Hispanic Community April 2018

Guard Faces Tricky Dance In California Border Mission [Beyond Education]

California Gov. Jerry Brown is crystal clear that his National Guard will help President Trump go after drugs and thugs on the Mexican border, but not immigrants. Drawing that line may be hazy. Brown's pledge of 400 troops allows the president to boast that governors in all four border states back his mission to send the Guard on its third large-scale deployment since 2006.

Financing April 2018

Community Colleges Will No Longer Charge Application Fee [Education News]

New Hampshire's community colleges say they will no longer charge an application fee. Applicants no longer have to pay $20 to apply to any of the state's seven community colleges. The community colleges also won't charge an orientation fee, which is usually $30 to $40.

Legal April 2018

Trump Administration Pauses Legal Orientation For Immigrants [Beyond Education]

Immigrant advocates are outraged by a U.S. government decision to put on hold a program that helps tens of thousands of immigrants navigate the country's complex immigration court system. The $8 million-a-year program that provides legal orientation to immigrants in deportation proceedings is on hold pending review, according to the U.S. Department of Justice, which oversees immigration courts.

Global April 2018

Trump Pardons Former Cheney Aide Scooter Libby [Beyond Education Breaking News]

President Donald Trump issued a full pardon Friday to I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, a former top aide to Vice President Dick Cheney. Trump said he does not know Libby, but "for years I have heard that he has been treated unfairly. Hopefully, this full pardon will help rectify a very sad portion of his life," according to a statement issued by White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders.

Health Care April 2018

Columbia University Launches Scholarship Program to Eliminate Medical School Loans for Students With Financial Need [On A Positive News In Education]

Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons announced that it will launch a sweeping scholarship program in the coming academic year – several years ahead of schedule – that will make it the first medical school in the nation to replace student loans with scholarships for all students who qualify for financial aid.

Hispanic Community April 2018

'People Are Still Suffering': MLB Back In Storm-Hit San Juan [Beyond Education]

Puerto Rico is about to host its most significant sporting events since Hurricane Maria dramatically ravaged the islands seven months ago. Major League Baseball returns Tuesday to San Juan, with Cleveland and Minnesota opening a two-game series that many hope will remind the rest of the world that recovery from the storm is far from over.

Global April 2018

Syrians Rally in Support of Assad's Military

James Comey criticizes President Donald Trump in an interview with ABC News where he calls Trump "morally unfit" for office. Hundreds of Syrians gathered in a square in Damascus to support Assad's Military. UN Ambassador Nikki Haley has indicated that new economic sanctions will be announced against Russia.

Hispanic Community April 2018

Raul Castro Leaves Cuba With New Freedoms, Deep Problems [Beyond Education]

In 2008 Raul Castro took over a country where most people couldn't own computers or cellphones, leave without permission, run most types of private businesses or enter resort hotels. Castro set about re-engineering the system he had helped create and Cuba opened dramatically over his decade in office.

Legal April 2018

Marshall, WVU Law School Launch Consumer Rights Project [Education News]

Marshall University is launching a joint project with West Virginia University College of Law to provide consumer-related information for people in West Virginia. Each school received $1 million to implement the programs. The Joint Consumer Assistance Project was established by lawyers involved in a consumer class action case from funds not claimed by class members.

Arts and Media April 2018

Florida AP Broadcasters Contest College-Level Award Winners [On A Positive Note In Education]

Winners of the Florida Associated Press Broadcasters contest were announced Saturday in Orlando. 5 colleges submitted 48 entries in the contest. The Associated Press is a not-for-profit news cooperative representing 1,400 newspapers and 5,000 broadcast stations in the United States. A full list of winners is available online.

Hispanic Community April 2018

US Says California Rejects Proposed Border Duties For Troops [Beyond Education]

The Trump administration said Monday that California Gov. Jerry Brown rejected terms of the National Guard's initial deployment to the Mexican border, but a state official said nothing was decided. "The governor determined that what we asked for is unsupportable, but we will have other iterations," Ronald Vitiello, U.S. Customs and Border Protection's acting deputy commissioner, told reporters in Washington.

Financing April 2018

Northwest Iowa College Gets $6M Gift For Science Building [Education News]

Northwestern College says it's received a $6 million gift for its new science building, the largest single gift in school history. The $24.5 million building will be named for benefactors Jack and Mary DeWitt, who live in Holland, Michigan. The building will have classrooms, laboratories and faculty offices for the college's biology, chemistry and nursing department, as well as space for student-faculty research.

Hispanic Community April 2018

Younger Party Official Faces Test As Cuba's Next President [Beyond Education]

Raul Castro travels in motorcades of imported sedans. Rings of bodyguards protect him, pistols under guayabera shirts. A different style was on display March 11 as a crowd of reporters, voters and nervous provincial apparatchiks waited outside a voting station in Santa Clara for Miguel Mario Diaz-Canel Bermudez, the Communist Party official widely expected to take Castro's place as Cuba's next president this week.

Global April 2018

University To Host Forum On School Safety [Education News]

Virginia Commonwealth University and state Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security Brian Moran are set to host a forum on school safety. The April 23 event in Richmond will focus on how officials can assess and investigate potential threats at schools. Moran will also moderate a panel about the roles of school resource officers.

Global April 2018

Text Of 1990 Speech By The Late Barbara Bush

Barbara Bush gave the commencement address at the all-women Wellesley College in Wellesley, Massachusetts, on June 1, 1990. The speech was ranked No. 47 on a list of the top speeches of the century in 1999. The list, compiled by researchers at the University of Wisconsin and Texas A&M University, was based on a survey of scholars who ranked speeches by social and political impact and rhetorical artistry.