Tag: Public Policy: Page 60

Sports

A Year Later, Hazing Scandal Still Shadows FAMU

Florida A&M remains immersed in reflection as it continues to cope with the ramifications of the hazing death of drum major Robert Champion at last year’s Florida Classic football game.

November 18, 2012

Asian American Pacific Islander

Embattled St. John’s Dean Found Dead in Apparent Suicide

A disgraced dean of St. John’s University accused of using students as personal servants was found hanging in her apartment Tuesday, dead of an apparent suicide one day after she testified in her own defense at her criminal trial, a law enforcement official said.

November 6, 2012

Students

Coming Down to the Wire, Candidates Highlight Education Differences

President Obama and Romney are both staking claim to education high ground but funding approach represents just one fork in the road.

November 5, 2012

Community Colleges

Maryland DREAM Act Referendum a Top Ballot Issue

When Maryland voters go to the polls Tuesday, they will be determining the fate of a referendum issue that could have widespread implications across the nation, despite directly impacting the higher education plans of only several hundred students in the state.

November 1, 2012

African-American

The Dysfunctional Linking of Achievement and Race

For all its inadequacies, No Child Left Behind is based on a solemn premise — the belief that all children can learn.

November 1, 2012

Faculty & Staff

Expert: Funds Not Enough to Meet Standards

One of the state’s top experts on Texas school finance has testified that funding is inadequate to meet tougher standards set by lawmakers last year.

October 30, 2012

Faculty & Staff

Black Culture Center Directors Battling Apathy on Campus

The Association of Black Culture Centers says it is at risk of losing its identity in the wake of becoming multicultural centers that might diminish the importance of being African-American.

October 30, 2012

Faculty & Staff

North Carolina HBCU Students Embrace Technology to Discuss Foreign Policy

Faculty members and students from five HBCUs gathered in the battleground state via videoconference to prep for Monday night’s presidential debate.

October 23, 2012

Faculty & Staff

Professor Said University of Iowa Retaliated Against Him for Testimony

A University of Iowa law professor who testified on behalf of a conservative colleague alleging she wasn’t hired because of her conservative viewpoints said the school is retaliating by falsely suggesting he was under investigation for sexual misconduct.

October 18, 2012

Students

Obama, Romney Advisers Trade Barbs on Education

On topics from financial aid to No Child Left Behind, advisers for President Obama and Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney offered sharply different views on the federal role in education at a joint appearance before a Washington, D.C., audience Tuesday.

October 16, 2012

Home

Four College Savings Plans Get Top Morningstar Honors

College savings plans offered through the states of Alaska, Maryland, Nevada and Utah earned top marks from Morningstar Inc. in the company’s annual update to ratings of so-called 529 plans.

October 15, 2012

Latinx

Race and Income Influence Who Votes in Texas

AUSTIN Texas — More than 17 percent of the people who register to vote never make it to the ballot box, and according to new research, these people tend to be poor or uneducated. Research also suggests, however, that more of these people would vote if officials made it more convenient. The most basic duty […]

October 15, 2012