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African-American

Panel: Community-Based Programs Vital for Black Male Educational Achievement

In a series of back-to-back panels, the experts argued that too often young Black men are held back by a series of factors that are often beyond their control, such as poverty, poor school systems and chaotic family lives.

June 23, 2014

Students

Starbucks and Arizona State Create a New Education Pathway

Choice and access are the two pillars upon which future educational pathways must be built.

June 22, 2014

Students

‘Tough Love’ Urged in Higher Education Reform Plan

An Education Trust study urges federal action on four-year institutions falling within the bottom 5 percent of colleges on access, graduation rates, and student loan repayment performance.

June 18, 2014

Students

Fayetteville State University Alumnus Gives $1M

An alumnus of Fayetteville State University is giving a $1 million gift to his alma mater’s fundraising campaign.

June 17, 2014

Leadership & Policy

Randolph-Macon College’s Less Heralded Congressional Candidate Puts Education Atop Agenda

Democratic nominee Jack Trammell will take on fellow Randolph-Macon professor David Brat, who barreled into the political spotlight with an upset of incumbent Eric Cantor, in Virginia’s seventh district race.

June 17, 2014

HBCUs

Plan to House Immigrant Children at St. Paul’s University on Hold

Hundreds of Central American children and teenagers are to be housed on the campus of the closed college in rural Virginia amid complaints by local officials.

June 16, 2014

Faculty & Staff

A House Divided? Randolph-Macon in National Political Spotlight

Two professors from Randolph-Macon College will vie for the right to represent Virginia’s 7th District in Congress in November.

June 12, 2014

Students

Educators Applaud President Obama’s Order Capping Monthly Student Loan Repayments

Nearly five million borrowers of federal student loans will soon have their monthly repayments capped at 10 percent of their income, thanks to an executive order signed by President Obama at the White House yesterday.

June 9, 2014

Students

University of Washington Students Push Plan for College Affordability

The students are taking their case to the state Legislature, calling for more financial aid and lower tuition.

June 4, 2014

Students

UC Santa Barbara Students Targeted By Gunman

Elliot Rodger identified as suspect in killing spree that claimed lives of seven, including his own.

May 26, 2014

International

Studley: There’s Possibility Federal Aid Could Be Tied to Planned College Rating System

The U.S. Deputy Under Secretary of Education sees a scenario where federal aid could be factored in as a means of spurring institutional improvement.

May 20, 2014

Students

Drug Arrests Increase at Michigan State University

Michigan State University arrested 261 people for drugs in 2012, a 158 percent increase from two years earlier, the East Lansing school says.

May 18, 2014