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Students
The Power of Podcasting
Most years in Dr. Kevin M. Gaugler’s Spanish civilization class, the students were so focused on note-taking that they rarely uttered a word…
March 8, 2006
Students
Office Depot Awards $4.5 Million
Office Depot is awarding $4.5 million to support the United Negro College Fund, the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities and…
March 8, 2006
Faculty & Staff
Blogging Rights
For a year and a half, Meg Spohn served as an adjunct faculty member at DeVry University’s Westminster, Colo., campus. A well-liked instructor, her engaging teaching…
March 7, 2006
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, despite some universities’ objections to the…
March 6, 2006
LGBTQ+
Cornel West, Eddie Glaude Launch National Curriculum on Black History, American Democracy
Princeton professors Dr. Cornel West and Dr. Eddie Glaude have teamed up with talk-show host Tavis Smiley to launch a national movement to take critical lessons of…
March 6, 2006
Students
Sloan Grant Helps Recruit American Indian Grad Students to the University of Arizona
A three-year grant program aimed at helping recruit more American Indian graduate students to the University of Arizona’s science and engineering programs has helped, administrators say…
March 5, 2006
Latinx
Report: Education Gaps Among U.S. Hispanics Stagnating Economic Progress
A report released yesterday from the National Academies’ National Research Council finds that education and training are key to giving U.S. Hispanic workers and their children tools to…
March 1, 2006
African-American
Bill Clinton To Lead Boston University Africa Forum
Former President Bill Clinton will lead a transcontinental dialogue with students at seven universities and colleges in Africa and the United States linked in a videoconference on…
February 28, 2006
Sports
NCAA: Mississippi College Can Keep Choctaws Nickname
The NCAA has ruled that Mississippi College will be allowed to keep its Choctaws nickname without fear of penalty because a local tribe has endorsed its use…
February 22, 2006
African-American
A Memorable Black History Month
What’s making Black History Month memorable this year is that the Smithsonian Institution’s board of regents…
February 22, 2006
African-American
Philly Requiring Black History Course for High-Schoolers
The board governing Philadelphia’s schools decided a lesson on Black history was needed — for everybody…
February 22, 2006
Students
Clemson Best Practices Conference
In an academic climate where affirmative action continues to come under attack, creating a campus environment to help…
February 22, 2006
African-American
Remembering Nellie McKay
Much of America learned of the death of Dr. Nellie McKay, the distinguished literature professor who died at the age of…
February 22, 2006
African-American
Slavery Apology University of Virginia Would Improve Racial Climate, University Official says
A University of Virginia administrator says an apology for slavery by the university would help heal the campus…
February 22, 2006
Students
Celebration or Placebo?
“I hate Black History Month.” Such reads the title of a 2001 essay posted on…
February 22, 2006
African-American
Celebrating Black History Month
Here’s a look at how some colleges and universities around the country are celebrating Black History Month…
February 22, 2006
African-American
Black America, Then and Now
Living Black History: How Re-Imagining the African-American Past Can Remake America’s Racial FutureBy Manning MarableBasic Civitas Books, 2006288 pp., $26.00 cloth, ISBN: 0465043895 Are the stars of the civil rights movement yesterday’s news? In Living Black History, scholar and activist Manning Marable offers a resounding “No!” with a fresh and personal look at the enduring […]
February 22, 2006
Students
Grants & Awards
Brandeis University (Mass.) received a $25 million donation from Carl J. and Ruth Shapiro for a new 175,000-square-foot science center. The $154 million facility will be named the Carl J. Shapiro Science Center. The donation matches the largest in school history, also given by the Shapiro family for the Carl and Ruth Shapiro Campus Center. […]
February 22, 2006
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