Tag: Educational Finance: Page 85

African-American

Reflections on the Underemployment of College Graduates

Most people know that the job market is particularly tough right now for recent college grads. But so tough that about half of them are either unemployed or underemployed?

August 6, 2014

African-American

Reflections on the Underemployment of College Graduates

Most people know that the job market is particularly tough right now for recent college grads. But so tough that about half of them are either unemployed or underemployed?

August 6, 2014

Leadership & Policy

Ousted Alabama State University Trustee Cites Removal as Breach

An ousted trustee at Alabama State University complained to an accreditation agency that his removal by Gov. Robert Bentley violated the organization’s standards.

August 5, 2014

Students

Focus Intensifies on Falloff of Students En Route to College

“Summer melt” is said to impact between 10 and 20 percent of all “college-intending” students throughout the United States. One estimate puts the number of students who “melt away” during the summer at 200,000 students per year.

August 3, 2014

Community Colleges

Alumni Rallying to Support Wilberforce University

Alumni of the country’s oldest historically Black private university are committing money and other support to help their alma mater’s fight for survival amid the risk of accreditation loss and financial deficits and low enrollment.

July 31, 2014

Students

Powerball Win Helps Marilyn Fields Spread Her Love for Shaw University

Good fortune allows devoted alumna and employee the opportunity to fully capitalize a scholarship she had started earlier this year.

July 31, 2014

Latinx

Millennials Even More Left of Center Than in 2012

Even political pollsters have joined in the ongoing critique of this age demographic.

July 30, 2014

HBCUs

University of Texas Regents Meet to Pick Chancellor Finalist

University of Texas System regents were scheduled to meet Tuesday night to possibly name a finalist in their search for a new chancellor to oversee the 15-campus system.

July 29, 2014

Students

Governance Controversy Escalating at Alabama State University

The president’s perks and expenditures questioned amid forced shakeup of the university’s board of trustees and credit rating concerns.

July 28, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Judge: Students, Staff Can Oppose Corcoran Merger

The Corcoran’s board is seeking to merge the museum founded in 1869 and its college with George Washington University and the National Gallery of Art after years of financial shortfalls and daunting renovation needs.

July 21, 2014

Community Colleges

Arkansas Baptist College Hit With Civil Lawsuits

The historically black college in Little Rock has struggled to pay its bills, meet payroll obligations and deliver financial aid checks.

July 20, 2014

Leadership & Policy

University of Connecticut Settles Sex Assault Lawsuit

The University of Connecticut will pay $1.3 million to settle a lawsuit by five women who alleged the school did not take seriously their claims of sexual assaults on campus.

July 20, 2014