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UCSD Launches Student-Assisted Venture FundThe Rady School of Management at UC San Diego has launched a student-assisted venture capital fund. The Rady Venture Fund will give the school's Master of Business Administration candidates and other UCSD graduate students hands-on education in funding startups and encouraging entrepreneurship. |
UTEP Professor Ben Flores Receives Presidential AwardUniversity of Texas at El Paso Engineering professor Ben Flores, Ph.D, has long been a driving force in launching the science careers of minority students. Today, President Obama recognized those years of work, presenting Flores with the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Technology, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring. |
Changes for Student Loans Are ExpectedBig changes may be coming soon to the student loan industry, and those involved are preparing for the adjustments. The Obama administration's plan is to eliminate the Federal Family Education Loan Program, which has provided education loans to students and parents through a public and private partnership with lenders since 1965, if Congress approves the measure. Direct lending from the U.S. Department of Education will take its place. |
Minority students growing in number at some college campusesThe growing diversity of college campuses can be measured in numbers, figures and graphs. It seems the color palette on college campuses is changing. |
Pioneering Hispanic Nurse to Head School of Nursing in TexasIn 1992, Elias Provencio-Vasquez became the first Hispanic male in U.S. history to earn a doctoral degree in nursing. This week, he achieved another first. After a national search, The University of Texas at El Paso appointed Provencio-Vasquez as the dean of the School of Nursing, university officials announced Monday. Provencio-Vasquez is the first Hispanic male in the United States to assume such a position. |
Official: Hispanics Lack 'Sense Of Urgency' in Closing Education GapHispanics aren't being aggressive enough about closing the academic achievement gap, a top education executive for the White House said Tuesday. |
Black Male College Grad Hiring LagsU.S. racial disparities remain in the hiring of college-educated African-American men, statistics indicate. |
Texas Lawmaker Wants More Hispanics Included in Academic History BooksHispanic leaders this week assailed a draft social studies curriculum under consideration by the State Board of Education, saying it woefully ignores the role that Hispanics have played in shaping state and national history. |
CSU Stimulus Numbers on Jobs Should Have Raised SuspicionCalifornia State University officials may have followed federal guidelines in reporting that stimulus money saved an inordinate number of campus jobs, but someone in the university system should have objected to reporting the numbers because "they don't make sense," California's stimulus watchdog official said Friday. |
Obama to Discuss U.S. Education SystemEducation is in the limelight Wednesday as President Obama and Education Secretary Arne Duncan visit America's heartland to discuss learning opportunities. |
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