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States Boost Merit-based Aid At Expense of Need-based Aid

Despite a turbulent economy and an increased demand for state-funded aid, state financial aid agencies awarded $9.3 billion in funds to students during the 2006-07 academic year — a 10 percent increase from last year’s $8.5 billion, according to recently released data in the National Association of State Student Grant and Aid Programs’ (NASSGAP) 38th annual survey.

July 14, 2008

A Reverend Jackson: Hi Hater

I know very little about politics, but I have realized the enormity of the pending Barack Obama presidency. With that said, Reverend Jesse Jackson, as many others have said, needs to, in all due respect, be silent. Not only should Jesse be totally silent, but also he should be virtually invisible. Jesse Jackson is an […]

July 13, 2008

Congressional Leaders, Scholars Gather to Strategize on Black Male Issues

For the third consecutive year, more than a 1,000 academics, activists and political leaders gathered in New York on Friday to strategize on the problems that beset young Black males.

July 13, 2008

Diversity Experts Discuss Best Practices for Diversity Training

As American work environments become more diverse, tension and conflict are more likely to occur, making the need for research and theory about diversity education important, a panel of diversity training experts said at a conference in Arlington, Va., on Friday.

July 13, 2008

University of Louisiana at Lafayette Appeals Verdict in Football Coach’s Firing

The University of Louisiana at Lafayette is appealing a jury decision that the university must pay fired football coach Jerry Baldwin $2 million in damages after the panel determined race was among the reasons for his 2001 dismissal.

July 13, 2008

Minnesota State University-Mankato Nearly Triples Minority Student Enrollment

For the last month, about 50 recent high school graduates of color have been on the campus of Minnesota State University, Mankato, waking up at 6:30 a.m., and working in college courses and tutoring sessions until 11:30 p.m.

July 10, 2008

LULAC Calls for Culture-based Educational Approach and Accountability To Stem Dropout Rate Among Minorities

Reforming the No Child Left Behind Act to promote higher accountability standards for the nation’s high schools, inclusive and equitable testing and culture-based curricula may help stem the wave of minority high school student dropouts and shrink the achievement gap, a panel of educators and activists said at a LULAC meeting here this week.

July 10, 2008

Spending Scandal at Texas Southern Ends Quietly

Students at Texas Southern University often have to work their way through college, and most of them need financial aid to follow in the footsteps of alumni Barbara Jordan and Mickey Leland at the historically Black, open-enrollment university.

July 10, 2008

Native Americans

Kansas Law Professor Named Fletcher Fellow

A University of Kansas law professor has joined a distinguished handful of scholars, writers and artists who have been named Fletcher Fellows.

July 9, 2008

Native Americans

Tribal Summit Explores Suicide Crisis

U.S. Senator Tim Johnson (D-SD) applauded the Rosebud Sioux Tribe for examining ways to prevent suicide during their Sacredness of Life Summit in Mission.

July 9, 2008

High Gas Prices Fuel Boom in Online Classes

Laurel Ranticelli considered driving 40 miles round-trip to take education classes at the University of Massachusetts campus in Amherst.

July 9, 2008

Perspectives: No Threat of Changing Enrollments at HBCUs

HBCUs are responsible for more than a fifth of current bachelor’s degrees granted to Blacks. With such documented successes these schools are in no danger of ceasing to exist. However, the newest concern is that increases in White enrollments will cause HBCUs to lose their “cultural identity,” and their historical significance to the Black community.

July 9, 2008

What Higher Ed Is Doing Right … Or Wrong

It’s always interesting to review year to year which college and universities produce the most minority graduates in a given discipline, and furthermore, which universities occupy the No. 1 position for graduating the most students of color in any given field. Our annual “Top 100” undergraduate and graduate editions allow you to do that.

July 9, 2008

Getting to Know Carlos Castillo-Chávez

Dr. Carlos Castillo-Chávez was originally interested in politics as a young man, but as he grew disillusioned with the political system in his native Mexico, he shifted gears and cleverly combined his interests in humanity and mathematics.

July 9, 2008

A Good Time To Pursue Medicine

First-year enrollment at U.S. medical schools is expected to increase by 21 percent, or 3,400, to 19,900 students by 2012, according to an annual survey by the Association of American Medical Colleges. More than 86 percent of existing medical schools have expanded the number of first-year students they take in, and nine new medical schools […]

July 9, 2008

Cell Phones Only, Please

Consumers are moving away from being tied-down by landlines. And so too are universities as more students carry cell phones. Many schools — including the University of Wisconsin in Green Bay and Madison and Marquette University — are eliminating landlines in most or all of student rooms this fall. Landlines have been slowly disappearing from […]

July 9, 2008

Leadership & Policy

A New Generation of College Leadership

This summer, Diverse reporters will crisscross the nation to chat with a dynamic group of college presidents.

July 9, 2008

Proposal Seeks to Improve America’s Image Abroad

Legislation would lessen financial barriers that prevent low-income, minority students from participating in foreign exchange programs.

July 9, 2008