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Students

Early FAFSA Filing Seen as Boon for Low-income Students

Student advocates and higher education experts say the new Obama administration policy change on early Federal Student Aid form filing will prove beneficial for low-income and first-generation students.

October 6, 2015

African-American

Tough Road Ahead for HBCU Initiative Boss Toldson

Dr. Ivory Toldson, who was officially named executive director of the White House Initiative on HBCUs last week, said his “first priority will be to continue existing, and devise new, strategies to sustain and expand federal support to HBCUs.”

September 27, 2015

Home

Public Rallies Around 9th Grader Arrested in Error in Texas

A ninth-grader in Texas was arrested Monday after a clock he’d invented was mistaken for a bomb.

September 16, 2015

African-American

Fraternity Implements Strategies to Help Black Males Succeed

Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity—also known as the Boulé—is stepping up its efforts to help young African-American males succeed.

April 5, 2015

Home

Diverse Conversations: Obama and Diversity on College Campuses

When it is all said and done, what will President Obama’s college diversity legacy look like?

March 3, 2015

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Obama Brings Hope to Undocumented Students

President Obama outlined his views on immigration and pushed an ambitious plan for undocumented students for the last year of his administration.

February 25, 2015

Community Colleges

Community College Leaders Cite Roadblocks in Obama’s Proposal

Despite national interest in President Obama’s free community college plan, many question the plausibility of it being successfully implemented.

February 10, 2015

HBCUs

HBCU Leaders Divided on Free Community College Plan

Many HBCU leaders believe President Obama’s free community college proposal could be disastrous for HBCUs.

February 8, 2015

Community Colleges

Diverse Analysis: Why President Obama’s New Community College Plan Matters

America’s College Promise offers a vision around which states, community colleges, foundations, research organizations, corporations, activists and citizens can mobilize to bring long-term innovation to community colleges.

January 22, 2015

Native Americans

Obama Promises Funding, Resources in Response to Tribal Nations’ Education ‘Emergency’

The White House 2014 Native Youth Report, released on Wednesday, finds that Native youth and Native education “are in a state of emergency.”

December 3, 2014

International

DREAM Youth Expressing Mixed Emotions over Obama Immigration Plan

Young immigrants who attained deportation relief under the 2012 Obama administration program fault new immigration plan for not including measures that would help their undocumented parents.

December 2, 2014