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Pre-College Programs Make the Difference For Many Low-Income Students

The college-readiness movement is evolving and growing, observers say. However, the sheer number and variety of college-readiness programs may be a shortcoming – even if reliable measures emerged to evaluate programs, the best practices in one initiative may not apply to another.

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University of Illinois To Retire Chief Illiniwek Performances

URBANA, Ill. The University of Illinois will retire its 81-year-old American Indian mascot, Chief Illiniwek, following the last men’s home basketball game of the season on Wednesday.

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College Presidents Give Lessons on Boosting Diversity, Handling Racial Incidents

Historically Black Colleges and Universities do not have to change their missions to achieve diversity, but college presidents do need to be more proactive, said Dr. Belle S. Wheelan, president of the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, at the final day of the American Council on Education’s annual conference.

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Despite Harvard’s Historic Move, Appointment of Women, Minority President Is Lacking, Says Study

In a historical first, Dr. Drew Gilpin Faust, the dean of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, has been named the 28th president of Harvard University. According to a press release issued on the university’s Web site, Faust, a Civil War scholar, was confirmed by the Board of Overseers on Sunday.

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Power to the People

Generations of African-Americans have gone to their graves without knowing where in Africa their ancestors descended…

Getting to Know Dr. James T. Minor

Growing up in Detroit, James Minor bypassed the drugs and gang life that plagued his neighborhood and graduated from the city’s public school system…

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Report: Employers Say College Graduates Lack Essential Skills to Succeed in Today’s Global Economy

Almost two-thirds of employers or about 63 percent, say college graduates lack essential skills to succeed in today’s global economy…

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‘They Are Starting To Pay Attention’

Ronald Mason Jr. may be the only college president in the United States who’s had the experience of running a major city’s public housing authority

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Resuscitating MLK/Drew

To this day, the widespread racial disparities that prompted the August 1965 riots in the Watts community of South Los Angeles…

Push to Hold Colleges Accountable Fraught With Problems, Say College Presidents

WASHINGTON, D.C. A public database for college accountability and learning outcomes of students, as proposed by the blue-ribbon Commission on the Future of Higher Education, would not factor in the diverse missions and characteristics of individual schools, said a panel of college presidents at the annual meeting of the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU).

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NCCU’s Ammons Chosen To Be FAMU’s Next President

Florida A & M University on Thursday picked the chancellor of North Carolina Central University, Dr. James H. Ammons, to become FAMU’s new president.

Survey Says … Students Don’t See Eye to Eye

Minority college students say access to campus computer labs and improved campus security are among the things that make for a satisfying undergraduate experience. Their White counterparts, however, don’t share those priorities. Also, male and female students appear to have varied priorities, according to results of a student survey conducted by Noel Levitz, a consulting firm for higher education.

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