Tag: Educational Finance: Page 122

Students

U.S. Senators Host Higher Education Accountability Forum

Two U.S. senators advanced the idea that getting students better information on how much a college graduate is likely to earn after graduation from a given program would help families make better college decisions.

September 19, 2012

Faculty & Staff

UNC Faculty Asks Chancellor to Rethink Resignation

Professors at North Carolina’s flagship public university are hoping to sway Chancellor Holden Thorp to change his mind about resigning in the face of multiple scandals.

September 18, 2012

Home

Many For-profit Colleges Excluded from Law

Lawmakers say new legislation that created an oversight agency aimed at protecting students of for-profit colleges doesn’t apply to many of the schools.

September 17, 2012

Faculty & Staff

UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor to Resign Amid Scandals

UNC chancellor to step down next year in the wake of scandals involving academic fraud, improper travel spending by fundraisers and special treatment for athletes.

September 17, 2012

Community Colleges

New Georgetown University Report Outlines Five Well-Paying Jobs That Do Not Require a Bachelor’s Degree

While four-year colleges are often presented as the best way into the middle class, more consideration should be given to career and technical education alternatives.

September 17, 2012

Faculty & Staff

Ex-prof Pleads Guilty to Killing Alabama Colleagues

An ex-professor pleaded guilty Tuesday to fatally shooting three colleagues and wounding three others at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, court officials said.

September 11, 2012

African-American

Tennessee Democrats Call for Diversity Training for Lawmakers

Democratic leaders point to insulting comments made by two Republican lawmakers to the Legislature’s Black caucus in calling for legislators to undergo diversity and sensitivity training.

September 9, 2012

Community Colleges

Pell Grant Program’s 40th Anniversary Observed

The Council for Opportunity in Education’s annual convention celebrated the 40th anniversary of the Pell Grant and focused on college affordability issues for low-income students.

September 9, 2012

Faculty & Staff

S.C. State University to Consider Budget Cuts, Hiring Freeze

South Carolina State University is considering budget cuts and a hiring freeze as the school deals with declining enrollment that has left the university looking at a $5.5 million deficit.

September 6, 2012

Leadership & Policy

Forum: College Degree to Remain Sound Investment in Growing Global Economy

A college degree continues to be a worthwhile investment, but institutions of higher learning must adapt to new realities to remain viable, said panelists at a forum on higher education’s role in the global economy.

September 6, 2012

Students

Football Classics Bring the HBCU Experience — and Their Marching Bands — to Big-time Arenas

There’s more to HBCU football classics than just the action on the field. They are weekend-long events, much like a school’s homecoming, only on a grander scale.

September 4, 2012

Faculty & Staff

Tennessee State University Faculty Leader Arrested

A vocal faculty member at Tennessee State University who has opposed university leadership was taken away from a meeting in handcuffs on Monday and removed as the chair of the faculty senate.

August 7, 2012