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North Carolina Group Keeps College Goals Alive for ‘Dreamers’
SANFORD, N.C. — As a high school sophomore and DACA recipient, the connections Danny Rodas made through his mentorship program were invaluable to helping him understand the challenges he would face paying for college.
January 24, 2018
African-American
Outgoing TMCF Leader Says HBCUs Must Boost Enrollment, Finances
For Johnny Taylor, this sums up the struggle of HBCUs: “The market shifted, and you are economically challenged.”
December 3, 2017
News Roundup
AP Sources: Education Dept. Could Scale Back Help on Loans
WASHINGTON — The Education Department is considering only partially forgiving federal loans for students defrauded by for-profit colleges, according to department officials, abandoning the Obama administration’s policy of erasing that debt. Under President Barack Obama, tens of thousands of students deceived by now-defunct for-profit schools had over $550 million in such loans canceled. But President […]
October 30, 2017
Students
McCaskill Asks to Speak With Trump About Campus Sexual Assault
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill wants to speak with President Donald Trump about campus sexual assault policy. In a Monday letter, McCaskill both criticized his administration’s handling of the issue so far and asked to talk with him about working together on new policy. McCaskill said Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’ decision to […]
October 2, 2017
HBCUs
A Year Later, National Museum of African American History and Culture Continues to Draw Crowds
The Smithsonian NMAAHC encapsulates the powerful narrative of African-Americans and their significant journey to and within the United States.
September 24, 2017
Students
Obama Chief of Staff Joins Notre Dame Global Affairs Faculty
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — One of former President Barack Obama’s top White House aides is joining the University of Notre Dame’s international affairs program. The university says Denis McDonough will be an instructor for the first class of graduate students in master of global affairs program. McDonough became the White House chief of staff in […]
August 22, 2017
Students
Promised College Loan Forgiveness, Borrowers Wait and Wait
BOSTON — Danielle Ramos’ student-debt nightmare was supposed to be over. Like thousands of others who studied at failed for-profit colleges, she was promised by the U.S. Education Department under President Barack Obama that her federal loans would be forgiven by now. But as the weeks tick by with no reprieve, the 30-year-old college student […]
June 26, 2017
Opinion
Is Our Nation Prepared for the Next 4 Years?
Would anyone disagree that we are living in some troubling times in the United States of America?
March 29, 2017
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Expert: Minority Rights in Jeopardy Absent Consent Decrees for Police
Amid concerns that the U.S. Department of Justice won’t pursue consent decrees to hold police departments accountable for use of excessive or deadly force, a law professor who negotiated consent decrees under President Obama said the rights of minorities are at stake.
March 9, 2017
African-American
‘The Obama Years: The Power of Words’ Premieres Tonight
Tonight at 8 p.m. Eastern, the Smithsonian Channel premieres “The Obama Years: The Power of Words,” with historians assessing the impact of Obama’s rhetoric in light of history.
February 27, 2017
Students
Obama’s Commutations Give Advocates Hope for Future
Prison sentencing reform advocates hope that President Barack Obama’s commutation of first-time, nonviolent offenders will serve as an incentive to his successor, President Donald Trump, to continue aggressively with the practice.
January 26, 2017
Students
Going High: Soaring Like Michelle Obama
Secretly, I was going for the “Michelle Obama look”: elegance, grace, beauty, and intricacy that displayed a synergy of sophistication sprinkled with femininity.
January 11, 2017
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