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Education’s technological revolution hits Europe: curricula improvements wanted, cost increases not wanted
Paris Philippe Jollant, fed up with yet another boring lecture, stood up in his poetry class at the Sorbonne, swung his brown cloth bag over his shoulder and stalked out to a sunny cafe in this city’s Latin Quarter.
July 10, 2007
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California’s Community College System Gets Students Into School But Not Always Out
SAN DIEGO For most of history, higher education has been reserved for a tiny elite.
July 9, 2007
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BET Founder Johnson Pitches Minority-friendly Student Loan Product
WASHINGTON, D.C. Urban Ed Express, the loan company launched last year by BET founder Robert Johnson, promises to not only help students prevented from pursuing a college education because of financial barriers, but to encourage financial literacy in the Black community as a whole, Johnson told an audience at the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators conference on Monday.
July 8, 2007
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15 Iranian Reformist Students Beaten and Detained
TEHRAN Iran Fifteen Iranian reformist students and one mother were beaten up by police and plainclothes security agents and detained Monday on the anniversary of a bloody raid on a Tehran university dormitory, student leaders said.
July 8, 2007
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Study: Almost Half of New Mexico High School Graduates Need Remedial Work
SANTA FE A study of public high school graduates enrolled in New Mexico colleges and universities in the 2005-06 school year found that nearly half of them took remedial courses.
July 8, 2007
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U of North Alabama First In State To Offer Culinary Arts Degree
FLORENCE Ala. The University of North Alabama is the state’s first four-year public college to cook up a culinary arts degree.
July 8, 2007
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Historically Black, Majority White Schools Unite to Boost Minority STEM Degrees
CHARLOTTE, N.C. Four historically Black North Carolina colleges and universities will partner with four majority White counterparts in Virginia to double the average number of minorities completing degrees in science, technology, engineering and math.
July 8, 2007
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Surveying the battleground in the fight for access – equal opportunity in education cases
Forty-three years have passed since the Supreme Court issued its decision in Brown v. Board of Education, which desegregated the nation’s public schools, yet America’s war over equal educational opportunities continues to rage. And the most heated battles in recent years have centered around access to education at the postsecondary level.
July 7, 2007
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Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi – excerpts from the Fifth US Circuit Court of Appeals’ ruling in the case of Ayers v. Fordice
April 23, 1997 Before KING, JOLLY, and DENNIS–Circuit Judges. KING, Circuit Judge: This case concerns the obligation of the State of Mississippi and the other defendants to dismantle the system of de jure segregation that was maintained in public universities in Mississippi.
July 7, 2007
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Mississippi churning – court rulings on racial inequality in higher education in Mississippi – includes related articles on court rulings in the case of Ayers v. Fordice and precedence of Hopwood v. The State of Texas – Cover Story
After twenty-two years of continuous litigation in the federal courts, the legal battle that has engulfed Mississippi’s system of higher education, Ayers v. Fordice, appears to have no end in sight. Parties on both sides of the struggle have grown weary of the case, and some say they would like to strike an agreement that would end the protracted court battles and put desegregation efforts on a clear decisive course.
July 7, 2007
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An open letter – Black colleges
This is excerpted from an open letter sent by Alvin Chambliss Jr., Esquire, of Texas Southern University, to Dr. Elias Blake Jr., executive director, Benjamin E. Mays Institute, concerning historically Black colleges and universities.
July 7, 2007
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Clearly understanding the affirmative action debate
Not All Black and White: Affirmative Action and American Values by Christopher Edley Jr. Farra, Straus and Giroux, 1996 New York 294 pages Hardback: $25.00
July 7, 2007
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Smaller Texas institutions expect increased minority presence as a result of Hopwood decision
Austin, Texas While the University of Texas and Texas A&M University have experienced a decline in minority applicants because of the Hopwood ruling, officials at Stephen F. Austin State University in eastern Texas anticipate an increase in minority enrollment this fall.
July 7, 2007
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Leslie V. Forte: the woman behind the name on the scholarship – Obituary
Her life was a struggle. She grew up poor in the gritty projects of Los Angeles. She left California a well-educated woman with an associate’s degree from a community college, a master’s degree from Stanford University and an effervescent love for teaching.
July 7, 2007
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Private scholarships for minorities challenged
Annandale, Va. The latest assault on the higher education establishment’s affirmative action programs is over an obscure, $500 private scholarship for minority students at a community college in Northern Virginia.
July 7, 2007
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Harvard scholars convene civil rights think tank – Cover Story
Cambridge, Mass. Recent court rulings against affirmative action have left some college admissions and financial aid officers asking, “If we can’t consider race as part of the admissions process, then how can we make sure Blacks, Latinos and other underrepresented ethnic groups are not shut out of higher education?”
July 7, 2007
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Proposed bill would tell poor students they are guaranteed college funds – Washington Update
With most lawmakers focusing on education tax breaks, one Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) member is touting what he calls a groundbreaking approach to financial aid that blends Pell Grants with elements of successful philanthropy projects.
July 7, 2007
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1997 Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars Awards
For the fourth year, black Issues In Higher Education is proud to present our Arthur Ashe Jr. Athlete of the Year to two outstanding students.
July 6, 2007
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