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Officials Seek to Limit Self-Segregated Dorms at UMass-Amherst
Officials at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst are phasing out self-segregated dormitories, the latest effort to rid the campus of separate programs for minorities…
March 14, 2006
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Marquette Bans ‘The Vagina Monologues’ Performance on Campus
Marquette University officials are blocking “The Vagina Monologues” from being performed on campus, calling the play too distracting…
March 12, 2006
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SIU Opens Minority Fellowships to All Students
The Southern Illinois University board of trustees voted unanimously last month to accept a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice that averts a potential lawsuit over three…
March 8, 2006
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Duke University Toughens its Drug Testing
Duke University has strengthened its policy for student-athletes who test positive for steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs, school officials announced recently…
March 8, 2006
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Retired Missouri Professor Trains Journalists With Al-Jazeera
A retired University of Missouri journalism professor who has been helping train journalists for the Arab news agency Al-Jazeera knows his work might have its critics…
March 8, 2006
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Under Construction: Building the Engineering Pipeline
Not since the days of the Sputnik I rocket launch by the former Soviet Union have U.S. policymakers worried so much and so openly about America’s competitiveness on the world stage…
March 8, 2006
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The Power of Podcasting
Most years in Dr. Kevin M. Gaugler’s Spanish civilization class, the students were so focused on note-taking that they rarely uttered a word…
March 8, 2006
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Office Depot Awards $4.5 Million
Office Depot is awarding $4.5 million to support the United Negro College Fund, the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities and…
March 8, 2006
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Diversity, Visibility and Invisibility in Higher Education
The article “Class Matters” by Patricia Valdata on the research of Skidmore College professor Dr. Janet Galligani Casey…
March 8, 2006
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Sloan Grant Helps Recruit American Indian Grad Students to the University of Arizona
A three-year grant program aimed at helping recruit more American Indian graduate students to the University of Arizona’s science and engineering programs has helped, administrators say…
March 5, 2006
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NCAA Hits 99 Sports Teams With Academic Penalties
Ninety-nine teams at 65 schools produced failing marks under the NCAA’s new academic measurements and could begin losing scholarships next fall…
March 2, 2006
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Hampton University Starts Academy to Improve Young Journalists’ Skills
Troubled by students with high grades but poor grammar and spelling, journalism administrators at historically Black Hampton University have launched a writing academy to improve…
February 26, 2006
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Tennessee State University Student Newspaper Honored at HBCU Conference
Tennessee State University’s campus newspaper, The Meter, has been honored as the best weekly student newspaper at the HBCU National Newspaper Conference Excellence in Journalism Awards…
February 23, 2006
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A Catalyst for Change
Raul Yzaguirre takes note, with pleasure, of the growing number of minorities making up Arizona State University’s student enrollment — 31 percent in the fall of 2004.
February 22, 2006
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House, for the Second Time,
After a month-long delay, the U.S. House of Representatives earlier this month gave final approval to a controversial budget…
February 22, 2006
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A Catalyst for Change
Raul Yzaguirre takes note, with pleasure, of the growing number of minorities making up Arizona State University’s student enrollment — 31 percent in the fall of 2004…
February 22, 2006
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Clemson Best Practices Conference
In an academic climate where affirmative action continues to come under attack, creating a campus environment to help…
February 22, 2006
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Celebration or Placebo?
“I hate Black History Month.” Such reads the title of a 2001 essay posted on…
February 22, 2006
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