Jamaal Abdul-AlimStudentsReport: Colleges’ Reliance on Tuition Revenue GrowingColleges and universities experienced a 1.8 percent decrease in funding at the state and local level in 2016 — part of a downward trend that has led students and families to shoulder a larger portion of the cost of higher education.April 20, 2017HealthExperts: Cut to NIH Funding Would be ‘Devastating’Experts say the White House’s proposed $5.8 billion cut to the National Institutes of Health would be “devastating to the American people” and a “dramatic setback to medical progress.”April 19, 2017African-AmericanRights Advocates: Jackson a Troubling Choice for Acting Head of Office of Civil RightsThe person that U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos recently put in charge of her agency’s Office of Civil Rights is drawing a chorus of criticism from civil rights advocates and scholars over her historical hostility to racial preferences and other ideological stances.April 18, 2017StudentsAdmissions Leaders: Give Prospects Unfiltered View of Campus LifeExperts say colleges and universities should do more to give prospective students a more authentic experience as opposed to just presenting them with brochures filled with pictures of happy-looking students.April 16, 2017HomeEducation Summit Highlights Challenging Climate on CampusesIssues in higher education figured prominently at the summit, which touched on topics that ranged from diversity and inclusion to free speech on campus.April 11, 2017StudentsExperts: NY Free-College Model Positive, Not PerfectAdvocates and policy experts say the Excelsior Scholarship program — being included in New York state’s fiscal 2018 budget agreement — represents an important first step toward making college more affordable.April 10, 2017StudentsColleges, Universities Officially Cite Potential Harm of Travel BanWith the second travel ban issued by President Donald J. Trump being held in abeyance, colleges and universities are urging a federal court that will hear the case to consider how the ban will undermine diversity in higher education.April 9, 2017SportsMartin Learned to be Game-Changer Off the FieldAlthough he was the first Black football player at North Carolina State University, Dr. Marcus L. Martin will be the first to admit that he didn’t exactly make an indelible impression as a student-athlete.April 6, 2017StudentsStudy: Black Teachers Bolster Black Student AchievementHaving at least one Black teacher in the third through fifth grade “significantly reduces” the likelihood that Black male students will drop out of high school and increases the likelihood that both Black male and female students will aspire to attend college, according to a new study.April 6, 2017HBCUsExpert: Career-based Courses Could Help Diversify STEM WorkforceCareer-based courses that function like a virtual apprenticeship could be the answer to cultivating a diverse STEM workforce, an IBM executive said Wednesday.April 5, 2017Previous PagePage 12 of 80Next Page
