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Disabilties

Sallie Mae, Justice Department in $60M Settlement

Student lender Sallie Mae has reached a $60 million settlement with the Justice Department to resolve allegations that it charged members of the military excessive interest rates on their student loans.

May 13, 2014

HBCUs

CU Pays Student $32,500 to Settle Sexual-Assault Complaint

The victim said her assailant’s punishment included only an eight-month suspension and $75 fine.

May 11, 2014

Students

College Graduation: 4 Ways Things Have Changed

NEW YORK ― There’s still plenty of pomp and circumstance, inspiring words from lofty speakers and tossing tassels, but graduating from college today is very different from a generation or so ago.

May 6, 2014

Home

Education Gets Top Billing on Capitol Hill

Lawmakers looking ahead to the November elections are putting renewed focus on education.

May 6, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Condoleeza Rice Backs Out of Rutgers Commencement

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. ― Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has backed out of delivering the commencement address at Rutgers University following protests by some faculty and students over her role in the Iraq War.

May 5, 2014

Leadership & Policy

Budget Board Approves $6M Loan to South Carolina State University

The loan is to keep the financially battered HBCU afloat for the rest of the school year, but how it continues to operate after that remains questionable.

April 30, 2014

Community Colleges

Zakiya Smith – Strategy Director for Student Financial Support, Lumina Foundation

At the Lumina Foundation, Smith leads the work to develop new models of student financial support for higher education. She also served as a senior advisor for education on the White House Domestic Policy Council, where she focused on developing the president’s higher education policy. Earlier in her career, Smith worked in various capacities for […]

April 28, 2014

Students

Nikki Giovanni – University Distinguished Professor, Virginia Tech

Since establishing herself in the mid-’70s as a leading poetic voice and a major force in the Black arts movement, Giovanni has received 20 honorary doctorates and various other awards, including the Rosa Parks Woman of Courage Award and the Langston Hughes Award for Distinguished Contributions to Arts and Letters. She teaches writing and literature […]

April 25, 2014

Sports

Grambling Students Vote for Athletics Fee

Grambling State University’s athletic programs will get a boost in the fall after students approved an athletics fee that will generate an additional $1 million annually.

April 24, 2014

African-American

The Bottom Line Not the Answer in College Choice

A recent article in The Atlantic provided without context resulted in yet another negative story about HBCUs.

April 24, 2014

Community Colleges

St. Augustine’s Names Ward Interim President

St. Augustine’s University turned to its alumni ranks and named Everett B. Ward as its interim president on Wednesday.

April 23, 2014

African-American

Proportion of Americans With College Degrees Grows

The U.S. continues to lose ground to global rivals in educational attainment, the report, by the Lumina Foundation, shows.

April 22, 2014