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After the Department of Education began to implement stricter requirements for PLUS loan applicants under 34 CFR § 682.201 (c)(2), over 14.616 students from historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) were forced to abandon their studies in the fall of 2012 after a dramatic spike in loan denials.  The parents of the students applying for Parent PLUS loans suddenly found they could be [...]

North Carolina A&T State University has been put on lockdown after reports of a man with a rifle on the Greensboro school’s campus. A University Alert is in affect NCAT is on lockdown everyone is NCAT A University Alert is in affect NCAT is on lockdown everyone is informed to stay inside per the message on the ncat.edu page — [...]

Two Tennessee State University football players have been suspended from the team indefinitely after allegedly causing thousands of dollars in damage to another student’s car on Feb. 9. TSU’s starting quarterback, Michael German, 21, and defensive back Joseph Johnson, 20, were accused of jumping and dancing on the roof and hood of a student’s 2011 Ford Fiesta. Those actions caused [...]

The Oklahoma Senate on Tuesday passed a measure that would allow Oklahoma State University to offer accounting courses at its Tulsa campus, something currently reserved for Langston University. Senate Bill 59, by Sen. Brian Crain, now heads to the House after securing approval by a vote of 36-10. Currently, only Langston is allowed to offer courses in accounting, sociology and [...]

A man charged in the hazing death of a Florida A&M drum major is going to plead guilty and cooperate with prosecutors, his attorney said Friday. Caleb Jackson will plead guilty to felony hazing and manslaughter as soon as April, attorney Chuck Hobbs said at a hearing at the Orange County Courthouse. Jackson currently is being held in the Leon [...]

A 20-year-old Raymond man is charged with two counts of felony cyberstalking for allegedly threatening Jackson State University President Carolyn Meyers via social media, officials said today. Jhamerius Darshawn Mack of Raymond, who investigators say is not a JSU student, is jailed at the Hinds County Detention Center at Raymond, JSU spokesman Eric Stringfellow said today. He confirmed that the [...]

When it was established in 1998, the James E. Clyburn University Transportation Center in Orangeburg, South Carolina was supposed to be a major hub for transportation, education, and research in the country. It was also a chance for Rep. Jim Clyburn—an alumnus of South Carolina State University, where the center is housed—to restore “a unique mission” to his alma mater, [...]

Jairus Rayshawn Dantzler, 18, has been arrested for an alleged sexual assault on the campus of Paine College in Augusta Georgia. Dantzler face multiple charges, including rape, burglary, and obstruction of a law enforcement officer. “As we move the campus from campus safety to a campus police department, we’ll further strengthen our abilities to deter people from coming on campus and [...]

Twelve former students now face manslaughter charges in the November 2011 hazing death of Florida A&M University drum major Robert Champion Jr., attorneys familiar with the case said Monday. Ten of them were previously charged with felony hazing resulting in death. They and two new defendants will now also be charged with manslaughter, said Craig Brown, the attorney for one [...]

Howard University seniors and sorority hopefuls Laurin Compton and Lauren Cofield find themselves in a plot with elements of a teen novel: arguments about who can wear pink, accusations of snitching, a cabal of girls called “the Sweets.” But instead of devising an elaborate way to get back at the in-crowd, Gossip Girl-style, they’re suing the sorority and the university to become sisters—and alleging that [...]

The drummer for country music star Kellie Pickler was in serious condition Sunday as one of five people hospitalized in two crashes that happened within minutes at the same spot on Interstate 65 in central Kentucky and killed six. Pickler’s manager, Larry Fitzgerald, said 36-year-old Gregg Lohman of Goodlettsville, Tennessee, suffered serious injuries in the wreck Saturday. He remained in [...]

Changes to a popular government student loan are making it difficult for thousands of students to afford college this school year. That’s according to a new report about making the requirements to the federal PLUS loan program more stringent. Adam Miller, a freshman at a local college, says it was a struggle to find the money to pay for his education. “Very frustrating,” [...]

Hundreds of students at Wilberforce University rallied against university administration a couple of months ago and threaten to leave school for nearby Central State University. Students, faculty and staff now plan for another protest during a ceremony celebrating the historically black institution’s 157 year history. WILBERFORCE — The faculty and student government at Wilberforce University say they plan to protest [...]

A Clark Atlanta University student was arrested Saturday in the shooting of a Morehouse College student after a fight over a pickup basketball game, the college said. The shooting occurred Friday at Samuel A. Archer Hall on the Morehouse campus. Amir Obafemi, 21, was booked into the Fulton County Jail. He was charged with felony aggravated assault and carrying a [...]

(BET) — Hip hop star Rick Ross, who is celebrating his 37 birthday today, was reportedly shot at early this morning during a drive-by shooting in Fort Lauderdale, FL. According to Local 10, police were called to an intersection in the South Florida neighbor around 5 a.m. in response to reports of a car accident and gun shots being fired. [...]

One firefighter was injured early Wednesday morning at a six-alarm fire at an unoccupied Lincoln University non-student residence. The firefighter was taken to Christiana Hospital in Delaware with non-life-threatening injuries, officials said. The fire broke out at 7:55 a.m. at an unoccupied two-unit residence that had been used by Lincoln University employees living on campus. The building had recently been [...]

Florida A&M University’s award-winning student news publication, The FAMUan, is on a short hiatus until Jan. 30, 2013, according to university administration. A former drum major in the ‘Marching 100’ filed a lawsuit, accusing The FAMUan of libel – for inaccurately representing him as being involved in the Robert Champion incident. Keon Hollis, a drum major in the now probated [...]

Florida A&M University will be placed on one year of probation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Official word from accrediting body SACS is still to come, but FAMU’s Interim President Larry Robinson informed his Board of Trustees by phone this afternoon. Robinson and other FAMU officials are at the regularly scheduled SACS meeting going on in Texas. [...]