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Minn. College Investigates Party Where Students Wore Blackface, KKK Costumes

ST. PAUL, Minn. An off-campus party that asked students to come dressed “politically incorrect” has prompted an investigation by Macalester College officials who learned one student was costumed as a Ku Klux Klan member and another wore blackface with a noose around his neck.

February 10, 2007

SUNO Turns To Other Universities For Help

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. More than a year after Hurricane Katrina, Southern University at New Orleans is still operating in a temporary campus of FEMA trailers and waiting for money to rebuild.

February 8, 2007

American Indians Should Boycott Racist Colleges and Universities

American Indians Should Boycott Racist Colleges and Universities I have a college-aged son who was contemplating attending the University of North Dakota (see “Damage Control at Dartmouth,” Dec. 28). He was very discouraged and decided not to attend after hearing of the hostility generated on campus and in Grand Forks by campus alumni and conservative […]

February 7, 2007

Using Technology To Recruit a Diverse Student Body

Using Technology To Recruit a Diverse Student Body It would be interesting to know if the data provided represent the perspectives of students of color and women (see “Prospective College Students Receptive to Electronic Social Networking Recruitment Methods, Survey Finds,” Dec. 28). Do African-American males use podcasts at the same rate as White males? What […]

February 7, 2007

Getting to Know Dr. James T. Minor

Growing up in Detroit, James Minor bypassed the drugs and gang life that plagued his neighborhood and graduated from the city’s public school system…

February 7, 2007

A Global Exchange

The wealth of educational opportunities in Africa has encouraged universities nationwide to establish partnerships with institutions on that continent…

February 7, 2007

New College Access Campaign Teaches Students To ‘KnowHow2GO’

With only 9 percent of low-income students completing college by age 24, compared to 75 percent of students from high-income families…

February 7, 2007

Professional Appointments

Dr. Karen Lawrence has been named the 10th president of Sarah Lawrence College (N.Y.). She was most recently dean of the School of Humanities at the University of California, Irvine. Lawrence holds a bachelor’s from Yale University, a master’s from Tufts University and a doctorate from Columbia University. Dr. Jocelyn Briddell has been named dean […]

February 7, 2007

AP Classes – What’s Stopping Black Students?

Black high school students are significantly underrepresented in AP courses that provide students with a jumpstart on college and serve as an early predictor of college success, according to The College Board’s “Advanced Placement Report to the Nation.” Experts say checking teacher bias and improving identification of qualified Black students can help.

February 6, 2007

Push to Hold Colleges Accountable Fraught With Problems, Say College Presidents

WASHINGTON, D.C. A public database for college accountability and learning outcomes of students, as proposed by the blue-ribbon Commission on the Future of Higher Education, would not factor in the diverse missions and characteristics of individual schools, said a panel of college presidents at the annual meeting of the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU).

February 6, 2007

Perspectives: From ‘School Daze’ to ‘Stomp the Yard:’ Why Black Greeks Must Go

Movies that fail to portray the negative aspects of Black Greek-letter organizations do the public a disservice. More importantly, says Dr. Ricky L. Jones, the organizations themselves need to be held accountable for dangerous hazing, or they must disband.

February 4, 2007

Survey Says … Students Don’t See Eye to Eye

Minority college students say access to campus computer labs and improved campus security are among the things that make for a satisfying undergraduate experience. Their White counterparts, however, don’t share those priorities. Also, male and female students appear to have varied priorities, according to results of a student survey conducted by Noel Levitz, a consulting firm for higher education.

January 31, 2007

Scholars Weigh in On College Parties That Mock Black Stereotypes

From Connecticut to Colorado, “gangsta” theme parties thrown by whites are drawing the ire of college officials and heated complaints from Black and White students who say the antics conjure the worst racial stereotypes.

January 31, 2007

Proposed Pell Grant Increase ‘Great News’ For Low-Income Students

Two weeks after voting to cut student loan interest rates, the U.S. House of Representatives is moving quickly to address another key element of college affordability: the maximum Pell Grant for needy students.

January 30, 2007

Clemson University Probes Racist Party

CLEMSON, S.C. — Clemson University President James Barker on Tuesday decried a party where White students mocked Black stereotypes by drinking malt liquor and at least one student dressed in black face.

January 30, 2007

Study: Black, Hispanic Children Suffer Bleak Living Conditions

Living conditions experienced by children in the 100 largest U.S. metropolitan areas continues to show a depressing picture for Black and Hispanic children, according to a new report from the Harvard School of Public Health. Another study shows Whites less trusting of foreign-born doctors than Blacks.

January 29, 2007

College Course In Gullah at USC-Beaufort Is Nation’s First

BEAUFORT, S.C. Research on Gullah culture is a little skimpy, according to one local professor, but he’s hoping to change all that through a class that explores the history of a culture that still lives through the singsong pidgin and practices on nearby St. Helena Island.

January 29, 2007

Message To College Papers: Leave Racial Satire Alone

Recent parodies of Blacks and Asians in college newspapers in the name of satire have been met with condemnation, including journalism scholars who say free-thinking future journalists need to “grow up and put on their thinking caps.”

January 28, 2007