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Debt Ceiling Deal Draws Modest Support

The debt ceiling agreement reached by President Obama and Congress isn’t generating much enthusiasm in Washington, D.C., although education advocates note that it would provide a short-term financial fix for the heavily used Pell Grant program.

August 3, 2011

African-American

Ohio Educator Frank Hale Dies

Longtime educator and civil rights activist Dr. Frank W. Hale Jr., vice president emeritus at Ohio State University, died Wednesday at 84, according to The Columbus Dispatch.

July 27, 2011

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Models of Success at Minority-serving Institutions

University of Wisconsin and University of Pennsylvania are identifying best practices for retention at nine minority-serving institutions.

July 24, 2011

International

Interview: Joan Dassin, International Student Fellowship Program Leader

The Hechinger Report spoke with Ford Foundation’s Joan Dassin to get her thoughts on the foundation’s International Fellowships Program and what others can learn from the program.

July 20, 2011

Latinx

Kellogg Foundation Pursues College Access Agenda

Tribal colleges and Hispanic-serving institutions are among beneficiaries of the foundation’s diversity-related efforts in U.S. higher education.

June 29, 2011

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Higher Education’s Future in Focus at Penn State Conference

Nearly 150 years after an act of Congress led to the establishment of the first land-grant universities, many of the public institutions face fiscal challenges amid tightening state budgets across the country.

June 22, 2011

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UNCF Green Building Institute Focuses on Helping Schools Find Funds, Save on Costs

Obama administration officials and environmental and finance experts advised at the UNCF Building Green Learning Institute on how UNCF campuses can enhance sustainability measures within buildings while saving on costs.

June 19, 2011

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New Bill Targets College Access, Academic Success in Low-Income Areas

Education leaders in the U.S. Senate want to promote college success in low-income communities through a new “cradle-to-career” educational support program in the nation’s highest poverty neighborhoods.

June 14, 2011

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U.S., Foreign Higher Education Institutions Unite To Help Haiti

New consortium hopes to help Haitian universities recover and improve a year after earthquake.

June 12, 2011

Students

Financial Aid Doesn’t Stretch To Help Middle Class

Since the state’s need-based grants—and most other federal and state need grants—are distributed based on income, middle-class students are the ones feeling the most pain right now, said financial aid officers at Washington’s universities.

June 1, 2011

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Wayne State Fellows To Help Transform Detroit in Program Modeled After New Orleans Effort

The 25 fellows, slated to be announced in July, are being plucked from a nationwide pool of 640 mid-career urban planners, public policymakers, lawyers, architects, community organizers, developers and others.

May 31, 2011

Leadership & Policy

Saint Paul’s Athletes Face School With No Sports

More than 250 student athletes at St. Paul’s College are left with a tough decision — stay at the historically Black Virginia college and give up their sport or transfer in hopes of finding a new team and a new academic home.

May 30, 2011