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Leadership & Policy

Ohio State to Invest $200M to Create Arts District

Ohio State University wants to invest as much as $200 million over the next decade to create an arts district with a goal of helping make Columbus a world-class arts destination.

December 30, 2013

Sports

Every Student Needs a Success Plan

Is it OK to just put our goals and dreams on auto pilot and think that we will achieve them? Of course not.

December 26, 2013

Faculty & Staff

Early Christmas Presents for Kids with Disabilities

A half-dozen children got some special early Christmas presents from a University of Georgia class this month.

December 22, 2013

Sports

Report: Black Players Left Behind in Graduation Rates of Bowl-Bound Teams

A study of this year’s bowl-bound schools reveals they are graduating White players at a significantly higher percentage than African-American players.

December 9, 2013

Faculty & Staff

Ex-University of North Carolina Professor Charged Over No-show Class

A former professor at the center of an academic scandal involving athletes at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has been criminally charged.

December 2, 2013

Students

Purdue Storm Chasers Hit Pay Dirt During Outbreak

Three Purdue University students who rejected a professor’s warning and became storm chasers during last week’s tornado outbreak say they hit pay dirt during their adrenaline-fueled trek.

November 26, 2013

Students

Agreement Reached to Reduce Student Arrests in Florida

A deal has been reached between the NAACP, law enforcement and the Broward County Public Schools to cut down the “school-to-prison pipeline.”

November 5, 2013

Students

University of Tennessee Says New Tuition Model Paying Off

Officials at the University of Tennessee say a new tuition model that charges new students for 15 credit hours instead of 12 is paying off in more ways than one.

October 29, 2013

Sports

College Football Obsession: Sending the Wrong Academic Message?

This glorification of a sport, particularly in the case of college athletes, puts priorities in the wrong spot.

September 19, 2013

Students

Survey: Colleges Aren’t Preparing Graduates for Jobs

Nearly two-thirds of Americans think the higher ed system is doing only a fair or poor job of preparing graduates for the workforce, according to a new poll.

September 18, 2013

African-American

After a Look Back, Students Embrace Opportunity to March on Washington

Among those attending 50th anniversary events for the March on Washington, college students are embracing commemorations as a time to claim their own moment in the Civil Rights Movement.

August 22, 2013

Students

Report: Steady College Enrollment Growth for Underrepresented Minorities, College Completion Rates Increasing More Slowly

The rate at which Black and Latino students entered four-year colleges outpaced that of Whites, while six-year graduation rates for underrepresented minorities increased only slightly, a new report says.

July 24, 2013