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African-American: Page 286
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UDC to Study Monument Proposal for African-American Military Hero
The University of the District of Columbia is studying the cost of erecting a monument to honor Col. Charles Young — a pioneering Black military leader who supporters say is often overlooked.
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Tavis Smiley and Cornel West Take Obama Critique on the Road
Black activists Cornel West and Tavis Smiley are planning a 15-city “Poverty Tour” to bring attention to the needy and to what they say are the failings of President Barack Obama.
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Models of Success at Minority-serving Institutions
University of Wisconsin and University of Pennsylvania are identifying best practices for retention at nine minority-serving institutions.
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N.J. Governor Chris Christie, Education Reformer Geoffrey Canada Announce Partnership
Geoffrey Canada’s Harlem Children’s Zone engages community partners to develop a holistic, or comprehensive, approach to K-12 education that emphasizes college graduation as the students’ long-term goal.
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Talented Young Black Scholars Find an Open Path to Ivy League
With the influx of a new generation of highly trained Black Ph.D.s, Ivy League institutions are aggressively courting these young scholars fresh out of graduate school.
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Study Looks at School Discipline in Texas
Almost 60 percent of Texas public school students received punishments ranging from expulsion to in-school suspensions at least once between seventh and 12th grades, according to a new Texas A&M study.
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Official: Luther College Student Warned of Death on Frantic Call
Authorities have declined for months to release key details about the death of Luther College student Nana Kwasi Baffour-Awuah. But Winneshiek County Attorney Andy Van Der Maaten provided the most complete account yet of the investigation during an interview with The Associated Press.
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State Colleges Seeking More Out-of-State, International Students Amid Fiscal Crunch
For state institutions, the monetary incentive of affluent students paying higher tuition could squeeze out low-income minorities.
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University of Oregon Program Puts Teens on Course
Sunday marked the first day of 2011’s Oregon Young Scholars Program, a weeklong residential program for “historically underrepresented” high-school-age students from a targeted group of schools in the Portland and Eugene areas.
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Harvard Training College Teachers on Black History
Two dozen college teachers from around the country are participating this month in a Harvard program aimed at training professors to integrate more Black history into their classrooms and research projects.
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Federal Judge Dismisses Texas Southern University Reverse Discrimination Lawsuit
A federal judge has tossed out a reverse discrimination suit against Texas Southern University by a White faculty member who was terminated for his questionable handling of scholarship funds.
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Black Seaman’s 1861 Heroics Recalled in New Film
Among highlights in the documentary “Search for the Jefferson Davis: Trader, Slaver, Raider” is the story of William Tillman, a Black seaman whose heroics thwarted the sale of a schooner that had been captured by the Jefferson Davis, a Southern privateer that seized several Union ships during the Civil War.
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