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Sports

Murray State Deferring Some Applications from Africa

Murray State University in Kentucky is deferring applications from students in West African countries affected by Ebola until the fall of 2015.

October 27, 2014

HBCUs

West Virginia State Gets $40K Grant for Agriculture Research

West Virginia State University is getting a grant to help fund agricultural research projects.

October 26, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Parent PLUS Loan Requirements Revisions Get Mixed Initial Reviews

Critics focus on implementation of loan counseling for those with adverse credit ratings and decry changes not going into effect until July 2015.

October 22, 2014

Students

Experts: Minority Talent Available for Silicon Valley

While technology firms have blamed an insufficient talent pipeline for low Black and Latino employee numbers, educators say Silicon Valley companies have cast too narrow a net for potential hires.

October 20, 2014

Leadership & Policy

Alleged Capo Kills Self as Search in Mexico for Missing College Students Continues

The alleged leader of a drug gang implicated in the disappearance of 43 college students killed himself during a confrontation with Mexican security forces Tuesday, a day after protesters demanding an investigation into the students’ whereabouts burned government buildings in the southern state of Guerrero.

October 14, 2014

Opinion

Growing Number of People Addicted to Pornography Alarming

Anyone who avidly follows contemporary popular culture and cultural trends in general is probably well aware that the pornography (adult entertainment) industry is an entity that generates billions of dollars of revenue in the United States annually. Some estimates suggest that the figure is as much as $13 billion. What is more notable is the […]

October 9, 2014

Latinx

Starbucks: 1,000-plus Enrolled for Tuition Program

Starbucks says more than 1,000 of its workers have enrolled for an upcoming fall semester at Arizona State University to take advantage of a program that helps pay for their tuition.

October 7, 2014

Students

School Bets Video Game Scholarship Can Draw Talent

CHICAGO ― As a teenager, holed up in his bedroom, illuminated by the glow of his laptop, Youngbin Chung became addicted to video games. Ten-hours-a-day addicted.

October 6, 2014

Students

New Center Seeks to Boost Knowledge, Interest in Hispanic-Serving Institutions

Seeking to address a gap in knowledge about Hispanic-serving colleges nationwide, a leading research group on Tuesday launched a virtual data center to provide key information about these institutions as well as promising practices in serving Latino students.

September 30, 2014

Home

Police Report Lead From Missing University of Virginia Student Case

RICHMOND, Va. ― The investigation into the case of a missing University of Virginia student has provided a “significant break” in the unsolved 2009 death of another young woman who disappeared from the Charlottesville campus, Virginia State Police said Monday. The announcement of the new lead in Morgan Harrington’s case came as authorities continue to […]

September 29, 2014

Sports

Man Seen With Missing University of Virginia Student Sought

A man authorities believe is the last person seen with a University of Virginia student before she disappeared is being sought on arrest warrants charging him with reckless driving.

September 22, 2014

Students

Oakwood University Professor Creates First HBCU-Developed MOOC

Colleagues hope Dr. Keith Augustus Burton’s creation will put HBCUs square in the mix of the growing educational trend.

September 18, 2014