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Changing the Measures of Success for HBCUs
Public HBCUs want institutional graduation rates to reflect social and economic obstacles borne by their disadvantaged students.
December 14, 2009
Mary Sias
Students
Loan Default Data Study Highlights For-Profit Student Borrowers
More than one in five borrowers of federal student loans who attend for-profit colleges default within three years of beginning repayment, new figures made available by the U.S. Department of Education on Monday show.
December 14, 2009
Harris Miller
Students
Mentorship Program Empowers Asian-American Students at Penn
PAACH connects Asian-American studies to student life at the University of Pennsylvania
December 10, 2009
June Chu (left)
Students
SOUL SURVIVOR
A target in the 1990s culture wars, Temple\’s venerable African American studies department enters its third decade beset by a lingering faculty rift.
December 9, 2009
Students
LASTWORD: INCREASING THE EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT AND PERFORMANCE OF BLACK MALES
or the majority of my professional career, the educational attainment and performance of Black students have been primary themes in my research.
December 9, 2009
Students
NEW STATE OF LEADERSHIP:MINORITIES BREAK COLOR BARRIERS IN TOP ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS AT PENNSYLVANIA INSTITUTIONS.
Pennsylvania, the state with the sixth-largest population in the country with more than 12 million people, reportedly has more than 450 public and private colleges, universities and career and technical training schools.
December 9, 2009
Students
THE BRIDGE TO SOMEWHERE
PAACH programs connect Asian-American studies to student life at the University of Pennsylvania.
December 9, 2009
Students
NOTEWORTHYNEWS: A NEGLECTED NATIONAL TREASURE
When Dr. Michelle R. Howard-Vital became president of one of the nation’s oldest historically Black universities (HBCU) in 2007, she knew she “inherited a national treasure that has produced some extraordinary leaders.”
December 9, 2009
Students
WASHINGTON UPDATE: FARRAH NOT RESTING ON GEAR UP
After nearly 15 years on Capitol Hill, Rep. Chaka Fattah, D-Pa., still has lofty goals for U.S. education policy in the years ahead.
December 9, 2009
Students
Howard U. Dental Student Among Five Missing Americans Probed for Terror Links
Five young Americans, including a Howard University dental school student, captured in Pakistan are under investigation for possibly trying to meet up with a terror group, authorities said Wednesday.
December 9, 2009
Students
Despite Struggles, Pioneering Black Studies Department Presses Forward
A target in the 1990s culture wars, Temple University’s venerable African American studies department enters its third decade.
December 9, 2009
Dr. Nathaniel Norment
Students
Reviving A Neglected National Treasure
Cheyney University appoints advisory panel to revitalize academics and operations at the struggling historically Black institution.
December 6, 2009
Cheyney University advisory panel members
Students
Fattah Not Resting on GEAR UP’s Laurels
After nearly 15 years on Capitol Hill, Rep. Chaka Fattah, D-Pa., still has lofty goals for U.S. education policy in the years ahead.
December 3, 2009
Students
Perspectives: The Role of Privilege in Diversity Education
I am a White heterosexual male who works in a diversity education office. I am a White heterosexual male who works in a diversity education office.  My presence as a person who retains several privileged cultural identities working in a diversity education office at an institution of higher education is a fact that seems counter-intuitive to many.
December 2, 2009
Students
Temple U. Establishes Center to Study, Promote Diversity-Related Issues
The discussion about race and the Philadelphia public school system had already lasted 20 minutes and Temple University students couldn’t stop talking. A forum on the country’s changing demographics hosted by the Philadelphia-based university’s new diversity research center left the students with more to say.
November 29, 2009
Former Philadelphia Mayor John Street
Students
LASTWORD: The Role of Privilege in Diversity Education
My presence as a person who retains several privileged cultural identities working in a diversity education office at an institution of higher education is a fact that seems counterintuitive to many.
November 25, 2009
Students
U. of Arkansas Suspends Fraternity Activities
The University of Arkansas has suspended fraternities’ social activities for the rest of the fall semester after a student attending a party at Phi Delta Theta was hospitalized with alcohol poisoning.
November 23, 2009
Students
HBCUs Get On Board With Direct Lending
Direct Loan-only system won’t pose expensive administrative burdens for private and small public historically Black schools, HBCU association leaders say.
November 23, 2009
Lezli Baskerville
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