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Faculty & Staff

The Next Generation

February is a good time to look ahead, especially to the next generation of Black leadership.

February 6, 2014

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More States Grant In-State Tuition to Immigrants

Supporters of immigrants’ rights are energized because after years of contentious fights, New Jersey and three other states passed statutes last year that will allow such students who came to the U.S. when they were minors to pay in-state tuition.

February 3, 2014

Leadership & Policy

UIC to Pursue Obama Library Alone

Despite Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s suggestion the city make a unified bid for President Barack Obama’s presidential library, the University of Illinois at Chicago says it will work on its own bid.

January 29, 2014

Leadership & Policy

Emanuel Wants Single Bid for Obama Library

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel says he wants the city to submit a unified bid for President Barack Obama’s presidential library.

January 26, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Protesting Utah Student Pays Tuition in $1 Bills

A University of Utah student says he paid his tuition bill with 2,000 one-dollar bills as a silent protest against the rising cost of college.

January 23, 2014

Students

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

Community Colleges

Obama Announces Manufacturing Institute at North Carolina State

President Obama revealed Wednesday that North Carolina State University will be the first university to have a manufacturing hub that will help create jobs.

January 15, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Education Champion George Miller to Retire from Congress

U.S. Rep. George Miller, ranking Democrat on the House Education Committee, has announced that, after four decades in Congress, he won’t be seeking re-election in 2014.

January 15, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Law Schools Evolve to Meet Social, Economic Changes

The Association of American Law Schools member schools are using innovative approaches to prepare students for the challenges and diversity in legal education and the legal profession.

January 2, 2014

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Immigrant Students Seek Va. In-State Tuition Rate

Ramiro Vazquez has lived in the Charlottesville area since he was 10 ― a graduate of Monticello High School, he’s continuing his education in Piedmont Virginia Community College’s culinary arts program.

December 26, 2013

Sports

Report: Black Players Left Behind in Graduation Rates of Bowl-Bound Teams

A study of this year’s bowl-bound schools reveals they are graduating White players at a significantly higher percentage than African-American players.

December 9, 2013

Students

N.J. Immigration Tuition Bill to Go to Christie ‘As Is’

Gov. Chris Christie said he would not sign the bill that passed the Senate because it has a loophole that could make N.J. a magnet for students who are in the country illegally and seeking a more affordable college education.

November 26, 2013