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Students

Military Friendly Institutions Competing for Veterans

Institutions are striving to compete for the growing number of transitioning military students, estimated by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to number 1.1 million.

October 17, 2016

Sports

Abdul-Jabbar: Poverty Biggest Barrier to Higher Ed

Author and NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar cited poverty as the biggest barrier that threatens to block the shots that low-income students have at higher education.

October 17, 2016

Students

Judge Orders Kentucky Gov. Bevin to Release Money for Universities

FRANKFORT, Ky. ― A state judge has ordered Republican Gov. Matt Bevin to release $17.8 million to most public colleges and universities. Franklin Circuit Judge Thomas Wingate signed the order on Monday. It says Bevin must release the money within three days. Bevin had ordered cuts of 2 percent at most public colleges and universities, […]

October 17, 2016

Students

Student Loan Debt for Graduates Up 4 Percent in 2015

When students graduated from college in 2014, those who borrowed money to pay for college owed an average of $28,950. Now the average debt is $30,100 — 4 percent higher — for those who graduated in 2015.

October 17, 2016

Students

Host Colleges Winners in Presidential Debates

UNLV estimates that being selected as a venue for the final presidential debate has already generated $85 million worth of publicity.

October 16, 2016

Students

Black Lives Matter Homecoming Float Vandalized in Idaho

BOISE, Idaho ― Boise State University’s president says a homecoming float dedicated to the Black Lives Matter movement has been vandalized. Bob Kustra released a statement early Sunday morning condemning both the vandals and the attempt to silence constitutionally protected free speech. Kustra added that the school’s security team is investigating the issue, but he […]

October 16, 2016

Students

South African Police Arrest Student Protest Leader

JOHANNESBURG ― South African police raided a university student residence in Johannesburg early Sunday, arresting a leader of sometimes violent protests for free education who caused an outcry last year when he declared admiration for Adolf Hitler. The arrest of Mcebo Dlamini, a former student council president at the University of the Witwatersrand, followed recent […]

October 16, 2016

News Roundup

Kentucky Governor Won’t Fight Decision Banning Him from Cutting College Budgets

FRANKFORT, Ky. ― Kentucky’s Republican governor has accepted the state Supreme Court’s decision banning him from cutting college budgets without legislative approval, officially closing the first of several legal challenges brought against him since he took office in December. A spokeswoman for Matt Bevin confirmed Thursday that he did not ask the state’s highest court […]

October 13, 2016

Students

LeBron James’ Foundation Opens Institute to Aid College Students

AKRON, Ohio ― LeBron James isn’t just helping kids afford college. He wants them to stay there and leave with diplomas. The Cleveland Cavaliers superstar, whose foundation announced a partnership with the University of Akron last year to pay for four years of tuition for inner-city public high school graduates who meet certain criteria, has […]

October 13, 2016

African-American

Haslam Names Boards for Tennessee State, University of Memphis

MEMPHIS, Tenn. ― Gov. Bill Haslam named former University of Memphis interim president Brad Martin and Democratic fundraiser Bill Freeman to newly independent university boards on Wednesday. The new boards at the University of Memphis and Tennessee State University in Nashville are part of the Republican governor’s initiative to spin six four-year public universities out […]

October 12, 2016

Leadership & Policy

Temple University Makes Acting President Permanent

PHILADELPHIA ― Temple University’s acting president is staying on as the head of the school. The university’s board of trustees on Tuesday named Richard Englert as Temple’s president. The 70-year-old was appointed acting president in July, after the board forced out former president Neil Theobald over a deficit in the merit scholarship aid budget and […]

October 12, 2016

Students

At HBCU, Obama Encourages Students to be Agents of Change

At a town hall meeting at North Carolina A&T State University, President Obama discussed national issues facing Black communities as well as historically Black colleges and universities.

October 12, 2016