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HBCU Boosts Aid to Limit Student Debt
Beginning this fall, academically gifted, low-income Virginia State University students will get enough financial aid to cover 100 percent of their college costs through a new program to limit the debt burden of students at the historically Black university.
June 11, 2006
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Boosting Black Enrollment Aim of Florida’s First-Generation Grants
Florida students whose parents do not have four-year college degrees could get need-based financial aid under a $6.5 million scholarship program recently signed into law. Although students of any race can apply, lawmakers hope it will increase minority enrollment at Florida universities.
June 6, 2006
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Toxic Campus Climates
The rings and robes have been ordered and there’s both joy and uncertainty in the air as campuses go through the annual rite of graduation.
May 31, 2006
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Toxic Campus Climate
The rings and robes have been ordered and there’s both joy and uncertainty in the air as campuses go through the annual rite of graduation…
May 31, 2006
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Operation Black Male
The media and scholarly literature are replete with countless reminders of the negative plight of…
May 31, 2006
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Illegal Immigrants Denied Corporate Scholarships
The fiery immigration-reform debate has corporations grappling with whether or not go give scholarships to students who are here illegally.
May 30, 2006
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Luminaries Honor Toni Morrison Before Retirement
A party for author Toni Morrison drew stars such as former President Bill Clinton and actor Morgan Freeman, as well as officials and students from Princeton University, where the author has taught for 17 years before announcing her retirement this spring.
May 29, 2006
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Bridging Cultural Divides
Tyler Golson was an undergraduate at Yale University on Sept. 11, 2001…
May 17, 2006
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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
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A Student Affairs Model
Last summer, 41 graduate students and student affairs professionals, including me…
May 17, 2006
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