Campus Informer: Direct Lending, Rhodes Scholars, and UND Debates the Fighting Sioux Nickname

Campus Progress is bringing back a renewed version of a feature called Campus Informer, a roundup of cool and interesting stuff happening at campuses around the country. Of course, the feature isn't only limited to campuses, since Campus Progress exists for non-college youth and to make higher education more accessible and affordable. If you think something in your area should be included in Campus Informer, just email us at campusprogresseditors [at] americanprogress [dot] org.

• Financial Aid administrators guess whether Congress will mandate direct lending. [Inside Higher Ed]
• A new study shows that religious activists and voters might be leaning left. [The Alligator]
• Rhodes scholars were announced and 32 Americans from 23 American colleges and universities made the cut. [The Chronicle]
• A pay equity study at Columbia University has taken more than three years and some say that's just too long. [Columbia Spectator]
• Members of the University of North Dakota's student senate debate weather to keep its Fighting Sioux nickname and logo. [Dakota Student]
• Former First Lady Barbara Bush is scheduled to speak at Texas A&M [The Battalion]

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