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Leadership & Policy

Maryland Lawsuit Targets Undocumented Students’ Local Tuition Break

A Maryland community college is facing a lawsuit over its policy to provide low “in-county” tuition rates to any recent graduate of a local high school regardless of immigration status.

Faculty Members Seeking to Oust Medgar Evers President

Medgar Evers College, the newest and smallest member of the City University of New York system, finds itself in a familiar but unenviable position — cloaked in controversy — as faculty leaders press for the immediate ouster of its new president and provost.

William Pollard

Faculty Members Seeking to Oust Medgar Evers President

In response to the no-confidence vote, Dr. William Pollard, president since August 2009, issued an open letter to the college to dismiss calls for his ouster.

William Pollard

A Look Inside a Successful Charter School Culture

At Pritzker College Prep charter high school in Chicago, academics are rigorous, teachers have special training and kids are in school more hours than their peers in traditional pubic schools.

Pritzker College Prep students

African-American

Sociologist Investigates Minority Exclusion in Medical Research

As a medical sociologist, Dr. Shawna V. Hudson works like a detective seeking clues to how the health care system functions for people of different ethnic groups.

Emerging markets are hot: Place your bets

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Investing in emerging markets is looking a little pricey right now but there’s still plenty of room for investors to get in on the action.

African-American

The Black Biz Hookup Launches To Promote Discounted Offerings & Services From Black Businesses

Atlanta, GA (February 1, 2011) — Today the Black Biz Hookup launched as the first Group Buying website whose Merchant offerings of “Daily Deals” are Black Owned and Operated Businesses.

Faculty & Staff

Tenure Controversy Trips Up DePaul

Claims of bias, violations of academic freedom and racism continue to dog DePaul University’s tenure process.

Quinetta Shelby

Federal Postsecondary Education Leader Urges Unity on College Completion Message

The many constituencies comprising U.S. higher education should come together to “speak with one voice” to the rest of this country, says Dr. Eduardo Ochoa, assistant secretary for postsecondary education.

Lezli Baskerville

African-American

After Egyptian Sojourn, Former Fulbright Fellow Watches Revolt from Afar

Recent Fulbright fellow and Morehouse College graduate Wendell Hassan Marsh returned to the U.S. just weeks before uprising.

African-American

Colorado Firm Wins $74,000 Contract To Study UNO/SUNO Merger

A Colorado consulting firm will be paid as much as $74,000 to evaluate a proposal to merge Southern University at New Orleans with the nearby University of New Orleans campus.

Mississippi Governor Juggles White House Hopes, State’s Past

Haley Barbour’s latest efforts to talk about civil rights and race have seen improvement, a sign that the Mississippi governor knows that if he is to carry his party’s 2012 banner against the nation’s first African-American president, he will have to be more forthright about Mississippi’s troubled history, experts say.

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