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In With the New
In With the NewJust when you think you’ve gotten comfortably ahead on information technology tools, whether it’s for home, work or school, along comes a new product or application that throws you off kilter for not having the latest and greatest. To say that the digital revolution unsettles might be an understatement. In this year’s […]
Community Colleges
The Promise of a Better Tomorrow
The Promise of a Better TomorrowDue to lack of funding, the percentage of inmates participating in education programs is declining, while the prison population continues to surgeBy Garry BoulardBLYTHE, Calif.Stretching across 1,700 acres in the middle of the desert near the California-Nevada border, the Ironwood State Prison may seem like a forbidding place, but for […]
Students
North Carolina Central University Only Black College In State to Recruit National Achievement Scholars
North Carolina Central University Only Black College In State to Recruit National Achievement Scholars      DURHAM, N.C. Information released by the National Merit Scholarship Corp. ranks North Carolina Central University No. 1 among North Carolina historically Black colleges and universities and third in the state in recruiting National Achievement Scholars (NAS).“The National Achievement Program is very […]
Leadership & Policy
A Voice for Access and Equity
A Voice for Access and EquityAfter serving on the Georgia board of regents for 30 years, Elridge McMillan is honored with lifetime achievement awardBy Tracie PowellATLANTAWhen Elridge McMillan became the second Black trustee to serve on the University of Georgia System Board of Regents in 1975, his Afro and past advocacy made colleagues think he […]
Latinx
Bush Education Budget Includes Cuts to College Access Programs
Bush Education Budget IncludesCuts to College Access ProgramsGEAR UP, Upward Bound among programs slated for eliminationBy Charles DervaricsPresident Bush wants to terminate a variety of politically popular college access initiatives as part of an austere 2006 education budget plan with increases for a few high priorities but cuts or level funding for dozens of other […]
Community Colleges
Nevada’s College Funding Formula Under Attack
Nevada’s College Funding Formula Under Attack LAS VEGAS Community College of Southern Nevada (CCSN) President Richard Carpenter has criticized the state’s college funding formula, saying it penalizes southern Nevada students — particularly minorities.Carpenter said he hopes lawmakers will alter a complex equation that leads to a discrepancy in funding between CCSN and other institutions, including […]
HBCUs
University of Georgia Unveils Exhibit
University of Georgia Unveils Exhibit Honoring Charlayne Hunter-GaultATHENS, Ga. — Recognizing the need to commemorate the importance of the dormitory in which Charlayne Hunter-Gault resided when she was one of two students to desegregate the University of Georgia in 1961, the university unveiled a permanent exhibit in the lobby of Myers Hall last month that […]
Students
Educators Help Students Affected by Tsunami
Educators Help Students Affected by TsunamiBy Kristin BagnatoIn response to the far-reaching effects of the Dec. 26 tsunami in the Indian Ocean, the Institute of International Education (IIE) and the Freeman Foundation are accepting applications for emergency grants to help students studying in the United States, the groups announced last month.The grants, in amounts of […]
Community Colleges
Study Urges Adult, Remedial-Ed. Programs to Join Forces
Study Urges Adult, Remedial-Ed. Programs to Join Forces By Kathleen Kennedy ManzoWASHINGTON As key providers of adult and developmental education services, the nation’s community colleges can improve programs for their students by collaborating in those areas where their work and their clients overlap, a culminating report from a two-year study of the programs concludes.By sharing […]
HBCUs
Celebrating Extraordinary Contributions
Celebrating Extraordinary ContributionsThe creation of a national museum of African-American history is one step closer to becoming a reality following the appointment of a 19-member advisory council in December. The council is charged with advising the Smithsonian Institution’s regents on the design, the acquisition of objects and maintenance of the museum, just to name a […]
HBCUs
Tom Joyner Foundation Partners With NEA to Help Minority Teachers Gain Certification
Tom Joyner Foundation Partners With NEA to HelpMinority Teachers Gain CertificationDALLASTom Joyner, the nationally syndicated radio personality and philanthropist, is partnering with the National Education Association (NEA) to distribute more than $700,000 to encourage current minority teachers to complete their certification and ultimately teach minority children in urban, suburban and rural public schools.The program is […]
HBCUs
Getting HBCUs in the Disaster-Response Loop
Getting HBCUs in the Disaster-Response LoopBy Dr. Ladd G. ColstonNatural and man-made disasters represent an ominous threat to the research, instructional and public service missions of colleges and universities. From the bombings in Oklahoma City to the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11 to last year’s Hurricane Frances, the potential damage to campus buildings, human life […]
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