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A Long, Protracted Struggle
A Long, Protracted StruggleThe long and protracted struggle to bring Black colleges up to speed with their White counterparts is one of those stories that just will not go away. And why should it given the fact that higher education so effectively mirrors our society as a whole. As long as there are disparities in […]
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SAT Boot Camp Teaches Students the Rules of the Test-Taking Game
SAT Boot Camp Teaches Students the Rules of the Test-Taking GameClemson, S.C.‘If you’re going to level the playing field, you are going to have to teach people the rules. And that is what we’re doing — teaching these students the rules of the SAT game,” says Starlett Craig who conceived the idea of Clemson University’s […]
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John Edgar Wideman Appointed Distinguished Professor
John Edgar Wideman Appointed Distinguished Professor AMHERST, Mass. University of Massachusetts English professor John Edgar Wideman has been appointed a Distinguished Professor by University President William M. Bulger.The appointment is given by the Board of Trustees of the UMass system to professors who have brought great recognition to the UMass system. Currently 17 professors at […]
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Academic Community Stunned
Academic Community Stunned by FAMU President’s ResignationProvost James Ammons will leave to head N.C. Central University   By Pearl StewartTallahassee, Fla.On the same day the National Alumni Association of Florida A&M University took out a full-page ad in the local newspaper touting the accomplishments of its president, Dr. Frederick Humphries, stunned the campus, the state and […]
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Student Deaths Shake Up College Campuses
Student Deaths Shake Up College CampusesBy Linda Meggett BrownOrangeburg, S.C.Acelebration to honor the memory of the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on his birthday, Jan. 15, turned tragic at Benedict College in Columbia, S.C., when a freshman student was gunned down on campus.Philip Lee Jr., 20, of Newark, N.J., was shot in the back of […]
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Turning Up the Heat in the Windy City
Turning Up the Heat in the Windy CityIt’s 8:30 a.m. and Dr. Elnora D. Daniel, president of Chicago State University, is already three hours into her day. She sits in her office, sipping green tea and preparing to face yet another full schedule of meetings and engagements that will continue at a steady pace until […]
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Tennessee Higher Education Plan Offers New Hope
Tennessee Higher Education Plan Offers New HopeBy Eleanor Lee YatesNASHVILLE Tennessee State University President Dr. James A. Hefner says the recent settlement of a 32-year-old higher education federal desegregation lawsuit means new opportunities for students to receive a quality education in a diverse learning environment. “This really gives TSU the chance to be the best […]
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New ACE Survey Has Good News, Bad News for College and University Presidents
New ACE Survey Has Good News, Bad News for College and University PresidentsWashingtonThe American Council on Education’s recent national public opinion poll on higher education policy produced good news and some bad news for college presidents.On the positive side, Americans continue to place high value on a college education and overwhelmingly believe that U.S. colleges […]
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Sustaining a Year-Round Commitment
Sustaining a Year-Round CommitmentP eople often joke that February — the shortest month of the year — is Black history month. I, however, am among those who recall the Februarys of my childhood and adolescence as a month that African Americans looked forward to, regardless of its abbreviated status. February was our month, when TV […]
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Louisiana Auditor Delivers Blast of Bad News to Historically Black Universities
Louisiana Auditor Delivers Blast of Bad News to Historically Black UniversitiesBy Scott DyerGrambling, La.Louisiana Legislative Auditor Dan Kyle gave this state’s two biggest historically Black universities a double-barreled blast of bad news only days before Christmas.Grambling State University’s accreditation and the future of its president, Dr. Steve Favors, were thrown into uncertainty when Kyle issued […]
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Women’s Colleges Receive High Marks for Learning Effectiveness But recruiting minority students still a challenge
Women’s Colleges Receive High Marks for Learning Effectiveness But recruiting minority students still a challengeBY Eleanor Lee YatesAmherst, Va.Good news for women’s colleges: A recent national survey of 276 colleges and universities has found that students attending women’s colleges give their schools high marks for learning effectiveness, as well as for providing enriching educational experiences […]
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Battle Lines Drawn Over Clinton’s Appointment of Black Judge to 4th Circuit Court of Appeals
Battle Lines Drawn Over Clinton’s Appointment of Black Judge to 4th Circuit Court of Appeals WashingtonP resident Clinton late last month appointed Virginia lawyer Roger Gregory to the all-White 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond.And it didn’t take long for conservative members of the U.S. Senate to undertake the task of keeping the […]
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