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Section: Demographics
African-American
Perspective: Leadership Steps for Bold Change at HBCUs
Rewriting the narrative of HBCUs requires a transformation in the behaviors and culture of many of these institutions.
September 28, 2010
Students
New Jersey Police Charge Two in Fatal College Shooting
Two men were charged Monday in the weekend shooting at an off-campus house party that left a Seton Hall University student dead and four other people wounded.
September 27, 2010
Students
Latino College Completion Campaign Moves Forward With Collaboration Strategy
Excelencia in Education spearheads collaboration among advocacy groups to improve Hispanic college attendance and graduation rates.
September 27, 2010
African-American
Pioneering Black Physician Honored in New York City
Celebrated during his lifetime as an anti-slavery leader, Dr. James McCune Smith, the nation’s first professionally trained African-American doctor, fell into obscurity after his death in 1865.
September 26, 2010
Students
Black Caucus Foundation Scholarships Went to People Tied to Ga. Lawmaker
The controversy over Rep. Sanford Bishop’s decision to award scholarships to his relatives has expanded as four more students tied to the south Georgia Democrat have acknowledged receiving them as well.
September 26, 2010
Students
Mexican Drug Conflict Threatens U.S. College Study Abroad Programs
U.S. State Department’s travel advisory compels some institutions to withdraw their students from the country for safety concerns.
September 26, 2010
Students
Private College Associations Introduce Student Access Website
A project begun by two leading associations of non-profit private U.S. higher education institutions targets the national goal of re-establishing the U.S. as the world’s leader in college completion.
September 23, 2010
Students
ACLU: GSU’s E-Mail Policy Violates Constitution
A First Amendment issue is brewing at Grambling State University in the wake of the president’s summer e-mail message to students, prohibiting political expression via e-mail.
September 23, 2010
Faculty & Staff
PhD Project Tackles Business School Deanship Diversity
After making an indelible impact on business faculty ranks, The PhD Project sets its sights on diversity among business school deans.
September 23, 2010
Leadership & Policy
Mississippi Universities Seek Restoration of Stimulus Funds
Anticipating the coming dearth of federal stimulus funding, Higher Education Commissioner Hank Bounds says Mississippi’s universities have shaved $91 million from operating expenses, but will still need more state money next fiscal year.
September 22, 2010
Latinx
Future Scholars Program Guides Tucson 5th Graders to College
Aida Garcia-Iniguez-Madero’s Tucson fifth-graders learned recently that planning for college now is as important as learning fractions and proper grammar.
September 22, 2010
Students
Special Report: Puerto Rico’s Eleven Campuses, One University, Many Strikes
The two-month-long student strike that shuttered 10 of 11 University of Puerto Rico campuses this year has been settled, but the underlying issues that contributed to the unrest are far from resolved.
September 22, 2010
African-American
EEOC Accuses Calif. University of Discrimination
A federal agency that fights work place discrimination says a private Southern California university denied tenure to a Black professor due to her race and later fired her.
September 21, 2010
Sports
Latina Athletic Director Thrives on Learning and Teaching
As the athletic director at St. Francis College, a Division I institution in Brooklyn, N.Y., Irma Garcia finds fulfillment in teaching others the rules of sports and sports administration.
September 21, 2010
Latinx
DREAM ACT Fails With Senate Rejection of Defense Spending Bill
The chance for thousands of young people to legally remain in the U.S. evaporated Tuesday when Republicans blocked a defense spending bill in the U.S. Senate.
September 21, 2010
Leadership & Policy
University of North Carolina Celebrates 1955 Racial Integration Milestone
Fifty-five years after a federal court allowed them to register for classes by overturning the university’s racist admissions policy, John Brandon and brothers Ralph and LeRoy Frasier returned to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to be celebrated as pioneers.
September 20, 2010
Students
College-educated Americans More Likely Experience Job Satisfaction, Lead Healthier Lives, Study Says
Delving into more than just the financial rewards, college graduates, in comparison with high school graduates, are less likely to smoke or be obese; vote and volunteer more; and have more job satisfaction, according to a newly released study by The College Board.
September 20, 2010
Students
Perspectives: A Little Bit of Knowledge (about BGLOs) is a Dangerous Thing
I am critical of Black Greek-letter organization undergrads but I believe there is also enough blame to go around. And Student Affairs and Greek Life personnel who advise BGLO members deserve their fair share of blame.
September 19, 2010
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