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Students

American Bar Association OKs Rutger’s Plan to Merge Law Schools

The American Bar Association has approved Rutgers University’s plan to merge its two law schools into one entity with two campuses.

August 3, 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

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

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

African-American

Addressing the Skills Gap for Students and Young Adults

It is imperative that we address the failings and inequities of our current educational system, and the mathematics curriculum in particular.

July 7, 2015

African-American

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

Ohio State Denies Ex-band Director’s Defamation Claims

The reputation of Ohio State University’s fired band director was not harmed by the university or anyone acting on its behalf, the school said in a court filing asking a judge to dismiss the director’s $1 million defamation lawsuit.

June 25, 2015

Students

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

Leadership & Policy

College of Charleston Approves Tuition Increase

The College of Charleston Board of Trustees has voted to approve a tuition increase of 3.25 percent for the 2015-2016 academic year.

June 16, 2015

Sports

Catholic College in Massachusetts Closing

A small Roman Catholic college in Massachusetts has announced that it is closing at the end of the academic year due to “insurmountable financial challenges.”

June 16, 2015

Students

Honoring Cultural Traditions of Native Graduates

Native graduates receive their eagle feathers and plumes and proudly wear them on their graduation caps or tied in their hair.

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