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Cash-strapped Antioch College Holds Last Commencement Before Temporarily Closing

Cash-strapped Antioch College held a bittersweet commencement ceremony Saturday as officials moved ahead with plans to close the school this summer until it gets back on its feet.

April 27, 2008

Champlain College Helps Refugees Start New Lives Without Tuition Fees

When his family landed in Vermont three years ago, Rwandan refugee Jean-Luc Dushime didn’t speak English.

April 6, 2008

UNCF Partners with Public Policy Organization to Recruit HBCU Students for Fellowship Program

The United Negro College Fund Special Programs Corporation is helping the Institute for International Public Policy Fellowship Program recruit more students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

February 28, 2008

Leadership & Policy

15 Schools Scrutinized in Study-abroad Program Probe

NEW YORK Study-abroad programs at 15 colleges and universities including Harvard and Columbia are being scrutinized by the New York attorney general’s office to ensure cozy deals between schools and companies that provide the programs are not cheating students, a top investigator said Monday.

January 21, 2008

In Brief: UT Teaching Hospital Considers Turning Away Undocumented Cancer Patients

The University of Texas Medical Branch may stop offering cancer care to indigent and undocumented immigrants in order to cut costs; University of Buffalo researcher’s work leads to dismissal of Tulsa ‘Race Riot’ charges; West Virginia rethinks scholarship leave of absence.

December 3, 2007

Broadening the Legal Landscape

More law schools are establishing and expanding Native American law course offerings, which are increasingly being regarded as a fundamental component of a well-rounded law education.

November 28, 2007

Number of Students Studying Abroad Rises

Growing numbers of U.S. colleges and universities are sending more students abroad for international study opportunities, and to a wider range of countries.

November 11, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Survey Offers a Snapshot of Hovering College Parents

College administrators grumble about the rise of “helicopter parents,” moms and dads who keep hovering over the lives of their children even after they leave for college. But helicopter parents aren’t just hovering. They’re swooping down in attack mode.

November 4, 2007

USM Exchange Program Offers Warm Welcomes

HATTIESBURG Miss. Claire Wright, a 19-year-old exchange student from Surrey, England, would have had a difficult first week of school had it not been for her host family.

November 4, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Survey Offers a Snapshot of Hovering College Parents

College administrators grumble about the rise of “helicopter parents,” moms and dads who keep hovering over the lives of their children even after they leave for college.

November 4, 2007

Educating Leaders for the Global Community

We have covered minority student participation in study abroad programs over the years and although participation rates have not increased dramatically, much is being done within higher education to make such opportunities more accessible.

October 31, 2007

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Does Business Have a Place In Study Abroad?

The subpoenas issued this summer to five private organizations that offer study abroad programs were surprising.

October 31, 2007

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