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NC Endowment Offers $10M to Improve College Access

RALEIGH, N.C.—A North Carolina endowment is giving $10 million to improve access to higher education for low-income students in rural North Carolina high schools.

January 16, 2014

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Study Urges Tough Measures for Parent PLUS Loan Requirements

A new report released by the New America Foundation urges reforms to ensure that the Parent PLUS loan program does not burden parent borrowers with debt they cannot pay back.

January 8, 2014

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University of Minnesota to Offer Gender-neutral Student Housing

The University of Minnesota is preparing to offer gender-neutral housing at its Twin Cities campus.

December 29, 2013

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University of North Carolina Fraternity Suspended in Wake of Death

A fraternity at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has been suspended during an investigation into suspected hazing.

November 27, 2013

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Aquinas College to Provide Hotel for Student during Break

Aquinas College plans to provide a hotel room for a student who wouldn’t have had a place to stay when its campus closes for the holiday break.

November 26, 2013

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Journalist, Diversity Advocate Ramirez Dies

An advocate for diversity in journalism, Raul Ramirez, a lecturer at San Francisco State University for 30 years, has passed from cancer.

November 19, 2013

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Survey: Students Forgoing Advisers Who Can Help Them Graduate

At a time when research shows that academic advising is a key to helping college students graduate on time, most say they aren’t getting it.

November 17, 2013

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Louisiana Remedial College Education Study Extended

The Louisiana Board of Regents has extended a study of remedial education in community colleges and universities.

November 11, 2013

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Clemson Chooses Clements of West Virginia University as New President

Clements succeeds Jim Barker, who announced plans in April to retire after 14 years and become an architecture professor at the school.

November 11, 2013

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Napolitano Pledges Monetary Assistance to Undocumented Students

University of California President Janet Napolitano will spend $5 million to help provide financial assistance and counseling services to undocumented college students.

November 7, 2013

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University of Tennessee Says New Tuition Model Paying Off

Officials at the University of Tennessee say a new tuition model that charges new students for 15 credit hours instead of 12 is paying off in more ways than one.

October 29, 2013

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Health Sciences Special Focus

In this edition, Diverse features Dr. Levi Watkins, a pioneer in the medical field, as well as diversity champion for minority enrollment, staffing and programs at Johns Hopkins University. Diverse also reports on the decline in African-American enrollment in medical schools and the impact the cost to attend is having on this trend, the nursing shortage in America and the accelerated programs available to increase the number of nurses entering this profession from diverse backgrounds, and the expansion of services at student health centers to include mental health care and wellness services.

October 25, 2013