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Departing Maryland Higher Education Secretary Saluted for Leadership

Dr. Danette G. Howard moves on from the Maryland Higher Education Commission to the Indianapolis-based Lumina Foundation, where she becomes vice-president for policy and mobilization.

April 1, 2014

African-American

Maryland Higher Ed Secretary Joining Lumina Foundation

Maryland’s secretary of higher education is leaving her post to work for an education foundation.

March 31, 2014

Disabilties

Scaling Up: Opening College Access to More Students

One of the significant problems facing college leaders and policy planners as they work to expand access for students is the range of higher education options open to Americans.

March 27, 2014

Students

New Report Estimates Half of Vets on GI Bill Graduate

A little more than half of the veterans who got college money under the GI Bill since 2009 eventually graduated, though many took longer to do it, a new study estimates.

March 24, 2014

HBCUs

HBCUs Gather in Silicon Valley for Innovation, Entrepreneurship Symposium

Nearly 100 HBCU stakeholders are meeting at a symposium this week seeking to leverage the intellectual capital and top-tier research activity at HBCUs into dollars needed to ensure institutional viability in the years to come.

March 20, 2014

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President Obama Takes Issue of At-risk Boys of Color to Heart

Speaking in the East Room of the White House yesterday, Obama talked personally about the challenges that young boys of color face, drawing from his own personal experiences growing up in a household without a father.

February 27, 2014

African-American

NAACP, UNCF and National Urban League to Receive Walmart Grants

Walmart announced this week that it will give $1.75 million in grants to three organizations in an effort to help African-Americans pursue higher education, job training and placement.

February 25, 2014

Students

National Scholarship Fund Launched for Undocumented Students

A newly established national scholarship fund, called TheDream.US, will assist undocumented immigrant students in paying for college.

February 11, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Diverse Conversations: Alternate Pathways to College Presidency

In the past, college presidents from other schools and college vice presidents have most often ascended the ranks to fill empty presidential seats.

February 11, 2014

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Research Money Small but Vital Part of Farm Bill

A group of scientists at Michigan State University huddled around a computer screen earlier this week — not poring over scientific data but watching a webcast of the U.S. Senate.

February 6, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Report: Part-time Professors Represented Among the Working Poor

House Democratic education committee staffers release congressional study that documents difficult working conditions under which many part-time and adjunct faculty members endure.

February 6, 2014

Opinion

Which Way Forward? President Obama and Higher Education

Higher education needs colleagues. There are some big decisions ahead.

January 23, 2014