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Students

Survey Forecasts More Heat for College Campuses

Findings from a new report suggest that participation in demonstrations may intensify in the coming months.

February 11, 2016

Leadership & Policy

EILEEN O’CONNOR

EILEEN O’CONNOR has been appointed vice president for communication at Yale University. She was deputy assistant secretary of state for South and Central Asia. O’Connor holds a bachelor’s and a juris doctor from Georgetown University, and a postgraduate diploma from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

February 11, 2016

STEM

JESSICA CHEN WEISS

JESSICA CHEN WEISS has been named an associate professor of government at Cornell University. She was an assistant professor of political science at Yale University. Chen Weiss earned a bachelor’s from Stanford University and a doctorate from the University of California, San Diego.

February 11, 2016

Disabilties

Billions of Free Federal Grant Money Go Unclaimed

More than $2.7 billion in free federal grant money went unclaimed during the past academic year, according to a yearly analysis of incomplete or unsubmitted Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) forms by NerdWallet, the personal finance website.

February 8, 2016

Faculty & Staff

UCLA, Medical Community Lose a Giant

Dr. Paul Terasaki, who died Monday, developed a tissue-typing test in 1964 that became the international standard method of determining compatibility of organ donors with potential recipients.

January 28, 2016

Students

Colleges Must Address Debt Challenges

As the economic and social costs of student-loan debt continue to rise, it is essential for universities to do more to address these debt challenges.

January 25, 2016

Students

Claflin University Promoting Female Entrepreneurship in India

Claflin University will partner with the University of Calcutta to promote female entrepreneurship in West Bengal, India.

January 3, 2016

African-American

Cedar Valley College Receives Grant to Boost Black Male STEM Careers

Cedar Valley College, one of seven institutions within the Dallas County Community College District, will receive a $2.4 million federal grant over the next five years from the Department of Education’s Predominantly Black Institutions (PBI) program.

December 27, 2015

African-American

In Malaysia, Obama Says Education an Anti-Terrorism Strategy

After Paris, Obama speaks to college students in the YSEALI Program in Malaysia.

November 22, 2015

Home

College Aid: Obama to Extend Pell Grants to Some HS Students

Thousands of low-income students will be eligible for federal Pell grant money to take college courses while still in high school.

November 1, 2015

Home

Delaware State University Gets $6.2M in Grant Money

Delaware State University has received $6.2 million in grants ― $1.2 million from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for student education, and $5 million from NASA for the university’s optics program.

October 27, 2015

Latinx

$5.3M in Grants Issued to Combat Native American Education ‘Crisis’

The Departments of the Interior and Education announced that $5.3 million in grants will go to Native American tribal organizations to help improve college readiness among tribal youth.

September 24, 2015