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Decades in the Making, Ellison’s Unfinished Second Novel Emerges as Essential Read
Edited by scholars and published by Random House, Ralph Ellison’s Three Days Before the Shooting…The Unfinished Second Novel is a stirring, 1,000-plus page testimony to a process the brilliant author began soon after his masterpiece Invisible Man was written.
February 22, 2010
Students
HBCU Case Study Documents How Schools Can Help Students Pay Back Loans
A new report released Tuesday called “Lowering Student Loan Default Rates: What One Consortium of Historically Black Institutions Did to Succeed,” argues that institutions can work proactively to reduce default rates among former students.
February 22, 2010
Students
UC-San Diego Condemns Party Mocking Black History
The chancellor of the University of California, San Diego, is condemning a ghetto-themed party organized by fraternity students to mock Black History Month, but officials say no one is likely to be disciplined.
February 18, 2010
Students
Slain UAH Biology Chair Remembered as Caring Father Figure
A University of Alabama-Huntsville biology department chairman gunned down at a faculty meeting was remembered Thursday as a father figure who cared deeply about his students, the kind of professor who kept his office door open in case they needed to talk about personal problems.
February 18, 2010
Students
High School Graduation Rates Low Where Most American Indians, Alaska Natives Live, Report Says
A new national report has found that fewer than 50 percent of Native American Indian and Alaska Native students from the Pacific and Northwest regions of the U. S. graduate from high school.
February 18, 2010
Students
Students Complained About Alabama Professor Charged in Deadly Rampage
After Amy Bishop’s arrest on charges of shooting to death three colleagues during a faculty meeting at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, student complaints add to the picture that has emerged of her as a talented  but erratic figure.
February 17, 2010
Students
Trial Under Way for Accused Shooter of Spelman Student
A Spelman College student who was killed by a stray bullet as she walked with friends on a neighboring college campus was trying to break up the fight that led to her death, a prosecutor said Wednesday.
February 17, 2010
Students
Leaders Mark 50th Anniversary of Nashville Sit-ins
Civil rights leaders observing Saturday’s 50th anniversary of the sit-in movement that would integrate Nashville’s lunch counters said that pivotal group of college students went on to become leaders in the civil rights movement across the South.
February 14, 2010
Students
Private Colleges Outline New College Success Initiative
The nation’s private colleges and universities pledged Friday to boost efforts to enroll and graduate at-risk students, as leaders said the move would complement the Obama administration’s plans for greater success rates in higher education.
February 14, 2010
Students
UAH Professor’s Family, Friends: No Suspicion of Potential Violence
An Alabama professor accused of shooting six colleagues was vocal in her resentment over being denied tenure, though relatives and students said she had never suggested she might become violent. Plus, Diverse profiles the slain.
February 14, 2010
Students
Black History Special: Students Mentored By Civil Rights Veterans Changed American History
In 1960, students attending colleges and universities in Greensboro, N.C., Nashville, and locations throughout the South staged sit-ins at store lunch counters and restaurants in protest of public segregation. Many of those who came under the influence of civil rights pioneers, James Lawson and Ella Baker, went on to become leaders in the civil rights movement.
February 10, 2010
Students
Lastword – Black Greek Deathwatch
After the hand-wringing over a hazing death comes a period of reckless behavior leading to yet another death. Will we stop the cycle?
February 9, 2010
Students
Oregon-based Minority Group to Offer White Students Aid
An Oregon group that represents minorities plans to offer scholarships for White college students to study race relations and help champion issues important to minorities.
February 8, 2010
Students
U.S. Colleges Recruit Hispanic Families Using Spanish
Some venerable American universities are trying to tap the booming pool of Hispanic students by offering Spanish translations of their admissions and financial aid material.
February 8, 2010
Students
Revised FAFSA Form Easing Financial Aid Process
The Obama administration unveiled the new FAFSA form recently in a visit to a high school in Washington, D.C., where U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan, Dr. Jill Biden and Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., attended the session.
February 8, 2010
Students
La. College Commission Suggests Restructuring
The final list of recommendations from a higher education restructuring panel would shift the way dollars are divvied up among Louisiana’s public college campuses and reshuffle governance of the schools.
February 7, 2010
Students
Criminal Justice Scholar Dispels Racial Stereotypes
At Penn State Harrisburg, Dr. Shaun Gabbidon focuses primarily on three areas: racial profiling of consumers, the social-historical perspective of race and crime and African-American criminological thought.
February 4, 2010
Students
Judge Dismisses Suit Against AKA President and Sorority
A judge has thrown out a lawsuit by eight members of the nation’s oldest black sorority, who accused the group’s president of taking hundreds of thousands of dollars in improper compensation and spending sorority money on a wax statue of herself and other questionable purposes.
February 3, 2010
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