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Students

Saved for now, Sweet Briar College Looks for a Long-term Fix

Weeks into his presidency at Sweet Briar College, Phillip C. Stone knows that, without a serious change in fortune, the salvation will only be temporary.

August 23, 2015

Home

Northeastern University Agrees to Pay $2.7M in Settlement

Northeastern University will pay $2.7 million to the federal government after failing to account for research funds it received from 2001 to 2010.

August 19, 2015

HBCUs

Grad Student Employees Lose Health Insurance Subsidy

The University of Missouri said it is eliminating subsidies that help pay health insurance costs for graduate students employed by the school.

August 17, 2015

African-American

University of Texas Moving Statue of Jefferson Davis

The University of Texas will move a statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis away from the center of campus, but statues of other Confederate figures will remain, school president Greg Fenves announced Thursday.

August 13, 2015

Latinx

Michigan Schools on Hook for Native American Tuition Program

Michigan’s public colleges and universities are on the hook for millions of dollars each year because a program that provides free tuition to Native American students isn’t fully funded.

August 12, 2015

Asian American Pacific Islander

Teens, Blacks See Job Gains for July

It looks as though lots of teenagers landed summer jobs in July.

August 11, 2015

Sports

Dear Kelly: About Cleaning Toilets

When Kelly Osbourne made an unfortunate remark about Latinos and toilets Aug. 4 on “The View” while commenting on Donald Trump’s previous faux pas, she set off a hashtag frenzy on Twitter that gave Latinos and others a chance to talk about their real-life careers.

August 10, 2015

LGBTQ+

Women, People of Color, LGBT Barely Seen in Hollywood Films

Women had less than a third of speaking parts in the most popular films from 2007 to 2014, according to a new study that gives further evidence of persistent inequality in Hollywood, on-screen and off.

August 7, 2015

Students

In Case You Missed It…

Last Year, Fewer Black Men Applied to Med School than in 1978 Senate Seeks Ways to Take Income Out of Graduation Rate Equation Admissions Pro Advises Opting to Write Essay Prison Ed Program Based on Second Chances

August 6, 2015

Students

Mount Washington College in N.H. to Close Next Year

MANCHESTER, N.H. ― Officials say a Manchester, New Hampshire, college is closing next year due to declining enrollment.

August 6, 2015

Students

Senate Seeks Ways to Take Income Out of Graduation Rate Equation

A Senate committee is pondering structural reforms that would improve student graduation rates.

August 5, 2015

Community Colleges

Dearth of Blacks Males in Med Schools Has Experts Scrambling for Solutions

Health care educators and presidents of some of the nation’s historically Black medical colleges spent the week strategizing over how best to increase the applicant pool as well as boost admittance

August 5, 2015