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Cultural and Linguistic Ambidexterity
The University of Texas at El Paso is a unique incubator for bilingual and multilingual students, who are increasingly being sought after by employers in a global economy.
October 17, 2007
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In Brief: University President Pulls Web Profile
Salisbury president pulled her Facebook profile over unprofessional captions; FAMU and Florida State students protesting the not-guilty verdict in boot camp case get a meeting with federal officials; and Louisiana loses sensitive financial aid application data.
October 16, 2007
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Higher Education Must Fill the Void in Student Financial Management
This fall, thousands of college students started a new chapter in their lives. I can’t think of a better decision they could have made, because a college degree is an absolute necessity rather than a mere option.
October 16, 2007
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Students
Cultural and Linguistic Ambidexterity
The University of Texas at El Paso is a unique incubator for bilingual and multilingual students, who are increasingly being sought after by employers in a global economy.
October 16, 2007
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New FAMU President James H. Ammons Keeps Focus on Black Males
Jubilation spread across Florida A&M University when officials announced that Dr. James H. Ammons would return to lead his alma mater’s turnaround effort.
October 16, 2007
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New Test Prep Services Cater to Minority Students
More minority students (40 percent of all test-takers nationally) took the Scholastic Aptitude Test in 2007 than ever.
October 16, 2007
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Ohio University To Name Residence Hall After First Black Journalism Grad
ATHENS, Ohio Ohio University says it will honor its first Black journalism graduate by dedicating a new residence hall in his name on Friday.
October 16, 2007
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University of Kentucky Board Condemns Racially Charged Cartoon
LEXINGTON, Ky. The University of Kentucky Board of Trustees condemned a racially charged editorial cartoon that appeared in the student newspaper.
October 16, 2007
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Arizona State Sees Enrollment Approaching 100,000 in 15 Years
PHOENIX Arizona State University officials are bracing for the day that ASU’s enrollment swells to nearly 100,000.
October 16, 2007
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Police Investigating Racial Graffiti Found at Rider University
TRENTON N.J. Police on Tuesday were investigating who was behind racial graffiti found scrawled inside a residence hall at Rider University’s campus in Lawrenceville.
October 16, 2007
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Study: Companies Don’t Spend Enough Time Recruiting at HBCUs
The strategies Fortune 400 companies and government agencies use when looking to recruit new employees from historically Black colleges and universities differ from those they use for predominantly White institutions.
October 15, 2007
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Best & Brightest: An Immigrant’s Story From a Community College to Cornell
It was a bit unsettling, all the moving around Julio Torres did as a child, from the Dominican Republic, to Puerto Rico, to live with a grandmother; to the United States, to live with an aunt.
October 15, 2007
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Lawmakers Hammer Federal Officials Over Jena 6 Case
WASHINGTON Democratic lawmakers denounced federal authorities Tuesday for not intervening in the highly publicized case of six Black high school students charged with the beating of a White student, citing racist noose-hanging incidents far beyond the attack in the small Louisiana town of Jena.
October 15, 2007
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Massachusetts Casino Debate Includes Warnings That Students Face Chance of Gambling Addiction
BOSTON Harrah’s Entertainment pitched a proposed Rhode Island casino to college students as a place “to have fun when they’re taking a break from studying.”
October 15, 2007
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Study: Iowa Students Rely More on Loans to Fund Tuition
DES MOINES Iowa Iowa’s college students are relying more on student loans and less on grants to cover tuition, according to a new report by the Iowa College Student Aid Commission.
October 14, 2007
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Southern University’s Interim Chancellor Trying to Retain Students
BATON ROUGE La. Margaret Ambrose may only be the “interim” chancellor of Southern University, but that does not mean she is just keeping a seat warm.
October 14, 2007
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Baby Boomlet Continues to Boost Enrollment at Washington State Universities
SEATTLE Baby boomers continue to send record numbers of their children to Washington’s public four-year universities, where enrollment is up on most campuses again this year.
October 14, 2007
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Perspectives: Using White Privilege To Rank Black Colleges
Just over a month ago, days after U.S. News & World Report released the “America’s Best Colleges” rankings, editor Brian Kelly was in Little Rock, Ark., to lecture at the Clinton School of Public Service at the University of Arkansas.
October 13, 2007
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