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SPECIAL REPORT: INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION

SPECIAL REPORT: INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONPerhaps surprisingly, eight months after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, college students nationally seem more interested than ever in overseas study. At colleges large and small, public and private, educators eagerly welcome the heightened interest. Many had feared collapse of study abroad programs as images of hijacked airplanes crashing into the World […]

May 8, 2002

International

Major Changes Ahead for Student Visa Programs

Major Changes Ahead for Student Visa ProgramsSenate bill requires government, higher education to work togetherBy Charles DervaricsThe U.S. Senate in mid-April approved a bill with major changes in store for the way the federal government and higher education will manage student visa programs.Under the bill with bipartisan support from Republicans and Democrats, colleges and universities […]

May 8, 2002

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EVENTSMAYMay 24-28The Black Alcoholism and Addictions InstituteHilton AtlantaContact: Dr. Frances BrisbanePhone: (631) 286-1183May 29-June 2NCORE 200215th Annual National Conference on Race and Ethnicity“The Challenge and Rewards of Building Coalitions”New OrleansContact: University of Oklahoma, College of Continuing EducationPhone: (405) 325-2249Fax: (405) 325-7164Web: ncore.ou.eduMay 30-June 1Zora Neale Hurston Society18th Anniversary Conference“Anchorage and Voyage in Africana Studies: A […]

April 24, 2002

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Americans Place High Value On College Education, Survey Finds

Americans Place High Value On College Education, Survey FindsWASHINGTONAmericans believe the nation’s colleges and universities provide a high-quality education and serve as an economic engine for their home states, according to findings of a national survey released today by the American Council on Education (ACE). However, the public believes future state budget cuts could threaten […]

February 27, 2002

Community Colleges

Wrangling Continues Over Student Visa Reforms

Wrangling Continues Over Student Visa Reforms By Kristina LaneWASHINGTON Since Sept. 11, higher education officials and lawmakers have stepped up efforts to restructure the system that tracks foreign students — a system both groups have acknowledged is disorganized and outdated. But higher education officials say a persisting communication gap between the groups could hamper the […]

February 27, 2002

Leadership & Policy

ABCC: An Idea Born Out of Frustration

ABCC: An Idea Born Out of FrustrationDr. Fred Hord, founder of the Association of Black Culture Centers (ABCC), like many of his mentors, has spent almost his entire life advocating racial justice in the streets and Black intellectual prowess in the classroom.So no one was particularly surprised when in 1987, Hord, then the director of […]

February 13, 2002

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Study: Most Colleges Out of Reach

Study: Most Colleges Out of Reach For Low-Income StudentsINDIANAPOLISA new study on low-income students and financial aid has sparked sharp criticism from higher education groups. The study conducted by the Lumina Foundation for Education found only five states have four-year public colleges that low-income students can afford without financial aid. The study also found that […]

January 30, 2002

Students

Congress Approves $4,000 Maximum Pell Grant

Congress Approves $4,000 Maximum Pell GrantThe House and Senate in late December found a way to increase the maximum Pell Grant for next year despite a slowing economy that is putting major pressure on the government’s main student-aid program.Following weeks of negotiations, Congress finally approved a record $4,000 maximum Pell Grant for the neediest college […]

January 16, 2002

Leadership & Policy

Report: Female Presidents Juggle More, Earn Less

Report: Female Presidents Juggle More, Earn LessBy Kathleen Kennedy Manzo WASHINGTONWomen still have fewer opportunities to gain top leadership roles at the nation’s colleges and universities, their salaries lag behind those of men and they face greater personal and professional demands, according to a report that summarizes the observations and concerns of women college presidents.“From […]

December 19, 2001

Students

UC Regents Endorse Admissions Policy Change

UC Regents Endorse Admissions Policy ChangeSAN FRANCISCOThe University of California regents formally approved last month an admissions policy to judge would-be students on their personal as well as their academic records. The policy, known as comprehensive review, was endorsed by a regents committee and formally approved 15-4 with one abstention by the full board.Comprehensive review, […]

December 5, 2001

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ACE Presents First Reginald Wilson Awards

ACE Presents First Reginald Wilson AwardsCincinnati, OhioFour higher education officials have received the first Reginald Wilson Awards from the American Council on Education (ACE) for their efforts to promote diversity.The awards were presented at a banquet held on the last day of the “Educating All of One Nation” conference, sponsored by the ACE Office of […]

December 5, 2001

Students

Pell Grant Shortfall: Will Needy Students Lose Out?

Pell Grant Shortfall: Will Needy Students Lose Out?A bipartisan plan to raise the maximum Pell Grant for needy students is facing a major roadblock just as more students are seeking this need-based financial aid for college.With much fanfare, educators and lawmakers hailed a recent agreement to raise the top Pell Grant by $250 next year, […]

December 5, 2001