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Bridging Cultural Divides
Tyler Golson was an undergraduate at Yale University on Sept. 11, 2001. When he heard the news that terrorists had destroyed…
May 24, 2006
Students
Embattled Texas Southern President’s Home Searched in Criminal Investigation
Investigators looking into allegations of improper spending by the Texas Southern University president Priscilla Slade searched her home late last week.
May 22, 2006
Students
United Kingdom Undergoes Largest University Admissions Reform in 50 Years
England’s education officials have recommended changes in the country’s college admissions system that are designed to boost the numbers of disadvantaged students at prestigious colleges.
May 22, 2006
Students
At Brandeis University, Middle East Politics Converge on Commencement Day
It will be an unusual commencement for a Jewish-sponsored university: a speech by a Jordanian prince, and an honorary degree for a playwright who has bluntly criticized Israel.
May 18, 2006
Students
Financially Strapped HBCU Gets $500,000 in Scholarships
Financially strapped LeMoyne-Owen College, the lone historically Black college in Memphis, has been awarded $500,000 for scholarships by its founder, the United Church of Christ. But the school, $6 million in debt, cannot use the new scholarship money for debt relief.
May 17, 2006
Students
Opening Eyes And Minds
It’s not easy being a Muslim student or professor on a U.S. college campus these days…
May 17, 2006
Students
Lawsuit: Drug-Based Ban on Financial Aid Hurts Minorities
For three Midwest college students, a conviction on a minor drug offense may lead to a landmark…
May 17, 2006
Students
Opening Eyes And Minds
It’s not easy being a Muslim student or professor on a U.S. college campus these days…
May 17, 2006
Students
Bridging Cultural Divides
Tyler Golson was an undergraduate at Yale University on Sept. 11, 2001…
May 17, 2006
Students
Pens, Papers and Passports
It wasn’t long after Lauren Skryzowski entered Yale University’s School of Management that she realized something was missing…
May 17, 2006
Students
A Student Affairs Model
Last summer, 41 graduate students and student affairs professionals, including me…
May 17, 2006
Students
Grants & Awards
Adelphi University (N.Y.) has received an $8.5 million gift from Carol A. Ammon, founder and chairman of Endo Pharmaceuticals and a 1979 graduate of the university. The gift will be used to establish a professorship in childhood education and endow scholarships for education students. California State University-Fullerton has received a $4.2 million donation from Dan […]
May 17, 2006
Students
Journalist Leaves Hampton University; Cites Speech Issues
Former Time columnist Jack E. White, dismayed by Hampton University’s approach to freedom of speech, says he will not return to his teaching post there.
May 14, 2006
Students
Study: Multiracial Youth More Likely to Engage in Violence, Substance Abuse
Multiracial adolescents in middle school are significantly more likely to engage in problem behaviors such as violence and substance abuse than single-race young people, according to a new study.
May 9, 2006
Students
Michigan State Professor Apologizes for Anti-Islam E-mail
A Michigan State University professor has apologized for the “tactless and hyperbolic language” he used in an e-mail to a Muslim student group in which he labeled Muslims “brutal and uncivilized” and told them to “return to their ancestral homelands.”
May 3, 2006
Students
For Missing Civil Rights Hero, A Degree at Last
If Lloyd Gaines is alive, his law degree is waiting for him. The University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law has decided to award an honorary degree to Gaines 68 years after…
May 3, 2006
Students
Report: College Access For Low-Income Minorities Could Get Worse
A new report warns that a number of factors at the federal, state and institutional levels are likely to converge in the coming decade…
May 3, 2006
Students
University of Virginia, Black Colleges Plan Student Exchange
Virginia and five in-state historically Black colleges and universities are finalizing an exchange program for summer research projects…
May 3, 2006
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