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Students

Judge Permanently Blocks Governor’s Order Abolishing University of Louisville Board

FRANKFORT, Ky. ― A Kentucky judge has blocked efforts by Republican Gov. Matt Bevin to replace the board of trustees at the University of Louisville, setting up a likely battle before the state Supreme Court. The ruling from Franklin Circuit Judge Phillip Shepherd on Wednesday permanently blocks an executive order Bevin issued earlier this year […]

September 28, 2016

Students

By All Measures, University of Texas at San Antonio Rising at Rapid Rate

The University of Texas at San Antonio has emerged as one of the fastest-growing higher education institutions in Texas.

September 27, 2016

Students

Data Show Just 86 Freshmen Enrolled at Chicago State

CHICAGO ― Only 86 full and part-time freshmen enrolled at the financially troubled Chicago State University for the fall semester and overall enrollment is down 25 percent, according to figures released Tuesday. The school, which is dealing with money troubles due in part to loss of state funding amid the budget crisis, has fewer than […]

September 27, 2016

Students

Colleges Lavishing More Financial Aid on Wealthy Students

STORRS, Conn. ― Spencer Mulligan knew his family could pay for his college education, even without loans or grants. So when the University of Connecticut offered a merit award of $20,000 over four years, he saw it as a bonus. As a discount on in-state tuition, it brought the cost well below half of what […]

September 27, 2016

Leadership & Policy

Iowa State President Says He Will Stop Flying School Plane

AMES, Iowa ― The president of Iowa State University said Monday he will no longer pilot a university airplane he has used for trips that have mixed business and personal affairs. President Steven Leath also said he and his wife will make a donation to the university’s scholarship fund in the amount of costs associated […]

September 26, 2016

Leadership & Policy

‘Diddy’ Donates $1 Million to Howard University

WASHINGTON ― Sean “Diddy” Combs is donating $1 million to Howard University, where he once was a student. The rapper and music mogul made the announcement alongside Howard President Wayne Frederick at his Bad Boy Records reunion tour show last Thursday night in Washington, D.C., where the historically Black college is located. Howard says the […]

September 25, 2016

Leadership & Policy

Iowa State President Damaged School Plane on Personal Trip

AMES, Iowa ― Iowa State University’s president was returning from an 11-day personal trip to North Carolina when he damaged a small university-owned airplane in a rough landing, the school confirmed Saturday. President Steven Leath, a pilot, flew himself and his wife on July 3, 2015, in the university’s Cirrus SR22 to Ashe County, […]

September 25, 2016

African-American

Highly Anticipated African American History Museum Begins Its Mission

Thousands of people are expected to gather this weekend to celebrate the opening, see and tour the Smithsonian Institution’s new and massive National Museum of African American History and Culture.

September 22, 2016

Students

South African Police Battle Stone-throwing Students

JOHANNESBURG ― South African police battled students on a university campus on Thursday in the latest violence over protesters’ calls for free education, a demand that the government has dismissed as unrealistic in a country with a weak economy. Police fired tear gas at stone-throwing students on the University of KwaZulu-Natal campus in the city […]

September 22, 2016

Students

Ky. Supreme Court says Gov. Bevin Cannot Cut University Budgets

FRANKFORT, Ky. ― Kentucky’s highest court says the state’s Republican governor cannot cut the budgets of public colleges and universities without the approval of the state legislature. The 5-2 ruling by the state Supreme Court on Thursday reverses a lower court ruling earlier this year that said Gov. Matt Bevin had the power to order […]

September 22, 2016

Students

South Africa says OK to University Fee Hikes, Amid Protests

JOHANNESBURG ― South Africa’s government says universities in the country can increase fees by no more than 8 percent next year, despite student warnings that they would protest against any new hikes. Blade Nzimande, the education minister, said Monday that financial constraints make it impossible to provide free higher education, as some protesters have demanded. […]

September 19, 2016

Students

College Credit Program Costing Ohio School Districts

COLUMBUS, Ohio ― A statewide program in Ohio that offers free college credit to middle- and high-schoolers may save parents and students money, but taxpayers in school districts will be left with the tab. The College Credit Plus program cost schools in the South-Western City School District in Columbus about $250,000 for the 2015-16 school […]

September 18, 2016