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HBCU grad rates lag behind ‘PWIs’

  Upon arriving at Fayetteville State University, the class of 2015 was greeting with the theme, "Operation Graduation." An attribution to FSU's updated efforts to improve low graduation rates, the theme also resonates with the national historically black college and university (HBCU) atmosphere. Full story

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FSU combines events for acclaimed author

  "These four black Americas are increasingly distinct, separated by demography, geography, and psychology. They have different profiles, different mind-sets, different hopes, fears, and dreams. There are time and places where we all still come back together- on the increasingly rare occasions when we feel lumped together, defined, and threatened solely on the basis of skin color, usually involving some high-profile instance of bald-faced discrimination or injustice; and in venues like ‘urban' or black-oriented radio, which serves as a kind of speed-of-light grapevine. Full story

Help for veterans is available

  Are you a veteran looking for money to offset the cost of higher education? Do you need a tutor for a class you're struggling with? Need a job that works with your class schedule while you attend college? Are you having medical, dental, visual, or other health issues that are preventing you from doing your best while studying for your degree? If you're a student veteran or a veteran's dependent attending college, there may be a program that can assist you with obtaining an education. Full story

A news revisit: Did you miss it?

Last month President Obama ordered ICE to halt millions of deportations

  On August 18 President Obama's administration announced they would begin deporting only illegal immigrants with criminal records. The White House was prompted to make this decision due to the high volume of immigration cases waiting to be reviewed. Full story

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