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Historic Black Church Eliminates Student Debt for SAU Seniors

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Rev. Dr. Howard-John Wesley, Senior Pastor of Alfred Street Baptist Church. Alfred Street Baptist Church of Alexandria, Virginia, a prominent Black congregation located just outside Washington D.C., has donated $132,469 to Saint Augustine's University (SAU) to eliminate the outstanding debt of 11 graduating seniors, enabling them to receive their diplomas debt-free at the May 3rd commencement ceremony.

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100 Bullet Points RAs and Student Staff Can Use On Their Resumes

Roompact

You pick up A LOT of transferable skills as an RA or student staff member. Many of these skills are useful to highlight as you apply for future jobs beyond graduation. One of the ways you’ll sell your skills and abilities to potential employers is through your resume. When crafting a resume that includes your.

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They staged protests for Palestine. The consequences have been life-changing

The Guardian Higher Education

Legal aid group says most students contacting them are Palestinian, Arab Muslim and other students of color EK was completing a take-home exam on 6 March when the dean of student conduct at Swarthmore College emailed her about an urgent Zoom meeting. On the video call, she said, the dean told her that she would be suspended for one semester for staging a protest at the colleges trustees dinner in December 2023.

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DOD continues to shield bad actor schools that prey upon military servicemembers

Higher Education Inquirer

For more than seven years, we have been waiting to obtain information from the US Department of Defense (DOD) about schools that prey upon servicemembers using DOD Tuition Assistance to further their college aspirations. And we have done it at our peril, repeatedly taking flak from people in DC. As the Higher Education Inquirer reported earlier, DOD and these schools have had questionable relationships with these schools going back to the 1980s, with the for-profit college takeover of CCME, the

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Harvard labor unions rally behind non-citizens and workers amid Trump attacks

The Guardian Higher Education

As Trump administration escalates threats on university, unions call on Harvard leadership to support workers Labor unions and allied organizations representing students, staff, researchers and faculty at Harvard University are holding a rally on 27 April on campus to raise awareness and support for the role workers at the university have in research and education on campus in the face of attacks on the university by the Trump administration.

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Trump Versus Academia, April 25, 2025 (Bryan Alexander)

Higher Education Inquirer

Here's my latest Trump and academia vlog report. If youre new to this series, these videos are where I summarize what the Trump administration has been doing to higher education, and how colleges and universities have responded. Here are the latest developments since the last video, as of today, April 25, 2025. Previous episodes here: Trump and higher education: report fr. 1 The Federal level Executive orders: [link] [link] [link] [link] [link] EEOC texts: [link] National Science Foundation can

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Trump’s class war on Harvard–Full Story podcast - podcast

The Guardian Higher Education

Is the US president exploiting popular resentment towards elite colleges to achieve his political goals? Ed Pilkington reports Harvard University filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration on Monday on the grounds that a recent US$2bn (1.5bn) funding freeze was unlawful. It is the most significant act of resistance taken by a US college in response to Trumps crackdown on higher education.