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Corporate Recruiters Criticize UW-Madison’s Lack of Diversity
The lack of diversity in the University of Wisconsin-Madison student body makes the school an increasingly disappointing campus at which to seek taleny…
May 3, 2006
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Former President of Morris Brown College Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement
The former president of Morris Brown College has pleaded guilty to embezzling millions of dollars in federal funds that were intended to cover student tuition. Dr. Dolores Cross, 69, who was president of the 125-year-old college from November 1998 until February 2002, had been scheduled to go on trial Monday. In exchange for her plea, prosecutors moved to dismiss 27 other counts.
May 2, 2006
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Qatar to Distribute More Than $30 Million to Universities Hit by Hurricane Katrina
The oil-rich Persian Gulf nation Qatar has decided on the distribution of about $60 million of a $100 million gift announced last September for victims of Hurricane Katrina in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.
May 2, 2006
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Groups Want Professor Disciplined for Anti-Islam Email
Muslim organizations have asked Michigan State University to reprimand a professor who sent a Muslim student group an e-mail in which he labeled Muslims…
April 25, 2006
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Grants & Awards
The Virginia B. Ball Center for Creative Inquiry at Ball State University (Ind.) has received a $400,000 grant from the Edmund F. Ball and the Virginia B. Ball Foundation that will allow the center to continue its semester-long immersive interdisciplinary programs. The university also recently received a $186,000 estate gift from the late J.D. Wickersham […]
April 19, 2006
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Two Duke Lacrosse Players Arrested; DA Hopes to Charge Third
Two Duke University lacrosse players were arrested early Tuesday on charges of raping and kidnapping an exotic dancer hired to dance at an off-campus party, and the district attorney says he hopes to charge a third person soon…
April 17, 2006
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U.Va., Black Colleges Plan Student Exchange
The University of Virginia and five in-state historically Black colleges and universities are finalizing an exchange program for summer research projects…
April 13, 2006
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Corporate Recruiters Criticize Univ. of Wisconsin’s Lack of Diversity
The lack of diversity within the University of Wisconsin student body makes the school an increasingly disappointing campus at which to seek talent, a growing number of corporate recruiters are saying…
April 11, 2006
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Clark Atlanta Students Want Campus Fenced In
Danielle Stubbs enrolled at Clark Atlanta University with higher learning as her top priority, not personal safety…
April 10, 2006
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Duke Lacrosse Team Had a Reputation for Swagger
There is a saying at Duke University that there is only one real fraternity on campus: LAX, shorthand for lacrosse…
April 6, 2006
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Quest to Improve Entrepreneurial Studies at HBCUs to Include CEOs, Government Officials
The dearth of entrepreneurship courses at historically Black colleges and universities led to the start six years ago of an annual business plan competition…
April 5, 2006
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The Wide World of College Sports
It takes time and effort to be an outstanding student. And one must practice, practice, practice to be a stellar athlete. But to truly excel at both…
April 5, 2006
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A Spring Break From the Ordinary
The stereotypical spring break experience generally includes hordes of college students invading Florida’s beaches, basking in the sun by day and partying by night…
April 5, 2006
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Officials Seek to Limit Race-Specific
Officials at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst are phasing out self-segregated dormitories, the latest effort to rid the campus of separate programs for minorities…
April 5, 2006
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University of Kentucky Lays Out Plan
More than a third of Black students who decided not to attend the University of Kentucky chose the University of Louisville instead last fall, says a UK official…
April 5, 2006
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University of Arizona Millennial Project
The University of Arizona has launched a four-year longitudinal study centered on collecting attitudes about diversity from the Millennial Generation…
April 5, 2006
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When Academics And Athletics Collide
When things are going right, there’s nobody more popular on the college campus than the student-athlete…
April 5, 2006
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In The Penalty Box
In the world of big-time college athletics, academic reform is now a mandate. Why?…
April 5, 2006
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