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$100 Million Program to Aid Low-Income Students and Schools
$100 Million Program to Aid Low-Income Students and SchoolsSeattleThe Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is creating the biggest private scholarship program in Washington state with a $100 million gift to help low-income students go to college. The Washington State Achievers Program will give 500 four-year scholarships a year for colleges and universities in Washington, the […]
January 31, 2001
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Women’s Colleges Receive High Marks for Learning Effectiveness But recruiting minority students still a challenge
Women’s Colleges Receive High Marks for Learning Effectiveness But recruiting minority students still a challengeBY Eleanor Lee YatesAmherst, Va.Good news for women’s colleges: A recent national survey of 276 colleges and universities has found that students attending women’s colleges give their schools high marks for learning effectiveness, as well as for providing enriching educational experiences […]
January 17, 2001
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Maryland Awards First Math Doctorates to Black Women
Maryland Awards First Math Doctorates to Black WomenCollege park, Md. For the first time, the University of Maryland awarded doctorate degrees in mathematics to three Black women at its December commencement ceremonies. Tasha Inniss received a degree in applied mathematics, Sherry Scott was awarded one in pure mathematics and Kimberly Weems received one in statistics.“We’ve […]
January 17, 2001
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White House Names Humanities Honorees
White House Names Humanities Honorees Washington President Clinton and first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton announced the 2000 National Humanities Medalists, an award administered by the National Endowment for the Humanities. An award ceremony was held last month in Washington and the winners were honored at a White House dinner.“The 2000 National Humanities Medalists are distinguished individuals […]
January 3, 2001
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Six Universities Selected for National High School Journalism Project
Six Universities Selected for National High School Journalism ProjectCollege Park, Md.Six journalism schools have been selected to create and host an intensive two-week high school program designed to increase diversity within the nation’s newsrooms. Diversifying the nation’s newsrooms has been a long-time goal of the American Society of Newspaper Editors. Studies show that the number […]
January 3, 2001
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Fraternity Accused of Taping Swastika on Black Student’s Car
Fraternity Accused of Taping Swastika on Black Student’s Car ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. A University of New Mexico fraternity accused of duct-taping a swastika on a Black student’s car has been placed on emergency suspension. University administrators say they placed the Sigma Chi chapter on suspension and that the rights, privileges, charter and affiliation with UNM are […]
January 3, 2001
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University of Georgia Marks 40th Anniversary Of Desegregation
University of Georgia Marks 40th Anniversary Of DesegregationAthens, Ga.‘Two-four-six-eight! We don’t want to integrate!” were the chants from the crowd that greeted Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes — the first two African American students to integrate the University of Georgia 40 years ago Jan. 9. To mark the 40 years since UGA was desegregated, the […]
January 3, 2001
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Explaining the Achievement Gap
Explaining the Achievement GapResearchers offer theories on Black underachievment — especially Black malesNew York The warm reception accorded Dr. Claude Steele at a New York University School of Education policy breakfast earlier this month signaled the extent to which his social psychology research is finding acceptance among education experts and officials on the Black-White student […]
December 20, 2000
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Michigan State University Takes Initiative
Michigan State University Takes Initiative In Addressing Racial Profiling On CampusEast Lansing, Mich.Bruce Benson, chief of police at Michigan State University, had heard about it on CNN. He read about it in scholarly police journals. And while attending national police conferences he heard the issue constantly analyzed and dissected. Racial profiling, he noticed over the […]
December 20, 2000
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State Policies Greatly Impact Minority Access To Higher Education
State Policies Greatly Impact Minority Access To Higher EducationWashingtonThe state you live in can make an unexpectedly large difference in determining whether you’ll be able to attend college — especially if you’re a minority student in a lower income bracket, according to the the National Center for Public Policy in Higher Education’s Measuring Up 2000 […]
December 20, 2000
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NSF Gives Grant to Boost Minority Graduate Degree Production
NSF Gives Grant to Boost Minority Graduate Degree ProductionALBUQUERQUE, N.M.A New Mexico alliance is getting a $2.5 million federal grant to increase the number of minority students pursuing advanced degrees in the next five years. The National Science Foundation grant went to the New Mexico Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate, which wants to […]
December 20, 2000
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Iowa Wesleyan Uses Personal Touch to Attract Minority Students
Iowa Wesleyan Uses Personal Touch to Attract Minority Students MOUNT PLEASANT, Iowa Iowa Wesleyan College, a private institution in the southeastern part of the state, has attracted a record number of minority students. Despite the college’s location in a small, predominantly White community, nearly 21 percent of the school’s 482 full-time students are minorities this […]
December 20, 2000
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The Miseducation of Hip-Hop
The Miseducation of Hip-HopAre Today’s Faculty and Administrators Simply Out of Touch? Or Has Today’s Popular Music Truly Corrupted the Minds of a Whole Generation? By Jamilah EvelynNEWARK, Del.When Jason Hinmon transferred to the University of Delaware two years ago from Morehouse College in Atlanta, the 22-year-old senior says he almost dropped out his first semester.He […]
December 6, 2000
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Smith College, Wesleyan University to Launch Scholarly Journal Devoted to Women of Color
Smith College, Wesleyan University to Launch Scholarly Journal Devoted to Women of ColorNorthampton, Mass.Smith College of Northampton and Wesleyan University of Middletown, Conn., have joined forces to launch the first peer-reviewed, scholarly journal devoted entirely to issues affecting the lives of women of color.Meridians: Feminism, Race, Transnationalism, was expected to be in libraries and with […]
December 6, 2000
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Purdue President Challenges Universities to Increase Fellowships for Minority Graduate Students
Purdue President Challenges Universities to Increase Fellowships for Minority Graduate StudentsSan Antonio, TexasDr. Martin C. Jischke, president of Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind., last month challenged America’s universities to establish fellowships to increase the numbers of minority graduate students preparing to be the faculty of the future.Speaking at the annual meeting of the National […]
December 6, 2000
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Freedom Forum, Vanderbilt University to Construct New Journalism Diversity Institute
Freedom Forum, Vanderbilt University to Construct New Journalism Diversity InstituteNashville, Tenn.The Freedom Forum last month announced plans for construction of The Freedom Forum Institute for Newsroom Diversity at Vanderbilt University. The new $6 million facility will house the innovative training center for journalists of color. The institute’s mission will be to help increase the number […]
December 6, 2000
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University of Tennessee Administrators Address Minority Students’ Concerns
University of Tennessee Administrators Address Minority Students’ ConcernsKNOXVILLE, Tenn. What started as a sophomore-level student art project meant to depict the strangulation of the environment — nine nooses hanging from a tree — has many Black students at the University of Tennessee seeing the incident as more than just art. Last month’s episode was the […]
December 6, 2000
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Professional Appointments
Professional AppointmentsWardell G. Baker has been promoted to associate vice president for student affairs at Virginia State University in Petersburg. Previously, he was director of residence life at the university. Baker earned both a bachelor’s in agronomy and a master’s in education from Virginia State University.Genevieve Brembry, executive director of the Texas Association of Developing […]
November 22, 2000
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