Diverse StaffHomeBaylor University Lifts Ban on ‘Homosexual Acts’Baylor University, the world’s largest Baptist university, dropped language in its sexual conduct policy that banned “homosexual acts.”July 8, 2015African-AmericanN.C. Central, N.C. State Offering Dual Degree ProgramNorth Carolina Central University and N.C. State University are collaborating to offer a physics and engineering dual degree program.July 8, 2015HomeVirginia State University Lands International GrantVirginia State University has secured a grant of $748,465 from the U.S. Agency for International Development to fund a project to combat the aggressively invasive weed parthenium in East Africa.July 7, 2015Community CollegesED Scraps Plans for College Ratings SystemThe Department of Education announced Thursday that it is shelving plans to move forward on a controversial college rating system and instead will offer a tool providing data that allows the user to compare schools to each other.June 25, 2015SportsSmith-Jones Named Athletic Director at UC RiversideTamica Smith-Jones has been named director of intercollegiate athletics at the University of California, Riverside.June 24, 2015HomeNavient Begins Settlement Payments for Overcharging ServicemembersIn addition to paying out a total of $60 million to 77,795 servicemembers who were overcharged on their student loans, Navient must pay the federal government $55,000 in civil penalties.June 24, 2015Community CollegesCourt Upholds Tough Rules on For-profit College LoansThe U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled Tuesday that the Department of Education can demand that for-profit schools prove that their graduates make enough money to repay their student loans.June 23, 2015Faculty & StaffTuskegee University Secures $500K GrantTuskegee University has been awarded a $500,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to bolster its Bachelor of Arts degree program.June 22, 2015Leadership & PolicyWashington State President Floyd DiesElson Floyd, president of Washington State University since 2007, died Saturday morning of complications from colon cancer.June 22, 2015African-AmericanS.C. State Granted Extension of Loan RepaymentThe state’s Budget and Control Board has agreed to grant its request to extend repayment of a $6 million loan.June 18, 2015Previous PagePage 18 of 115Next Page
