Tag: President Obama

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Sitting on Ready: Colleges Brace for Deportation Uptick

Undocumented students at U.S. colleges and universities have faced growing uncertainty in recent years – even those who have somewhat more security through their participation in the imperiled Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program – and things just got more tense with the Trump administration’s recent decision to step up enforcement of deportation orders.

June 30, 2019

News Roundup

Brazilian DACA Entrepreneur Fears Deportation

Victor Santos, an immigrant from Brazil and co-founder of the finance app Airfox, faces uncertainty about his status in the United States under President Donald Trump’s administration. At the age of 12, originally on a business trip with his parents, Santos arrived in the United States. His family stayed in San Francisco and Santos eventually […]

August 17, 2018

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Skepticism in Higher Ed of Gainful Employment Rescission

Count Dr. Charlie Eaton among the skeptics. A sociologist who studies inequality, he recently presented a paper about for-profit colleges at The National Bureau of Economic Research and says the federal education department’s plan to rescind Gainful Employment regulations will leave low-income and African-American students particularly vulnerable – again.

August 13, 2018

HBCUs

Indiana University Officials, Governor Announce $50M Opioid Recovery Effort

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana residents are more likely to die from a drug overdose than a car crash. That grim statistic was offered Tuesday by Indiana University officials who joined Gov. Eric Holcomb at the Statehouse to announce a new effort funded by $50 million in university money to fight opioid abuse. “If I could do […]

October 10, 2017

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ACE Names Ted Mitchell President

Former U.S. Under Secretary of Education Ted Mitchell has been named as the 13th president of the American Council on Education, the largest lobbying group for colleges and universities.

July 20, 2017

Students

Diverse Conversations: Grading Obama’s Presidency on Higher Ed

High student loan debt, access, accountability, and everything in between were put in President Obama’s lap and have been issues he’s addressed in both terms.

December 12, 2016

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For-profit Colleges Decry ‘Demonization’ by Obama Administration

As speculation continued over how a Trump administration might treat for-profit colleges, supporters and critics of the institutions sparred Thursday over whether the institutions got a bum rap under the Obama administration.

November 16, 2016

African-American

PBS Newscaster Gwen Ifill Dies

Veteran journalist and newscaster Gwen Ifill has died of cancer at age 61.

November 14, 2016

Students

Obama Administration Puts Teeth into Teacher Prep Ratings

New federal regulations will rate teacher prep programs according to how many of their graduates get jobs, how long they stay in those jobs, and how well they do those jobs as measured by student academic performance.

October 12, 2016

Students

At HBCU, Obama Encourages Students to be Agents of Change

At a town hall meeting at North Carolina A&T State University, President Obama discussed national issues facing Black communities as well as historically Black colleges and universities.

October 12, 2016

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President Obama Nominates Howard University Chair to National Council

President Obama has nominated Dr. Dana A. Williams, chair of the Department of English at Howard University, to serve as a member of the National Council on the Humanities.

September 21, 2016

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Is the Sordid Birther Chapter Really Closed?

A few days ago, Donald Trump finally admitted what the rational and sane among us always had known ― that President Obama was born in the United States.

September 19, 2016