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COMMUNITY COLLEGE FORUM : CELEBRATING A LEGACY OF DIVERSITY AND ACHIEVEMENT
Among longtime residents and higher education observers in and around Phoenix, South Mountain Community College (SMCC) has been known for 30 years as “the little college that could.”
January 19, 2010
Students
Lottery-winning Alumnus Donates $10 Million to South Carolina HBCU
Hoping to spread the joy of a $260 million Powerball lottery jackpot, the Rev. Solomon Jackson has donated $10 million of his “good fortune” to his alma mater, Morris College, a historically Black college in Sumter, S.C.
January 19, 2010
Students
Best & Brightest: Finishing College “Something I Have to Do”
Luis Arias walks around Marquette University’s campus toting books, pens and other materials every day, dreaming about the opportunity to become a professional boxer.
January 14, 2010
Students
Rare Intellectual Gems and Timely Topics from the University Press
Before the dawn of 2010, many book writers, reviewers and bloggers offered assessments of the literary offerings of the past 12 months. A few even ventured to sum up the decade.
January 11, 2010
Students
ANTHROPOLOGY : Real Science For Real People
Amy Snipes since she was a little girl in Savannah, Ga., who grew up loving science, cherishing the “well-stocked” chemistry set her mother made sure was at her disposal, realizing that she was part tomboy and part “nerd,” and always asking “why?”
January 6, 2010
Students
GRANTS & GIFTS
The American Council on Education has given ALBRIGHT COLLEGE $200,000 for winning one of its 2009 Alfred P. Sloan Awards for Faculty Career Flexibility. The award will allow Albright to expand and enhance flexible career paths for faculty. The AMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND received $40,000 from the Kalliopeia Foundation for scholarships. The award will provide […]
January 6, 2010
Students
MATH : Life In Absolute Values
As a high school student in East Los Angeles, Dr. Erika Tatiana Camacho didn’t know what ganas looked like. She aspired to only one thing: becoming a store cashier.
January 6, 2010
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LAW : Challenging Tradition
As a young Indian-American growing up in mostly White southern New Jersey, Madhavi Sunder’s most vital links to her cultural heritage included her uncles, aunts and cousins who emigrated from India to the United States.
January 6, 2010
Students
ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES : The Internationalist
Count Dr. Michael K. Dorsey as a scholar whose experience as an advocate on behalf of poor and marginalized peoples is as formidable as the expertise he demonstrates while teaching and conducting research in his capacity as an assistant professor of environmental studies at Dartmouth College.
January 6, 2010
Students
ENGLISH : Matters Of Culture And Community
Title: Associate professor of English, University of Minnesota Education: Ph.D. and M.A., anthropology, University of Michigan; B. A. Princeton University Age: 39 Career mentor: Toni Morrison Have you always wanted to be a writer? “If I wasn’t allowed to be me, I would be the musician Prince.” “Be unafraid! Strike out in new directions for […]
January 6, 2010
Students
EDUCATION: Representative Research
Dr. Luis Urrieta Jr. Draws distinct lines to separate his professional life from his personal life, but his work is, in fact, personal to him.
January 6, 2010
Students
LASTWORD : DIVERSITY IN SUPPORTING OUR NATION
Embracing, building and nurturing a diverse work force are business imperatives in today’s federal government arena.
December 23, 2009
Students
SUPPLYING THE DEMAND
With the economy still reeling, Hampton University didn’t get its usual contingent of 100 employers at its fall 2009 career fair for students and alumni. But one sector was there in force — federal government agencies look
December 23, 2009
Students
SPECTRUM: MIXED IN AMERICA
Louie Gong, an education resource coordinator at Muckleshoot Tribal College in Auburn, Wash., is wellversed on issues of multiculturalism and mixed-race heritage but he isn’t an expert and has no intentions of becoming one.
December 23, 2009
Students
Hispanic College Fund President Steps Down
Idalia Fernandez announced Tuesday she will resign from the position she has held since 2007.
December 22, 2009
Students
Minority Hires a Priority On Capitol Hill
Government agencies and MSI advocates seek new ways to boost minority participation in federal jobs.
December 22, 2009
Students
Michigan Lt Gov. Backs Water Fee for College Scholarships
Lt. Gov. John Cherry wants to bring back the Michigan Promise Grant scholarship for 96,000 college students by charging a fee on companies that sell bottled water from Michigan.
December 15, 2009
Students
HBCUs a Bargain Compared with Other Private Colleges, UNCF Says
Applications are on the increase at many private Black colleges, the United Negro College Fund says, and one factor may be their lower tuitions compared with other small private colleges and universities.
December 15, 2009
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