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Students

How Should We React to White Student Unions?

White student unions are growing in popularity on college campuses.

August 15, 2013

Leadership & Policy

Jackson State Using $800K of Housing Fees to Rent Motel

Facing more demand than it has dormitory beds, Jackson State University will spend more than $800,000 to rent a motel to house students for the coming school year.

August 12, 2013

Faculty & Staff

University of North Carolina System Schools Facing Layoffs

The University of North Carolina at Greensboro and North Carolina A&T are facing layoffs due to budget cuts.

August 11, 2013

Leadership & Policy

NCAA Getting Out of Jersey-Selling Business

NCAA President Mark Emmert said Thursday it would stop the practice immediately after reports this week that team jerseys and other items linked to individual schools could be found on its own website by searching for specific player names.

August 8, 2013

Students

Don’t Let Credit Cards Fool You While in College

If you are a new or returning college student make sure that you have the credit card conversation with your family.

August 7, 2013

Faculty & Staff

New Look at Old Community Recasting History of Free Blacks in America

The Hill on Maryland’s Eastern Shore is a historic community of free Blacks that predates Treme’, a neighborhood in New Orleans, which had been recognized as the oldest neighborhood of free Blacks.

August 7, 2013

STEM

Special Issue: STEM Education

Diverse reports on the state of STEM education and programs aimed at filling the STEM pipeline, as well as the rankings of the leading institutions awarding the most STEM-related degrees to minorities.

August 5, 2013

African-American

Higher Ed Institutions Help Train Unemployed for Environmental Jobs

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently announced its latest grants for that program, totaling $3.2 million, to 16 grantees throughout the nation.

July 30, 2013

Students

White House, Senate Agree to Cut Student Loan Rates

The latest compromise in the student loan debate will reduce rates on new subsidized loans to 3.86 percent, but critics say students may still pay higher rates in the future.

July 25, 2013

Native Americans

Delaware State University to Review Hiring Practices, Audit Finances

Delaware State University officials say the school is reviewing its hiring practices and auditing financial records from the tenure of a former dean who has embezzlement and forgery convictions.

July 21, 2013

Faculty & Staff

Woodruff Mural Collection Chronicling the Past, Providing Hope for Future

Talladega College hopes to raise $10 million during the tour in order to make a new arts building a reality.

July 18, 2013

Students

Senate Fails to Keep Student Loan Rates Low

Senate Democrats on Wednesday failed to restore lower interest rates on student loans, again coming up short and perhaps signaling that undergraduates might really face rates twice as high as those of last year.

July 10, 2013