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Protests Hamper South African University’s Effort to Reopen

JOHANNESBURG ― Tear gas and water cannon were fired as hundreds of students protested at a top South African university Monday amid a bitter national dispute with university managers and the government over demonstrators’ demands for free education. The University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, or Wits, had said it was re-opening Monday after being […]

October 10, 2016

Students

Inmates, Parolees can take Advantage of Pilot Program

TULSA, Okla. ― Hundreds of Arkansas inmates and parolees are participating in a three-year federal pilot program that lets state and federal prisoners use financial aid to pay for college. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports the program reverses a 1994 congressional ban on students in federal and state prisons from being eligible for Pell grants. Pell […]

October 9, 2016

Students

Rodriguez: California Leading Way on Ethnic Studies

A groundbreaking report shattered the notion that mere exposure to “college knowledge” will make a meaningful difference in closing racial gaps in college enrollment.

October 5, 2016

African-American

Monticello Summit Offers Somber View of Slavery Legacy

A public summit hosted by the Thomas Jefferson Foundation brought hundreds to Monticello for a discussion on history, race and slavery.

October 5, 2016

Students

Mississippi’s LGBT Community, Objectors Locked in Rights Struggle

Mississippi laws targeting the LGBT community in the name of religious liberty.

October 4, 2016

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Sen. Ayotte’s Campaign Hands Out Condoms at College Campuses

CONCORD, N.H. ― Republican U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte’s campaign is highlighting a birth control bill she sponsored by handing out free condoms on college campuses. The campaign recently distributed signs to students promoting her campaign that say “FREE CONDOMS” in bold letters. The signs, which are being set up next to tables where potential voters […]

October 3, 2016

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CIAA Keeps Basketball Tournaments in Charlotte

The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association, overwhelmingly comprised of historically Black colleges and universities, announced Friday that it will not move its basketball championship tournaments from Charlotte, North Carolina next February in the wake of a state law that restricts the rights of LGBT people. Stating that “relocation would not be in the best interest” of […]

October 2, 2016

Students

The Clueless, Careless and Outright Racist Rhetoric of Some in the GOP

Just when you thought the madness of the 2016 presidential campaign couldn’t get anymore insane, guess what, it has.

September 25, 2016

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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

Students

2 Black Athletic Conferences Rethinking Holding Tournaments in North Carolina

Two Black athletic conferences have not moved scheduled championship events out of North Carolina in the wake of the state’s passage of a controversial law restricting transgender bathroom use but have not ruled it out.

September 15, 2016

STEM

Scholars: Science Advisor Should be Trump, Clinton Priority

The next president of the United States should name a science advisor right away in order to make sure that sound science is reflected throughout the next administration’s policies, several scholars stressed.

September 14, 2016

Students

Institutions Turning to Holistic Alcohol Policies

In an effort to combat issues with underage and high-risk drinking on campus, institutions have rolled out new alcohol policies.

September 13, 2016