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Disabilties

New Pell Grant Restrictions Lower Enrollment

New regulations enacted by Congress in June have stripped Pell Grant eligibility from nearly 3,000 Mississippi students.

January 10, 2013

Faculty & Staff

Group Files Department of Education Complaint on U.Va.’s ‘Warning’

A group representing trustees and alumni from colleges around the country is seeking an investigation into an accreditation agency putting the University of Virginia on warning for its failed attempt to fire its president.

January 1, 2013

Asian American Pacific Islander

Embattled St. John’s Dean Found Dead in Apparent Suicide

A disgraced dean of St. John’s University accused of using students as personal servants was found hanging in her apartment Tuesday, dead of an apparent suicide one day after she testified in her own defense at her criminal trial, a law enforcement official said.

November 6, 2012

Faculty & Staff

Professor Said University of Iowa Retaliated Against Him for Testimony

A University of Iowa law professor who testified on behalf of a conservative colleague alleging she wasn’t hired because of her conservative viewpoints said the school is retaliating by falsely suggesting he was under investigation for sexual misconduct.

October 18, 2012

Students

New Data Show Many Students Struggling to Repay Loans

More than 13 percent of student loan borrowers are defaulting on their loans during the first three years of repayment, with students from for-profit colleges topping the list of defaulters, the U.S. Education Department said Friday.

September 30, 2012

Asian American Pacific Islander

Disaggregation Key to Fighting ‘Model Minority’ Myth for Asian-Americans, Pacific Islanders and Native Hawaiians

New report focuses on topics that range from the toxic hazards faced by large numbers of Vietnamese immigrant women working in America’s myriad nail salons, to the “bamboo ceiling” said to exist for Asian-Americans working in federal government.

October 30, 2011

African-American

Groups Mobilize To Stop Cuts for Minority-Serving Schools

Many of the nation’s leading higher education groups are urging Congress to reject a House of Representatives plan that would cut spending for Black, Hispanic-serving, tribal and other minority-serving colleges by more than 40 percent next year.

October 18, 2011

Asian American Pacific Islander

White House Social Outreach to Asians, Pacific Islanders Expanding

The White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders plans to expand its reach into more communities in need of federal programs and protections, officials say.

October 12, 2011

Asian American Pacific Islander

Report Provides Close Look at Diversity Among Asian American, Pacific Islander Students

College and university leaders should pay greater attention to the demographics of the growing number of their Asian-American and Pacific Islander students, a national commission urges.

October 11, 2011

Leadership & Policy

U.S. Education Department’s Community College Leader Makes ‘Acceleration Strategies’ Part of Ambitious Agenda

After more than a year at the Education Department, Dr. Frank Chong describes his job as a “whirlwind” that has included legislative battles in Washington, D.C., and listening tours to 25 states.

September 15, 2011

Leadership & Policy

Louisiana Regents Question Southern University Financial Emergency

Members of the state’s top higher education board questioned whether Southern University needed to declare a financial emergency for its main campus and complained that school leaders hadn’t consulted them about the plans.

August 25, 2011

Community Colleges

Education Advocates Facing Up to Budget Deal, Anticipating 2012 Fiscal Debate

Next year’s House plan contains more than $700 billion in cuts from labor, education, health and human service programs.

May 24, 2011