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Report: To Serve Hispanics, Schools Should Look to the Success of HSIs
By looking at the success of Hispanic-serving institutions, other colleges and universities can find ways to support the growing number of Hispanic college students nationwide, according to a report released Wednesday by the higher education policy group Excelencia in Education.
June 24, 2008
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Sparked by Wright Controversy, Northwestern’s Black Alumni Call on University to Correct Racial Injustices
Northwestern University’s decision to rescind an invitation to the Rev. Jeremiah Wright to receive an honorary degree was the last straw for many Black alumni, who have started an online petition that calls for changes to how the university treats Black students and the Black community, including an investigation into the decrease in Black student enrollment.
June 19, 2008
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Report: To Serve Hispanics, Schools Should Look to the Success of HSIs
By looking at the success of Hispanic-serving institutions, other colleges and universities can find ways to support the growing number of Hispanic college students nationwide, according to a report released Wednesday by the higher education policy group Excelencia in Education.
June 18, 2008
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Higher Education Associations Launch National Student Voting Campaign
In an effort that builds upon the enthusiastic participation of young voters during the recent presidential primary season, a coalition of higher education associations have launched the National Campus Voter Registration Project (NCVP), a nationwide nonpartisan campaign to register, educate and motivate college students to vote in the national election this November.
June 18, 2008
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Most Hispanic Students Say College Too Costly
About half of Hispanic high school students in Indiana would be the first in their families to attend college, and most feel they can’t afford a higher education, according to a new survey.
June 17, 2008
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Hispanic Scholars, Students Pressure Princeton for Latino Studies Program
For more than 30 years, students have been urging the administration to bring Latino studies to Princeton University.
June 16, 2008
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Schools Drop Landlines As More Students Carry Cell Phones
Consumers are moving away from being tied-down by landlines. And so too are universities as more students carry cell phones.
June 15, 2008
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Report: Low-income Students in Wealthier States Benefit From Increased Education Spending
Cameron Elementary School located in Virginia and Ponderosa Elementary in North Carolina are similar in many ways.
June 15, 2008
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Educators Outline Steps to Ensure Student Access During Economic Uncertainty
Federal, state, institutional and private parties need to rethink how they are helping — and even hindering low- and moderate-income students’ advancement in higher education, said panelists at an event at Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College of Education and Human Development on Friday.
June 15, 2008
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Speaking of Student Retention
Fresh off a speaking engagement at the National Dialog on Student Retention Conference, a one-and-a-half-day conference held in Atlanta, Dr. Rodrick Moore, director of multicultural student affairs at the University of South Carolina, discusses the unique retention challenges minority students face in today’s college climate and shares key strategies for retaining this growing group of students.
June 12, 2008
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Board-certified Teachers Boost Student Scores
Schools looking to hire teachers should keep an eye out for those with national board certification.
June 11, 2008
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Upping the Numbers
Outreach efforts at The Ohio State University result in the increased retention of Black male students.
June 11, 2008
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The Lawyer From Lafayette
Xavier University of Louisiana president, Dr. Norman Francis, celebrates 40 years at the helm of one of the nation’s top HBCUs.
June 11, 2008
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Preparing Students for the Job Hunt
Students need help before going to the Help Wanted ads.
June 11, 2008
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Canada To Apologize For Past Abuses of Native Children
Canada will apologize for a policy that forced native children into boarding schools in an effort over a century ago to “civilize” and assimilate the nation’s indigenous population into mainstream culture and religion, the Los Angeles Times recently reported.
June 10, 2008
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Black Males in a State of Emergency
Outreach efforts at The Ohio State University result in the increased retention of Black male students.
June 9, 2008
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Best & Brightest: Recent Graduate Beats the Odds to Foster a Better Future
Two hundred people had gathered in the auditorium to hear her speak, but Tiffany Brooks, a 2008 graduate of San Francisco State University, only saw one of them, her foster mother Doris Peeler-Brown.
June 5, 2008
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WVU Urged to Strengthen Graduate Programs Across the Board
Problems with record deficiencies, grading practices and inconsistent policies in West Virginia University’s master’s programs are not limited to the College of Business & Economics, said the man charged with strengthening those programs in the wake of a degree scandal involving Gov. Joe Manchin’s daughter.
June 5, 2008
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