David PluvioseHomeWith Congressional Gold Medal, Debt to Tuskegee Airmen ‘Paid in Full’In a striking show of unity amid partisan rancor over the Iraq war and U.S. Attorney firings, President Bush yesterday led a bipartisan delegation of House and Senate leaders to present a group of surviving Tuskegee Airmen with the Congressional Gold Medal.March 28, 2007Faculty & StaffRight Person Right TimeThe appointment of Dr. Drew Gilpin Faust, the first woman named president of Harvard University, marks a diversity high point in the storied history of the nation’s oldest college.March 21, 2007Faculty & StaffRight Person Right TimeThe appointment of Dr. Drew Gilpin Faust, the first woman named president of Harvard University…March 21, 2007Leadership & PolicyA Pathway to SuccessWith the total price tag of a bachelor’s degree from a top-tier U.S. college or university hovering around $150,000…February 21, 2007HomeCollege Chiefs Urged To Shed Elitist Tendencies At ACE Conference“The Access Imperative” is the theme of this year’s American Council on Education Annual Meeting, which concludes today in Washington. College administrators gathered for the conference on Monday received some stern advice for achieving the diversity they say they want: Stop relying on SAT scores and other assessments that are really only accessible to the elite.February 12, 2007HomeWeb Exclusive: Dr. Susan Kelly: No Starry-Eyed AdministratorWhen trustees of the Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science named Dr. Susan Kelly president of the predominately Black institution last May, touting successful institutional turnarounds she affected both in the United States and abroad, howls of protest came from all corners of the community. Not only is Kelly a White native of Australia and the first woman to hold the post, she does not hold a medical degree.February 7, 2007Leadership & PolicyResuscitating MLK/DrewTo this day, the widespread racial disparities that prompted the August 1965 riots in the Watts community of South Los Angeles…February 7, 2007Faculty & StaffPursuing a Lifelong PassionDriven. That, in a word, best describes Dr. M. Brian Blake. For somebody who fell into teaching by accident…January 10, 2007HBCUsBlack, Hispanic Male Crisis Focus Of Higher Ed SummitFor Dr. James H. Ammons, the crisis confronting Black and Hispanic males is obvious, but so is the solution…December 27, 2006HomeDespite Modest Increase, GED Test-Taking Still Hovering Near All-Time LowGiven recent statistics that indicate that at least half of all Black and Hispanic high school students dropped out this year, the General Educational Development test, or GED, remains a critical second option. However, since 2002, when the test was revamped to address complaints that GED-holders lacked basic writing skills, the number of test-takers has fallen drastically, from 800,000 before 2002 to 665,927 in 2004.December 20, 2006Previous PagePage 14 of 19Next Page
