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Grambling MSN Program Graduates Maintain 100 Percent Licensing Exam Pass Rate

Due to its perfect pass rate on national exams for 14 straight years, an astounding achievement for any professional program, Grambling’s graduate nursing program has gained a reputation for excellence in Louisiana.

September 6, 2012

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From the Democratic Convention: Education Takes Center Stage

Democrats opened their national convention with a strong emphasis on education, with speakers focusing on federal education programs and funding for the youngest learners to college students.

September 5, 2012

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Obama, GOP Duel Over Rising College Expenses

Different approaches to coping with growing college costs highlight one way that Obama and the GOP ticket are competing for young voters, an important group leaned heavily toward Obama in 2008.

September 4, 2012

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More Calif. community colleges stop offering federal loans

A small but growing number of California community colleges have stopped participating in the federal loan program, cutting off these borrowing options for students out of fear that rising student loan default rates could lead to sanctions.

August 29, 2012

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Southern Louisiana University Receives $4.9M in TRIO Program Grants

Educational Talent Search programs for Tangipahoa and Washington parishes were awarded $3.04 million to cover operations through August 2016; the Educational Opportunity Center at SLU received a $1.87 million grant through 2016.

December 12, 2011

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Grant to Fund Pre-school Prep Project at Jackson State University

Jackson State University, a historically Black university based in Jackson, Miss., is launching a project to help parents get children ready for school.

November 16, 2011

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APLU Panel Addresses Challenges of Minorities Enrolled in STEM Fields

Despite growing public awareness and collective efforts to increase the ranks of U.S. minority college students seeking degrees in STEM fields, their supporters and advocates still struggle with many of the same issues today as they did several decades ago, a panel of educators says.

November 14, 2011

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Lumina Foundation Launches Latino College Completion Initiative

The Lumina Foundation is giving organizations and colleges that are building a pipeline of Latino students and promoting college completion a boost with a four-year, $600,000 grant for each institution.

November 7, 2011

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Student Debt on the Rise Again

Two of every three college seniors graduated with loan debt in 2010, with the typical borrower owing $25,250 and students at some historically Black institutions facing higher repayments, new research shows.

November 3, 2011

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White House Social Outreach to Asians, Pacific Islanders Expanding

The White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders plans to expand its reach into more communities in need of federal programs and protections, officials say.

October 12, 2011

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‘New Orleans in the Hamptons’ Raises College Scholarship Funds

Foundation fundraiser hosted by Soledad O’Brien and husband Brad Raymond brought movers and shakers together to lend a hand to college students.

October 10, 2011

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Arkansas Scholar’s Learning Project Helps Boost Academic Performance of Elementary, Middle School Students

Hendrix College historian and education professor James Jennings launched achievement gap initiative in elementary schools and middle schools in Arkansas’ Mississippi river delta region to narrow learning gap for children living in the state’s poorest counties.

October 4, 2011