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India Arrests Kashmir Teacher for Exam on Unrest
Students initially thought unexpected exam was a plot by Indian intelligence officers.
December 13, 2010
Kashmir Street Riots
Students
Adults Blame Parents for Education Problems
Blaming teachers for low test scores, poor graduation rates and the other ills of American schools has been popular lately, but a new survey wags a finger closer to home.
December 12, 2010
Students
Southern U.S. College Graduation Rates Lag Behind National Average
A nuanced picture of college completion rates in southern U.S. states emerged Tuesday with the release of a study that shows most states trailing the national average—a trend that the report’s authors say could have negative implications for the region’s workforce and its increasingly diverse student population if things don’t improve.
December 7, 2010
Dave Spence
Students
Graduation Gap Between Black and White College Football Players Said To Be Growing
A sports diversity institute study says there is a “disturbing” and growing gap in the graduation rate between Black and White football players at the vast majority of universities in the Football Bowl Subdivision.
December 6, 2010
Benjamin Jealous, president and CEO of the NAACP, said student-athletes will rise to the academic bar set for them.
Students
Along With Increased Scrutiny of For-profits, Harvard Economist Urges Transparency for All Institutions
Dr. Bridget Terry Long says traditional higher education institutions should be providing more information about how valuable the schooling they provide will be in the workplace.
December 5, 2010
Bridget Long
Students
NAFEO, AT&T Launch Effort To Help Students With Disabilities Attend HBCUs, PBIs
The National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education and the AT&T telecommunications giant have launched an initiative to provide scholarships to students with disabilities attending Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Predominantly Black Institutions.
December 2, 2010
Lezli Baskerville
Students
Perspectives: When College is a Means to an End
How do you reach college students who are only enrolled to develop marketable skills rather than critical-thinking skills?
November 30, 2010
Bree Kessler
Students
Book Reviews: Life Journeys in Academia
While college professors spend a lot of time preparing others for careers, three recent academic memoirs show it can be instructive when scholars share the stories of their own development and life journeys.
November 29, 2010
George Henderson
Students
Sullivan Seeks to Lead the University of Virginia at a Challenging Time
Dr. Teresa Sullivan, the first female president of the University of Virginia, leads the institution into a new era amid state budget cuts and other challenges.
November 28, 2010
Budget cuts to the Office of Multicultural Affairs at Temple University resulted in staffers who mentored and assisted culturally based student organizations being re-assigned to other departments.
Students
Advocates Decry Loss of N.J. Scholarship Program for Preschool Teachers
Education advocates say New Jersey’s Abbott initiative—offering scholarships to employees of preschools in New Jersey’s poorest districts—had tremendous impact.
November 23, 2010
Ave Latte
Students
Report: For-profit Schools Likened to Subprime Mortgage Lenders
The embattled for-profit college sector has taken another hit with the release of a new report that indicts the industry for preying on low-income and minority students in a way that will ultimately lead to a financial catastrophe like the subprime mortgage collapse of 2008.
November 23, 2010
Kati Haycock
Students
Young Scholars Reflect on Family Ties in the Academy
Having grown up in the academy, second-generation scholars chart their own course to become their professor parents’ academic peer.
November 22, 2010
Dr. Imani Perry
Students
More Students Taking Advantage of Study-abroad Opportunities
Institute of International Education survey results include minorities in that growing number.
November 15, 2010
Ann Stock
Students
Singer John Legend Urges Howard Students To Consider Teaching
In an event that commingled star power and the power of the federal government, President Obama’s Education Secretary and soul singer John Legend visited Howard University Wednesday as part of a national teacher recruitment campaign aimed at making America’s teaching ranks as diverse as the nation’s students.
November 10, 2010
Musician John Legend addressed Howard University students on Wednesday and in early October. (photo courtesy of Howard University)
Students
First-Person Narrative: HBCU Alumnus Explores Hampton Humanities Online Class
Diverse correspondent Marlon Walker experiences HamptonU Online, which promises a slice of the historically Black college campus in a virtual world.
November 9, 2010
Hampton University began offering online courses about 10 years ago as an experiment that began in the school of nursing. (photo courtesy of Hampton University)
Students
Critics, Supporters Express Concerns on Proposed Rules Targeting For-profit Colleges
Supporters and opponents of the controversial “gainful employment” rule being directed at for-profit colleges voiced their concerns Thursday at one of a series of public hearings being conducted by the U.S. Department of Education this week as it mulls modifying the rule before putting it into effect.
November 4, 2010
An Everest College counselor advises a student on career options. Everest College is a system of for-profit colleges in the U.S. and Ontario, Canada owned by Corinthian Colleges Inc. (photo courtesy of Everest College)
Students
Conveying the Black College Experience into Distance Learning
With HBCUsOnline.com, radio personality Tom Joyner ventures into ‘expanding the voice’ of HBCUs by targeting growing contingent of nontraditional students.
November 3, 2010
Launched by radio personality and longtime HBCU booster Tom Joyner, HBCUsOnline.com seeks to tap into the lucrative online adult higher education market (photo by AP/Mary Ann Chastain).
Students
Future Teachers Must Show, Not Just Tell, Skills
Standing at the edge of a pond surrounded by her class of fourth-graders, Jasmine Zeppa filled a bucket with brown water and lectured her pupils on the science of observing and recording data. Many of the children seemed more interested in nearby geese, a passing jogger and the crunchy leaves underfoot.
November 2, 2010
Sharon P. Robinson is president of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, an umbrella group for schools that specialize in training teachers.
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