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News Articles: higher education

Wellesley College, in Massachusetts, was founded in 1870 to educate women. Its students are now pushing for more inclusive policies in admissions and communications.

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  • Education

Students want this women's college to rethink its notion of gender in admissions

Wellesley College currently admits only some transgender and nonbinary applicants. Students voted for a non-binding referendum pushing for more inclusive admissions and communications policies.

March 15, 2023
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
People walk on the Stanford University campus beneath Hoover Tower in Stanford, Calif., on March 14, 2019. Stanford University says it is investigating after multiple swastikas and an image of Adolf Hitler were found on a door Saturday at a Stanford student residence hall.

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  • National

Stanford University investigates swastikas and Hitler image left on student's door

News of the instance of antisemitism is one of several hate incidents reported on Stanford's campus this academic year.

March 13, 2023
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By:
  • Jonathan Franklin
SCAD Foundry, located on Drayton Street just south of downtown Savannah, occupies the building that once housed Georgia's first hospital.

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  • Business

Savannah College of Art and Design creates new studios in partnership with Deloitte

SCAD Foundry will house several new student initiatives with global consulting firm Deloitte.

January 27, 2023
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By:
  • Benjamin Payne
Stanley Andrisse says his 21-year-old self, who was once facing 20 years to life in prison, could never have imagined his life today: Andrisse is now an endocrinologist, scientist and professor at Howard University's College of Medicine. He has a Ph.D., an MBA, and a lab full of students who affectionately call him Dr. Stan.

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  • Education

HBCUs are building a new prison-to-college pipeline

Historically black colleges and universities are developing new pathways for formerly incarcerated people to earn a degree and transition

August 19, 2022
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By:
  • Sequoia Carrillo
Morehouse College is one of several historically Black colleges and universities seeing a surge in applications and enrollments in recent years.

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  • Education

After the rise of BLM, Black students and their families are heading back to HBCUs

Some historically Black colleges and universities have seen increases in application and enrollment numbers after years of decline.

August 16, 2022
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By:
  • Shauneen Miranda
The share of Americans who believe colleges and universities have a positive impact on the country has declined since 2020, according to recent survey.

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  • Education

More Americans are questioning whether college has a positive impact

A new poll on adults' perceptions of higher education shows a sharp partisan divide and a decline in the share of Americans who think colleges and universities have a positive impact on the nation.

July 26, 2022
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By:
  • Pooja Salhotra
Harry Styles performs at a Tiny Desk Concert in 2020. He'll soon be the subject of a course at Texas State University.

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  • Pop Culture

Music for a college classroom: A Texas school will soon offer a Harry Styles class

Texas State University professor Louie Dean Valencia spoke with NPR about the creation and aims of the class, which is capped at 20 students. He's one of many who hopes it will eventually reach more.

July 21, 2022
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  • Rachel Treisman
Students on campus of Georgia State

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  • Education

Faculty at Georgia colleges facing diminished role in hiring university presidents

 

The Georgia Board of Regents, which oversees the state’s public universities, is set to consider a rule change at Tuesday’s meeting to reduce the role of faculty members in selecting university presidents.

May 10, 2022
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By:
  • Ross Williams
Students make their way through the Sather Gate near Sproul Plaza on the University of California, Berkeley, campus on March 29 in Berkeley, Calif.

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  • Education

University of California will waive tuition and fees for many Native American students

The program applies to undergraduate and graduate students who are members of federally recognized Native American, American Indian and Alaska Native tribes and will begin in the fall.

April 28, 2022
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By:
  • Rina Torchinsky
Students make their way through the Sather Gate near Sproul Plaza on the University of California, Berkeley, campus on March 29 in Berkeley, Calif.

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  • Education

University of California will waive tuition and fees for many Native American students

The program applies to undergraduate and graduate students who are members of federally recognized Native American, American Indian and Alaska Native tribes and will begin in the fall.

April 28, 2022
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By:
  • Rina Torchinsky
Shawnee State University in southern Ohio has agreed to pay philosophy professor Nick Meriwether $400,000 after disciplining him for not using a transgender student's pronouns.

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  • Education

A university pays $400K to professor who refused to use a student's pronouns

Nick Meriwether, a philosophy professor at Shawnee State University, sued the college in 2018 after he was disciplined for not using she/her pronouns to refer to a transgender student.

April 20, 2022
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By:
  • Jonathan Franklin
Students walking on a Georgia college campus

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  • Politics

Senate education panel advances ‘divisive concepts’ bill, stripped of college rules

A Georgia lawmaker’s proposal to prohibit the teaching of “divisive concepts” in public schools will no longer force colleges and universities to comply.

March 08, 2022
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By:
  • Stanley Dunlap
Sonny Perdue

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  • Education

Sonny Perdue officially gets University System chancellor job

Former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture and two-term Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue Tuesday was officially tapped to be the next leader of the University System of Georgia’s 26 public colleges and universities.

March 02, 2022
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  • Ross Williams
Man protesting near campus of Georgia State University in Atlants

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  • Politics

House bill to extend ‘free speech’ areas campus-wide spurs First Amendment debate

A bill filed last year by Fayetteville Republican Josh Bonner to open up campuses to free speech is getting a new push in the Gold Dome.

January 27, 2022
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By:
  • Ross Williams
Card with definition of hazing

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  • Education

Federal anti-hazing proposal takes a comprehensive approach

The bill defines hazing as an intentional or reckless act performed by students against students, regardless of willingness to participate, committed in connection with membership in an organization at a higher educational institution.

November 04, 2021
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  • Sarah Swetlik
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