Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. The University of Alabama and the city of Tuscaloosa are implementing a new technology that notifies police in the campus area within seconds if gunfire is heard nearby. More...
How crucial are historically black colleges? Look who’s graduated from them
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. From Thurgood Marshall to Oprah Winfrey, the nation’s historically black colleges and universities have educated generations of African American pioneers and professionals — doctors, lawyers, scientists, ministers, writers and thinkers. The most famous graduate of a historically black college, slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., has a monument on the Mall and a federal holiday to celebrate his birthday. More...
At commencement, it's a no-Trump zone on most campuses
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Caution: If you attend a campus commencement address this spring, you could be entering a no-Trump zone. More...
Can the middle class afford college?
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. The beginning of May was the deadline for the last of high-school seniors to make their final decision about where they’re going to college next fall. More...
Education cuts wrong, unnecessary
Fatal student opioid overdoses prompt colleges to action
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Colleges around the U.S., spurred by fatal student overdoses and grieving families, are distributing lifesaving medication and adding on-campus recovery programs as the nation’s opioid epidemic worsens. More...
Georgia governor signs campus gun measure
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Gov. Nathan Deal signed a measure Thursday that would allow college students and others to carry concealed weapons on campus, despite vetoing similar legislation last year amid an uproar from gun control advocates. More...
Trump questions whether key funding source for HBCUs is constitutional
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. In February, President Trump invited leaders from historically black colleges and universities to the White House, a move they hoped signaled his support for the institutions and showed an effort to give them more clout in his administration. More...