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Leadership & Policy

Facing $48M Shortfall, University of Louisville Leader Pledges Belt-tightening

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The University of Louisville’s interim president is pledging drastic belt-tightening steps to deal with a $48 million budget shortfall at the school. Interim President Greg Postel told UofL trustees recently that a 4 percent shortfall means that administrators will need to cut up to $48 million to balance the budget, The Courier-Journal […]

February 20, 2017

Students

University of Alaska System Agrees to Resolve Issues in Federal Review

JUNEAU, Alaska — The University of Alaska system has agreed to resolve issues stemming from a federal review of its handling of campus sexual assault and sexual harassment cases. The agreement, signed by system President Jim Johnsen on Friday and released Monday, outlines steps the system will need to take over the next several years. […]

February 20, 2017

Students

Leadership Encouraged HBCUs a Part of National Conversation

At an executive leadership forum, HBCU leaders across the HBCU spectrum gave their take on digital media, veteran students, student success and retention, and other topics of interest for HBCUs.

February 19, 2017

African-American

Advocates Cautiously Optimistic About Potential Executive Order on HBCUs

While there has been no word from the White House on when the order might be released and what directives it might contain, organizations have laid out their own proposals for what the order could accomplish.

February 19, 2017

Students

Aztecas del Norte: We Cannot be Illegal on Our Own Continent

Scholars in Chicano studies and related disciplines, since the 1960s, have long debated the idea of when Mexican Americans as a people(s) came to be.

February 19, 2017

Students

Professor: Implementation of Leaked Immigration Proposal Would be ‘Cataclysmic’

A leaked memo that included plans to use the National Guard to round up unauthorized immigrants, some scholars say, harks back to — and portends — one of the darkest chapters in American history.

February 19, 2017

Students

Officials Close Penn State Frat Where Pledge had Fatal Fall

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — A Penn State fraternity where a pledge was fatally injured in a fall down the stairs earlier this month was shut down Friday, and the school said it was working to tighten anti-hazing measures. The university said it will be at least five years before the Beta Theta Pi chapter might […]

February 19, 2017

Students

Bob Jones U to Get Tax-exempt Status Back After 30 Years

GREENVILLE, S.C. —A conservative Christian university in South Carolina is getting its federal tax-exempt status back 30 years after losing it over a ban on interracial dating. Bob Jones University President Steve Pettit told The Greenville that the ban was dropped in 2000 and a former university president apologized for discrimination eight years later. But […]

February 19, 2017

African-American

Study: Big Data Helps Struggling College Students Graduate

WASHINGTON — Getting through college isn’t easy, and it can be even harder for low-income and first generation students with few support resources. A new tool involving big data can help those at risk. Researchers at Georgia State University spent four years analyzing students’ grades, test scores and other information in order to identify those […]

February 19, 2017

African-American

Wake Forest Opens Dorm Honoring Poet Maya Angelou

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Wake Forest University has named a new dorm in honor of poet and civil rights activist Maya Angelou. Multiple media outlets report Wake Forest cut the ribbon on the five story residence hall for 224 students on Friday. Angelou was an American Studies professor at the university in Winston-Salem up until her […]

February 19, 2017

Students

Some Texas Grad Students Hold Bar Conferences to Avoid Guns

AUSTIN, Texas — A 2016 Texas law that allows concealed handguns on college campuses has prompted some graduate students to move their student conferences to bars, a newspaper reported Saturday. Several University of Texas at Austin graduate students made the move amid safety concerns, according to the Houston Chronicle. Mark Sheridan, who’s also an English […]

February 19, 2017

Students

DeVos Says Community Colleges Key to Workforce Development

Community colleges will play an important role in advancing President Donald Trump’s workforce agenda, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos said at a meeting of community college leaders Thursday. It was DeVos’ first appearance at a conference event in her new role.

February 16, 2017