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Students

ACT Will Release Scores from Wrong Tests in Ohio

COLUMBUS, Ohio — More than 1,000 high school students in Ohio whose ACT college-entrance exams were invalidated by the tests’ provider will receive their scores after all. ACT said Friday the tests will be scored and released and “deeply regrets” any inconvenience caused by the situation. The state Department of Education had urged ACT to […]

June 4, 2017

News Roundup

Chicago State University Spent $700K for Shelved Campus

CHICAGO — A report shows that Chicago State University has spent $700,000 on a satellite campus on the city’s West Side that has been put on hold. The university has been hit hard by the budget impasse as well as declining enrollment and management troubles, The Chicago Tribune reported. University officials began pursuing a second […]

June 4, 2017

Students

Penn State Making Changes to Greek System After Pledge Death

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Penn State is making changes to its Greek system, including taking control of the previously self-governing fraternities and sororities, following the February death of a pledge. The university’s board of trustees approved a set of changes during a meeting Friday. Earlier this week, the parents of 19-year-old Timothy Piazza released a […]

June 4, 2017

Leadership & Policy

First Female and First Black President to Lead St. Petersburg College

PETERSBURG, Fla. — A 30-year employee of St. Petersburg College rode an overwhelming tide of public support to be named the school’s first female and first black president. The Tampa Bay Times reports that 53-year-old Tonjua Williams was named recently as the school’s new leader. Williams will take the reins amid faculty discontent and financial […]

June 4, 2017

Students

University of Wisconsin Sees More International Student Interest

MADISON, Wis. — University of Wisconsin-Madison is receiving more applications from international students as nearly 40 percent of colleges across the country report receiving fewer such applications. Campus officials told the Wisconsin State Journal the university received about 900 more applications to join its fall 2017 freshman class from overseas, an increase of 14 percent […]

June 4, 2017

Leadership & Policy

Tuskegee Turns Again to Morris as Interim President

The Tuskegee University Board of Trustees has appointed Dr. Charlotte P. Morris to serve as the interim president of the institution beginning July.

June 1, 2017

Students

63 Years after Brown, Segregated Schools Fight Takes Interesting Turn

Brown vs Board of Education removed the barrier of denying people of color their right to an education, but 63 years later the fight to ensure that students attend a “good school” continues.

June 1, 2017

Faculty & Staff

Remembering Samuel DuBois Cook

Higher education stalwart Dr. Samuel DuBois Cook, a political scientist and human rights activist, died Monday in Atlanta at age 88.

June 1, 2017

Students

Survey: Second-guessing Often Accompanies Degrees

More than half of adults in the U.S. would change at least one aspect of their higher education experience, according to a new survey. Common regrets were choice of institution and major or field of study.

June 1, 2017

Students

Inclusion as a Process for Embracing Diversity Toward Better Learning

Fully two-thirds of the current U.S. population have not completed a four-year college degree.

June 1, 2017

Leadership & Policy

Carnegie Mellon President Stepping Down After 4 Years

PITTSBURGH — Carnegie Mellon University’s president is stepping down after a little more than four years on the job. Subra Suresh says he’s resigning his post as of June 30. In an open letter to the campus community, he wrote that he and his wife had “reflected on the long-term commitment” required to implement the […]

June 1, 2017

Faculty & Staff

Princeton Professor Cancels Lectures After Speech Leads to Threats

TRENTON, N.J. — A Princeton University professor says she canceled lectures this week after receiving death threats following a commencement address in which she called President Donald Trump “a racist and sexist megalomaniac.” Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, an assistant professor of African American Studies at the Ivy League school in New Jersey, spoke to graduates at Hampshire […]

June 1, 2017