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Students

MSIs Need to Embrace Competency-Based Learning Strategies

It is essential for HBCUs, TCUs and other MSIs to be a part of the planning and implementation of such CBL strategies since these institutions are likely to be major producers of the national workforce of the future.

October 13, 2015

Students

Old Gift to Dartmouth College Leads to New Investigation

In 1807, the state gave the college 42 square miles of land with the provision that the income it produced go toward educating students from poor New Hampshire families.

October 12, 2015

Faculty & Staff

SIAC, NFL Enter Officiating Partnership

The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) Wednesday announced a new agreement with the National Football League (NFL) to provide training and professional development for conference referees.

September 30, 2015

Latinx

U.S. News & World Report Sells Magazines, Higher Ed Goes into Despair

Not No.1 or No. 2? Forget About the Rankings Nonsense

September 13, 2015

Students

Couple Donates $20M to Notre Dame to Aid Low-income Students

A New Jersey couple has donated $20 million to the University of Notre Dame to help low-income students pay tuition and other expenses.

September 8, 2015

Students

Students Ask Education Department to Discharge College Debt

Almost 12,000 students are asking the federal government to discharge their college loan debt, asserting that their school either closed or lied to them about job prospects, according to government data released Thursday.

September 3, 2015

Faculty & Staff

3 HBCU Nursing Programs Ranked in Top 15 in Eastern Region

Three historically Black colleges and universities have had their nursing programs ranked among the top 15 in the Eastern region of the United States.

August 30, 2015

African-American

Study Outlines Benefits of Refinancing Student Loans

Recent college graduates should consider refinancing their student loans as one of the many options that might help them to save money in the long term.

August 26, 2015

Students

Affirmative action for elite debtors: Why are we forgiving loans for people who can afford to pay?

If you think you have heard it all about the student loan crisis, then I bet you think the main culprits are the undergrads, who amass debt and then ask for forgiveness?

August 24, 2015

Students

Saved for now, Sweet Briar College Looks for a Long-term Fix

Weeks into his presidency at Sweet Briar College, Phillip C. Stone knows that, without a serious change in fortune, the salvation will only be temporary.

August 23, 2015

HBCUs

Grad Student Employees Lose Health Insurance Subsidy

The University of Missouri said it is eliminating subsidies that help pay health insurance costs for graduate students employed by the school.

August 17, 2015

Community Colleges

In Case You Missed It…

GOP Still Needs Lesson in Diversity Decreasing Leaks in the Postsecondary Pipeline Expanding Postsecondary Opportunities for Incarcerated Americans Expert: ED Grants for AP Exams ‘More Pyrite Than Gold’

August 14, 2015