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Duke Launches Program to Aid Minority Students in Science Majors

The program focuses on social and community programming to help students form strong bonds, share ideas and leverage resources.

June 11, 2013

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Advocates Urge Congress to Renew Teacher Quality Partnership Grant Program

College and university grantees are concerned that new funding for the program is not included in the Obama administration’s fiscal 2014 budget.

June 10, 2013

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June 6th Issue

Colin Powell at vanguard of effort to boost lagging achievement among struggling minority students

June 7, 2013

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University, School District Cooperation Suggested to Produce Better Principals

In order to produce more effective principals, universities and school districts should form relationships in which both can serve each other’s needs.

June 6, 2013

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Arguments Heat Up Over New Undergraduate Degree Program at University of Delhi

The new four-year undergraduate degree program at the University of Delhi will align India’s undergraduate education with a U.S. education.

May 29, 2013

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Federal Report Highlights College Graduate Employment, Student Loan Debt

In The Condition of Education 2013, the National Center for Education Statistics documents that nearly 30 percent of 20- to 24-year-olds are neither employed nor attend school.

May 22, 2013

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Michigan Works to Get Some Inmates Higher Education

The Michigan Department of Corrections is working on several efforts to teach community college courses and vocational training in-house to a small number of inmates near parole.

May 20, 2013

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Columbia University Seeks to Amend Legacy Whites-Only Fellowship

Lydia C. Chamberlain, who died in 1920, stipulated that funds from her estate be used for recipients born in Iowa who were exclusively “of the Caucasian race.”

May 19, 2013

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First Generation Civil Rights Fellows Head to Washington

This summer, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law will introduce its First Generation Civil Rights Fellowship (FirstGEN) program for undergraduate students who intend to pursue careers in social justice.

May 7, 2013

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HBCUs Trying to Undo Damage Resulting From Federal Parent Plus Loans Revisions

While the U.S. Department of Education eventually bowed to demands that the new rules be revisited, it’s still unknown how many families had their loan applications reconsidered and approved.

May 2, 2013

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Panel Calls for More Government Transparency on Path to College

While there is an abundance of information on college-going available on the Internet, getting the right information to students remains a challenge.

April 24, 2013

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2014 Budget Debate Begins in U.S. Senate

Education Secretary Arne Duncan said a proposed new $1 billion federal investment in higher education would help states dealing with budget cuts while promoting college completion, as well as access.

April 17, 2013