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Students Seek Answers as UNC Suspends Mexican American Studies

More than 50 people who attended a forum on Friday are demanding answers after a degree majoring in Mexican American studies was suspended.

Latinx

A Look at the College Tuition Perks at Starbucks, McDonald’s

Starbucks says it will now cover four years of tuition reimbursement for workers to earn an online undergraduate degree from Arizona State University, instead of just two years.

Community Colleges

Philadelphia Latest City to Offer Free Community College Tuition

The city of Philadelphia just joined the vanguard of states and cities implementing free tuition at local community colleges.

Leadership & Policy

Lawsuit: S. Carolina Discriminates Against Black University

As state lawmakers ponder firing the South Carolina State University trustees, South Carolina’s only Black congressman and a federal lawsuit contend the state can be blamed in part for the school’s financial woes.

Students

COLLEEN HANYCZ

COLLEEN HANYCZ has been appointed president of La Salle University, effective in July. She is currently principal of Brescia University College in Ontario. Hanycz earned a bachelor’s from the University of Toronto, a bachelor’s from Dalhousie University and a master’s and a doctorate from Osgoode Hall Law School at York University.

Students

RHONDA TRACY

RHONDA TRACY has been named chancellor of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System, effective April 16. She is currently the senior vice president for academic affairs at West Virginia University at Parkersburg. She earned a bachelor’s from the University of South Carolina, a master’s from West Virginia University and a doctorate from Ohio University.

Students

REV. EDWARD L. WHEELER

REV. EDWARD L. WHEELER has been named president of the Interdenominational Theological Center, effective in April. He is a former president of the Christian Theological Seminary. Wheeler earned a bachelor’s from Morehouse College, a master’s from Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School and a doctorate from Emory University.

Community Colleges

Are Millennials a Socially Awkward Generation?

According to many consultants, employers, professors, pundits and other purveyors of the culture, the answer is yes.

Students

Unusual Amount of Cheating Suspected at Stanford University

An unusually high number of students at Stanford University are suspected of cheating during the most recent term, putting faculty members and administrators of the prestigious institution on alert.

African-American

California Community Colleges Team Up With HBCUs

The California Community College system and nine historically Black institutions have devised a transfer program linking the state’s 112 two-year colleges with the nation’s Black college community.

Latinx

HACU Making Maintaining Accessibility of Pell Grants a Priority

Many low-income, first-generation-to-college students rely on Pell Grants. For Hispanic students, who in years past have been less likely to borrow money to fund their educations, the grants are particularly crucial.

Students

U.Va. Board Considers Tuition Hike; Vote Expected This Week

Students would pay more to attend the University of Virginia if a proposed tuition increase is approved.

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