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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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Corporate Recruiters Criticize UW-Madison’s Lack of Diversity
The lack of diversity in the University of Wisconsin-Madison student body makes the school an increasingly disappointing campus at which to seek taleny…
May 3, 2006
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Former President of Morris Brown College Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement
The former president of Morris Brown College has pleaded guilty to embezzling millions of dollars in federal funds that were intended to cover student tuition. Dr. Dolores Cross, 69, who was president of the 125-year-old college from November 1998 until February 2002, had been scheduled to go on trial Monday. In exchange for her plea, prosecutors moved to dismiss 27 other counts.
May 2, 2006
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Qatar to Distribute More Than $30 Million to Universities Hit by Hurricane Katrina
The oil-rich Persian Gulf nation Qatar has decided on the distribution of about $60 million of a $100 million gift announced last September for victims of Hurricane Katrina in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.
May 2, 2006
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Groups Want Professor Disciplined for Anti-Islam Email
Muslim organizations have asked Michigan State University to reprimand a professor who sent a Muslim student group an e-mail in which he labeled Muslims…
April 25, 2006
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Grants & Awards
The Virginia B. Ball Center for Creative Inquiry at Ball State University (Ind.) has received a $400,000 grant from the Edmund F. Ball and the Virginia B. Ball Foundation that will allow the center to continue its semester-long immersive interdisciplinary programs. The university also recently received a $186,000 estate gift from the late J.D. Wickersham […]
April 19, 2006
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Two Duke Lacrosse Players Arrested; DA Hopes to Charge Third
Two Duke University lacrosse players were arrested early Tuesday on charges of raping and kidnapping an exotic dancer hired to dance at an off-campus party, and the district attorney says he hopes to charge a third person soon…
April 17, 2006
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U.Va., Black Colleges Plan Student Exchange
The University of Virginia and five in-state historically Black colleges and universities are finalizing an exchange program for summer research projects…
April 13, 2006
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Corporate Recruiters Criticize Univ. of Wisconsin’s Lack of Diversity
The lack of diversity within the University of Wisconsin student body makes the school an increasingly disappointing campus at which to seek talent, a growing number of corporate recruiters are saying…
April 11, 2006
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Clark Atlanta Students Want Campus Fenced In
Danielle Stubbs enrolled at Clark Atlanta University with higher learning as her top priority, not personal safety…
April 10, 2006
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Duke Lacrosse Team Had a Reputation for Swagger
There is a saying at Duke University that there is only one real fraternity on campus: LAX, shorthand for lacrosse…
April 6, 2006
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Quest to Improve Entrepreneurial Studies at HBCUs to Include CEOs, Government Officials
The dearth of entrepreneurship courses at historically Black colleges and universities led to the start six years ago of an annual business plan competition…
April 5, 2006
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