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Students

24 Colleges Each Get $1M Grant to Boost STEM Programs

Two Virginia universities — Radford University and Virginia Tech — are among 24 schools that have received individual $1 million grants from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) to improve their science, technology, education and mathematics (STEM) programs.

June 29, 2017

Students

Experts: Data Science and Analytics Skills Essential for Minority Students

By 2021, job candidates who possess skills in data science and analytics — or DSA — will be more than twice as likely to be hired as those who don’t.

June 29, 2017

Leadership & Policy

Williams College President to Step Down at End of Year

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The president of Williams College says he is stepping down to lead a philanthropic nonprofit group in New York. Adam Falk said he will leave his post Dec. 31 to become president of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. He has been president of the prestigious liberal-arts college since 2010. Falk said he’s […]

June 29, 2017

Students

Money Woes Forcing Oregon to Alter Community College Promise

PORTLAND, Ore. — The Oregon Promise may not be kept to students from wealthier families. The program approved by lawmakers two years ago allows students to attend community college for nearly free, after scholarships and grants are subtracted from the tuition bill. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports lawmakers have budgeted $40 million for the program over the […]

June 29, 2017

Students

Arizona Regents Will Offer In-state Tuition to DACA Students

PHOENIX — The Arizona Board of Regents say it’ll continue to offer in-state tuition for eligible immigrants granted deferred deportation status while the issue is under court review. The Maricopa County Community College District board is asking the Arizona Supreme Court to overturn an appeals court ruling last week that says those immigrants aren’t eligible […]

June 29, 2017

Students

Supporters Stop Where Scholar Last Seen in Illinois

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — University of Illinois students and others from the wider community gathered at the Urbana-Champaign campus to show support for a Chinese scholar who disappeared three weeks ago. Thursday’s event started at the Krannert Center when participants walked to a bus stop where 26-year-old Yingying Zhang was last seen. She got into a […]

June 29, 2017

Students

NCCU Chancellor Akinleye Inspiring Optimism Across the Board

When Dr. Johnson Akinleye took the helm of North Carolina Central University as its interim chancellor, life was particularly challenging at the historically Black institution.

June 28, 2017

African-American

Heartbroken Jazz Aficionados Agree: Geri Allen Brought ‘Spirit to the Music’

Geri Allen, the beloved jazz musician and director of jazz studies at the University of Pittsburgh, died of cancer on Tuesday in Philadelphia at the age of 60.

June 28, 2017

Students

Education Champion Out to Conquer Disparity

After the bitter presidential election of 2016, then-U.S. Secretary of Education John B. King Jr. says he found himself in search of a position where he could help young students who face difficult circumstances. King found such a place at the Education Trust.

June 28, 2017

Leadership & Policy

Illinois Universities in Jeopardy of Losing Accreditation

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The state budget impasse could affect the accreditation of Illinois universities, which have seen deep cuts in state funding in the nearly three years lawmakers have failed to agree on a spending plan. The Higher Learning Commission, which accredits schools in the Midwest, recently issued a letter cautioning lawmakers that a lack […]

June 28, 2017

Students

Syrian Doctor Caught in Travel Ban Gives Up, Moves to Canada

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A Syrian doctor says he won’t return to the United States to finish his studies at Brown University because of the Trump administration’s travel ban. Khaled Almilaji said Wednesday there’s too much uncertainty, even though he possibly could get a student visa under the scaled-back version of the ban. The administration has […]

June 28, 2017

Students

Citadel President Rosa to Retire Next Summer After 12 Years

CHARLESTON, S.C. — The president of South Carolina’s military college says he’ll retire next summer. Retired Air Force Lt. Gen. John Rosa said Wednesday that he wants to stay on as president through the next academic year at The Citadel so he can help the school celebrate its 175th anniversary. Rosa said in a statement […]

June 28, 2017