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Loan debt: a new view
Student loan debt. It weighs heavily upon hundreds of thousands of Americans. It also is the leading reason African Americans drop out of college. Yet, surprisingly, a new study shows that indebted Black students actually are carrying a lighter debt load than their White and Asian peers. And they tend to come from households that have comparably higher incomes.
July 12, 2007
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The persistent madness of Greek hazing: psychologists provide insight on why hazing persists among Black Greeks – fraternities; includes related articles – Cover Story
Mary Polk of Maryland didn’t learn that her son Marcus had been hospitalized until he called his brother when he came out of the operating room on April 8.
July 12, 2007
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The 100 Best Colleges for African American Students. – book reviews
Erlene Wilson could give any guidance counselor a run for his or her money. What she does in the revised and updated edition of The 100 Best Colleges for African American Students is provide an invaluable resource for any student of color who is even considering pursuing postsecondary education.
July 12, 2007
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Closing doors and scary thoughts – City University of New York
The City University of New York has had a historical mission to provide higher education to immigrants, the poor, and minority Students. Its alumni include a distinguished roster of intellectuals like polio vaccine inventor Jonas Salk, who might not have had an accessible and affordable college education were it not for CUNY.
July 12, 2007
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When hazing leads to death: one campus’ response – Southeast Missouri State University
All campus administrators face issues of hazing, some with more urgency than others. Southeast Missouri State University faced a worse crisis than most in 1994 when twenty-five-year old Michael Davis — a journalism major — died after two weeks of hazing at the hands of his Kappa Alpha Psi brothers.
July 12, 2007
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New standards will send many CUNY students to community colleges – City University of New York
The man behind the ending of remediation in the City University of New York’s (CUNY) four-year colleges is not New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani — although the Republican mayor certainly set the political tone earlier this year by calling for the end of remediation.
July 12, 2007
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Minority enrollment creeps upward at Texas universities: new recruitment strategies and the 10 percent law credited with upturn
AUSTIN, Texas Black and Latino enrollments are beginning to edge upward again at public universities in Texas after the severe drop caused by the 1996 Hopwood decision, which dismantled affirmative action at Texas’s public universities.
July 12, 2007
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New partnerships with minority-serving institutions are designed to improve the count while training young scientists
July 12, 2007
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An enduring commitment – Xavier University’s president Norman C. Francis
In three decades, Norman C. Francis has led Xavier University from local fame to national acclaim
July 12, 2007
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Sharing expertise – Xavier University’s partnership with Tulane University on public housing – Interview
What strengths does Xavier University bring to this partnership with Tulane University?
July 12, 2007
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Public housing smarts: two universities discover a trove of opportunity in New Orleans’s public housing system – Cover Story
New Orleans At night, from the third floor landing of her three-bedroom apartment, Keywanda Wiggins has a view of the glittering New Orleans skyline. Visible from her window are the bulbous Superdome, most of the city’s modern high-rises, and a slice of the Mississippi River.
July 12, 2007
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Building a culture of success – New York State high school/college science enrichment program, minority students
New York A new report on New York State’s Science and Technology Entry Program (STEP) and its college counterpart (C-STEP) shows that these enrichment programs were responsible, in the words of the outside evaluator, for “dramatically raising the academic performance of their students,” most of whom are African American, Hispanic, and low-income.
July 12, 2007
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1998 Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars Awards – 1998 nominees and recipients
Six years ago, Black Issues In Higher Education established the Sports Scholars Award to honor undergraduate students of color who exemplify the standards set by tennis great Arthur Ashe Jr.
July 12, 2007
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Winning to lose – academy losses of Black faculty to industry
When thirty-year-old Dr. Damian Rouson completed his Ph.D. last April, the Stanford University graduate took a job at Failure Analysis Associates, a prestigious Silicon Valley engineering firm.
July 12, 2007
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Making mentorship count: surviving Ph.D. programs requires someone who is willing to show the way
By his own admission, Dr. Damian Rouson’s initial adjustment from Howard University to the graduate engineering program at Stanford University was difficult.
July 12, 2007
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Gems of wisdom: avoiding derailment on the doctorate track
Dr. Howard Adams has been engaged in the struggle to attract more African American students into graduate education in science and engineering for more than twenty years. In that time, he has witnessed measurable improvement in the academic caliber, motivation, and preparedness of African American undergraduates.
July 12, 2007
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Motivating faculty gets results – recruitment for minority graduate students
When Dr. Ted Greenwood talks about boosting the number of it under-rep presented minority doctoral holders in the sciences, there is a no-nonsense resolute quality to his voice.
July 12, 2007
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Dorm Keeps Name Despite Protest Over Klan Connection
BLACKSBURG, Va. A Virginia Tech dorm named for a now-deceased professor who might have had Ku Klux Klan ties won’t be renamed, Tech President Paul Torgersen said.
July 12, 2007
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