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South Africans Mark Student Uprising That Galvanized Anti-apartheid Movement
South African President Thabo Mbeki led hundreds of South Africans on a march Friday honoring the sacrifice of children whose bloody uprising 30 years ago reshaped the struggle to end apartheid.
June 18, 2006
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Clemson Student’s Death Causes Reexamination of Campus Safety
The arrest of a suspect in the murder of Clemson student Tiffany Maries Souers has brought relief to the university community. However, Gail DiSabatino, Clemson’s vice president of student affairs, says the case has led some people to rethink the university’s safety measures.
June 15, 2006
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Professional Appointments
Dr. Elsa Nuñez has been appointed president of Eastern Connecticut State University. She is currently vice chancellor for academic and student affairs for the University of Maine System. Nuñez holds a bachelor’s from Montclair State University, a master’s from Fairleigh Dickenson University and a doctorate from Rutgers University. Tracie Alcorn-Abraham has been appointed executive director […]
June 14, 2006
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Grants & Awards
Elizabeth City State University (N.C.) has received a four-year, $875,448 grant from the National Institutes of Health to support student international research internships. The Minority Health Institute Research Training Program will send 10 students each year to the University of Botswana and the University of Zululand in South Africa. Harvard University (Mass.) has received a […]
June 14, 2006
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Study: Flawed Admissions Process Reason for Black Student Decline in California
Black applicants are being systematically blocked from the University of California system in part because of its flawed admission scheme, according to a new University of California, Los Angeles report released Tuesday.
June 12, 2006
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New Orleans Universities Struggle to Recruit Students after Katrina
Among the myriad issues involved in the recovery of Hurricane Katrina-affected colleges and universities, one of the most pertinent is the “mama factor.” That’s what Xavier University of Louisiana President Norman Francis calls the impact a parent’s trepidation has on enrollment.
June 12, 2006
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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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