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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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The Book for Math Empowerment: Rethinking the Subject of Mathematics. – Review – book reviews
The Book for Math Empowerment: Rethinking the Subject of Mathematics
July 12, 2007
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Leading from Behind
Two historically Black colleges aspire to become more than just feeder schools
July 12, 2007
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Hurdle #1: Getting in the Door
Research institutions are the primary producers of the nation’s scientific brain trust. Yet, the record of these institutions for producing African Americans in these disciplines is spotty. In this feature, Black Issues examines the experiences of three of the leading science and engineering institutions, citing examples of strategies that are yielding favorable results and those that leave senior scholars scratching their heads over why they’re not working.
July 12, 2007
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Trouble Along The Science Pipeline
Perhaps the most commonly cited barrier to African American students being chosen by the most competitive colleges and universities for admission into science and engineering programs is their performance on standardized college entrance exams, namely the SAT and ACT.
July 12, 2007
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California Students Propose Initiative to `Provide Equal Opportunity’
BERKELEY, Calif. In response the anti-affirmative action referendums and policy statements which have become the law of the land in the state of California, students here have crafted the Equal Educational Opportunity. Initiative (EEOI) in hopes of getting it on the ballot in November.
July 12, 2007
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Washington UPDATE
ED Backs Continued Default-Rate Exemption for HBCUs
July 12, 2007
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