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Kahlil Gibran Manuscripts Donated to Princeton
TRENTON, N.J. The Princeton University Library has received a donation of working manuscripts and notebooks for four well-known Kahlil Gibran books, including the Lebanese-American’s best-selling The Prophet.
June 20, 2007
STEM
Audit: Southern University System’s Finances Better
BATON ROUGE, La. The Southern University System’s finances are getting into shape – several problems remain, but none is major, according to the latest audit.
June 20, 2007
Students
Latest in Fight Against Cheating – Proctoring Exams With Web Cams
The number of college students taking courses online is surging, creating a tough dilemma for educators who want to prevent cheating.
June 20, 2007
Discussion-Based Online Teaching to Enhance Student Learning
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Judge Suspends Prosecutor Over Handling of Duke University Rape
DURHAM, N.C. A judge suspended a North Carolina district attorney effective immediately Tuesday after learning the prosecutor, disbarred for his handling of a Duke University rape case, intended to stay in office for another month.
June 20, 2007
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Stanford University Study Fnds Gastric Bypass Patients Get Drunk
SAN FRANCISCO People who had obesity surgery got drunk after just one glass of red wine, researchers reported in a small study that was inspired by an episode on “The Oprah Winfrey Show.”
June 20, 2007
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Study: Americans use ‘Diversity’ To Cover-Up Their True Views About Race
MINNEAPOLIS A new study by the University of Minnesota’s sociology department say that though Americans are optimistic about the word “diversity,” it is often used as a blanket to cover their true feelings about the “R” word — race. The respondent’s biggest fear, according to the study, is that America is transforming into a multicultural nation overnight. The researchers say American diversity talk is sort of a ‘happy talk,’” an upbeat language that is now part of everyday conversation.
June 20, 2007
Leadership & Policy
UDC President William Pollard Abruptly Resigns
University of the District of Columbia President William L. Pollard unexpectedly resigned at a board of trustees’ meeting Tuesday, ending a five-year tenure. Despite tensions with the board over stagnant fundraising and the slow pace of facility improvements, board chairman James W. Dyke Jr. had talked publicly in recent months about extending Pollard’s contract, which expires July 1. Nevertheless, it appears that a plurality of board members wanted a fresh start.
June 20, 2007
Leadership & Policy
UMDNJ’s New President Talks About His Vision
On July 1, the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey will welcome its first African-American president, William F. Owen Jr., an accomplished researcher and clinician.
June 20, 2007
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UNM Los Alamos branch has new executive director
LOS ALAMOS N.M. The University of New Mexico’s Los Alamos branch has a new executive director.
June 19, 2007
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Sports
Mississippi Valley Athletics Director Leaves for Hampton University.
ITTA BENA Miss. Lonza Hardy Jr., athletics director at Mississippi Valley State University for the past six years, has resigned to take a similar position at Hampton University in southeastern Virginia.
June 19, 2007
Leadership & Policy
New Alcorn State University President Being Treated for Leukemia in Michigan.
JACKSON Miss. Mississippi higher education officials said Wednesday that it will be August or September before Alcorn State University’s new president assumes his post.
June 19, 2007
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Students
Fresh scoop: new-style public journalism takes reporting to a new level of activism
When Dr. Louise Reid Ritchie worked as a reporter for the Detroit Free Press, she also coordinated a community service project at the newspaper called the Gift of Reading, which was responsible for collecting and distributing more than 500,000 books to underprivileged children in Detroit. Ritchie said she “tutored kids and wrote articles soliciting books and supplies for area schools from readers.”
June 19, 2007
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Democratizing the news media: new technologies may be changing journalism – but will they also make it easier to participate?
New Technologies May Be Changing Journalism — But Will They Also Make It Easier to Participate?
June 19, 2007
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The American press: tainted by arrogance
Over the past decade, a resurgence of racism in the United States has been stimulated relentlessly by the American press (print and broadcast) through its selected depiction of Black Americans in its coverage of news events.
June 19, 2007
Community Colleges
Terrel H. Bell: ‘The Thirteenth Man,’ 1921-1996 – educator – Obituary
During the early months of Ronald Reagan’s first term As President of the United States, the African American men and women engaged in teaching and administering community colleges throughout the nation met in Atlanta, Georgia. The group, known as the National Council on Black American Affairs (NCBAA), had assembled to determine what steps we might take as a national Black organization to stave off Reagan’s declared promise to destroy the U.S. Department of Education (ED).
June 19, 2007
Latinx
Spending bill would freeze funds for HBCUs – historically Black colleges and universities
Historically Black colleges and universities would receive the same amount of federal funding in 1997 that they received this year under legislation proposed by Republicans in the House of Representatives.
June 19, 2007
Students
Wanted: more black graduate students
In the middle of my doctoral studies, I encountered an elderly relative who expressed some chagrin that I was “still in school.” She noted that she had sent me a few dollars when I earned my undergraduate degree and wondered whether her investment was wasted.
June 19, 2007
LGBTQ+
Color-coded hearts – color consciousness among Blacks
When Black slaves came to this country stripped of any connection with the history and culture which gave them a sense of place in the universe, they heeded the human urge to define themselves.
June 19, 2007
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