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Blind people march in Atlanta to call for better access to jobs and education

ATLANTA Hundreds of people, most tapping the ground with white canes, marched from a downtown Atlanta hotel to a city park more than half a mile away Tuesday to make a point: Blind people can do what other people do.

July 2, 2007

Black Men and Education Focus Of Urban League Report

This year’s “The State of Black America” study by the National Urban League pays the most attention to Black males because they are further away from parity with their White counterparts in several significant categories.

June 27, 2007

State: Students with disabilities improving slowly

ALBANY N.Y. Students with disabilities continue to post higher graduation rates and better test scores but still at unsatisfactory rates, state education officials said Monday.

June 24, 2007

State: Students with disabilities improving slowly

ALBANY N.Y. Students with disabilities continue to post higher graduation rates and better test scores but still at unsatisfactory rates, state education officials said Monday.

June 24, 2007

UCLA ‘greater’ because of affirmative action – University of California, Los Angeles

In the past year, no issue has so touched the University of California as affirmative action and the controversy it has generated.

June 17, 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

Texas Campus Serving Healthy Portions

Across the country, university cafeterias are trying to serve up less processed and lower-salt items, more organic products and access to nutritional information on Web sites or in the cafeteria.

February 20, 2007

Translating Disabilities in Foreign Countries

Students with disabilities have long felt that studying abroad was an impossible dream…

February 7, 2007

Got Game

Mary Allison Milford’s life sounds like that of a typical college athlete. At least, it does on the surface. Three-hour workouts five days a week, long bus rides to weekend games in other states and keeping up with her studies are all part of life for the University of Alabama student…

January 31, 2007

Got Game

Mary Allison Milford’s life sounds like that of a typical college athlete. At least, it does on the surface…

January 24, 2007

A Helpful Hand to Parents

I am thankful that so many colleges and universities are providing staff — and volunteers…

January 10, 2007

A Chance to Prove Themselves

Sean Garballey, a senior at a state university in New England, recently won a highly competitive…

October 18, 2006

Voter Intimidation and Fraud Examined by U.S. Civil Rights Commission

With concerns about past election disputes and waning public confidence in the electoral process, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights held a briefing on Friday to investigate voter fraud and voter intimidation.

October 15, 2006

Needed: More Parental Input

I think [the column] highlights some of the problems with entrusting the education of our young people to the public school system…

September 20, 2006

Program Prepares Disabled For College

The college classroom scene is a familiar one: young adults in flip-flops and baseball caps, some scribbling notes, others napping. Evelyn Scruggs, a student sitting near the front, is among the more attentive, filling an entire page with notes. But, by the time she leaves, she likely won’t remember the lecture topic or one word she wrote.

July 18, 2006

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

Computer-Based Technology Helping Kids With Disabilities Find Their Voice, Say Penn State Researchers

Laptop computers that combine features from popular toys with innovative technology have rapidly accelerated the learning and communication ability of children with disabilities…

February 21, 2006

Oregon Health & Science University Board Nominee Bows Out After Joke Falls Flat

When asked on a form he was filling out if he had a disability, former state Sen. Neil Bryant wrote…

December 22, 2005