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Leadership & Policy

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Professor Suspended for Lying To Students about Vietnam

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Professor Suspended for Lying To Students about VietnamSOUTH HADLEY, Mass.A Pulitzer Prize-winning history professor who admitted he lied to his students about being a Vietnam combat veteran will be suspended for a year without pay, say Mount Holyoke College officials. Joseph J. Ellis, 57, also must give up his endowed chair at the […]

September 12, 2001

Letters

Dear Editor: Surely, Black Anthony Johnson’s dubious distinction of being the first person, Black or White, to own a slave outright in Virginia, merits a place in the (slavery) timeline (see Black Issues, May 24).Johnson, the first free Negro landowner, set up the first Negro community in America at Pungoteague Creek in Accomac County. His […]

July 18, 2001

HBCUs Making Major Progress In Curbing Loan Defaults

HBCUs Making Major Progress In Curbing Loan DefaultsAn in-depth review of new federal data shows that historically Black colleges and universities are making major inroads in reducing defaults, particularly at institutions that had high rates for much of the 1990s.For 1998, only four of the nation’s HBCUs had student loan default rates that could place […]

November 8, 2000

Federal Student Loan Default Rate Hit New Low in ’98

Federal Student Loan Default Rate Hit New Low in ’98T he nation’s student loan default rate fell to another new low in 1998, as only 6.9 percent of former students were behind on federal loan repayments. The 1998 figure reported by the U.S. Department of Education is a steep drop from the record 22.4 percent […]

October 25, 2000

Out of the Default Danger Zone

Out of the Default Danger ZoneWILBERFORCE, Ohio — Central State University here has received a highly anticipated and quite welcome notice from the U.S. Department of Education: It is no longer threatened with being booted out of the federal student loan program.The 1,050-student school, which has had a turbulent history but is in the midst […]

June 21, 2000

Washington Briefs

Black Colleges Get More Time to Work on DefaultsWASHINGTON — Legislation likely to gain approval in Congress would allow historically Black colleges an extra two years to work on their loan default problems without penalty.The bill would give HBCUs until July 1, 2004, to straighten this out or else face sanctions that could include loss […]

June 21, 2000

13 HBCUs to Retain Access to Federal Financial Aid

13 HBCUs to Retain Access to Federal Financial Aid WASHINGTON — Thirteen of the nation’s historically Black colleges and universities will retain their access to critical student financial aid programs despite loan default rates that could trigger significant penalties.Congress eliminated a long-standing exemption from sanctions for HBCUs during the last reauthorization of the Higher Education […]

April 12, 2000

Avenues for Loan Default Repayments Need to Be Reopened

Avenues for Loan Default Repayments Need to Be ReopenedDear Editor:Your magazine has reported the efforts by the Department of Education to crack down on student loan defaulters and schools with high student loan rates (see Black Issues, Sept. 16, 1999). While these efforts are commendable, there has been little scrutiny and criticism of the reality […]

December 22, 1999

Washington Briefs

As Default Rates Fall, HBCUs Face No SanctionsWASHINGTON — The nation’s student loan default rate has fallen to its lowest level since the federal government began collecting data in 1987.The 8.8 percent default rate for 1997 was down nearly a 1 percent from the previous year, and it represents the seventh consecutive decline from a […]

October 27, 1999

Leadership & Policy

Misinformation Super Highway?

Misinformation Super Highway?If you spend any time on the Internet, you know that there is a wealth of information that can zip through your phone lines and into your home or office in the blink of an eye. Some of that information is useful and some of it — well — isn’t. Take, for example, […]

October 13, 1999

Letters

Jarvis Christian Out of Default TroubleDear Editor:The Aug. 5th issue of Black Issues In Higher Education features a story on the Sallie Mae default management project for historically Black colleges and universities. The story includes a list of the 14 HBCUs that participated in our default prevention initiative. However, we would like to make it […]

October 13, 1999

Feds Hand Out $120M to Expand College Access

Feds Hand Out $120M to Expand College AccessWASHINGTON — With the new academic year just days away, the Clinton administration tagged 21 states and 164 local partnerships to serve as the first participants in the highly-touted “Gear Up for College” program to boost access to higher education.Approved last year, the program targets at-risk students early […]

September 15, 1999

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