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African-American

HistoryMakers Collection Finds Home at Library of Congress

Kenneth E. Reeves, facing front, discusses his trailblazing role as a student at Harvard College and later as the first African-American mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts. (Photo Courtesy of The HistoryMakers Collection at the Library of Congress)

July 8, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Source: University of Texas President Powers’ Resignation Demanded

University of Texas System Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa told University of Texas at Austin President Bill Powers that he must resign or he will be fired, a person with direct knowledge of the conversation told The Associated Press on Friday.

July 6, 2014

Students

Grimes, Warren Hit McConnell on Student Loan Debt

Brandon Davis has an undergraduate degree, a law degree and more than $200,000 in student loans ― which is why he is living with his future in-laws.

June 29, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Winthrop University Fires President After Less Than a Year

Winthrop University fired its president after less than a year, saying she violated the Rock Hill college’s nepotism policy by hiring her husband, lied to trustees and was rude, hostile and demeaning to faculty, her own staff and school leaders.

June 26, 2014

Students

Corinthian Colleges, Education Dept. Reach Tentative Agreement

The for-profit education company will receive an immediate $16 million in federal student aid funds and keep operating.

June 23, 2014

African-American

Experts Cite Strides, Struggles for Blacks in Higher Education Since Juneteenth

The program commemorated one of the oldest known celebrations for the end of slavery in the U.S. by highlighting the overarching HBCU significance since 1865 and the fight for equal education post-Brown v. Board of Education.

June 23, 2014

Students

Corinthian Colleges Warns It May Shut Down

Corinthian Colleges, a for-profit education company with about 75,000 students nationwide, warned Thursday that it may fail as it clashes with U.S. regulators over student data.

June 19, 2014

Students

‘Tough Love’ Urged in Higher Education Reform Plan

An Education Trust study urges federal action on four-year institutions falling within the bottom 5 percent of colleges on access, graduation rates, and student loan repayment performance.

June 18, 2014

Home

Chicago, New York, Hawaii Bid for Obama Library

At least six locations in three different states entered official bids by Monday’s deadline in an effort to house Barack Obama’s presidential library.

June 16, 2014

Sports

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Ex-Offender/Law School Grad’s White House Access Plight Brings Reality to Table Educators Applaud President Obama’s Order Capping Monthly Student Loan Repayments Author Tells College-Bound Students to Embrace International Challenge Rockin’ or Rowin’ the Boat: 10 Responses to Institutionalized Racism

June 12, 2014

African-American

Reflections on the O.J. Simpson Trial

It has been 20 years since the trial of O.J. Simpson captivated the nation.

June 11, 2014

Students

Educators Applaud President Obama’s Order Capping Monthly Student Loan Repayments

Nearly five million borrowers of federal student loans will soon have their monthly repayments capped at 10 percent of their income, thanks to an executive order signed by President Obama at the White House yesterday.

June 9, 2014