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Ruth Simmons Takes a New (Interim) Presidency
Ruth Simmons (right) was on Monday named interim president of Prairie View A&M University, effective July 1. She succeeds George...
Student Released From North Korea Dies
A University of Virginia student who was released from North Korea in a coma last week after being detained for...
Academic Minute: De-Extinction
Today on the Academic Minute, Joseph Bennett, assistant professor and conservation biologist at Carleton University, explores if making a real-life...
UNC Chapel Hill Honored for Commitment to Equity
The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation announced Monday that its annual prize for elite colleges that promote equity is going to...
Year-Round Pell Grants Available July 1
Summer Pell Grants will be available to students beginning July 1, the Department of Education announced Monday. "This decision is...
Trump Keeps DACA in Place -- for Now
In a reversal from President Trump's campaign promise to “immediately terminate” a program that grants certain undocumented immigrants who were...
Competency Education Group Opens Membership
The Competency-Based Education Network, a grant-funded group of 30 institutions with competency-based programs, has become a free-standing nonprofit association and...
Trump Directs Changes to Cuba Policy
President Trump on Friday signed an expected memorandum directing the creation of new regulations rolling back travel rights to Cuba...