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Students

University of Kansas Endowment Using Crowdfunding

LAWRENCE, Kan. ― The KU Endowment Association is trying to raise money for smaller projects across campus with a new crowdfunding campaign called Launch KU. The campaign encourages donations for projects such as replacing 10 musicians’ chairs at Swarthout Recital hall or bringing therapy dogs to campus, rather than the yearslong, multimillion dollar campaigns the […]

February 14, 2016

African-American

Couple Donates Largest Individual Gift to Morgan State

A Las Vegas couple is expected to make the largest individual contribution to Morgan State University, a Historically Black College and University headquartered in Baltimore.

February 9, 2016

Students

Millennials Lacking the Urge to Drive

A recent report conducted by the Transportation Research Institute at University of Michigan indicated that a number of millennials (1980 to 1998) are resisting the urge to get behind the wheel.

February 2, 2016

Leadership & Policy

St. Bonaventure University President Announces Retirement

OLEAN, N.Y. ― St. Bonaventure University President Sister Margaret Carney is retiring. The 74-year-old announced Tuesday that she will leave her position at the western New York university on July 31. She’s been at the Franciscan college for 20 years and has been president for the last 12. In an email to the college community, […]

January 19, 2016

Students

Ethics Probe Ordered Over School’s Request for State Money

By Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio’s House speaker has ordered an ethics investigation into whether a consultant for Wright State University possibly advised the school’s president to offer to throw him a major fundraiser while he was advocating for state money. Emails reviewed by the Dayton Daily News show consultant Ron Wine advised WSU […]

January 12, 2016

Faculty & Staff

SUNY Broome’s Health Care MOOC Gaining Global Attention

Foundations for Assisting in Home Care is targeted at individuals who are considering pursuing a degree in health care and anyone who feels the need for guidance on how to assist the elderly or those who are ill.

January 5, 2016

Community Colleges

Tennessee to Launch Campaign to Get Adults Back in College

By Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee is preparing to launch a $1 million advertising campaign to encourage adults who dropped out of college to go back and get their degrees. The Tennessean reports ads on billboards, the television and the radio will begin in January to promote Tennessee’s Reconnect and Complete initiative. It seeks […]

December 28, 2015

Sports

Title IX Waivers Used to Discriminate Against LGBT Students

Fifty-six institutions of higher education—mostly religion-affiliated institutions—have sought TItle IX waivers that have allowed institutions to discriminate against LGBT students on campus, according to a recent report by the Human Rights Campaign.

December 27, 2015

Native Americans

Cherokee Tribe Gifts $4M to University’s Seminary Hall

TAHLEQUAH, Okla. ― The Cherokee Nation has given $4 million to preserve and renovate a 126-year-old hall on the campus of Northeastern State University. The Tahlequah-based tribe announced the gift on Wednesday for the school’s Seminary Hall. The historic building currently houses the College of Liberal Arts administration, faculty and classrooms, and serves more than […]

December 2, 2015

Students

UVa Looks to Private Donors to Fund Student Financial Aid

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. ― The University of Virginia is increasingly looking to private donors to cover tuition costs for low-income students amid shrinking state funding. Virginia’s flagship public university currently raises more than $10 million a year for need-based scholarships, UVa spokesman Anthony de Bryun told the Charlottesville Daily Progress. That’s up from $1.5 million that […]

November 29, 2015

African-American

Time to Save Our HBCUs Ourselves

Business as usual is dead and it is time for HBCUs to adapt to a new environment never seen before.

November 24, 2015

African-American

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