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Students
St. Louis U. Lowers Tuition for First Responders
ST LOUIS ― Saint Louis University will offer a reduced tuition rate for first responders seeking to pursue bachelor’s degrees or certificates in the university’s School of Professional Studies.
August 6, 2015
Students
#BlackTwitter Fires Up Social Movements
If you want to know at any given moment what a portion of Black America is concerned with or talking about, plug into the rapidly exploding social media phenomenon referred to as Black Twitter.
August 6, 2015
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Students
Couple Alleges Racial Harassment on a Kansas Campus
A black couple who have been working for a small university in eastern Kansas says the school is retaliating against them for complaining about a racial incident.
August 6, 2015
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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
University of Akron: We’re not Closing Multicultural Center
The University of Akron joined a growing list of colleges and universities exercising severe fiscal belt-tightening in the new budget year when it announced this week that 213 staffers were losing their jobs. The university is attempting to offset a reported $40 million deficit.
July 30, 2015
African-American
In Tech Boom, Oldest Chinatown in U.S. Is “Last Frontier”
For a century and a half, San Francisco’s Chinatown, the nation’s oldest, has sheltered waves of immigrants. It’s the birthplace of Chinese America, and to some extent, the broader Asian America.
July 28, 2015
Students
Professor: Student Debt Threatening American Dream
William Elliott said stakeholders must ask whether students who go to college and get debt can “achieve similar long-term outcomes as someone who didn’t take out debt.”
July 22, 2015
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Faculty & Staff
University Helps Florida Veterans Find Livelihood in Farming
Mat Santos stands at the edge of seven acres of land, the field of his future, pondering what to plant, grow and harvest, and sell.
July 14, 2015
Faculty & Staff
UNC Law Professor Open New Anti-poverty Research Project
In the wake of the controversial closure of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s anti-poverty center, the law school professor who had led the center has launched a research fund outside the domain of university leaders.
July 6, 2015
Students
Government Names Special Master for Corinthian Student Debt
The Education Department appointed a special monitor Thursday to help develop a debt relief program for students who attended the now-defunct Corinthian Colleges ― a debt forgiveness plan that could cost billions of dollars.
June 25, 2015
Students
Killings in Charleston Put Race Relations in U.S. to Test
Racial tension in this country became the focal point of discussion last week with the killing of nine African-Americans in Charleston, South Carolina.
June 22, 2015
Leadership & Policy
Jackson State Presents $42M Plan to Buy Land for New Dorm
Jackson State University officials want to issue $42 million in bonds to finance construction of a new dormitory on campus.
June 18, 2015
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