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Researchers Seek Funding for Big Questions

In order to bring about scientific breakthroughs that are yet undreamed, government must fund research that seeks to answer broad questions and not just narrowly focused projects where most of the work has already been done.

December 11, 2012

HBCUs

Making It: How HBCU Education Helped Shape Will Packer

Noted filmmaker says attending an HBCU set the foundation for him to be successful in his career.

December 10, 2012

Students

Experts View Higher Tuition Issues From Many Different Angles

Panel cites a series of challenges that it says putting more money into Pell Grants isn’t going to solve.

December 6, 2012

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CUNY Graduate Center Launches Social Justice Initiative

Project takes aim at improving the connection between research and social justice movements and social justice advocacy.

November 18, 2012

Students

Outstanding Professors Honored at Thursday Ceremony in Washington

Dr. Todd Pagano was named the Outstanding Master’s Universities and Colleges Professor of the Year in a ceremony Thursday.

November 15, 2012

HBCUs

Morehouse Alumnus Welcomes Dr. John S. Wilson Jr. to ‘The House’

The nation’s only college committed to the education of Black men has named its 11th president.

November 13, 2012

Students

Some Universities Trying to Discourage Student Loans

In an effort to reduce student loan default rates, some colleges and universities are launching programs to improve student-loan literacy, and in a few cases, offer other kinds of financial assistance to students so they don’t get too deep into debt.

October 31, 2012

Leadership & Policy

No Contract Renewal for MVSU President

The state College Board has decided against renewing the contract of Mississippi Valley State University President Donna Oliver.

October 28, 2012

Students

New Mentoring Program Designed to Promote Freshman Retention

CsMentor has launched a mentoring program to address freshman retention rates in ways rarely seen before.

October 17, 2012

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Guinier: Affirmative Action Assessment Goes Down Wrong, Narrow Path

Panel debates viability and purpose of the race-conscious policy as the Supreme Court prepares to weigh in on the issue.

October 7, 2012

Opinion

Katherine Archuleta is the First Latina to Direct a Major Party’s Presidential Campaign

When President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign appointed Katherine Archuleta national political director in June 2011, pundits across the country took this as a sign that the president was serious about nabbing the Latino vote once more in 2012.

October 4, 2012

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Group Discusses Ways to Make College More Affordable

Panel shines the light on a variety of pressing issues in higher education, including how colleges are judged versus how they should be judged for what they produce.

October 3, 2012