Jamaal Abdul-AlimStudentsNew Chicago High School Graduation Policy Gets Mixed ReviewsIn a policy change being referred to as everything from “forward thinking” to “remarkably silly,” high school seniors in Chicago will not be able to graduate unless they present “evidence of a postsecondary plan.”June 13, 2017StudentsIn Maryland Desegregation Case, Black Colleges Seek Protected ‘Academic Niches’Historically Black colleges in Maryland should have the right to offer unique, high-demand courses that cannot be duplicated at nearby traditionally White colleges, lawyers argued Thursday in the closing remarks of the remedy phase of a desegregation case.June 8, 2017StudentsSenators 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, 2017Previous PagePage 10 of 80Next Page
