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Sports

Number of High School Students Taking College Courses Surges

Report from 2010-2011 school year shows a 67 percent increase from 2002-2003, the last time the National Center for Education Statistics counted.

March 18, 2013

Latinx

Pricey Colleges, the High Cost of Nutella and Timberlake’s Vegan Shake

Is it just New York’s Columbia University or is the insatiable demand for this thing called Nutella spreading throughout the land?

March 17, 2013

Students

Savannah State President Defends TRIO in Congress

When Savannah State University president Cheryl Dozier addressed a U.S. House subcommittee Wednesday about the impact of cuts to the federal TRIO programs, she said there was “no doubt” that TRIO helps students succeed.

March 13, 2013

Students

Students Discuss STEM Involvement at N.C. A&T Forum

At the close of the annual Urban Education Institute, students spoke about their experiences in STEM studies and shed light on where they felt the field may be headed.

March 10, 2013

Sports

Kentucky Inaugurates ‘Transfer Madness’ to Reach Students for Four-Year Colleges

Kentucky will offer community and technical college students the opportunity to participate in ‘Transfer Madness’ — a statewide online college transfer fair on Wednesday.

March 5, 2013

Students

New Teacher Assessment Tool Making Headway in Education Programs

Several states already have formally adopted the edTPA and more than 160 institutions of higher learning are “field-testing” it.

March 3, 2013

Home

Proposal To Tie College Funds to Completion Rate

Texas lawmakers are working on a proposal to tie higher education funding to completion rates at state universities.

February 27, 2013

Students

Stanford University First College to Raise $1B

Stanford University has set a record for college fundraising, becoming the first school to collect more than $1 billion in a single year, according to a report released Wednesday.

February 20, 2013

Sports

NYC’s Cooper Union May Begin Charging Tuition

New York City’s prestigious Cooper Union school is running a budget deficit of $12 million a year, and may have to end its long tradition of allowing all undergraduate students to attend tuition-free.

February 17, 2013

Sports

Florida A&M Law School Warned it is not Meeting Standards

The American Bar Association’s report points out that 30 percent of the students admitted either do not graduate the school or do not pass the bar exam.

February 17, 2013

Leadership & Policy

UT System Pushing 4-Year Tuition Option

University of Texas System regents on Thursday ordered their campuses to offer students a four-year, fixed-rate tuition option by fall of 2014 to encourage them to graduate on time.

February 14, 2013

Students

New Class Heading Into Black College Football Hall of Fame

The 2013 class includes six players who have been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

February 14, 2013