Tag: Educational Finance: Page 114

Students

Urban Male Initiative: Seeing Students Where They Are To Get Them To Where They Need To Be

The Urban Male Initiative program at Community College of Denver wasn’t around to answer the Black, Brown and College Bound Conference’s first call to action seven years ago to rescue Black and Latino males from consistently ranking at the bottom of all indicators of educational attainment.

February 24, 2013

Students

Stanford University First College to Raise $1B

Stanford University has set a record for college fundraising, becoming the first school to collect more than $1 billion in a single year, according to a report released Wednesday.

February 20, 2013

Students

Texas Senate May Wade Into UT Dispute

The Texas Senate announced Tuesday that it will hold hearings into the behavior of the University of Texas’ regents and whether they are meddling too much into President Bill Powers’ private life and management of the school.

February 19, 2013

African-American

Will African-Americans Be Used as a Wedge Against Immigration Reform?

Tonight in New York City, the Lunar New Year meets Black History month as the Asian American Legal Defense Fund honors legendary Freedom Rider, civil rights activist and long-time Georgia Congressman John Lewis.

February 18, 2013

Sports

NYC’s Cooper Union May Begin Charging Tuition

New York City’s prestigious Cooper Union school is running a budget deficit of $12 million a year, and may have to end its long tradition of allowing all undergraduate students to attend tuition-free.

February 17, 2013

Sports

Florida A&M Law School Warned it is not Meeting Standards

The American Bar Association’s report points out that 30 percent of the students admitted either do not graduate the school or do not pass the bar exam.

February 17, 2013

Leadership & Policy

UT System Pushing 4-Year Tuition Option

University of Texas System regents on Thursday ordered their campuses to offer students a four-year, fixed-rate tuition option by fall of 2014 to encourage them to graduate on time.

February 14, 2013

International

Obama Administration Launches College Scorecard

The national movement to make higher education institutions more transparent in terms of their comparative costs and student outcomes got a lift with the launch of the web-based College Scorecard resource tool.

February 13, 2013

Leadership & Policy

University Presidents’ Benefits Vary in Virginia

Not all university presidents in Virginia receive the same fringe benefits.

February 10, 2013

Latinx

Latinos are Largest Ethnic Group among California Freshman Applicants, UC System Says

This academic year, Latinos became the largest ethnic group among California residents to seek admission in the 2013-14 freshman class at the nine University of California system schools.

February 7, 2013

Students

Oregon Bill Would Require College Credit in High School

The Oregon Legislature is looking at making college students out of every Oregon high-school student.

February 6, 2013

African-American

TRIO Program Advocates Seek Support in Congress

TRIO program advocates made a timely plea for congressional support of what is the federal government’s oldest group of college outreach and retention programs for low-income and aspiring first-generation college students.

February 6, 2013