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Diversifying the Economists
With a flair for math, Janelle Jones won a NASA scholarship to Spelman College…
July 19, 2006
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Program Prepares Disabled For College
The college classroom scene is a familiar one: young adults in flip-flops and baseball caps, some scribbling notes, others napping. Evelyn Scruggs, a student sitting near the front, is among the more attentive, filling an entire page with notes. But, by the time she leaves, she likely won’t remember the lecture topic or one word she wrote.
July 18, 2006
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Perspectives: Blogging Opens Up New Avenues For Professors
Academic blogging can increase a professor’s visibility, but it also presents unique challenges.
July 18, 2006
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New Scholarship Program Really Vouchers2.0?
Four congressional Republicans joined U.S. Education Secretary Margaret Spellings on Tuesday to unveil a new initiative to provide $4,000 scholarships to at-risk, K-12 youth who want to leave failing public schools for private education.
July 17, 2006
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Handout or Helping Hand?
Fabiola Cadet’s dream of going to college will finally come true this fall when she starts classes at the Borough of Manhattan Community College…
July 12, 2006
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U-Wisconsin Grapples With a Sex Case that Strikes a Racial Nerve
Dr. Paul Barrows, the beleaguered University of Wisconsin administrator accused in 2003 of sexual harassment…
July 12, 2006
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New Course to Help Teachers
Prospective teachers at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will soon be able to learn the subtle and…
July 12, 2006
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Emory Brings Slave Trade
Emory University scholars were recently awarded grants to make accessible and free on the Internet a mammoth …
July 12, 2006
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A Favorable Prognosis
Dr. Keith Amos’ undying support for his undergrad alma mater, Xavier University of Louisiana…
July 12, 2006
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Diversifying the Economists
With a flair for math, Janelle Jones won a NASA scholarship to Spelman College…
July 12, 2006
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Grants & Awards
Southern University’s (La.) Center for Social Research has been awarded a $350,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to help fund the Universities Rebuilding America Partnership. The two-year program assists low- to moderate-income residents of the Baton Rouge and New Orleans corridor. The center will provide technical training, assist small and […]
July 12, 2006
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Sen. Barack Obama Urges Students to Reverse ‘Empathy Deficit’
A thousand student leaders from colleges across the country assembled in the nation’s capital yesterday to attend the 2nd annual Campus Progress National Student Conference, sponsored by liberal advocacy group the Center for American Progress. Keynote speaker U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., the nation’s only Black senator, urged the enthusiastic student audience to find opportunities to serve the public good, rather than chase after high-paying jobs.
July 11, 2006
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Report: College Enrollment Gender Gap Widens for White, Hispanic Students
The gap between White and Hispanic undergraduates has widened, according to a new gender equity study released Tuesday by the American Council on Education.
July 11, 2006
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Emory Brings Slave Trade Database to the Web
Emory University scholars were recently awarded grants to make accessible and free on the Internet a mammoth database of the voyages of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade.
July 9, 2006
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King Papers Position Morehouse For Change
Morehouse College stands to gain much more than the 10,000 documents in the collection of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s writings bought by a coalition of business leaders, individuals and philanthropic leaders in Atlanta.
July 2, 2006
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Community College Transfers Shut Out of Elite Colleges
The doors of the nation’s most selective four-year colleges and universities have begun closing in the faces of aspiring low-income transfer students from community colleges over the last two decades, a new study suggests.
June 28, 2006
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Nation’s “Best Schools” Fail Minorities
Many of the high schools on Newsweek’s popular annual lists of the nation’s Top 100 schools have glaring achievement gaps between the races and high dropout rates, according to a new report.
June 28, 2006
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Student Activism at its Best
To show their support of diversity in higher education, hundreds, if not thousands…
June 28, 2006
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