The latest list of America's "best value" colleges includes several with
the highest sticker prices in the nation, according to a new ranking
released Monday.
Continue reading 'Best Value' Colleges May be Costly.
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The latest list of America's "best value" colleges includes several with
the highest sticker prices in the nation, according to a new ranking
released Monday.
The American Civil Liberties Union of
Florida is criticizing Florida A&M University's decision to cancel a
summer band camp and block students from joining clubs during a hazing
investigation.
Continue reading ACLU Criticizes FAMU's Ban on Student Groups.
A St. Paul teacher is on paid leave after being accused of racial discrimination in his own classroom.
After five years at the helm, Robert M. Franklin is stepping down as president of Morehouse College. Robert Michael Franklin is stepping down as president of Morehouse College.
Continue reading Robert M. Franklin, President of Morehouse College, Stepping Down.
President Barack Obama fired a warning at the nation's colleges and universities on Friday, threatening to strip their federal aid if they "jack up tuition" every year and to give the money instead to schools showing restraint and value.
Continue reading Obama 'Putting Colleges on Notice' on High Tuition.
The Sixth Circuit has ruled in favor of Christian graduate student Julea Ward, who almost three years ago was expelled from a university counseling program for her religious beliefs.
Every family has one.
Continue reading Roy Roberts Is Making Detroit Public Schools Great.
Last night in his State of the Union address President Obama called on all states to raise their school compulsory attendance age to 18, a move that stirred verbal backlash from homeschoolers.
Educators are expressing alarm that the performance gap between minority and white high school students continues to expand across the United States, with minority teenagers performing at academic levels equal to or lower than those of 30 years ago.
Continue reading Performance Gap Between Minorities and Whites Continues to Expand.
The four students charged last week with hazing pledges of a Florida A&M University marching band club known as the Clones have been dismissed from the school.
Continue reading FAMU Dismisses 4 Students Charged with Hazing .
Officials say the school district in Atlanta has agreed to repay more than $363,000 in federal money the district won by teachers and administrators cheating.
Continue reading Atlanta to Repay $363,000 for Cheating.
Pledges of a Florida A&M marching band club known as the Clones were punched or paddled while they played music during a hazing initiation, according to police records released Friday. Four band members were arrested in the beatings and charged with hazing.
Continue reading Four More FAMU Band Members Charged.
School officials at Shawano High School needlessly censored and apologized for a 15-year-old's op-ed article supporting natural mother-father adoption. It was a part of an editorial page which presented both viewpoints, each articulated by students. After the school newspaper was published in the local town paper, a homosexual in the community complained to the school. School officials took immediate action and censored the article supporting natural adoption.
Continue reading Student's Opinion Column Censored for Promoting Natural Adoption .
Contrary to popular opinion, seminary can actually leave many believers worse off than when they started.
Continue reading Is Seminary Training Leaving Students Worse Off?.
Textbooks are often a luxury for college senior Vatell Martin.The accounting major at Virginia State University got by in several courses with study groups and professors' lectures. "It's not that I didn't want to buy," he says. "Sometimes, I just didn't have the money for a $200 book."
Continue reading Technology, Costs and Lack of Appeal Slow Down Adoption of E-textbooks.
Oprah Winfrey says the first graduation at her elite school for South African girls is a time for celebration, and for contemplating how she could have done it better.
Continue reading Oprah Winfrey's South African School Celebrates 1st Graduates.
Penn State University President Rodney
Erickson will face a crowd of alumni Wednesday in Pittsburgh, some of
whom aren't happy about the way the school handled the Jerry Sandusky
child sex abuse scandal.
Continue reading Penn State President to Face Alumni in Pittsburgh.
Florida A&M University's board of trustees approved plans to create an independent committee to study hazing Monday, and a memorial to a marching band member who police say died after being punched and paddled during a hazing ritual.
Continue reading FAMU Trustees to Create Anti-Hazing Committee.
Liberty University, the world's largest Christian college, is being noted by Google for its success in marketing the university's programs to prospective students via their mobile devices.
Continue reading Google Praises Liberty University Online's Mobile Advertising.
Across the Washington area, black students are suspended and expelled two to five times as often as white students, creating disparities in discipline that experts say reflect a growing national problem.
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