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MLK Day Party With Malt Liquor, Faux Gang Apparel Causes Uproar on Texas Campus
STEPHENVILLE, Texas Known for its award-winning rodeo teams, Tarleton State University is a usually quiet campus nestled in the state’s biggest dairy community. But that wasn’t the case Thursday, a day after more than 400 people attended a campus meeting to discuss a Martin Luther King Jr. party last week that many here found racially offensive.
January 25, 2007
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‘Stomp the Yard’ A Success in the Box Office, But Drawing Criticism on Campus
“Stomp the Yard,” the No. 1 box office film for two weekends running, may be popular among the general public, but raises concerns among active Black Greeks.
January 25, 2007
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Congressional Dilemma: Cut Loan Interest Rates
The first Democrat-controlled Congress since 1994 is already struggling with a nagging issue: Whether to focus on cutting student loan interest rates as promised or increasing need-based grant assistance for low-income students.
January 24, 2007
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Project Town Gown
The neighborhood surrounding Rhodes College suffers from high infant mortality rates, among other ills; but the college refuses to stand by and watch its community deteriorate.
January 24, 2007
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U.S. Sens. Obama, Kennedy Propose Pell Grant Increase
Add U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., to the list of those who want the new Democrat-controlled Congress to make major improvements in federal financial aid policy for low-income students.
January 23, 2007
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House Votes To Cut Student Loan Interest Rates Over White House Objection
After pledging early action on higher education in 2007, the House of Representatives on Wednesday approved a plan to cut student loan interest rates by half over a five-year period despite strong White House opposition.
January 16, 2007
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Dillard Students Told to Give Back FEMA Money
Hundreds of Dillard University dormitory residents who received assistance payments from the federal government after Hurricane Katrina are being asked to repay the money because, according to federal officials, they were ineligible for the aid.
January 16, 2007
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About 1 In 4 Newer Students At N.C. A&T On Probation, Suspension
GREENSBORO, N.C. About one in four undergraduate students who enrolled at North Carolina A&T in the fall is now on academic probation or suspension for either failing or not making adequate progress toward graduation.
January 14, 2007
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UI Officials to Talk With Three Students About Online Threats To American Indians
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. University of Illinois officials said this week they plan to talk to at least three students they believe may be behind threats against an American Indian student. The threats were posted on a Web page about the school’s mascot, Chief Illiniwek.
January 11, 2007
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Students to Congress: Ease the Financial Burden
WASHINGTON, D.C. As the highlight of College Affordability Day of Action, college students used a Capitol Hill news conference on Thursday to call on the U.S. Congress to make college more affordable by cutting student interest rates in half and increasing the maximum Pell Grant award.
January 11, 2007
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Teeing Off With Bill Dickey
In 1982, a Black man hitting the links in Phoenix was something of a rare site…
January 10, 2007
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Two FAMU Kappa Fraternity Members Convicted of Felony Hazing
Two Florida fraternity brothers have been convicted of felony hazing in a trial seen as a test of a new law restricting the practice…
January 10, 2007
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Report: Low-income Students Misinformed About Costs And Benefits of Private Loans
Low-income undergraduate students are among the least informed about the financial aid process…
January 10, 2007
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Clarifying the Shifting Sands of International Law
Jenny Martinez is proof of the power of role modeling and mentoring. As an undergraduate at Yale University…
January 10, 2007
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Grants & Awards
Elizabeth City State University (N.C.) has received a $400,000 gift from Melvyn and Vonda Riley, the largest alumni donation in the university’s history. Melvyn Riley graduated from ECSU in 1961, while Vonda Riley graduated in 1965. The gift will be used to support athletic scholarships. The University of Hawaii’s School of Social Work has received […]
January 10, 2007
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Fighting the Uphill Ph.D. Battle
Your article (see “Nurturing Ph.D.s,” Nov. 16) is right in saying that most of us will not/do not graduate because of the political climate…
December 27, 2006
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Reinventing the Outreach Wheel?
As a professor of Chicano studies, a faculty adviser to the student organization MEChA and a mentor…
December 27, 2006
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Congress Fails to Enact Spending Bill
The 109th Congress has adjourned without enacting a spending bill for K-12 and higher education…
December 27, 2006
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