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Expanding the Literary Canon

For most college students, literature courses began in high school and consisted almost entirely of the classics of America and Western Europe…

March 21, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Right Person Right Time

The appointment of Dr. Drew Gilpin Faust, the first woman named president of Harvard University…

March 21, 2007

Grants & Gifts

The American Indian College Fund has received a five-year, $17.5 million grant from the Lilly Endowment to fund the Woksape Oyate initiative. The initiative, plans to help improve the quality of faculty and students attending tribal colleges while allowing the colleges to tailor their programs to meet their specific needs. Calhoun Community College (Ala.) has […]

March 21, 2007

Accelerating Hispanic Progress in Higher Education

As the Hispanic community continues to grow in this country, efforts to accelerate and expand student success in higher education will be critical to the nation’s future competitiveness, says Excelencia in Education President Sarita Brown at a Capitol Hill policy briefing on Tuesday.

March 19, 2007

Native Americans

American Indians in Oklahoma say English-only Policy Diminishes Their Tribal Languages

OKLAHOMA CITY Legislation to make English the official language of the state of Oklahoma has run into opposition from American Indians, who say their native tongues are dying fast enough without any help from lawmakers.

March 18, 2007

Ed. Dept. Official: Pell Grant Increase Will Benefit Minority-Serving Institutions

WASHINGTON A senior Education Department official defended the agency’s 2008 budget for minority-serving institutions yesterday by noting these colleges and universities would be among the main beneficiaries of new efforts to increase Pell Grants and produce more college-ready high school graduates.

March 14, 2007

Illinois Retires American Indian Mascot

URBANA Ill. The University of Illinois swept aside the last vestiges of Chief Illiniwek on Tuesday, voting to retire the mascot’s name, regalia and image.

March 13, 2007

Bush Administration Blasted For Lack of Financial Support For Minority-Serving Institutions

Education Secretary Margaret Spellings faced tough questioning yesterday from both Republicans and Democrats on her department’s 2008 budget, as many lawmakers said they no longer would tolerate freezes in funding for minority-serving institutions and other post-secondary programs.

March 11, 2007

African-American

‘Call Me MISTER’ Program Expands To 11th College

The College of Charleston will soon become the 11th college in South Carolina to embark on a program that for seven years has been increasing the horrid numbers of Black male elementary teachers in the South Carolina state system.

March 11, 2007

Native Americans

Cherokee Nation Votes to Oust Freedmen From Tribal Rolls

In the aftermath of a highly publicized and bitter vote that removed 2,700 Blacks known as Freedmen from the tribal rolls of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, scholars are weighing in about a question that is as old as this country — What does it mean to be an American Indian?

March 8, 2007

Congressional Higher Ed Committee Tackles College Access, Affordability

WASHINGTON More support for Pell Grants and minority-serving colleges are two of the best strategies to expand access to postsecondary education, witnesses told the U.S. House of Representatives’ higher education subcommittee yesterday at the panel’s first hearing of the 110th Congress.

March 8, 2007

Tribal Colleges Fight To Retain Federal Funding

It may not receive the attention of Pell Grants or other financial aid issues…

March 7, 2007

Providing $100K Grants to Seven Black Colleges, Tom Joyner Foundation Encourages the Recruitment, Retention of Minority Teachers

Recruiting, training and maintaining quality teachers is a national challenge…

March 7, 2007

Native Americans

Scholars Gather for State of the Black Union

A group of scholars, including Drs. Eddie Glaude, Farah Jasmine Griffin and Cornel West gathered on the campus of the…

March 7, 2007

A Real Fear

“Math anxiety is my worst enemy,” says Dr. Louise Raphael. “I feel that I am teaching the most important mathematics class on the Howard University campus…

March 7, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Duke’s Devil of a Mess

Last spring, at the height of the frenzy over accusations that three Duke University men’s lacrosse players had gang raped a Black exotic dancer during a party…

March 7, 2007

Native Americans

American Indian School Celebrates Historic Recognition

ARKANSAS CITY, Kan. About 300 alumni of a tribal school that taught generations of American Indians along the Kansas-Oklahoma boarder gathered Sunday to celebrate its recent addition to the National Register of Historic Places.

March 5, 2007

Asian American Pacific Islander

UCLA Expert Challenges The Asian-American “Model Minority” Assumption

Asian-American youth are often portrayed as the “model minority” who have perfect SAT scores and attend Ivy League schools, but there is a segment of the Asian American population who are low-income students struggling to become the first in their family to earn a college degree.

March 1, 2007