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ACE Report Underscores Lack of Diversity Among Graduates Earning Bachelor’s Degrees

The report delineates a range of disparities that impact minority college students as they matriculate through college, from taking longer periods of time to earn a degree to borrowing more frequently and larger amounts.

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Faculty & Staff

USC Announces $70 Million Gift by Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine

University of Southern California says Dr. Dre, whose real name is Andre Young, and Jimmy Iovine are donating $70 million to establish the USC Jimmy Iovine and Andre Young Academy for Arts, Technology and the Business of Innovation.

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Latino College Enrollment Rate Surpasses That of Whites

The rate at which Latino high school graduates enrolled in college reached a record high in 2012, and it exceeded that of Whites for the first time, a new Pew Research Center analysis shows.

Faculty & Staff

HBCUs Must Rethink Holistic Operations

A structured approach to peeling back the layers of issues facing HBCUs is a reasonable way to proceed along the path to providing reasonable strategies for making lasting positive changes.

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NCEE Report Urges Fresh Approach to Path to Math

Despite taking high school algebra, geometry and often advanced algebra, most first-year students are placed in remedial math in community college because they’re not properly prepared.

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Experts Say Getting More Teachers of Color in Classrooms a Necessity

HBCUs, which produce 50 percent of the nation’s Black educators, are trying to change approaches to recruitment, retention and society’s view of teaching.

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Faculty & Staff

First Generation Civil Rights Fellows Head to Washington

This summer, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law will introduce its First Generation Civil Rights Fellowship (FirstGEN) program for undergraduate students who intend to pursue careers in social justice.

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FAMU Names New Band Director

Dr. Sylvester Young, a Florida A&M University graduate and former member of the Marching 100 band, will join the university on June 14 as the new director of marching and pep bands.

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Sotomayor Makes Herself at Home at NYC Literature Festival

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor has said she wants to be called just “Sonia from the Bronx.”

Uncovering Racism: White Greeks in Blackface

I must join the recent outrage over White Greek fraternities and sororities (and an Asian fraternity recently) donning blackface and performing blackness on our college campuses.

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City College of New York Honors Colin Powell

General Colin Powell returned to his alma mater, City College of New York, to commemorate the school’s decision to rename its division of social sciences after him.

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These Junior Rocket Scientists Have Their Sights on Top-Flight Colleges

Team Rocket Power is the only African-American all-girls team to qualify for national finals of the Team America Rocketry Challenge.

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