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University of Florida Point Guard Sarah Lowe Named 2006 Arthur Ashe Jr. Female Sports Scholar of the Year by Diverse: Issues In Higher Education magazine
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 17, 2006 Contact: Ralph Newell, (703) 385-2981, ext. 3013Hilary Hurd Anyaso, (703) 385-2981, ext. 3044 FAIRFAX, VA. — Diverse: Issues In Higher Education magazine has chosen Sarah Lowe, a 5’7” point guard from the University of Florida women’s basketball team, as its female Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar of the Year.             […]
March 16, 2006
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Study Finds Massachusetts Merit Scholarship Program Not Likely to Promote College Access
A new study, by The Civil Rights Project at Harvard University and Pennsylvania State University’s Center for the Study of Higher Education finds that the newly-created…
March 16, 2006
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Student Editor Involved in Decision to Publish Prophet Cartoons Fired
An editor who chose to publish caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad in the University of Illinois’ student-run newspaper last month has been fired, the paper’s publisher announced this week…
March 16, 2006
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Study Finds Massachusetts Merit Scholarship Program Not Likely to Promote College Access
A new study, by The Civil Rights Project at Harvard University and Pennsylvania State University’s Center for the Study of Higher Education finds that the newly-created John and Abigail Adams Scholarship…
March 15, 2006
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Stanford Scholarship to Benefit Latin American Students
Stanford University recently announced a new $10 million scholarship fund for Latino students, established by colleagues of Uruguayan biotechnology pioneer Dr. Alejandro Zaffaroni…
March 15, 2006
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Officials Seek to Limit Self-Segregated Dorms at UMass-Amherst
Officials at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst are phasing out self-segregated dormitories, the latest effort to rid the campus of separate programs for minorities…
March 14, 2006
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Marquette Bans ‘The Vagina Monologues’ Performance on Campus
Marquette University officials are blocking “The Vagina Monologues” from being performed on campus, calling the play too distracting…
March 12, 2006
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SIU Opens Minority Fellowships to All Students
The Southern Illinois University board of trustees voted unanimously last month to accept a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice that averts a potential lawsuit over three…
March 8, 2006
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Duke University Toughens its Drug Testing
Duke University has strengthened its policy for student-athletes who test positive for steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs, school officials announced recently…
March 8, 2006
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Retired Missouri Professor Trains Journalists With Al-Jazeera
A retired University of Missouri journalism professor who has been helping train journalists for the Arab news agency Al-Jazeera knows his work might have its critics…
March 8, 2006
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Under Construction: Building the Engineering Pipeline
Not since the days of the Sputnik I rocket launch by the former Soviet Union have U.S. policymakers worried so much and so openly about America’s competitiveness on the world stage…
March 8, 2006
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The Power of Podcasting
Most years in Dr. Kevin M. Gaugler’s Spanish civilization class, the students were so focused on note-taking that they rarely uttered a word…
March 8, 2006
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Office Depot Awards $4.5 Million
Office Depot is awarding $4.5 million to support the United Negro College Fund, the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities and…
March 8, 2006
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Diversity, Visibility and Invisibility in Higher Education
The article “Class Matters” by Patricia Valdata on the research of Skidmore College professor Dr. Janet Galligani Casey…
March 8, 2006
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Sloan Grant Helps Recruit American Indian Grad Students to the University of Arizona
A three-year grant program aimed at helping recruit more American Indian graduate students to the University of Arizona’s science and engineering programs has helped, administrators say…
March 5, 2006
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NCAA Hits 99 Sports Teams With Academic Penalties
Ninety-nine teams at 65 schools produced failing marks under the NCAA’s new academic measurements and could begin losing scholarships next fall…
March 2, 2006
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Hampton University Starts Academy to Improve Young Journalists’ Skills
Troubled by students with high grades but poor grammar and spelling, journalism administrators at historically Black Hampton University have launched a writing academy to improve…
February 26, 2006
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Tennessee State University Student Newspaper Honored at HBCU Conference
Tennessee State University’s campus newspaper, The Meter, has been honored as the best weekly student newspaper at the HBCU National Newspaper Conference Excellence in Journalism Awards…
February 23, 2006
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