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Students
A Chance to Prove Themselves
Sean Garballey, a senior at a state university in New England, recently won a highly competitive…
October 18, 2006
Students
Sallie Mae Introduces CD-ROM to Help
The Sallie Mae Fund has developed an interactive CD-ROM that targets African-American students to help them and…
October 18, 2006
Students
Instant Replay
Many a college student has had to will themselves out of bed to attend a 7 a.m. organic chemistry lecture…
October 18, 2006
Students
A ‘Big Idea’ for Higher Education
There is no shortage of ideas in the world of higher education. But many college and university leaders don’t spend…
October 18, 2006
Students
Perspectives: Students Have Differing Views Of Diversity At FAMU
How many ways can you define “diversity?” A recent study I conducted at Florida A&M University shows that students here in Tallahassee claim a type of diversity that is not defined specifically in federal court decisions. I’ve identified four different types of students based on their view of diversity.
October 17, 2006
Students
Classes and Protests Resume at Gallaudet University
WASHINGTON Classes resumed this week at Gallaudet University, the nation’s premier school for the deaf, while faculty members voted overwhelmingly in support of students calling for the resignation of the incoming president.
October 17, 2006
Students
Racially-Insensitive Costume Party Causes Consternation at UT Law
AUSTIN, Texas A group of first-year law students at the University of Texas at Austin have been chided by the dean for participating in a “Ghetto Fabulous”-themed costume party and posting the pictures online.
October 16, 2006
Students
Upward Bound Changes Called ‘Immoral’
New U.S. Department of Education plans to recruit students to Upward Bound but only serve half of them as part of a test of the program’s effectiveness is generating strong opposition from grantees and advocates, who fear that the changes will undermine a 40-year-old initiative that promotes college awareness and preparation for low-income students.
October 15, 2006
Students
Just the Stats: The Hard Facts on Texas’ Public Universities
The online version of Diverse last month ran a story about Black enrollment at the University of Texas at Austin exceeding pre-Hopwood levels for the first time in the decade since the race-neutral admissions mandate was decided by the federal courts. Upon reading the story, a professor from Texas questioned the significance of the statistics used in the story by the Associated Press.
October 12, 2006
Students
Hispanic Students Struggle to Pay for College, Says Report
WASHINGTON College is becoming increasingly unaffordable for more and more Latino students, according to a new report released yesterday by the Campaign for America’s Future.
October 12, 2006
Students
Districts Start Indian Education For All Implementation
HELENA, Mont. Indian Education for All is a state law passed in 1999 that requires Montana schools to teach all students about the state’s American Indian tribes and reservations.
October 8, 2006
Students
Members of Congress Want Investigation Into Black Law Student Decline
Congressional leaders are calling for an investigation by the Government Accountability Office into why Black enrollment in law school is declining while overall enrollment is up.
October 7, 2006
Students
Wisconsin Plan to Raise Tuition to Pay for Diversity Efforts Criticized
LA CROSSE, Wis. As a psychology professor at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, Carmen Wilson likes the idea of sharply raising tuition to hire more professors and recruit more poor and minority students.
October 5, 2006
Students
Changes to Popular Facebook Web site Rankle Students
In the past few years, college students have rushed to sites where they’ve been able to make new friends and reconnect with old ones across the world. But recently, issues with the massively popular site Facebook.com have fueled fears that there can be too much of a good thing.
October 5, 2006
Students
The School of Spellings
Tough, passionate and perhaps “terrifying,” U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings has been described…
October 4, 2006
Students
Getting to Know Dr. Juan A. Gilbert
Can computer software help college admissions officers create a diverse freshman class…
October 4, 2006
Students
UCLA’s New Admissions Policy Could Improve Black Student Enrollment
Efforts by several Black community groups and higher education researchers to overhaul University of California…
October 4, 2006
Students
Report: Blacks Fuel Increase in Graduate School Enrollment
Graduate school enrollment increased by 2 percent from 2004 to 2005 thanks to a surge in the numbers…
October 4, 2006
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