Jamaal Abdul-AlimStudentsSenators Take DeVos to Task Over Proposed BudgetU.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos appeared before a Senate education subcommittee Tuesday to defend a proposed 2018 budget amid charges that it would make college less affordable and increase student debt.June 6, 2017StudentsP-TECH Ready to Put Partnerships to TestP-TECH in Brooklyn has spawned the creation of dozens of similar schools throughout the nation — from Chicago to Norwalk, Conn. — that seek to capitalize on a three-way partnership between the public K-12 system, higher education and business.June 4, 2017Leadership & PolicyLGBTQ College Presidents: Work Not Over for Those Who are ‘Out’When Dr. Raymond E. Crossman, president of Adler University, first helped to launch LGBTQ Presidents in Higher Education back in 2010, it began with only a dozen or so members.May 30, 2017StudentsFAFSA Hacker Targeted Trump Tax InfoThe person accused of a 2016 attempt to use a web-based FAFSA tool to illegally obtain taxpayer information is a longtime Louisiana-based private investigator who used the tool to target then-presidential candidate Donald J. Trump, court records obtained by Diverse show.May 21, 2017StudentsHartle: Trump Education Budget an ‘Assault on College Affordability’If a news report on a preliminary draft of the Trump administration’s proposed education budget is accurate, the budget represents a “historic assault on college affordability,” says a senior executive for the American Council on Education.May 18, 2017StudentsHouse Democrats to Seek Increase in Pell GrantHouse Democrats on Monday said they plan to seek an increase in the Pell Grant to make college more affordable but conceded the increase would only be by a couple hundred dollars.May 15, 2017StudentsTuition Discounts not Paying Off for Private CollegesA survey shows that private nonprofit colleges are providing students a record level of tuition discounts but those efforts have not been enough to stave off a steady decline in enrollment.May 15, 2017African-AmericanNAFEO Pushed for White House Initiative MoveLezli Baskerville said NAFEO had recommended that the initiative be placed in The White House, “reporting to a senior executive to the President.”May 14, 2017African-American4 Among List of White House Initiative Executive Director CandidatesDiverse has obtained the names of four individuals whose names have been floated for the post, including two who held it under previous administrations.May 14, 2017STEMStudy: Teacher Prep Programs Failing to Thoroughly Cover Subject MatterAn NCTQ report concludes that too many teacher prep programs at the undergraduate level don’t demand enough of prospective high school teachers, particularly when it comes to teaching specific topics within the broad fields of science and social studies.May 11, 2017Previous PagePage 10 of 80Next Page
