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Students

UT Austin President Says $325K Payment was Properly Approved

AUSTIN, Texas—University of Texas at Austin President Bill Powers said he was told that $325,000 in extra compensation he received while dean of the law school was properly authorized at the time even though a newspaper found no evidence that the chancellor ever signed off.

April 21, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Welcome Aboard!

Marcos Galizia has become the newest member of the Diverse team. He is the Junior Web Developer for Cox, Matthews, & Associates. He has been working as a freelance web designer for over five years and is a skilled computer operator with experience in managing data and reporting through the use of MS Excel software. […]

April 17, 2014

Students

University to Keep Nickname, Add Ute Scholarships

The University of Utah will keep its “Ute” name for sports teams under a new agreement announced Tuesday with leaders of the Ute Indian Tribe that also provides increased recruiting and financial help for tribe members.

April 15, 2014

Students

Colleges Seek to Improve Remedial Programs

The odds have long been stacked against students like those in Edward Ennels’ remedial math classes at Baltimore City Community College.

April 14, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Priority on Sports an Issue Even at Smaller Colleges

Too often in the last decade, the spending by colleges and universities for new jobs and the like has either stayed steady or gone down. That is, except for sports.

April 14, 2014

Community Colleges

Biden Announces New Apprenticeship Initiative for Students

Vice President Joe Biden announced a new initiative Monday, called The Registered Apprenticeship College Consortium, which will give students credit for job-training apprenticeships.

April 7, 2014

Leadership & Policy

Fed Board Member Stein Announces Resignation, Returning to Harvard

Jeremy Stein, a member of the Federal Reserve Board, says that he plans to resign next month to return to Harvard University.

April 3, 2014

Community Colleges

Matchmaker U: Colleges Try to Engage Married Alums

Fundraisers, others on campus, follow Cupid’s arrow when seeking help from alumni.

April 1, 2014

African-American

Maryland Higher Ed Secretary Joining Lumina Foundation

Maryland’s secretary of higher education is leaving her post to work for an education foundation.

March 31, 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

Univ. of Baltimore Paying Students to Graduate on Time

Under a new program, Finish4Free, the first of its kind in the country, the University of Baltimore will pay for incoming freshmen’s final semester tuition.

March 25, 2014

Students

Harvard’s NCAA Dreams Belie Less Than Stellar Reality on Campus

You may not like Harvard because it busted your bracket going for the fake Buffet Billions. Even non-math types knew there was a statistical joke going on with Buffet having the edge. You hit a 1 in 9.2 quintillion shot and Buffet only pays you a billion? Sucker. It makes the lottery seem reasonable. And […]

March 24, 2014