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Students

Admissions Pro Advises Opting to Write Essay

Even though some colleges may not require an essay under the new version of the Common Application, students should consider writing an essay anyway in order to distinguish themselves.

August 5, 2015

HBCUs

Court: Chipmaker Marvell owes Carnegie Mellon $278M, not $1.54B

NEW YORK ― A federal appeals court reduced a judgment against chipmaker Marvell Technology by more than $1.25 billion, but still says the company owes Carnegie Mellon University $278 million for patent infringement.

August 4, 2015

Community Colleges

Intel Putting $5M Toward Georgia Tech Diversity Push

The Georgia Institute of Technology will receive $5 million over the next five years from Intel to increase the number of minorities and women going into engineering and computer science.

August 4, 2015

Students

FTC Investigating Online College University of Phoenix

The University of Phoenix, which runs an online college popular among military veterans, is under federal investigation for possible deceptive or unfair business practices, its parent company the Apollo Education Group told shareholders Wednesday.

July 29, 2015

Home

Administration Wants to Give Prisoners Access to Pell Grants

The Obama administration is taking steps to expand the Pell grant program to prisoners.

July 28, 2015

African-American

Former Spanish Teacher in Leading Role in the FBI

As a schoolteacher in the late 1980s, Diego Rodriguez applied to join the FBI, but when it called hoping to recruit a Spanish speaker as part of a diversity drive, his response was, “I’m really happy teaching. Thanks, but no thanks.”

July 28, 2015

African-American

NADER TEHRANI

NADER TEHRANI has been named dean of the School of Architecture at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art. He was a professor of architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Tehrani earned bachelor’s degrees from the Rhode Island School of Design and a master’s from Harvard University.

July 28, 2015

Students

Tony Brown Going into Black Journalists’ Hall of Fame

Tony Brown, a renowned journalist and educator, has been selected for induction into the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) Hall of Fame, the organization announced Wednesday.

July 22, 2015

Leadership & Policy

Cal State University Approves 2 Percent Raise for Executives

California State University presidents and other executives will receive an across-the-board 2 percent pay increase, a raise faculty union leaders brandished as part of a trend of “misplaced priorities.”

July 21, 2015

Students

Va. Faith-based School Drops Same-Sex Marriage Hiring Ban

Eastern Mennonite University says it will no longer discriminate against job prospects who are in same-sex marriages.

July 21, 2015

Leadership & Policy

Major Cyber-attack Targets UCLA Hospital System

LOS ANGELES ― A months-long cyberattack on the University of California, Los Angeles hospital system put at risk the personal information for up to 4.5 million people, officials said Friday. UCLA Health said in a statement that, while there’s no evidence hackers acquired personal or medical data, it can’t be ruled out yet. Officials said […]

July 19, 2015

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Instructor Uses ‘Fashionmatics’ to Make Math Exciting

College math instructor Jacqueline Mogey finds a way to make math fun and relatable for students.

July 14, 2015