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Coalition Launches Advertising, Lobbying Campaign for Federal Student Aid

Coalition Launches Advertising, Lobbying Campaign for Federal Student AidA coalition of groups representing students, faculty, consumer advocates and admission and enrollment officers has formed to oppose the proposed elimination of rules that safeguard federal student loans and other student aid programs. The coalition, called “Keep Integrity,” began its campaign last month. The group’s first newspaper […]

March 23, 2005

Black Male Achievement And the Community College

Black Male Achievement And the Community CollegeBy Dr. Edward C. Bush and Dr. Lawson Bush The two-year college often represents Black men’s first experience with postsecondary education, and for many, their last opportunity for obtaining a degree beyond a high-school diploma. Yet a review of student performance data provided by the California chancellor’s office for […]

February 23, 2005

New AIDS Organization Aimed At Black College Students

New AIDS Organization Aimed At Black College StudentsLOS ANGELESIn response to growing numbers of new HIV infections among Black college students, the Black AIDS Institute and the Magic Johnson Foundation have formed L.I.F.E. AIDS, (Leaders In the Fight to Eradicate AIDS), an effort aimed at educating and mobilizing Black college students to respond to the […]

February 23, 2005

Report Says Colleges Bilking Loan Program

Report Says Colleges Bilking Loan ProgramBy Charles PekowA program designed to provide student aid has spun out of control, becoming a cash cow for colleges and universities. The Department of Education has not adequately controlled the Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP), according to a recent report from the Government Accounting Office (GAO). Originally, traditional […]

February 23, 2005

GOP Seeks to Start Anew on Higher Education Bill

GOP Seeks to Start Anew on Higher Education BillNew spending to be paid for through cuts, savings in other higher education programsBy Charles DervaricsHouse Republicans are returning their attention to a slate of Higher Education Act renewal bills this Congressional session, including plans to increase Pell Grants, expand Black college aid and reform the student […]

February 23, 2005

North Carolina Central University Only Black College In State to Recruit National Achievement Scholars

North Carolina Central University Only Black College In State to Recruit National Achievement Scholars DURHAM, N.C. Information released by the National Merit Scholarship Corp. ranks North Carolina Central University No. 1 among North Carolina historically Black colleges and universities and third in the state in recruiting National Achievement Scholars (NAS).“The National Achievement Program is very […]

February 23, 2005

Celebrating Black History

Celebrating Black History a look at how selected colleges and universities celebrate Black History Month

February 9, 2005

Educators Help Students Affected by Tsunami

Educators Help Students Affected by TsunamiBy Kristin BagnatoIn response to the far-reaching effects of the Dec. 26 tsunami in the Indian Ocean, the Institute of International Education (IIE) and the Freeman Foundation are accepting applications for emergency grants to help students studying in the United States, the groups announced last month.The grants, in amounts of […]

February 9, 2005

President Bush Calls for New Federal Effort

President Bush Calls for New Federal Effort To Address Pell Grant Shortfall By Charles DervaricsPresident Bush is proposing a $500 increase in the maximum Pell Grant during the next five years, part of a long-range plan to restore the struggling financial-aid program to a sounder financial base to serve needy students.Unveiling the plan in mid-January, […]

February 9, 2005

NCAA Passes Landmark Academic Reform Plan

NCAA Passes Landmark Academic Reform PlanGRAPEVINE, TexasCollege sports teams must stay on track to graduate at least 50 percent of their student-athletes to avoid the risk of losing scholarships for a year, under a plan approved by the NCAA Division I board of directors Jan. 10.Teams with a projected graduation rate below 50 percent could […]

January 26, 2005

CLASSICS: Leah Rochel Johnson

CLASSICSClassical FoundationsLeah Rochel JohnsonTitle: Assistant Professor of Classics and Ancient MediterraneanStudies and History, Pennsylvania State University Education: Ph.D., M.A., Ancient History and Mediterranean Archaeology, University of California, Berkeley; B.A., Classics, Harvard UniversityAge: 40The scarcity of minorities in the classics is apparent to any observer. What isn’t as obvious is how much African American intellectuals such […]

January 12, 2005

HISTORY: Jeffrey O.G. Ogbar

HISTORYFrom Black Power to Hip-HopJeffrey O.G. OgbarTitle: Associate Professor of History andDirector, Institute for African American Studies, University of ConnecticutEducation: Ph.D., History, Indiana University; M.A., History, Indiana University; B.A., History, Morehouse CollegeAge: 35 While history for most conjures up images of places and experiences far removed, for Dr. Jeffrey O.G. Ogbar, the field provides a […]

January 12, 2005

Lottery Scholarships in New Mexico

Lottery Scholarships in New Mexico Getting More Minorities to CollegeALBUQUERQUE, N.M. New Mexico’s lottery scholarships have helped more New Mexicans of all backgrounds and income levels go to college, but the program has especially helped increase the number of minority students in higher education. The program, which began in the fall of 1997, pays tuition […]

December 29, 2004

Field of New Tennessee State Presidential Candidates Narrows to Six

Field of New Tennessee State Presidential Candidates Narrows to Six Despite ‘Save Hefner’ campaigns, current president will leave post, but stay on as business professorBy Marlon A. WalkerNASHVILLE, Tenn. The search to replace outgoing Tennessee State University President James A. Hefner was narrowed to six candidates at the presidential search committee’s Dec. 13 meeting. The […]

December 29, 2004

Former Morris Brown College President, Financial Aid Director Indicted for Fraud

Former Morris Brown College President, Financial Aid Director Indicted for FraudFederal authorities say Dolores Cross, Parvesh Singh were involved in student loan scheme By Tracie PowellATLANTA Morris Brown College officials in Atlanta are being mum about the recent indictment of their former president and financial aid director. Dr. Dolores Cross, who now teaches at DePaul […]

December 29, 2004

Student Aid Formula Seriously Flawed, Report Finds

Student Aid Formula Seriously Flawed, Report FindsBy Charles PekowCongressional Democrats, already steamed about cuts in federal student aid, are now bristling at a recent discovery that the U.S. Department of Education has been distributing billions of dollars of student aid under a misguided formula. The General Accounting Office’s (GAO) findings showed that the U.S. Department […]

December 15, 2004

New SAT or No SAT?

New SAT or No SAT?”The SAT is changing in March 2005,” screams College Board’s Web site, complete with a photo of diverse students in what, presumably, is a preparatory context. “Students shouldn’t worry,” the site goes on to say. “The College Board will help them prepare with information, sample tests, and free and low-cost preparation […]

December 15, 2004

UGA Graduate School To Fund Research

UGA Graduate School To Fund Research On Completion Rates Of Doctoral Students ATHENS, Ga.The University of Georgia Graduate School has been awarded a $200,000, three-year grant from the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) to fund research on completion rates of doctoral students, particularly those among minorities and women.The funds will be used as part of […]

December 15, 2004