Tag: Learning Disabilities

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FSU Professors Receive IES Grants to Advance Special Education Research

The Institute for Education Sciences (IES) has awarded Early Career grants to Drs. Laura Steacy and Jenny Root, who are both assistant professors of special education in the Florida State University College of Education. Steacy and Root will receive $500,000 each over a four-year period to research ways to support students with learning disabilities. Steacy’s […]

May 15, 2019

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CSUN Explorers Program to Benefit People with Disabilities

California State University, Northridge (CSUN) will begin a two-year program starting this fall called CSUN Explorers in hopes of increasing the employability and independence of those with intellectual and developmental disabilities. CSUN Explorers is a postsecondary program accessible through the university’s Tseng College. Individuals in the program will not be earning a degree, but will […]

August 8, 2018

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Panel Dissects Role of Suspensions in School-To-Prison Pipeline

Statistics abounded Wednesday evening during a panel discussion titled “School to Prison Pipeline: Decriminalizing Public Education” co-sponsored by New America, the National Black Child Development Institute and the Greater Washington Urban League,

May 17, 2018

African-American

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Lincoln University Tells Parent’s Association to Back Off Diverse Docket: African-American Student Loses Bias Suit Against Valparaiso A Lesson in Isolation: Being Hopi in Higher Education In Malaysia, Obama Says Education an Anti-Terrorism Strategy

November 24, 2015

Students

Seeing Student Success

Cal State Fullerton among institutions employing a host of interventions to help students persist, graduate.

October 7, 2015

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Court Backs Wichita State University in Lawsuit Over Test

A federal appeals court has sided with Wichita State University in a lawsuit brought by a student with attention deficit disorder over a failed test.

August 25, 2015

Faculty & Staff

Ex-University of Southern California Professor Fined for Grant Application Lie

A former University of Southern California math professor has been ordered to pay $300,000 in fines and restitution for lying about his employment on a grant application he made to the U.S. Department of Energy.

December 22, 2014

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Audit Reveals Equipment Thefts, Other Problems at Grambling

A new state audit of Grambling State University shows equipment thefts totaling more than $130,000 and an unbalanced budget with more total expenses than revenues in each of the five years analyzed.

December 2, 2014

Students

In Case You Missed It…

DOE Official: College Rating System Developed To Be Refined Black Diversity in Higher Ed? We are Not There Yet Disability Studies Expert Seeks Better Understanding Through Communication Study: College Affordability Metrics Don’t Match HBCUs’ Mission

September 11, 2014

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Kentucky State University Dropping Nonpayers

Kentucky State University’s interim president says the Frankfort school will drop a quarter of its students for unpaid bills that have helped produce a deficit of nearly $7 million.

September 3, 2014

African-American

South Carolina State University Seeks Hand Out of $13M Hole

Plagued by turmoil of one kind or another for the last half decade, the university is asking the state for millions of dollars to help it avert a $13 million deficit this fiscal year ending June 30.

February 19, 2014

Disabilties

Creighton University Must Accommodate Deaf Student

Michael Argenyi was accepted to Creighton’s medical school in 2008 after disclosing that he was hearing impaired and requesting accommodations for his disability to allow him to follow lectures and communicate with patients.

December 22, 2013