March 12th, 2009
State-run trust funds for parents who want to pay off college tuition before their children enroll are running short on cash, and program officials worry they won’t be able to pay for students who are counting on the money.
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March 12th, 2009
Striking new research shows dying Blacks and Hispanics in the United States have much steeper treatment costs than Whites, sobering evidence that racial health care differences continue right up until death.
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March 12th, 2009
U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan said increased college access and higher college completion rates are key U.S. higher education goals being targeted with stimulus package funding.
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March 9th, 2009
Those who seek to bring more Whites into historically Black colleges should suggest constructive solutions for improving the quality of these institutions.
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March 9th, 2009
Abilene Christian University’s Black student body president has been impeached six months after he reported finding a noose on his chair, although students and officials say that had no connection to his ousting.
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March 9th, 2009
Dartmouth students apologized for writing a tongue-in-cheek news report full of racial slurs directed at the school’s next president, who will be the first Asian-American to lead an Ivy League school.
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March 9th, 2009
Miami Dade College nursing student Shelia Martin was re-applying for food stamps online in the school’s downtown computer lab Friday, when she looked up to find Dr. Jill Biden, along with U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and a dozen news photographers, hovering over her.
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March 5th, 2009
First Hispanic to head the University of Texas System plans to tackle financial problems and challenge Top 10 admission rule, while still performing surgeries.
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March 4th, 2009
Amanda LeClair, a senior at the University of Wyoming, is not an activist by nature.
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March 4th, 2009
When California State University Chancellor Charles Reed talks about his commitment to cut the racial achievement gap in California’s primary and secondary schools, he has a ready response to those who say K-12 is not really the business of a higher education administrator.
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