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Perspectives: Challenges in Higher Education for the Next President
Unlike the Middle East or the housing industry, the next president will not face an immediate crisis in addressing the issue of higher education in the United States.
September 14, 2008
Sports
Hoops Hall Looks to Honor Black Schools’ Coaches
Savannah State coach Teddy Wright was so good that legends grew up around him. Like the time he supposedly split his squad in two, sending half to play a game in the Southwest and the other half to play against a school on East Coast.
September 11, 2008
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Students
Parents, Community Holds Key to Hispanic Education Achievement
“Parents and family are the No. 1 enablers, and the No. 1 obstacles” to student success, Sara Martinez Tucker, the undersecretary at the U.S. Department of Education, told a group of educators, parents and community organizers at the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans on Thursday.
September 11, 2008
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Students
Clinton Concerned About Sept. 11 Scholarship Fund
Former President Clinton has been in talks with the directors of a huge college scholarship fund for Sept. 11 victims to address complaints by some families that the program has given out too little money.
September 11, 2008
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Native Americans
What’s Palin’s Record on Native Issues?
With 13 percent of its nearly 670,000 residents considered Native, Alaska has one of the highest percentages of Native people of any state in the country.
September 11, 2008
Opinion
Black Voter disenfranchisement in 2008: Jim Crow Returns
The Michigan Messenger reported on Sept. 10, that, “The chairman of the Republican Party in Macomb County, Mich., a key swing county in a key swing state, is planning to use a list of foreclosed homes to block people from voting in the upcoming election as part of the state GOP’s effort to challenge some […]
September 10, 2008
HBCUs
UNCF Unveils Plan to Give HBCUs New Voice
Seeking to capitalize on recent successes such as the renewal of the Higher Education Act, the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) on Wednesday unveiled a detailed new legislative agenda along with plans to raise awareness of historically Black colleges in Congress.
September 10, 2008
HBCUs
Media Experts Say HBCU Radio Stations Are Underused
Historically Black colleges and universities must continue to invest financial and personnel resources into campus radio stations, because the stations are powerful outlets that present a wide range of opportunities for the institutions, said a panel of media experts Wednesday during a forum on campus media at the 2008 National HBCU Week.
September 10, 2008
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Cambridge University Official: Social Justice Not Our Role
The government should provide more money for higher education but should not meddle or try to use Britain’s universities to enhance social mobility, a senior official at the University of Cambridge told other educators Wednesday.
September 10, 2008
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Faculty & Staff
Kent State Faculty Get Bonuses for Meeting Goals
Kent State University is offering financial bonuses to professors if they help student retention numbers and attract more research dollars, an incentive usually given to school presidents and top administrators.
September 10, 2008
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Obama Opens Schools Debate With McCain
Democrat Barack Obama reached for middle ground on education this week, opening a debate with John McCain over who would do more to put good teachers in classrooms and help parents find alternatives to bad schools.
September 10, 2008
Native Americans
KU Holds Symposium on U.S.-Indian Relations
The final stop in a three-year series of symposia focusing on diplomatic relations between American Indian tribes and the U.S. government will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 12, at the Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas, UK announced.
September 9, 2008
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Native Americans
UNT and Haskell Nations Collaborate for Environmental Careers
The University of North Texas announced that it will partner with Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence, Kan., and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to build a diverse workforce that can meet the country’s environmental demands.
September 9, 2008
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Students
IU Offers Support for American Indian Group
Indiana University administrators are working to find a new space and director for a support group for American Indian students weeks after student leaders accused IU of not supporting the group.
September 9, 2008
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Native Americans
WSU Research to Help Native American Students
Accepting a challenge from the state’s lawmakers, four Washington State University researchers will report on the best ways to help Native American students succeed, the university announced.
September 9, 2008
Native Americans
ECSU Honors Mashantucket Pequot Chairman
Eastern Connecticut State University in Willimantic conferred an honorary doctorate on Michael Thomas, chairman of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation during a Convocation ceremony on Aug. 29, in the Francis E. Geissler Sports Center Gymnasium, officials announced recently.
September 9, 2008
Students
Mazda Foundation Backs Scholarships at UNCP
The Mazda Foundation (USA), Inc., has renewed two four-year scholarships for American Indian students at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke (UNCP), the university announced.
September 9, 2008
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Students
Students Earn Scholarships Honoring Pioneering Woman
Eight Minnesota students recently received the American Indian Ethel Curry Scholarship for academic excellence, awarded by the Minnesota Academic Excellence Foundation (MAEF) in partnership with the Minnesota Department of Education, the department announced.
September 9, 2008
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