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2008 Valedictorian A Different Kind Of “Morehouse Man”
From his first day at Morehouse College, the country’s only institution of higher learning dedicated to the education of Black men, Joshua Packwood has been a standout.
May 11, 2008
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Perspectives: A2MEND Addressing Issues Facing Black Males in Higher Education
Since its founding in 2005, the African American Male Education Network and Development (A2MEND) organization has grown from an organization that identified the main component of their mission to “create an affirming academic and professional environment for African-Americans,” to an organization that is actively achieving this mission through providing workshops and presentations throughout California and the United States.
May 7, 2008
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New Jersey Lawmakers Question Plan to Reduce Community College Scholarship Awards
Vanessa Frost is thankful she’s not a year younger.
May 7, 2008
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Report Measures Levels of Campus Inclusivity at Three Colleges and Universities
Intolerance, threats and verbal insults pervaded the campuses of three predominately White institutions, the University of California, Berkeley, Michigan State University, and Columbia College, according to a student survey in the recently released report, “If I’d Only Known.”
May 7, 2008
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Conference Highlights Successful Schools
When Ricardo Esparza became principal of Granger High School in South Central Washington state nine years ago, he walked into an environment where gangs roamed the halls, fights were common and academic performance was less than impressive.
May 6, 2008
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Authorities arrest 75 students in drug bust at San Diego University
Authorities arrested 96 people, most of them students, as part of an undercover drug investigation at San Diego State University that began after a student’s fatal cocaine overdose last spring, authorities said Tuesday.
May 6, 2008
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Experts Say Suicide, Not Homicide Is a Larger Threat to Nation’s College Campuses
The Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and Northern Illinois University shootings have garnered much media attention, but suicide is a larger threat to the nation’s college students, said a panel at the American Psychiatric Association’s annual meeting in Washington.
May 5, 2008
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Former Admissions Official Leads Fight Against Affirmative Action in Missouri
Tim Asher sat calmly and appeared unfazed moments before he was to address a roomful of Hispanic leaders, some of whom were likely to be hostile to his message that Missouri should end affirmative action programs based on race and gender.
May 5, 2008
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Remedying the Black Male “Crisis”
With high dropout, unemployment and incarceration rates, more than 50 organizations convene to develop action plans to address a disturbing trend.
April 30, 2008
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A FUNDRAISING BLUEPRINT
Howard University sets the bar high for its largest ever capital campaign, and now plans to share the secrets of its success with fellow HBCUs.
April 30, 2008
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ON THE LOSING END
From the subprime mortgage crisis to the subsequent credit crunch, minorities are feeling the heat.
April 30, 2008
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Idaho Hispanic Students Scoring Below Classmates
Hispanic students continue to score below their non-Latino counterparts on statewide tests, prompting education initiatives to improve scores and slow a high school dropout rate that is higher than any other ethnic group in Idaho.
April 29, 2008
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When I Grow Up, I Want to … Pay Off Student Loans
Sharde Jennings dreams of being a lawyer, but the $65,000 in student loans she acquired to complete her bachelor’s degree has her contemplating teaching or any job that has a loan-forgiveness program.
April 29, 2008
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Probe Over Whether Students’ Voting Rights Violated Still Ongoing
Some students at a historically Black university are wondering why an investigation by the office of Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott into alleged voting rights violations is still not finished.
April 27, 2008
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In Changing Economy, Graduate School Becoming a Necessity
Access to graduate education is an invaluable resource for this generation of Americans. For the “public good” of the nation, the U.S. government must allocate more in the way of financial support and public policy to ensure that students have access to and experience success in some form of graduate studies, a new study reports.
April 24, 2008
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New Report Highlights Schools That Make Minority Student Success a Priority
The causes of poor college graduation rates among low-income, first-generation and minority students have pervaded the pages of academic publication for years, while the instances in which African-American students have outperformed their White counterparts in the same area have gone largely undocumented.
April 20, 2008
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Congress Acts to Boost Student Lending
The House on Thursday backed a measure aimed at ensuring that students get college loans amid the turmoil in the credit markets.
April 17, 2008
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Nevada Higher Ed Seeks Increased American Indian Enrollment
Higher education officials have formed a coalition to try to turn around the historically low number of American Indian students who go on to college in Nevada.
April 17, 2008
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