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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Ingredients for Success

Ingredients for SuccessOur “Rising Stars in the Academy” edition always features a stellar group of scholars; some have been recognized for being outstanding teachers, others for being outstanding researchers, some for both.Being involved in the scholar selection process and reading the profiles for the past few years, I have found common themes running throughout these […]

Native Americans

New Investments Expand, Strengthen National Network of Early College High Schools

New Investments Expand, Strengthen National Network of Early College High SchoolsSEATTLE The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in December announced $29.6 million in grants to eight organizations to expand the early college high school network to more than 25 states. Early college high schools provide traditionally underserved students with a rigorous, college-level curriculum and the […]

‘Reclaiming Alumni,’ Fund Raising, Focus of UNCF Conference

‘Reclaiming Alumni,’ Fund Raising, Focus of UNCF Conference By Phaedra BrothertonReclaiming alumni and fund raising are just two of the issues that will be addressed at the National Alumni Council (NAC) of the United Negro College Fund’s (UNCF) 59th annual meeting to be held Feb. 3-6, in Orlando, Fla.The NAC-UNCF is made up of alumni […]

Former Morris Brown College President, Financial Aid Director Indicted for Fraud

Former Morris Brown College President, Financial Aid Director Indicted for FraudFederal authorities say Dolores Cross, Parvesh Singh were involved in student loan scheme By Tracie PowellATLANTA Morris Brown College officials in Atlanta are being mum about the recent indictment of their former president and financial aid director. Dr. Dolores Cross, who now teaches at DePaul […]

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