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Colin Powell Center Gets $10 Million To Develop More Black Policy Makers
The New York Life Foundation is providing $10 million to fund the Endowment for Emerging African American Issues at the Colin Powell Center for Policy Studies at the City College of New York.
December 5, 2006
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Wisconsin Regents Consider Rewriting Admissions Policy To Include Race, Income
MADISON, Wis. A proposed rewrite of the freshmen admissions policy for the University of Wisconsin System would de-emphasize class rank and give greater weight to nonacademic factors such as race and income.
December 4, 2006
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American Indians Get Apology from Dartmouth College Head
HANOVER The president of Dartmouth College has apologized for a string of incidents this fall that many American Indian students viewed as racist.
November 29, 2006
Students
In His Own Words – Dr. Edward Brent
Dr. Edward Brent, a professor of sociology at the University of Missouri-Columbia…
November 29, 2006
Students
Cultivating ‘New Achievers’
Widening the use of K-12 classroom “cultural relevancy” tactics to engage minority…
November 29, 2006
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Michigan Higher Ed Leaders
In Maya Weitzer’s world, Nov. 7 will be remembered as a significant day. It was on that day…
November 29, 2006
Students
FAMU Kappas’ First To Face Felony Hazing
A Florida hazing trial that had profound implications for the future of fraternities
November 29, 2006
Students
An Ethnic Studies Evolution
As a student in the Chicana/o studies program at the University of Texas at El Paso…
November 29, 2006
Students
Questions of Conduct
When Jason Johnson, a student at the University of the Cumberlands in the eastern Kentucky hills…
November 29, 2006
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Achieving K-12 School Diversity Without Considering Race
Over the next few months, the U.S. Supreme Court will consider the constitutionality of race-conscious…
November 29, 2006
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Graduation Rates Drop As Schools Take On More Low-income Students
Graduation rates drop systematically as the size of an institution’s low-income student population increases, even at selective four-year colleges and universities, according to a recently released report from the U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics.
November 28, 2006
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Boston University Student Group Offers Whites-Only Scholarship
The Boston University chapter of the College Republicans wanted to start a dialogue about racial preferences when members created a $250 Caucasian Achievement and Recognition Scholarship, the group president told ABC News.
November 26, 2006
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Research Roundup
A new study shows disadvantaged children who attend preschool need tutoring and mentoring in elementary and high school to sustain momentum. Another study on the sleeping habits of Blacks, Whites, the poor and the rich shows sleep is related to socioeconomic status.
November 26, 2006
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Growing Number of Colleges Offering Majors in Homeland Security
ATLANTA Next year, Justan Holloway’s class schedule will look like the plot of an action movie: The college student will study international terrorism, disaster planning, criminology, social psychology and Arabic.
November 21, 2006
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Flagship Institutions Serve Whiter, Richer Student Body, Study Says
WASHINGTON, D.C. The leading public flagship universities are disproportionately serving a Whiter and wealthier student body than in the past, according to a new report by the Education Trust.
November 20, 2006
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Newly Nominated Defense Secretary Praised for Diversity Efforts as TAMU President
The newly nominated U.S. Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates, has been praised for increasing the number minority students at Texas A&M University, where he is currently president. Reportedly he has been able to increase diversity without using race as a factor – but according to one leading education official, that is not entirely true.
November 19, 2006
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UCLA to Review Taser Use on Minority Student
LOS ANGELES An attorney who was part of a review of excessive force complaints following the Rodney King beating will investigate a UCLA police officer’s use of a Taser on an Iranian-American student, the school said Friday.
November 19, 2006
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Alumni Fight Grambling Admissions Standards
Plans to impose new admissions standards for Grambling State University freshmen are being challenged…
November 15, 2006
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