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Special Issue: Top 100 Graduate and Professional Degree Producers

In Part 3 of the annual Top 100 Degree Producers editions, Diverse ranks the leading institutions awarding the most graduate and professional degrees to minorities, as well as reporting on the Supreme Court’s decision on the Fisher v. University of Texas case.

July 22, 2013

Students

Aetna Brochure Labels Contain U.Va. Students’ Info

The University of Virginia is notifying 18,700 students that their Social Security numbers were accidentally printed on address labels of health insurance brochures, U.Va. spokesman McGregor McCance said.

July 18, 2013

Faculty & Staff

Woodruff Mural Collection Chronicling the Past, Providing Hope for Future

Talladega College hopes to raise $10 million during the tour in order to make a new arts building a reality.

July 18, 2013

Faculty & Staff

HBCUs Urged to Develop Strategic Plans for International Education Programs

In the push to help create high-impact international education programs, the American Council on Education has organized an institute on ‘internationalizing’ historically Black institutions.

July 18, 2013

Sports

Moody’s Eyes Howard University Credit Rating Amid Troubles

Moody’s Investors Service is reviewing Howard University for a possible downgrade of its credit rating as the historically Black college faces financial challenges.

July 10, 2013

Community Colleges

Report: ‘Quality, Coherence, and Transparency’ Critical to U.S. Skills Attainment

The New America Foundation convened education officials, labor market experts and others to assess findings by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development on how Americans can better attain marketable skills.

July 10, 2013

Students

Southern University Collecting Yearbook Fees, But No Book Produced

A new audit says Southern University has been collecting student fees for a yearbook that hasn’t been produced for five years.

July 8, 2013

Students

North Dakota State Turns Over Deleted Emails of School President

North Dakota State University has turned over to the state’s Legislative Council nearly 2,000 pages of emails deleted from President Dean Bresciani’s account.

July 7, 2013

Students

Keeping Higher Education on the Minds of Students

Before you know it the fall semester will be back in full swing on college campuses and students have some decisions to make.

July 7, 2013

Leadership & Policy

Va. University, College Leaders Defend Va. Tech’s Steger

Virginia’s public university and community college presidents argue in a state Supreme Court filing that Virginia Tech’s president should have immunity from any civil action stemming from the 2007 massacre on his Blacksburg campus.

July 2, 2013

Leadership & Policy

Economists Seek National Effort to Increase Selective College Applications, Enrollment by Low-Income Students

Stanford University economist Caroline Hoxby unveiled a national proposal aimed at encouraging high-achieving, low-income students to apply to and attend selective colleges.

June 26, 2013

Leadership & Policy

North Dakota State University President Accused of Deleting 45K Emails

The North Dakota Legislative Council is asking Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem to determine whether the president of North Dakota State University broke the law by deleting more than 45,000 emails that may have been subject to an open records request.

June 24, 2013