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Tribute: Dorothy Irene Height – 1912-2010

The news of Dorothy Height’s passing, which was not unexpected, caused many to pause and mourn the loss of a national treasure but only briefly. For if ever there was a life to be celebrated, it was the life that was lived by Height.

Report: Blacks Have Heaviest College Debt

A College Board study, Who Borrows Most? Bachelor’s Degree Recipients with High Levels of Student Debt, released today reports that undergraduate student debt is heavier among African-American bachelor’s degree recipients than among graduates from other racial and ethnic groups.

Gaston Caperton

Thurgood Marshall College Fund Appoints New Leader

The Thurgood Marshall College Fund announced Monday the appointment of Johnny C. Taylor as president and CEO of the scholarship and institutional support organization.

HSI Administrators Express Dismay Over Proposed NSF Grant Consolidation

The Obama administration’s proposal to consolidate federal science programs for minority-serving institutions into a single competitive grant program has representatives from Hispanic-serving institutions (HSIs) crying foul.

Race-based Facebook Controversy Stirs Minnesota Campus

The Facebook conversation that roiled the University of Minnesota Duluth (UMD) in mid-April continued to reverberate last week culminating in an emotional forum on campus. UMD chancellor calls incident ‘horrendous and despicable,’ saying the university needs to work with the Student Association to address the issue.

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Forum: Minority-serving Campuses Urged to Tout Their Success

The Obama administration’s top official for federal initiatives with historically Black schools on Thursday urged MSI leaders to focus on telling policymakers about their record of achievement.

John Silvanus Wilson

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Analysis: Torch Passes in Civil Rights Struggle

The recent deaths of Dorothy Height and Benjamin Hooks, two icons of the civil rights era, nudge those who have come behind them closer to the control for which they have clamored.

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Incoming IRA President Aims to Prepare Literacy Teachers to Instruct Diverse Classrooms

As a teenager in Albany, Ga., Patricia A. Edwards took the lead in teaching the younger kids in her community to read. When boys came to her father’s barbershop for haircuts she told them, “If you don’t let me teach you the alphabet, I’ll tell my daddy to give you a baldy.”

Dr. Patricia Edwards

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South Carolina Manual Drops ‘Negro’ and ‘Scalawag’ References

The official manual of the South Carolina Legislature no longer references “Negro” or “scalawag” in historical listings of Reconstruction leaders.

UC Campuses Report Record Low Admission Rates

Admission to the University of California was more competitive than ever this year as a record number of applicants competed for undergraduate slots, according to University of California officials.

UCLA’s Royce Hall

Biden, Duncan Tout Title IX Policy Change

Vice President Joe Biden said Tuesday that strengthening Title IX is not only the right thing to do, but helps women reach their aspirations “so this nation can realize its potential.”

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden

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Dorothy Height, Civil Rights Activist, Dies at 98

Dorothy Height, the leading female voice of the 1960s civil rights movement and a participant in historic marches with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and others, died Tuesday.

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