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Leadership & Policy

NC Public Universities Eye Tuition Hikes After 1-year Hiatus

North Carolina public universities want to raise tuition and fees by an average of 4 percent next year and 3.5 percent the following year for undergraduate state residents.

January 15, 2015

Students

Study: College Performance Incentives Aren’t Big Success

A business-inspired approach for rewarding community colleges for student outcomes has not led many more students to stay in school and earn associate’s degrees in Washington state.

January 15, 2015

Students

HBCU Stakeholders List Financing Programs, Affordability as Top Issues

The 2014 State of HBCUs Report reflects concern about the health of the institutions in the wake of shrinking enrollment and a fairly steady decline in federal funding.

December 28, 2014

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Researchers Mobilize to Preserve U.S. College Major Question on Census Survey

Researchers and others have opposed a Census Bureau proposal that would drop a college major survey question from the American Community Survey.

December 25, 2014

Students

Daughter’s Suit Over Tuition Goes to Higher Court

A higher court will be handling the case of whether a divorced New Jersey couple must pay their daughter’s college tuition even though they both disagree with where she’s going to school.

December 23, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Judge to Resign as Ohio State University Trustee in Ethics Deal

A federal judge will resign his seat as an Ohio State University trustee and teach two semesters of law school classes without pay to resolve an ethics investigation over his law school teaching job, under an agreement announced Thursday.

December 18, 2014

STEM

Expert Tells Graduate School Stakeholders Don’t Count on Financial ‘Cavalry’ Coming

Speakers at the Council of Graduate Schools annual meeting last week warned that state by state divestment in higher education shows little sign of reversing ― and prospects of funding from the federal government are no rosier.

December 7, 2014

African-American

In Case You Missed It…

Professor’s Early Experiences Combating Racism Come in Handy for Helping, Healing When the ‘Rule of Law’ is Unjust DREAM Youth Expressing Mixed Emotions over Obama Immigration Plan  Obama Promises Funding, Resources in Response to Tribal Nations’ Education ‘Emergency’

December 4, 2014

African-American

Poet, Professor Claudia Emerson Dies at 57

Claudia Emerson, a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and professor at Virginia Commonwealth University, died early Thursday morning at age 57 after a long battle with cancer, the university said.

December 4, 2014

Leadership & Policy

South Carolina State University Wins Approval for $12M Loan

South Carolina State University received a lifeline Wednesday in the form of a $12 million loan from the state as the result of approval from the Joint Bond Review Committee.

December 3, 2014

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Australian Senate Rejects Student Fee Deregulation

The Australian Senate on Tuesday rejected government legislation that would have cut public funding to universities but allowed campuses to raise student fees to make up the shortfall.

December 2, 2014

Leadership & Policy

Bill Cosby resigns from Temple University board

Bill Cosby resigned Monday as a trustee of Temple University following a string of allegations that accused him of drugging and sexually assaulting women over many years.

December 1, 2014