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Students

Report: Black Student Graduation Rates Improving at Slower Rate Than Whites

A recent report released by the Education Trust found that Black student graduation rates improved by 4.4 percent compared to 5.6 percent for White students.

March 22, 2016

Faculty & Staff

ELIZABETH L. PAUL

ELIZABETH L. PAUL has been named president of Capital University, effective July 1. She is executive vice president and provost at Stetson University in Florida. She is also a full professor of psychology at the university. Paul holds a bachelor’s and a doctorate from Boston University.

March 22, 2016

Leadership & Policy

Baccalaureate Degrees in Growing Demand at Community Colleges

The Innovations conference’s opening general session in Chicago on Sunday focused on the growing trend to offer baccalaureate degrees at select community colleges across the country.

March 21, 2016

News Roundup

U.S. to Fire Monitor Overseeing Formerly For-profit Colleges

WASHINGTON ― The Education Department is removing a law firm hired to oversee the turnaround of schools owned by Corinthian Colleges Inc., a for-profit education company whose financial collapse had placed at risk more than $1 billion in federal student loans. An Associated Press investigation identified conflicts with the ostensibly independent monitor. The department said […]

March 14, 2016

Home

9 Research Universities Receive Grants to Retain Low-income Students

Nine public urban research universities were awarded a total of $450,000 to launch or expand pilot “micro-grant” programs meant to prevent low-income college students from dropping out.

March 14, 2016

Faculty & Staff

CUPA Report Shows Small Gains for Senior Administrator Salaries

Senior administrator salaries saw small gains across the board in 2015-16, according to a survey released Monday by the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources.

March 14, 2016

Students

Central Oregon College Tries Other Tactics to Fill New Dorm

BEND, Ore. ― Central Oregon Community College is trying new marketing strategies and reducing rates to draw more students to a new residence hall that remains about one-third empty. College officials had high hopes for the $21 million, 330-bed hall. But the building opened in September only 76 percent full and is now down to […]

March 13, 2016

Students

Trouble Remains Following Failed For-profit Schools’ Revival

WASHINGTON ― Significant problems remain at a formerly for-profit college that the Obama administration rescued from near collapse, an Associated Press review has found, despite new federal oversight and pledges of a turnaround by the schools’ current nonprofit owner. Everest University was once the flagship brand of Corinthian Colleges Inc., a for-profit school chain. Allegations […]

March 13, 2016

Leadership & Policy

Republican Senators Say ED Overreaching on Title IX

Republican senators said that the education department is overstepping its bounds in enforcing colleges and universities’ compliance with the guidance issued in regards to instances of sexual assault on campus.

March 10, 2016

Students

Morehead State to Furlough Faculty, Staff for 5 days

MOREHEAD, Ky. ― Morehead State University President Wayne Andrews says faculty and staff at the eastern Kentucky school will be furloughed without pay March 21-25 due to economic woes. The Lexington Herald-Leader reports Andrews sent a campus-wide email Thursday announcing the move, which will occur on spring break. He blamed declining enrollment and proposed state […]

March 10, 2016

African-American

Audit: Elizabeth City State Improperly Admitted Students

ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. ― A new internal audit shows that Elizabeth City State University improperly admitted students who did not qualify last year and improperly awarded financial aid. The audit started last October following allegations that an administration had told staff to make financial awards to ineligible students, The News & Observer of Raleigh reported. […]

March 10, 2016

Sports

NCAA to give $200M to Members for Athlete Benefits

INDIANAPOLIS ― The NCAA will distribute an extra $200 million to Division I schools in the spring of 2017 to be used by members for funding benefits for athletes. The NCAA announced Thursday that its board of governors had approved the one-time supplemental distribution. Athletics departments can use the money to help pay for full-cost-of-attendance […]

March 10, 2016