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GAO Report: College Collaborations on Financial Aid Packages Fail to Improve Affordability for Students
A federally sanctioned experiment allowing collaboration among select colleges in the development of financial…
October 18, 2006
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Bush Administration’s New Vision for Higher Education Raises Commitment Questions
Two issues are already front and center when debating U.S. Education Secretary Margaret Spellings’ new vision for American higher education…
October 18, 2006
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Racial Name -Calling at Diversity Retreat Leads to Firing
The diversity-training consultant called one Wilkes University student of Indian descent a “terrorist”…
October 18, 2006
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Science Revolution in Minority Communities
Students and science educators will gather later this month for the annual Society for Advancement of Chicanos…
October 18, 2006
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South Carolina HBCU Launches Think Tank to Focus on Southern Black History, Culture and Policy
Claflin University is recruiting young scholars for a new institute focused on the study of African-American history…
October 18, 2006
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Corporate Recruiting In the 21st Century
Recruiting for diverse talent is a major priority in corporate America…
October 18, 2006
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A New Angle Of Attack
When the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2003 that colleges and universities could use race as one…
October 18, 2006
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A Chance to Prove Themselves
Sean Garballey, a senior at a state university in New England, recently won a highly competitive…
October 18, 2006
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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