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Students

Gates Foundation Pushes for FAFSA Simplification

The recommendation for a streamlined federal financial aid process is an effort to smooth out the path to college for low-income and first-generation students.

July 8, 2015

MSIs

Proponents Unveil ‘America’s College Promise Act’

The proposed bill, America’s College Promise Act, will impact at least 9 million students attending community colleges and minority-serving institutions.

July 8, 2015

Students

Gates Foundation Pushes for FAFSA Simplification

The recommendation for a streamlined federal financial aid process is an effort to smooth out the path to college for low-income and first-generation students.

July 8, 2015

Home

Virginia State University Lands International Grant

Virginia State University has secured a grant of $748,465 from the U.S. Agency for International Development to fund a project to combat the aggressively invasive weed parthenium in East Africa.

July 7, 2015

African-American

Addressing the Skills Gap for Students and Young Adults

It is imperative that we address the failings and inequities of our current educational system, and the mathematics curriculum in particular.

July 7, 2015

Faculty & Staff

UNC Law Professor Open New Anti-poverty Research Project

In the wake of the controversial closure of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s anti-poverty center, the law school professor who had led the center has launched a research fund outside the domain of university leaders.

July 6, 2015

Students

Vermont to Provide In-state College Tuition to Veterans

Vermont is providing in-state tuition to its public colleges and university to military veterans from around the country.

July 5, 2015

Students

The Legacy of Dr. Norman C. Francis and Xavier University

Physicians and alumni of Xavier University, Trevonne M. Thompson, MD and Myiesha Taylor, MD remember the lasting impact of Dr. Norman C. Francis and Xavier University.

June 29, 2015

Students

KATHRINE SWANSON

KATHRINE SWANSON has been named vice chancellor for student success and engagement at Metropolitan Community College, starting August 3. She was vice president for student affairs and enrollment management at Montgomery County Community College in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania. Swanson holds a bachelor’s from Northern Michigan University, a master’s from Montana State University and a doctorate from the University of North Texas.

June 29, 2015

Students

Study: Parents’ Education Key Factor in Student Achievement

When it comes to meeting “college readiness benchmarks” on the ACT, first-generation college students generally trail their peers who have more highly educated parents.

June 25, 2015

Sports

Confronting Assault Issues on Campus: Our Reality, Our Challenge

Late last year my personal life collided with my work life in regards to the issues of assault on college campuses.

June 23, 2015

Leadership & Policy

Jackson State Presents $42M Plan to Buy Land for New Dorm

Jackson State University officials want to issue $42 million in bonds to finance construction of a new dormitory on campus.

June 18, 2015