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Pennsylvania Resident Guilty in Chinese Test-taking Plot

A Chinese citizen who lives in Pennsylvania has pleaded guilty to charges she took English-language fluency tests used for college entrance purposes for two other Chinese women.

August 3, 2015

Leadership & Policy

Clemson Trustees Call Tillman ‘Repugnant,’ Fail to Remove Name

COLUMBIA, S.C. ― Clemson University trustees passed a resolution Friday calling the racist views of one of its founders, Benjamin Tillman, “repugnant to our values and our fundamental purpose,” but did not call for removing the name of the late governor and U.S. senator from a key campus building. Instead, the trustees unanimously agreed to […]

July 19, 2015

Leadership & Policy

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July 16, 2015

Students

Purdue University Eliminates Chief Diversity Officer Role

A provost at Purdue University will take over the school’s diversity efforts after the school eliminated its chief diversity officer position.

July 14, 2015

Faculty & Staff

False Hope a Problem in Adult Math Education

In order to achieve better math outcomes in adult education, the field must abandon a series of “false hopes” that essentially have set the system up for failure.

July 13, 2015

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University of California’s Fall 2015 Freshman Numbers Sound an Alarm

Has an exodus of Blacks from the state impacted higher education?

July 5, 2015

Faculty & Staff

MICHAEL KIM

MICHAEL KIM has been named director of the School of Music at the University of Minnesota, effective July 31. He is acting associate vice president (external) and dean of the School of Music at Brandon University. Kim earned a bachelor’s from the University of Calgary, and a master’s and a doctorate from The Juilliard School.

June 29, 2015

Students

SUSAN L. KRINSKY

SUSAN L. KRINSKY has been appointed chair of the Law School Admission Council. She is associate dean for student affairs at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law. Krinsky earned a bachelor’s from Kirkland College (now Hamilton), a master’s from Tulane University and a juris doctor from Yale University.

June 29, 2015

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LORNA LE’ANNE SHAW-BERBICK

LORNA LE’ANNE SHAW-BERBICK has been appointed dean of the university at Kentucky State University. She was dean of the School of Arts and Humanities at the College of Saint Rose. Shaw-Berbick earned two bachelor’s and a master’s from the University of the West Indies, and a doctorate from Howard University.

June 17, 2015

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College Board Says Printing Error Won’t Affect SAT Scores

The College Board says test booklets for hundreds of thousands of students who took SAT exams last Saturday contained an error but that it won’t affect test scores.

June 9, 2015

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Government Plan to Help More Students Erase Debt Raises Questions

A government plan to wipe out loans for many of the students who attended the now-disgraced for-profit Corinthian Colleges raises serious questions about whether the White House or Congress should have done more to prevent the debacle.

June 9, 2015

Students

Harvard Gets Biggest Gift Ever: $400M from Wall Street Alum

BOSTON ― Harvard has received its biggest gift in school history—a $400 million donation from Wall Street hedge fund billionaire John Paulson—the university said Wednesday.

June 4, 2015