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New Survey Shows Foreign Student Numbers Mostly Flat
The results of a snapshot survey by several higher education and international education…
November 13, 2005
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Column on Race Causes Stir at Winthrop University
A column in the Winthrop University student newspaper comparing today’s racial climate for Whites…
November 8, 2005
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Number of Black Students at Southeast Missouri State Up Sharply
A decade-long effort to attract and retain more Black students to Southeast Missouri State University is paying off…
November 7, 2005
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Deadlock Could Force New Trial in Alabama College Race Bias Case
A deadlock in negotiations over scholarships apparently will force another trial in the 24-year-old…
November 3, 2005
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Class Matters
Skidmore College professor urges an examination of whether the academy ignores class in the push for diversity.
November 2, 2005
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Latino Teens More Likely Than Blacks, Whites to Attend High Schools, Says Report
Hispanic teens are more likely than Blacks and Whites to attend public high schools that have the most students
November 2, 2005
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Contemplating Katrina’s Chaos
Contemplating Katrina’s Chaos Focused on evacuees, scholars urge multifaceted response to their plight. By Ronald Roach To get some notion of how deeply scholars have been affected by Hurricane Katrina, you might look to someone like Dr. Erma Lawson, a medical sociologist from the University of North Texas. Lawson, who has been coordinating the assistance […]
November 2, 2005
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Professional Appointments
Miguel Cairol has been named vice president for administration and finance at New York City College of Technology/CUNY. Previously, he served as acting dean for planning and special assistant to the president. Cairol holds a bachelor’s from California State University, Los Angeles, master’s degrees from The CUNY Graduate Center and from Baruch College/ CUNY and […]
November 2, 2005
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Fiscal Strains Force Xavier University to Cut Programs, Faculty
Campus damages, combined with fiscal uncertainty in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, have prompted Xavier University…
November 1, 2005
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NAACP Says Right Tools Can Help More Minorities Get into College
Better education about financial aid and scholarships and improved SAT preparation will help more minority and low-income students in South Carolina attend college, officials with the state NAACP said…
October 31, 2005
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MIT Aims to Demystify Campus by Inviting Minority Grad Students for Weekend Visit
Just a few months ago, Miguel Paredes from the University of Lima in Peru thought MIT was an impossible dream. After spending time on campus during the all-expenses-paid graduate preview weekend…
October 27, 2005
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Student Looks to Open Latino Fraternity at Iowa State University
Is there enough interest at Iowa State University to support a multicultural fraternity aimed at Latino students? That’s the question facing Juan Guardia, a graduate student…
October 26, 2005
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University of Arizona Gay Fraternity to Gain Official Status
Delta Lambda Phi has been around the University of Arizona campus since the early ’90s. But by the end of this year, it expects to gain official status…
October 25, 2005
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Georgia’s Only Black Engineering Program Fighting Closure
Yemaya Stallworth came to Clark Atlanta University to be an engineer, pursuing her destiny at a school where her teachers and classmates looked like her. Working at General Electric…
October 24, 2005
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In Efforts to Address Obesity, Black College Cafeterias Are Rolling Out Veggie-Heavy Menus
It’s an October afternoon at Norfolk State University, and the dining hall on this predominantly Black campus has enough tantalizing choices to throw graduate student Tina Carroll into a lunchtime dilemma.
October 23, 2005
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Education Department Asks for $2.6 Billion in Katrina Aid
The Department of Education estimates that approximately 372,000 students at all grade levels in Louisiana and Mississippi have been unable to attend classes since Hurricane Katrina made landfall on Sept. 29. Public and private schools and school districts have come to the aid of many of the displaced students. Now, the Education Department is requesting […]
October 19, 2005
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Constance Baker Motley, Civil Rights Lawyer and Federal Judge, Dies at 84
When she was 15, Constance Baker Motley was turned away from a public beach because she was Black.
October 19, 2005
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My Brothers’ Keeper
Dressed in crisp white shirts and ties, a group of African-American men are in a deep discussion about Black manhood
October 19, 2005
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