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African-American

Putting the Facts and Race in Perspective in the Zimmerman Acquittal

Still have a problem with the acquittal in the Trayvon Martin killing? The basic facts still don’t add up to me either.

July 15, 2013

Students

Alabama A&M, J.F. Drake Reach Reverse Transfer Credit Agreement

The schools have entered into a reverse transfer credit agreement to enable Alabama A&M students who attended J.F. Drake to earn associate degrees.

June 13, 2013

African-American

Latino College Enrollment Rate Surpasses That of Whites

The rate at which Latino high school graduates enrolled in college reached a record high in 2012, and it exceeded that of Whites for the first time, a new Pew Research Center analysis shows.

May 14, 2013

Students

Police Say Florida College Student Plotted Attack

A college student armed with guns and a backpack filled with explosives pulled a dorm fire alarm Monday in an apparent attempt to force other students out into the open so that he could slaughter them, authorities said.

March 19, 2013

Students

Will New Report Move Colleges Toward a Color-Blind Sense of Diversity?

Anti-affirmative action advocates (from both the left and right), have long said it was really all about class — not race — in the quest for equal opportunity in student admission.

March 18, 2013

African-American

College Survey: Finance Worries Up, Politics Shift

Each year since 1966, UCLA’s Higher Education Research Institute has conducted a massive survey of incoming freshmen at four-year colleges, asking questions about their motivations, their plans and their political views.

January 24, 2013

Students

One in Four Freshmen Now Starts in January, Not August

Older-than-traditional-age students, military veterans, tuition issues and late decisions to attend college contributing factors for starting in second semester.

January 14, 2013

Students

One In Four Freshmen Now Starts In January, Not August

When she graduated from her high school in Pittsburgh last spring, Mikaela Molstre didn’t follow her classmates to college.

January 9, 2013

Faculty & Staff

Conservative Testifies in University of Iowa Bias Case

A conservative lawyer testified Monday that she was shocked when she was passed over for a teaching job at the University of Iowa law school in favor of a less-qualified candidate who ended up resigning after performing poorly.

October 22, 2012

Students

Before House Subcommittee, Panelists Urge Move to Incorporate Nontraditional Students in College Completion Data

The federal government’s method of collecting college graduation rates is outdated and does not take into account the large number of nontraditional students now in higher education, witnesses told a House of Representatives panel on Thursday.

September 20, 2012

Students

Man Shot on Morgan State Campus

Authorities say a man who was shot in the student center on the campus of Morgan State University is in serious condition at Johns Hopkins Hospital.

September 13, 2012

Students

Report: College Enrollment Pool Increasingly Turning to Adult Learners

The Washington-based Center for Law and Social Policy, in its report “Not Just Kids Stuff Anymore: The Economic Imperative for More Adults to Complete College”, finds that the demand for college-educated workers is expected to rise 16 percent by 2018.

June 30, 2011