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Study: NCAA Tournament Team Graduation Rates Between Blacks, Whites Widening
The disparity in graduation rates for White and Black players on NCAA tournament-bound men’s basketball teams grew this year, according to a study released Monday.
March 15, 2010
Students
Community College Summit Centers on Student Aid
At their annual legislative summit last week, community college trustees and administrators from around the country attended briefings on Capitol Hill and met with members of Congress to lobby on behalf of the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act (SAFRA).
March 15, 2010
Opinion
A Black College Philanthropist That Exemplifies the Very Essence of Philanthropy
A few years ago, I edited a book titled Uplifting a People: African American Philanthropy and Education. In the book, I argued that the existing definition of philanthropy should be expanded, especially as it relates to African-Americans. For too long, our traditional notions of philanthropy have included only wealthy, White men and their financial contributions. […]
March 14, 2010
Latinx
Obama’s Education Law Overhaul To Focus on College
The Obama administration unveiled its plan Saturday to radically change his predecessor’s No Child Left Behind education law in hopes of replacing an accountability system that in the last decade has tagged more than a third of U.S. schools as failing and created a hodgepodge of sometimes weak academic standards among states.
March 14, 2010
Community Colleges
Indiana Community Colleges Grapple With Low Graduation Rates
Students in Indiana’s community colleges face significant hurdles in their quest for a diploma, and education leaders say the state needs to address those challenges to secure its economic future.
March 14, 2010
Home
Underground Railroad Center, Scholars Cast Eyes on an Old Evil
Joined by Ohio-based scholars, the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Cincinnati updates its mission with a focus on modern-day slavery.
March 14, 2010
African-American
Temple University Benefactor Donates Harriet Tubman Items to Smithsonian
Tourists will be able to see some rare, personal belongings of famed abolitionist Harriet Tubman when an African-American history museum opens on the National Mall. This week, historian Charles L. Blockson donated about 40 objects from Tubman’s life to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture.
March 11, 2010
Community Colleges
Dire Financial Future Projected for U.S. Community Colleges
Hundreds of community college trustees and officials, meeting in Washington this week, are girding themselves for projected state funding shortfalls in 2012 when stimulus funds will dry up and recessionary budget gaps are expected to swell.
March 11, 2010
Leadership & Policy
College President in Akron Leads University and City Transformation
Dr. Luis Proenza is credited with revitalizing the University of Akron and bringing economic development to the university’s home city.
March 11, 2010
African-American
Obama Proposal Seeks to Consolidate Minority Undergraduate STEM Programs
Weighing a new approach for assisting minority college students in the sciences, the Obama administration has proposed the National Science Foundation consolidate major initiatives that target specific racial and ethnic groups for participation in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) disciplines into a single program.
March 10, 2010
Latinx
Minority Births on Track to Outnumber White Births
Minorities make up nearly half the children born in the U.S., part of a historic trend in which minorities are expected to become the U.S. majority over the next 40 years.
March 10, 2010
Students
Preserving a Native Language and Culture
With the Myaamia Project at Miami University, the Miami Tribe seeks to rediscover its language and culture.
March 10, 2010
Opinion
Maintaining Respect in the Classroom
Over the last two weeks, I’ve been dealing with increasingly disruptive students in my classroom.  Last fall, I kept the disruptions to a minimum, but this semester, they have occurred more frequently. Students texting (even though I have banned electronic devices in my class), talking loudly among each other and leaving the class during […]
March 9, 2010
Students
U.S. Education Dept. Officials to Step Up Civil Rights Enforcement
U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan said Monday the federal government will become more vigilant to make sure students have equal access and opportunity to everything ranging from college prep classes to science and engineering programs.
March 9, 2010
Faculty & Staff
Virginia HBCUs Struggle With Legal Opinion That Bars Protection for Gays
Virginia’s historically Black colleges and universities are reeling after a controversial legal opinion by Attorney General Kenneth Cuccinelli that would invalidate any policy erected by public colleges that bans discrimination against gays and lesbians.
March 9, 2010
Home
From Prison to Policymaking
NuLeadership, a City University of New York-based think tank staffed with formerly incarcerated researchers, lobbies for ex-prisoners to have a say in criminal justice policy.
March 9, 2010
African-American
First Lady to Deliver HBCU Commencement Address
First lady Michelle Obama will be the featured graduation speaker at three commencement ceremonies this spring, including the graduation at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, a historically Black institution.
March 9, 2010
Home
Suzuki Awarded Top Honor for Diversity Leadership
The American Council on Education (ACE) has named Dr. Bob Suzuki, president emeritus at California State Polytechnic University Pomona, the recipient of the 2010 Reginald Wilson Diversity Leadership Award.
March 9, 2010
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