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Students
Getting to the ‘real information.’ – the Student-Right-to-Know Act and colleges and universities academic profile – Recruitment & Retention
Five years after the Student-Right-to-Know Act went into effect, there are still concerns about reporting requirements and how they should be compared.
June 15, 2007
Students
Birth of an institution – the Normal School, Tuskegee, Alabama
Dear Friends: I arrived here four weeks ago. Instead of finding my work in a low marshy country as I expected, I find Tuskegee a beautiful town, with a high and healthy location. It is a town such as one rarely sees in the South. Its quiet shady streets and tasteful and rich dwellings remind one of a New England village. After my arrival I had one week in which to prepare for the opening of the Normal School. I utilized this time in seeing the teachers and others who wished to enter the school, and in getting a general idea of my work and the people. Sunday, I spoke in both churches to the people about the school, and told all who wished to enter to come and see me at my boarding place during the week. About thirty persons called and had their names enrolled, others called whose names, for various reasons, I could not enroll. With the young people many of the parents came. I was particularly impressed with the desire of the parents to educate their children, whatever might be the sacrifice.
June 15, 2007
Students
Derailing student tracking: SCLC, others strive to eliminate educational channelling – Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Forty-two years after the Supreme Court outlawed segregated schools, many classrooms are not yet fully integrated because of the academic performance of Black students and their perceived ability to learn.
June 15, 2007
Students
Student-athletes at work: NCAA work rule will be ‘difficult to monitor.’ – National Collegiate Athletic Association
In a surprise development at its annual convention, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) approved new legislation allowing athletes to work part-time jobs during the school year.
June 15, 2007
Students
Athletes, outcasts and partyers – films about African Americans in higher education
Films about African Americans in higher education are a relatively new phenomenon but they, like other films about Blacks, still frequently resort to stereotypes.
June 15, 2007
Students
An interview with Tim Reid – Interview
When veteran actor Tim Reid got sick and tired of being sick and tired of the negative images of African Americans he saw on the silver screen, he decided to go behind the camera and produce “positive feature films” for the African-American community.
June 15, 2007
Students
Flocking to film school – minorities and the film industry
New York — In recent years, many of the high School students clamoring for a coveted spot in New York University’s Future Filmmakers Workshop — designated for members of “traditionally underrepresented” groups — have challenged the boundaries of what that means.
June 15, 2007
Students
One-on-One with Liberia President Sirleaf
Liberia’s “Iron Lady,” President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, was in Atlanta last month to deliver the commencement address at Spelman College and to accept an honorary degree from the historically Black all-women’s school.
June 13, 2007
Students
Broken Bonds: Are Black Greek Organizations Making Themselves Irrelevant?
It is rare that one finds a venue to advance balanced, yet critical, debate over Black Greek Letter Organizations, or BGLOs.
June 13, 2007
Students
‘Helping Smart Kids Get Smarter’
Increasingly educators are addressing ways to motivate high-potential students.
June 13, 2007
Students
Presidential Hopefuls Gradually Roll Out Education Plans
From student loans to college access programs, candidates offer proposals.
June 13, 2007
Students
Perspectives: College Dream Can Be Reality For America’s Refugee Citizens
Education is the proven universal passport to a better personal and financial future. Our nation prides itself on providing equal educational opportunities for all. The system isn’t perfect, and no one knows that better than the poor and those outside the mainstream of American life. Like other Americans, refugee and asylum families in this country dream of college for their children, but few find their way to our campuses. We must change that.
June 10, 2007
Students
Report: First-generation Black Freshmen Drop in Four-Year Colleges
The number of first-generation Black students entering four-year colleges dropped by almost two-thirds between 1971 and 2005, according to new data collected by the Cooperative Institutional Research Program at the University of California, Los Angeles.
June 7, 2007
Students
Strides Made in Student Reading and Math Since NCLB Act, Says Report
Student achievement in reading and math has increased since the No Child Left Behind Act was enacted in 2002, according to a new report released by the Center on Education Policy.
June 4, 2007
Students
Illegal Students Await Immigration Plan
WASHINGTON At 23, Mariana should be carefree. She is finishing her undergraduate degree at the University of California, Los Angeles, and has been accepted to a master’s program at Harvard University’s education school.
June 4, 2007
Students
Students say Northeastern U Terminating Non-Ph.D. Faculty to Move Up In the Rankings
BOSTON Northeastern University is purging its communications and journalism program of instructors who lack doctorates in a move students say is motivated by the university’s quest to improve its U.S. News & World Report ranking.
May 30, 2007
Students
Coming to Terms With the “R” Word
Colleges may boast diversity, but what does that really mean for campus climate?
May 30, 2007
Students
Grants & Gifts
The City College of New York has received a four-year, $6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to continue the college’s participation in the Institute of General Medical Sciences’ SCORE program. The program provides research funds for faculty development at minority-serving institutions. A collaborative effort between the City College of San Francisco and […]
May 30, 2007
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