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Program to Help Pay for Community College for Detroit Grads

By Associated Press DETROIT — Detroit will start using state education tax dollars to fund a program that will pay for two years of community college for the city’s high school graduates. Detroit Promise scholarships will be available to students starting in 2018. The program follows promise zone legislation passed years ago by state lawmakers […]

March 22, 2016

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Diverse Docket: Nigerian-born Student Loses Bias Suit

A Nigerian-born graduate student who failed his doctoral qualifying exam three times has lost a lawsuit accusing Golden Gate University of discrimination and other claims.

March 18, 2016

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U. of Michigan Program for At-risk Youth Headed for Chicago

A University of Michigan-based program designed to prevent substance abuse, violence and early sexual activity among African American boys who do not live with their fathers, is gaining national recognition.

March 10, 2016

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These Students Wanted an Education When D.C. Was the Nation’s ‘Murder Capital’

Steve Bumbaugh didn’t know that his star student’s mom was a crack addict. He didn’t know that she was too ashamed to ask anyone for help. And he didn’t know that she declined a college scholarship, which she beat every grim statistic to earn, because she was afraid her mom would overdose if she left […]

March 7, 2016

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A2MEND Summit Addresses Strategies for Success of Black Male Students

Annual A2MEND Summit continues to support Black males pursuing higher education through college fairs, scholarships and workshops.

March 6, 2016

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Program Launched to Increase Study Abroad at MSIs

The University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education’s Center for Minority Serving Institutions (CMSI) has teamed up with CIEE: Council on International Educational Exchange to launch a three-year strategy to increase study abroad at minority-serving institutions (MSIs).

March 3, 2016

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Chicago State Sends Faculty, Staff and Administrators Layoff Notices

Chicago State University took the unusual step of sending layoff notices to its faculty, staff and administrators last Friday amid ongoing financial difficulties, including not receiving any state funding over the past eight months.

February 28, 2016

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DARRELL BAZZELL

DARRELL BAZZELL has been appointed senior vice president and chief financial officer of The University of Texas at Austin, effective April 18. He is vice chancellor for finance and administration at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Bazzell earned a bachelor’s from UW–Madison.

February 25, 2016

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Stanford Creates World’s Biggest Scholars Program

PALO ALTO, Calif. ― Nike co-founder Phil Knight is donating $400 million to Stanford University to help create the largest fully-endowed scholarship in the world with the goal of preparing a new generation of global leaders, university officials said Wednesday. With Knight’s gift and donations from alumni and Stanford’s Board of Trustees members, the Knight-Hennessy […]

February 24, 2016

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New Program to Fund Graduate Education for 100 International Students Each Year

Stanford University announced Tuesday the Knight-Hennessy Scholars Program, a graduate-level scholarship to prepare a new generation of global leaders with the skills to address the increasingly complex challenges facing the world. The program is named for alumnus Philip H. Knight, MBA ’62, philanthropist, American businessman and co-founder of Nike Inc., who is contributing $400 million, […]

February 24, 2016

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STEPHANIE M. GRAHAM

STEPHANIE M. GRAHAM has been promoted to associate vice president and deputy general counsel for Northwestern University. She was deputy general counsel at Northwestern University. Graham earned a bachelor’s from the University of Illinois and a juris doctor from the University of Chicago Law School.

February 11, 2016

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Skidmore College’s Wiley Embraces Being ‘Professor of Place’

Dr. Amber N. Wiley, a 2016 Diverse Emerging Scholar, says travel experiences ignited her interest in architecture.

February 10, 2016