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Leadership & Policy
Kentucky Looks for Better Ways to Retain Minority College Students
Minority high school graduates are heading off to Kentucky colleges and universities in record numbers, but studies show they’re still lagging behind their White classmates when it comes to getting a four-year degree…
April 11, 2006
Faculty & Staff
National Geographic Unveils Ancient Manuscript on Relationship Between Jesus and Judas
For 2,000 years Judas has been reviled for betraying Jesus. Now a newly translated ancient document seeks to tell his side of the story…
April 5, 2006
Latinx
New Report Details Enrollment, Graduation Trends
Hispanic-serving institutions have realized significant gains, both in numbers and importance, as a growing Latino population increasingly seeks greater access to higher education…
April 5, 2006
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African-American
Study: ‘Acting White’ Accusation
For many Black students, academic success often means eventually coming face-to-face with the “acting White” accusation. Though in many cases the accusation is laughed off and forgotten almost immediately…
April 5, 2006
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Sports
Getting In The Game
Last season, news media from around the country fixated on the University of Southern California football team, the speculation escalating with each game…
April 5, 2006
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Leadership & Policy
The Westerhaus Way
In 2005, the NCAA took a significant step towards combating one of the most consistent criticisms in intercollegiate athletics…
April 5, 2006
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Disabilties
Grants & Awards
Bronx Community College’s (N.Y.) National Center for Educational Alliances has been awarded a $350,000 grant from the Ford Foundation to expand upon its educational initiative in South Africa, which was begun under a previous Ford Foundation grant. New Linkages: Phase II will expand the projects’ scope from KwaZulu-Natal Province into the neighboring Eastern Cape Province. The […]
April 5, 2006
African-American
Study: ‘Acting White’ Accusation
For many Black students, academic success often means eventually coming face-to-face with the “acting White” accusation. Though in many cases…
April 4, 2006
African-American
Deaths of Civil Rights Icons Leads to Surge in Donations for MLK Memorial
Donations for a planned memorial to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in Washington, D.C., have jumped since the recent deaths of civil rights icons Rosa Parks and King’s widow, Coretta Scott King…
April 3, 2006
Native Americans
Tribal Leader Works to Repatriate Tribal Remains
Tribal leaders in Oklahoma are continuing their efforts to repatriate thousands of ancestral remains being housed in museum and university collections nationwide…
April 3, 2006
Latinx
Teachers College Sets Up Online Clearinghouse on Latino Population Studies
The latest policy news, research reports and academic papers relating to the United States’ burgeoning Latino population are now available online at The New York Latino Research Clearinghouse…
March 29, 2006
Native Americans
Denver to Hold First National Conference on Educational Needs of Black Men
A national conference — the first effort of its kind — to address the educational needs of African-American men will be held in Denver May 4 & 5. The conference will provide opportunities to research…
March 28, 2006
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Students
Conference to Examine ‘The Black Scholar and the State of Black America’
An upcoming conference at Michigan State University will bring together scholars, professionals, community leaders and graduate students in wide-ranging discussions…
March 27, 2006
Faculty & Staff
Summers’ Nixing of Latino Studies a Deal Breaker for Some Harvard Faculty
In the months following his ascension to the presidency in July 2001, Harvard University President Lawrence H. Summers was presented with two proposals to…
March 26, 2006
Latinx
Educational System Fails Chicano Students at Every Level, Says Report
Educators, policy makers, community leaders and other stakeholders must do more to combat the dismal high school and college graduation rates of Chicano students…
March 23, 2006
Students
Fattah Higher Ed Conference Attendees Get Full-Ride Grad School Scholarships
The 700 students attending the 20th Annual Fattah Conference on Higher Education in Philadelphia knew they would be getting coached…
March 22, 2006
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Latinx
Education Gaps Among U.S. Hispanics
A report released earlier this month by the National Academies’ National Research Council finds that education and training are key to giving America’s Hispanic workers and their children…
March 22, 2006
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LGBTQ+
Supreme Court Upholds College Military Recruiting Law
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled unanimously that colleges that accept federal money must allow military recruiters on campus…
March 22, 2006
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