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FAMU Kappas’ First To Face Felony Hazing
A Florida hazing trial that had profound implications for the future of fraternities
November 29, 2006
Students
An Ethnic Studies Evolution
As a student in the Chicana/o studies program at the University of Texas at El Paso…
November 29, 2006
Students
Questions of Conduct
When Jason Johnson, a student at the University of the Cumberlands in the eastern Kentucky hills…
November 29, 2006
Students
Achieving K-12 School Diversity Without Considering Race
Over the next few months, the U.S. Supreme Court will consider the constitutionality of race-conscious…
November 29, 2006
Students
Graduation Rates Drop As Schools Take On More Low-income Students
Graduation rates drop systematically as the size of an institution’s low-income student population increases, even at selective four-year colleges and universities, according to a recently released report from the U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics.
November 28, 2006
Students
Boston University Student Group Offers Whites-Only Scholarship
The Boston University chapter of the College Republicans wanted to start a dialogue about racial preferences when members created a $250 Caucasian Achievement and Recognition Scholarship, the group president told ABC News.
November 26, 2006
Students
Research Roundup
A new study shows disadvantaged children who attend preschool need tutoring and mentoring in elementary and high school to sustain momentum. Another study on the sleeping habits of Blacks, Whites, the poor and the rich shows sleep is related to socioeconomic status.
November 26, 2006
Students
Growing Number of Colleges Offering Majors in Homeland Security
ATLANTA Next year, Justan Holloway’s class schedule will look like the plot of an action movie: The college student will study international terrorism, disaster planning, criminology, social psychology and Arabic.
November 21, 2006
Students
Flagship Institutions Serve Whiter, Richer Student Body, Study Says
WASHINGTON, D.C. The leading public flagship universities are disproportionately serving a Whiter and wealthier student body than in the past, according to a new report by the Education Trust.
November 20, 2006
Students
Newly Nominated Defense Secretary Praised for Diversity Efforts as TAMU President
The newly nominated U.S. Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates, has been praised for increasing the number minority students at Texas A&M University, where he is currently president. Reportedly he has been able to increase diversity without using race as a factor – but according to one leading education official, that is not entirely true.
November 19, 2006
Students
UCLA to Review Taser Use on Minority Student
LOS ANGELES An attorney who was part of a review of excessive force complaints following the Rodney King beating will investigate a UCLA police officer’s use of a Taser on an Iranian-American student, the school said Friday.
November 19, 2006
Students
Alumni Fight Grambling Admissions Standards
Plans to impose new admissions standards for Grambling State University freshmen are being challenged…
November 15, 2006
Students
Handling ‘Helicopter Parents’
On any given day at California Polytechnic State University, Nona Nickelsen fields phone calls from parents…
November 15, 2006
Students
A Tale of Two Teaching Experiences
In 1989, an ambitious Princeton University senior had an idea. Inspired to bridge the educational gap in the United States…
November 15, 2006
Students
Historians John Hope Franklin, Yu Ying-shih Named Winners of 2006 John W. Kluge Prize for the Study of Humanity
Drs. John Hope Franklin and Yu Ying-shih have been named the recipients of the third John W. Kluge Prize for lifetime achievement in the study of humanity, the Library of Congress announced Wednesday. They will share the $1 million prize.
November 14, 2006
Students
Indiana-Purdue To Hire Diversity Officer In Response To Bias Claims
INDIANAPOLIS Administrators plan to establish a new multicultural center and hire a full-time campus diversity officer at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis in response to a Black student group’s claims of bias.
November 14, 2006
Students
Black Students Issue New Deadline To Indiana-Purdue Over Inequity Claims
INDIANAPOLIS Black students at Indiana University Purdue University at Indianapolis have issued a new deadline for the university administration to answer requests for a campus center for them, an African-American studies program and $78,000 to Black organizations.
November 14, 2006
Students
‘Coon’ A Popular Term Among Howard Students
“Coon.” For some Howard University students, the word is used in everyday conversation. Whether students use the word depends mainly on the student’s personal interpretation of its history and meaning.
November 13, 2006
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