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Faculty & Staff

With Its Vital Signs Weakening, Wilberforce University Calls In a Specialist

Algeania Warren Freeman has no illusions about why she was named the 20th president of Wilberforce University.

October 8, 2014

Latinx

Starbucks: 1,000-plus Enrolled for Tuition Program

Starbucks says more than 1,000 of its workers have enrolled for an upcoming fall semester at Arizona State University to take advantage of a program that helps pay for their tuition.

October 7, 2014

Faculty & Staff

HBCUs Must Be Up for the Challenge

Increasing retention and graduation rates for Black males will require an ambitious effort from both stakeholders and policy makers.

October 6, 2014

Students

School Bets Video Game Scholarship Can Draw Talent

CHICAGO ― As a teenager, holed up in his bedroom, illuminated by the glow of his laptop, Youngbin Chung became addicted to video games. Ten-hours-a-day addicted.

October 6, 2014

Students

Rodriquez Continues to Make Parents’ Investment in Education Pay Off

New president of Queens College of The City University of New York hasn’t forgotten his roots and remains committed to being an agent of change.

October 5, 2014

Community Colleges

New Jersey Bill Ties For-Profit College Degrees to Graduation Rates

New Jersey’s higher education secretary would be allowed to revoke the ability of for-profit colleges to award degrees if they fail to achieve minimum graduation rates under a bill advanced by lawmakers Thursday.

October 2, 2014

LGBTQ+

University of California to Add ‘Gender-Neutral’ Restrooms

Responding to concerns raised by gay and transgender students and employees, University of California President Janet Napolitano directed the system’s 10 campuses on Monday to create more gender-neutral restrooms and to allow students to update their records with a preferred name that does not necessarily match their legal name.

September 30, 2014

African-American

Tuskegee University Joins Ranks of Schools Banning Tobacco Use on Campus

Tuskegee’s policy prohibits the use of all tobacco products as well as e-cigarettes, water pipes or vapor devices on all areas of the sprawling campus.

September 30, 2014

Students

New Center Seeks to Boost Knowledge, Interest in Hispanic-Serving Institutions

Seeking to address a gap in knowledge about Hispanic-serving colleges nationwide, a leading research group on Tuesday launched a virtual data center to provide key information about these institutions as well as promising practices in serving Latino students.

September 30, 2014

Disabilties

Biden Announces $450 Million Worth of Grants for Higher Ed

The funding is designed to help community colleges and other institutions provide better job training.

September 29, 2014

Sports

Students Protest Brigham Young University’s Beard Ban

A group of Brigham Young University students is protesting the Mormon Church-owned school’s ban on something its namesake once sported: a beard.

September 28, 2014

Students

Federal Student Loan Default Rate Drops But Critics Question Data

The rate at which students default on federal student loans after three years dropped to 13.7 percent for students who began repaying their loans in fiscal 2011 — a full percentage point lower than the previous year’s cohort.

September 24, 2014