Tag: Public Policy: Page 46

African-American

HBCUX Network Ready for Its Opening Act

The Washington-based social media venture aims to distinguish itself enough to be considered a valued complement to the growing cast of social media sites courting HBCU audiences.

April 3, 2014

LGBTQ+

In Case You Missed It…

Deborah Delisle Defends Obama Administration’s Education Policy Agenda Elite California Universities Partner to Recruit Minorities in STEM Morgan State Constructing New School of Business in Honor of Earl Graves Drexel Discrimination Suit May Jeopardize Privacy Rights of Uninvolved Students

March 28, 2014

Students

Peace Corps Aims to Boost Recruiting Diversity

The leader of the Peace Corps elaborated on the group’s plans to simplify the application process for prospective volunteers and to expand and further diversify the applicant pool during a speech Wednesday at the Michigan university where the agency traces its roots.

March 27, 2014

Disabilties

Scaling Up: Opening College Access to More Students

One of the significant problems facing college leaders and policy planners as they work to expand access for students is the range of higher education options open to Americans.

March 27, 2014

Students

University of Michigan Student Government Rejects Israel Boycott Proposal

The University of Michigan student government early Wednesday rejected a proposal calling for an anti-Israel boycott following hours of debate and a weeklong sit-in by students.

March 26, 2014

Community Colleges

Calif. College Student Arrested in Plot to Fight in Syria

Beginning last spring, Nicholas Teausant began expressing on his online photography account a desire to see America’s downfall.

March 17, 2014

Students

Diverse Conversations: Potential Paths to Reforming College Debt

Let’s look at some specific ideas that aim to bring down the initial cost of a college education and to help students avoid thousands in interest over time.

March 17, 2014

Disabilties

It’s Called Class Warfare

So, we can solve inequality by blaming the poor?

March 17, 2014

Faculty & Staff

South Puget Sound CC: Barring Whites from Diversity ‘Happy Hour’ a Mistake

South Puget Sound Community College says it was a mistake for an employee group to invite only people of color to a diversity “happy hour.”

March 13, 2014

Faculty & Staff

SC House Refuses to Restore College Cuts for Books

The South Carolina House refused Monday to back down from plans to punish two public colleges in the budget for assigning freshmen to read books dealing with homosexuality.

March 10, 2014

MSIs

Moving Beyond the Nasty in SCA-5, California’s New Affirmative Action Debate

The battle lines are being drawn along party and racial lines.

March 10, 2014

African-American

Historians Push for Revival of Studying the Midwest

A new Midwest history association, launching this fall, will call for universities in the Midwest to make a concerted effort to focus on Midwestern history.

March 9, 2014