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Campus Gun Laws Met With Opposition From Legislature Federal Trade Commission Suing DeVry University Can a Little Affirmative Action Help #OscarsSoWhite? ‘Gifted’ Black Kids Not as Likely to Get Placed in Talented Programs

January 28, 2016

Community Colleges

Campus Gun Laws Met With Opposition From Legislature

Although numerous states currently ban guns on campus, perpetual legislative efforts are pushing the country in the opposite direction, according to a new policy analysis released Tuesday.

January 26, 2016

Faculty & Staff

LSU Says Budget Cuts Would Force Widespread Layoffs

By Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. — LSU would have widespread layoffs, course eliminations and program closures across its campuses if the university system is forced to make the cuts under consideration by state officials, according to a budget reduction plan released Monday. Higher education leaders have been asked by Gov. John Bel Edwards’ administration […]

January 26, 2016

News Roundup

The Obama Administration Proposes $2 Billion More In College Aid

“President Obama has increased college aid by over $50 billion since coming into office. And he’s trying to do more. Acting Education Secretary John King announced two new proposals today that would expand the Pell Grant program, the biggest pot of federal money for students with financial need. Will offering students a few hundred dollars, […]

January 19, 2016

Home

Experts Debate Keys to Student Loan Crisis

A recent report by the Brookings Institute revealed that low earnings, not high levels of individual debt, are to blame for the high default rates of student loans.

January 7, 2016

Faculty & Staff

SUNY Broome’s Health Care MOOC Gaining Global Attention

Foundations for Assisting in Home Care is targeted at individuals who are considering pursuing a degree in health care and anyone who feels the need for guidance on how to assist the elderly or those who are ill.

January 5, 2016

Students

Claflin University Promoting Female Entrepreneurship in India

Claflin University will partner with the University of Calcutta to promote female entrepreneurship in West Bengal, India.

January 3, 2016

Sports

Diverse Charts: 2015-2016 NCAA Bowl Team APRs

Going into the home stretch of college football bowl games, Diverse takes a look at the Academic Progress Rates (APR) among FBS teams. APR is a team-based metric that accounts for the eligibility and retention of a school’s student-athletes for each academic term. A perfect score would be 1,000. 2015-2016 NCAA Bowl Team APRs   […]

December 29, 2015

Faculty & Staff

Glasper Moves Forward with League of Innovations

Rufus Glasper will become the CEO and president of the Arizona-based League for Innovations next year.

December 15, 2015

Faculty & Staff

Jewish Man Says Christian School Didn’t Hire Him Over Faith

by Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. – A Portland man says a small private Christian college in Portland discriminated against him by refusing to hire him because he’s Jewish. In a lawsuit filed in Multnomah County Circuit Court, Noel M. King says he applied for an adjunct professor of psychology position at Warner Pacific College in […]

December 14, 2015

Students

More Federal Loan Debt Forgiven for Corinthian Students

WASHINGTON ― The government is erasing the loan debt of more than 7,000 former students of the now-defunct Corinthian Colleges ― totaling over $100 million, but still representing a tiny fraction of a federal debt-forgiveness program that could run well into the billions of dollars. The Education Department announced Thursday that it has approved a […]

December 3, 2015

Students

UVa Looks to Private Donors to Fund Student Financial Aid

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. ― The University of Virginia is increasingly looking to private donors to cover tuition costs for low-income students amid shrinking state funding. Virginia’s flagship public university currently raises more than $10 million a year for need-based scholarships, UVa spokesman Anthony de Bryun told the Charlottesville Daily Progress. That’s up from $1.5 million that […]

November 29, 2015