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For Minorities, A New ‘Digital Divide’

Some experts see a new “digital divide” emerging with Latinos and Blacks being challenged by more, not less, access to technology.

New Jersey Gov. Christie Signs Anti-bullying Bill

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has signed an anti-bullying bill that advocates say is the toughest of its kind in the nation.

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Accounting Giant Ernst & Young Seeks To Attract More Minority Hires

Ernst & Young actively recruits at about 200 universities nationwide and partners with the National Association of Black Accountants and other groups to extend its outreach.

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Literary Struggle Continues Over Mark Twain’s ‘Offensive’ Words

In the wake of the latest furor over Twain’s depiction of American slavery, scholars are divided over a publisher’s move to remove N-word from forthcoming edition of the author’s acclaimed novels.

Cities Take Up Challenge of Helping Increase College Completion Rates

Cities from Hammond, Ind., and New Haven, Conn., to Denver and Pittsburgh have launched city scholarship programs at a time when the U.S. has fallen from first to ninth place in the world in the proportion of young people with college degrees.

Faculty & Staff

Black Colleges Step Up Pursuit of Sponsored Research

Envisioning a more competitive future, a number of Black college leaders have challenged their faculties to pursue aggressive research agendas.

With High Demand, Pell Grant Program Faces Challenges

Uncertainty about program funding comes as more students take advantage of Pell awards year round.

Mark Kantrowitz

Leadership & Policy

University of Arkansas-Little Rock Chancellor Establishing Racial Institute To Heal Old Wounds

Joel Anderson is following through on the diversity promise he made when he assumed the chancellorship six years ago.

Faculty & Staff

Theory in Practice

Rutgers University-Newark is a testing ground for demonstrating specific educational advantages of diversity.

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Black Harvard Doctor Pens Memoir of Jim Crow South

Trailblazer now focuses on improving minority health care disparities.

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius

Historians Expose Error-Filled Virginia Textbooks

Controversial claim of Black Confederate soldiers just one of dozens of inaccurate or incorrect assertions in two textbooks.

Educational Testing Service Provides a Facelift for the GRE

Updated exam, along with the new Personal Potential Index assessment, is expected to help close the achievement gap for minority graduate school applicants.

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