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Report: Half of All Undergraduates Fail To Apply for Financial Aid
Report: Half of All Undergraduates Fail To Apply for Financial AidWASHINGTONA  new study says hundreds of thousands of college students who may be eligible for federal financial aid don’t get it for a simple reason — they don’t apply.The study, “Missed Opportunities: Students Who Do Not Apply for Financial Aid,” released by the American Council […]
November 3, 2004
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After First Rejecting Request, Catholic University Approves NAACP Chapter
After First Rejecting Request, Catholic University Approves NAACP Chapter WASHINGTONThe Catholic University of America’s Office of University Center, Student Programs and Events has approved a request to form a student chapter of the NAACP, after the students gave the university’s president assurances recently that they would not engage in any advocacy for abortion or other […]
November 3, 2004
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Congress Weighs Simplifying Student-Aid Process
Congress Weighs Simplifying Student-Aid ProcessBy M.H. MillerNora Diaz almost didn’t make it to college because her student-aid application form was too long and complicated. Diaz told a congressional panel that she couldn’t have filled out the form without help from counselors. And without student aid, college wouldn’t have been an option for Diaz, whose father […]
November 3, 2004
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Is it Time to Disband Black Fraternities and Sororities?
Is it Time to Disband Black Fraternities and Sororities?A couple of weeks ago, one of my favorite former students — now an administrator at Fisk University —  called to inquire how quickly I could get Fisk on my speaking schedule. He informed me that my fraternity brothers on the campus had become the latest victimizers […]
October 20, 2004
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Celebrating the History And Contributions of Black Colleges
Celebrating the History And Contributions of Black CollegesBy Ronald Roach I’ll Find a Way or Make One: A Tribute to Historically Black Colleges and UniversitiesBy Juan Williams and Dwayne AshleyAmistad (Harper Collins), 2004pp. 480, $35.00, HardcoverISBN: 0-06-009453-2 In I’ll Find a Way or Make One: A Tribute to Historically Black Colleges and Universities, authors Juan […]
October 20, 2004
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Keeping Students Afloat
Keeping Students AfloatNoel-Levitz awards recognize retention programs that generate resultsBy Crystal L. KeelsSink or swim. That has been the prevailing climate of higher education in the past — students will either find their way through, or find their way out of institutions of higher learning. But since roughly the late 1980s and through the 1990s, […]
October 20, 2004
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From Mississippi to Miami
From Mississippi to MiamiFlorida International University recruits legendary civil rights activist Bob Moses and his nationally recognized math literacy projectBy Ronald RoachFew historic episodes in American history have imparted a more potent plea for social justice and inclusion than the civil rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s. In the past two decades, legendary activist […]
October 20, 2004
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Couple Honored for Housing Black Iowa State Students in the Mid-1900s
Couple Honored for Housing Black Iowa State Students in the Mid-1900sAMES, IowaIf Archie and Nancy Martin were alive to see the expansive new residence hall named in their honor, there’s little doubt they would be awestruck.Last month, the board of regents, State of Iowa, approved the renaming of one of the university’s dormitories to “Archie […]
October 20, 2004
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On the Road with Barack Obama
On the Road with Barack Obama BI: Do you advocate any significant changes in federal higher education policy, specifically in regard to student financial aid and pre-college programs for disadvantaged students and underrepresented minorities?   BO: I think it’s really important that we revamp our college loan programs to free up more money for students. The […]
October 6, 2004
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Presidential Proposals
Presidential  ProposalsCandidates Envision Ways to Promote Postsecondary EducationBy Crystal L. KeelsQuestions of military service and non-service, missing weapons of mass destruction, Iraq, Saddam Hussein, Osama bin Laden, 9/11, the threat of further terrorist attacks and the unprecedented suggestion that U.S. elections may be postponed are topics that have characterized the 2004 presidential election campaign thus far. […]
October 6, 2004
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OBAMA RISING
OBAMA RISING All but assured to become the fifth Black American to hold a seat in the U.S. Senate, Obama represents to many the emergence of a new generation of national political leadershipBy Ronald Roach SPRINGFIELD, Ill. Less than two months after a stellar keynote speech at the Democratic National Convention in Boston, Barack Obama […]
October 6, 2004
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Winston-Salem State Students Question Blair’s Appearance
Winston-Salem State Students Question Blair’s AppearanceWINSTON-SALEM, N.C. Some Winston-Salem State University students are questioning the school’s decision to bring disgraced journalist Jayson Blair to campus to speak. Ebonee Russell, a senior and a reporter for The News Argus, the historically Black university’s newspaper, said she was bothered that WSSU is one of the few schools […]
October 6, 2004
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Saving for College May Result in Future Losses, Report Says
Saving for College May Result in Future Losses, Report Says By Kathleen Kennedy ManzoPinching pennies early for college and investing in state-sponsored savings plans may actually result in a net loss for students, considering the financial aid reductions that may result, particularly for low-income students who plan to attend community colleges, a new report concludes.Money […]
October 6, 2004
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Black Greek-Lettered Organizations
Black Greek-Lettered OrganizationsAnd Civic ResponsibilityOn the eve of the first centennial celebrations for Black Greek-lettered organizations (BGLOs), and at this crucial time in American electoral politics, it is important to discuss the potential impact of BGLOs in advancing African American civil and political rights.  During the antebellum years and Jim Crow era, barriers to Black […]
October 6, 2004
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Student Loan Groups Bilk Billions Out of U.S. Government
Student Loan Groups Bilk Billions Out of U.S. GovernmentBy M.H. MillerWhen U.S. Secretary of Education Roderick Paige in 2001 promised to cut down on government waste at the Education Department, it probably didn’t occur to most people that some of that “waste” would continue to trickle down to banks that offer student loans. With the […]
September 22, 2004
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Taking it to the NEXT LEVEL
Taking it to the NEXT LEVELBy Ronald RoachFew former college presidents can boast of a career as accomplished and varied as Dr. Michael L. Lomax. His résumé, which include tenure as a college professor, 12 years in political office as the Fulton County executive in the Atlanta metropolitan area, and the presidency of Dillard University […]
September 8, 2004
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Power Play: HBCUs Seek Clout in Washington
Power Play: HBCUs Seek Clout in WashingtonBy Ronald RoachAs president of Langston, a historically Black land-grant state university in Oklahoma, Dr. Ernest Holloway says it’s gratifying that his school and the other historically Black schools covered by the Higher Education Act’s (HEA) entitlement grant programs have seen consistent increases in HEA program monies over the […]
September 8, 2004
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FAMU’s College of Law Granted Provisional Accreditation
FAMU’s College of Law Granted Provisional Accreditation TALLAHASSEE, Fla. The American Bar Association has granted provisional accreditation to the Florida A&M University (FAMU) College of Law. The College of Law will have an enrollment of 300 students this fall. The ABA’s announcement means that FAMU students will now be able to sit for Florida’s state […]
September 8, 2004
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