Taking More Steps to Acknowledge its Ties to Slavery

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. ― Harvard’s president says the Ivy league university will do more to acknowledge its ties to slavery. University President Drew Faust announced Wednesday in an op-ed in the student newspaper that the nearly 400-year-old institution will install a plaque next month at the former home for college presidents to recognize the slaves who […]

March 31, 2016

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I Went From Borderline Homeless to College-Bound

My academic achievements, my athletic achievements, problems I’ve solved that make me look like the premier candidate — these are all things I could talk about in this essay. But I think the most important thing I need to share is my background. My background is what has shaped me. Once you’ve understood what I’ve […]

March 31, 2016

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More Students Seeing the World Without Getting Credits

A survey found that roughly half of the 227 institutions responding reported an increase in the number of students who participated in non-credit education abroad for the 2012-13 academic year over the previous year.

March 30, 2016