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Whites-Only Scholarship Recipient Donates Award to Charity

Whites-Only Scholarship Recipient Donates Award to CharityBRISTOL, R.I. The Roger Williams University student who received a Whites-only scholarship last month said he will turn the money over to charity, after backlash directed at him and his college. Adam Noska, 20, of Weymouth, Mass., announced last month that he would donate the $250 scholarship from the […]

March 10, 2004

New Program to Fund Graduate Research in Education

New Program to Fund Graduate Research in EducationThe U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences (IES) recently announced a new program to fund graduate training programs in the education sciences. These programs will train a new generation of education researchers capable of producing scientific evidence to guide education policy and classroom practice. Such evidence […]

March 10, 2004

Sen. Clinton Unveils Plan to Help Nontraditional Students

Sen. Clinton Unveils Plan to Help Nontraditional StudentsNontraditional students trying to get their college degrees tend to get short shrift, according to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., who recently proposed legislation to help improve graduation rates among these students and tear down some of the barriers they face.Clinton announced the measure, known as the Non-Traditional […]

March 10, 2004

Placing Diversity at the Core Of Institutional Excellence

Placing Diversity at the Core Of Institutional ExcellenceIn its Oct. 23, 2003, publication, Black Issues In Higher Education identified the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) as one of a group of universities that have made progress in recruiting and retaining ethnically diverse faculty. As gratifying as that recognition is, it speaks to only part of […]

February 25, 2004

Pittsburgh Site Chosen for Urban Land Institute Design Competition

Pittsburgh Site Chosen for Urban Land Institute Design CompetitionPITTSBURGHAn underutilized parcel of commercial property in Pittsburgh’s Strip District has been chosen as the site for the second annual ULI (Urban Land Institute) Gerald D. Hines Student Urban Design Competition. The competition for graduate students was created to honor the legacy of urban development pioneer Gerald […]

February 25, 2004

So, Your Children Are College Bound …

So, Your Children Are College Bound … But Are They SAT Ready?Parents play a key role in preparing students for standardized tests, experts agreeParents are an essential component in their children’s SAT success, says Starlett Craig, director of outreach and enrichment programs at Clemson University in South Carolina. Clemson is home to a successful two-week […]

February 25, 2004

In the Know

In the Know So your child is considering an honors program or college. What are the things you need to know? •Get a reputable guide and look at the overall institution — not just the honors component. Ask yourself if the institution as a whole has the type of programs the student is interested in […]

February 25, 2004

Courting The Best & The Brightest

Courting The Best & The BrightestHonors colleges mushroom across the country in both two- and four-year institutionsBy Kendra HamiltonFrom parents to politicians to professors, everyone seems to have adopted “achievement” as a favorite buzzword, so perhaps it’s no surprise that honors education — and specifically the honors college — has become one of the hottest […]

February 25, 2004

Facing Up to Realities

Facing Up to Realities: Harvard economist investigates the racial achievement gap. As an economist, Dr. Ronald F. Ferguson often applies quantitative analysis to public policy dilemmas, which yields data models and quantitative measures of complex issues. In tackling the racial achievement gap, the Harvard-based social policy expert has added investigation techniques from sociology and psychology […]

February 25, 2004

The Great Divide

The Great DivideRacial achievement gap gains recognition as national concern, but solution continues to elude educators, scholars and policymakers. By Ronald RoachAmericans know that Black and Latino children, by and large, are not reaching their full potential when it comes to learning and academic performance. But there are exceptions. The question that’s being increasingly asked […]

February 25, 2004

Bush’s Budget Creates ‘Greater Hurdles’ for Students, Group Says

Bush’s Budget Creates ‘Greater Hurdles’ for Students, Group SaysBy freezing funding for federal student aid President Bush’s budget creates even “greater hurdles” for students, says Kate Rube, associate for the State PIRG’s Higher Education Project.“Students at colleges around the country need more help than President Bush has proposed to give them,” Rube said. “Thousands of […]

February 25, 2004

Reward Hard Work, Not Accumulated Wealth

Reward Hard Work, Not Accumulated WealthIf you watched the State of the Union address on January 20, you must have shook your head in disbelief when President Bush said that the economy was on the mend. In too many ways, he thumbed his nose at the 9 million unemployed Americans who have yet to benefit […]

February 11, 2004

University President Confident of Meeting Bill Cosby Challenge

University President Confident of Meeting Bill Cosby ChallengeWILBERFORCE, OhioCentral State University officials are confident they will meet a challenge from comedian Bill Cosby to raise $750,000 for scholarships in exchange for a benefit performance. Cosby challenged officials at the historically Black university during a campus visit in September. He asked Central State President John Garland […]

February 11, 2004

Mixed Response Greets Governor Bush at FAMU

Mixed Response Greets Governor Bush at FAMUTALLAHASSEE, Fla.About a dozen students walked out last month before Florida Gov. Jeb Bush gave a Martin Luther King Jr. day address at historically Black Florida A&M University. The 150-seat auditorium classroom was filled to capacity when the group, identified only as “students of FAMU,” handed out a one-page […]

February 11, 2004

A Question of Merit

A Question of Merit By Dee Anne FinkenATLANTATen years ago, the state best known for its peaches launched a revolution that still reverberates in the halls of colleges and universities across the country. Faced with a plethora of poorly performing high-school students and a growing number of graduates fleeing the state for postsecondary study, Georgia unveiled […]

January 28, 2004

Keeping Score on the Administration

Keeping Score on the AdministrationEarlier this month President Bush went on the road to mark the second anniversary of his signing of the No Child Left Behind Act. Bush visited schools where the administration had deemed the law a success to congratulate students, staff and parents on improving test scores. And yet, the Washington Post […]

January 28, 2004

Scholars of Note: Sociology

SociologyA Cutting-Edge ApproachEarl Wright IITitle: Assistant Professor, Sociology, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Central FloridaEducation: Ph.D., Sociology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; M.A., Sociology, University of Memphis; B.A., History/Black Studies, University of MemphisAge: 32Earl Wright II’s undergraduate academic career got off to a shaky start. His life had been one of football and partying. The […]

January 14, 2004

Merit Scholarship Programs Have Potential Flaws, Researchers Say

Merit Scholarship Programs Have Potential Flaws, Researchers SayUNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.Broad-based merit scholarship programs designed to create incentives for underperforming high-school students have two potential flaws, according to Penn State researchers. “Our studies indicate that in the first year after a merit scholarship program is initiated, student test scores increase but they subsequently hit a ceiling, […]

January 14, 2004