The Associated PressLGBTQ+Former Rutgers Student Charged with Hate Crime in N.J. SuicideA grand jury indictment charges Dharun Ravi with bias intimidation, invasion of privacy, witness and evidence tampering and other charges stemming from the suicide of 18-year-old Tyler Clementi in September.April 20, 2011Community CollegesPoll: Students Grade High School Down, College UpYoung adults say high schools are failing to give students a solid footing for the working world or strong guidance toward college, at a time when many fear graduation means tumbling into an economic black hole.April 19, 2011African-AmericanMassachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick Chronicles His Life in New BookIn his book A Reason to Believe, the Massachusetts Democrat tells his version of the American rags to riches story, chronicling what he dubs his “improbable” rise from a broken home and poverty on Chicago’s South Side to the upper echelons of American politics.April 12, 2011Leadership & PolicyWashburn University Pushing to Attract Students From IndiaStudents from India are the latest target in Washburn University President Jerry Farley’s efforts to attract more international students to the school’s campus in Topeka.April 4, 2011WomenFederal Effort Seeks to Help Colleges, Schools Prevent Sexual ViolenceA nation that prides itself on fighting the abuse of power has an obligation to prevent sexual violence in schools and on college campuses, Vice President Joe Biden said as he kicked off a nationwide awareness campaign on schools’ responsibilities and victims’ rights.April 4, 2011Leadership & PolicySouthern University’s Chancellor Candidates Narrowed DownThe top 10 applicants for the chancellor’s job at Southern University – Baton Rouge include Philander Smith College’s “hip-hop prez” and a former LSU administrator.March 30, 2011African-AmericanCensus: More Blacks in South Moving to SuburbsAfrican-Americans in the South are shunning city life for the suburbs at the highest levels in decades, rapidly integrating large metropolitan areas that were historically divided between inner-city Blacks and suburban Whites.March 20, 2011African-AmericanUMKC Professor Pearlie Johnson Uses Quilts to Teach Black HistoryPearlie Johnson, a visiting assistant professor in the University of Missouri-Kansas City College of Arts and Sciences’ Black Studies Program, uses quilts from her private collection in class lectures.March 8, 2011StudentsS.C. Students Find Stories Buried in Old GravesClemson archeologist Melissa Vogel and Clemson forensic anthropologist Katy Weisensee will supervise the project that lets students work on a real site using skills from archeological, biological and cultural classes.March 7, 2011African-AmericanImmigrant Students Revive U.S. Pentecostal ChurchJust 15 years ago, membership fell to just three dozen. But now a Cambridge, Mass. Pentecostal church claims more than 350 members thanks to aggressive recruitment of immigrants and international students.March 7, 2011Previous PagePage 10 of 12Next Page
