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Community Colleges
College Tuition is Up Sharply Amid Recession
With the economy struggling, parents and students dared to hope this year might offer a break from rising college costs. Instead, they got another sharp increase.
October 22, 2009
Students
Georgetown University students call for immigration reform
On Oct. 13, students from MEChA, a student organization at Georgetown University, voice their support for comprehensive immigration reform, bringing their own stories to a rally at the Capitol.
October 18, 2009
Community Colleges
Stalled Pursuit of Higher Learning
Undocumented students across the country have been hampered in their quests for higher learning by the dismal economy and restrictive state legislation targeted at immigrants.
October 15, 2009
University Leadership Initiative students
Students
SPECTRUM: FOUND IN TRANSLATION
From his small office near the Charles River, Dr. Fallou Ngom can envision the rewriting of much of African history, including the slave trade.
October 14, 2009
Community Colleges
DIVERSE BOOKSHELF : FALLING BEHIND
No sooner had the ink dried and the Sept. 9 news embargo on this book passed than it became one of the most widely reviewed and analyzed academic studies released in a long time.
October 14, 2009
MSIs
OPENCOURSEWARE: AN IMPORTANT RESOURCE FOR MINORITY STUDENTS AND MINORITY-SERVING INSTITUTIONS
Today, higher education in the U.S. is facing signifi- cant challenges, most notably those resulting from the economic downturn.
October 14, 2009
Community Colleges
DERAILED : ECONOMIC DOWNTURN AND RESTRICTIVE STATE LEGISLATION STALL UNDOCUMENTED STUDENTS
As a founder of the University Leadership Initiative, an advocacy group for undocumented students in Texas, Julieta Garibay sorts through the numerous e-mails her organization receives daily.
October 14, 2009
Students
REINVENTING REMEDIAL EDUCATION
When Kafayat Olayinka graduated from Spingarn High School in Washington, D. C., with a 3.5 grade point average, she was certain those kinds of grades would help her zip right through her college years.
October 14, 2009
HBCUs
LETTERS – October 15, 2009 Issue
Readers share opinions on recent Diverse stories.
October 14, 2009
MSIs
Watchdog Agency: MSI Grants Need Greater Oversight
The U.S. Government Accountability Office says the U.S. Education Department must conduct greater grant administration oversight of minority-serving institutions and other developing colleges to ensure proper management and prevent improper grantee spending.
October 12, 2009
U.S. Government Accountability Office seal
Students
Nation’s Pupils Find Few Black Men To Call Mister
Black male students at Cheyney University are among the newest recruits to the Call Me MISTER teaching program, which seeks to dramatically increase the number of African-American men teaching in U.S. public schools.
October 11, 2009
Dr. Roy Jones
Sports
Famed Marching 100 Band May Steal the Show at Miami-FAMU Game
CORAL GABLES, Fla. — When the final whistle blows to end Miami’s game against Florida A&M, Hurricanes coach Randy Shannon will hurry off the field. And then he’ll hurry right back out.
October 8, 2009
FAMU Marching 100
Leadership & Policy
Convention Panel Encourages Gay Chancellors, Presidents to Remain Open About Their Sexual Orientation
Since age 26, Dr. David Wain Coon has been open personally and professionally about his sexual orientation. “I wanted my students to have the role model I didn’t have when I went through my education.”
October 8, 2009
Rosa Perez
HBCUs
NC A&T Debates Rapper’s Appearance at Homecoming Concert
While leaders at North Carolina A&T State University consider a replacement for a controversial rapper with gang ties, his possible appearance at the homecoming concert has sparked debate among students at the historically Black college.
October 6, 2009
Leadership & Policy
Asian-Americans Hope To Build Pipelines to College Presidencies
Dr. Ding-Jo Currie has long been aware that she is one of only a handful of Asian American college presidents in the U.S. today. What she did not know until recently, however, is how few mid- and senior-level Asian administrators are groomed into becoming presidents.
October 4, 2009
Leslie Wong
HBCUs
Stimulus Money Slow To Reach Colleges
An avalanche of funding is expected after a slow start to stimulus spending for campus-preservation projects.
October 1, 2009
The Miner Normal School building at Howard University
Faculty & Staff
LASTWORD: R-E-S-P-E-C-T
Adjunct faculty are invaluable to community colleges, so why aren’t they taken into consideration in the colleges’ missions?
September 30, 2009
Community Colleges
HARVESTING ‘GREEN-COLLAR’ JOBS
Scholars and academic institutions help local communities grow new employment sector.
September 30, 2009
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