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News Roundup

Miami Dade College to Create College Credit Certificate in Digital Marketing with Facebook Partnership

Miami Dade College (MDC) will become the first higher education institution in Florida to collaborate with Facebook to create a specific curriculum to train its students, entrepreneurs, small business owners and others working in digital marketing. With this collaboration, Miami Dade and Facebook will create a College Credit Certificate that extends the college’s current Digital […]

December 19, 2018

HBCUs

A Little Advice With a Big Impact for College Students and Graduates

It’s never too early to start making plans to acquire a job after graduation. For college grads to have success in today’s job market, they must do more than just earn a degree; they must prepare —over their entire college years.

September 14, 2018

News Roundup

Facebook To Teach Small-Business Owners Social Media Marketing

Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg announced on Wednesday the company is partnering with the National Urban League to bring training programs to many popular cities to teach small-business owners how to market their businesses on social media. Beginning in 2019, the social media company will host biannual training sessions at Urban League facilities, free of cost. […]

August 2, 2018

Opinion

Online Social Media Identity Management

Employers are increasingly using online social media sites (SMS) such as Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn to screen job candidates. The fact of the matter is that your social media profile is a direct reflection of your personal and professional identity and may hold the key to you landing that perfect job or not landing a job at all.

May 22, 2018

News Roundup

PETA Lawsuit Says Texas University Hid Facebook Comments

AUSTIN, Texas — An animal rights group is accusing Texas’ largest university of hiding Facebook comments in a First Amendment lawsuit. The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals claims in the lawsuit filed Monday that Texas A&M University hid Facebook comments that contained words associated with the group’s protests over animal research. Free speech […]

May 15, 2018

Latest News

Shooting Threat Closes Houston Community College Campus

HOUSTON—For the second day in a row, the Houston Community College Central Campus will be closed due to a shooting threat made on social media over the weekend. The anonymous threat didn’t name an individual, nor was it specific to any department of the college. A media briefing has been scheduled for noon on Tuesday. […]

May 7, 2018

Leadership & Policy

BYU-Idaho Professor Fired After Showing LGBT Support on Facebook

REXBURG, Idaho — A former Brigham Young University-Idaho professor says she was fired after posting a critical view of the Mormon church’s policies against same-sex couples on Facebook. Former political science professor and LDS church member Ruthie Robertson wrote a lengthy Facebook post in favor of equal rights for the LGBT community during Pride Month […]

July 19, 2017

Students

Crowdfunding Efforts Prove Beneficial for Some Students

As college students in the United States and around the world turn to crowdfunding to finance their higher-education-related expenses, some experts warn others not to harbor high expectations about the method.

August 7, 2016

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Public Rallies Around 9th Grader Arrested in Error in Texas

A ninth-grader in Texas was arrested Monday after a clock he’d invented was mistaken for a bomb.

September 16, 2015