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Bennett College Closing Dorm to Save Money

Closing follows last month’s announcement that they are laying off nine of 200 overall employees.

UMASS-Amherst to Invest $2M in Dorm Security

The University of Massachusetts Amherst plans to spend more than $2 million to upgrade dormitory security in response largely to the reported gang rape of a woman in her dorm room last year.

U.S. Trails Behind Other Countries in Eliminating Educational Disparities

In the latest version of the Programme for International Student Assessment, it is revealed that other countries with similar amounts of poverty as the United States don’t experience the same educational disparities.

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College Application Process Intimidating to Some

Even as a larger percentage of students from every income go to college compared to the late 1980s, some don’t even consider it.

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Aquinas College to Provide Hotel for Student during Break

Aquinas College plans to provide a hotel room for a student who wouldn’t have had a place to stay when its campus closes for the holiday break.

Community Colleges

Diverse Campus Roundups

In this week’s news on campus, Brazilian students withdraw from Jackson State University amid safety concerns.

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Leadership & Policy

Obama to Announce $100M in Education Grants for HS Students

WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama is announcing $100 million in grants to help better prepare high school students to compete in the global economy.

Princeton to Give Students Meningitis B Vaccine

PRINCETON, N.J. ― Princeton University officials decided Monday to make available a meningitis vaccine that hasn’t been approved in the U.S. to stop the spread of the sometimes deadly disease on campus.

Survey: Students Forgoing Advisers Who Can Help Them Graduate

At a time when research shows that academic advising is a key to helping college students graduate on time, most say they aren’t getting it.

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When It Comes to Inclusion, Ohio State’s Lee All In

As chief diversity officer, vice provost for diversity and inclusion and vice president for outreach and engagement at Ohio State, Dr. Valerie Lee manages one of the largest — if not the largest — diversity departments in higher education.

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U.S. International Education Enrollment Reaches All-time High

While a record number of international students enrolled at U.S. colleges and universities in 2012-13, more Americans than ever studied abroad at foreign institutions.

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Atheist Student Leader OK at Oregon Christian School

EUGENE, Ore. ― Despite a public declaration that he’s an atheist, the student body president of a Christian university in Eugene isn’t in trouble with his school.

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