The Associated PressHomeOnline University Skews West Virginia Enrollment NumbersAn online-only private university headquartered in the Eastern Panhandle is skewing West Virginia’s college enrollment numbers, a state higher education official has said.August 1, 2012HomeSenate Democratic Report Blasts For-profit CollegesFor-profit colleges put revenues above education, and charge students high tuition and loan rates that could leave them in debt for years, a Senate Democratic report said Monday.July 30, 2012African-AmericanObama Creating African-American Education OfficePresident Barack Obama is creating a new office to bolster education of African-American students.July 26, 2012African-AmericanAlabama State Professor, Civil Rights Pioneer Dies at 96Thelma McWilliams Glass, a longtime professor and civil rights pioneer who helped launch the Montgomery Bus Boycott, has died at age 96.July 25, 2012African-AmericanAccrediting Body Sanctions Virginia Union University over FinancesThe Southeastern Association of Colleges and Schools’ Commission on Colleges has put Virginia Union University on warning because of failure to comply with three core financial standards.July 24, 2012HomeWashburn University Plans Historic $40 Million Law SchoolWashburn University in Topeka plans to build a $40 million law school, which would represent the largest single-building construction and fundraising project in the university’s history.July 19, 2012HomePulitzer-winning Columnist William Raspberry DiesWilliam Raspberry, a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for The Washington Post and one of the most widely read Black journalists of his generation, died Tuesday.July 16, 2012STEMState Colleges in Georgia Hiring in Economic DownturnWhile the rest of state government eliminated 10,000 jobs during the Great Recession, the University System of Georgia added more than 5,000 employees.July 15, 2012African-AmericanCiting Health Reasons, St. Paul’s College President DepartsThe president of St. Paul’s College is leaving the historically Black college in Lawrenceville for medical reasons.July 5, 2012Community CollegesChattanooga State Offers New Honors CollegeChattanooga State Community College plans to launch a pilot honors college that will allow some students the chance to graduate with a bachelor’s degree from a private school.June 17, 2012Previous PagePage 3 of 12Next Page
