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Students
India Arrests Kashmir Teacher for Exam on Unrest
Students initially thought unexpected exam was a plot by Indian intelligence officers.
December 13, 2010
Home
House’s Leadership Change Means Key Agendas Will Change, Too
Incoming chairs are likely to push for cuts that could weaken both funding and policy.
December 13, 2010
Native Americans
American Indian Museum Still Facing Criticism for Historical Inaccuracies
Native American activists, scholars lead collaborative effort to address sins of omission at the National Museum of the American Indian.
December 13, 2010
Students
Adults Blame Parents for Education Problems
Blaming teachers for low test scores, poor graduation rates and the other ills of American schools has been popular lately, but a new survey wags a finger closer to home.
December 12, 2010
Sports
Southern has Problems Facing NCAA Deadline
Southern University has paperwork problems and gender equity issues as the school faces a deadline next week on its review for NCAA rules compliance, university officials say.
December 12, 2010
Native Americans
Book Review: Lending Credibility to the Oral Tradition
Native American scholar validates indigenous oral history as a source of academic information with book exploring the murder of a famed Ojibwe chief.
December 12, 2010
African-American
Civil Rights Commission Report Finds That HBCUs Do a Better Job of Graduating Black STEM Majors
Race-conscious admissions at elite institutions lead to academic “mismatch” for Black students, report says.
December 12, 2010
Sports
Southern has Problems Facing NCAA Deadline
Southern University has paperwork problems and gender equity issues as the school faces a deadline next week on its review for NCAA rules compliance, university officials say.
December 11, 2010
Sports
Blog: Look for Minnesota Vikings to Do an HBCU Double Dip
This weekend, Minnesota Viking Tarvaris Jackson, an alum of Alabama State University, could be the first HBCU quarterback to ever start an NFL game under a head coach, Leslie Frazier, who is also an HBCU grad.
December 10, 2010
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Democrats Delay Action on DREAM Act
The Senate moved Thursday to delay a politically charged showdown vote on legislation carving out a path to legal status for foreign-born youngsters brought to this country illegally, putting off but probably not preventing the measure’s demise.
December 9, 2010
Native Americans
Native Americans Combat the Suicide Spirit
Tribal colleges are at the forefront of communitywide efforts to combat suicide with culturally relevant methods.
December 9, 2010
Latinx
Early College Planning Essential for Latino Student Success, Experts Say
To ensure better college access and success for Latino students from low-income backgrounds, institutions should help them put together college plans as early as the eighth grade, according to experts at two Washington-area education events.
December 9, 2010
Opinion
Learning Assessment: A Paramount 21st Century Higher Education Issue
In early January, the Lumina Foundation for Education will be releasing its Degree Qualifications Profile—an effort months in the making and preceded by a draft profile earlier this year. As a complement to the foundation’s goal of increasing “the proportion of Americans with high-quality degrees and credentials to 60 percent by the year 2025,” their […]
December 8, 2010
Opinion
Tiger’s Ongoing Saga
This most recent Thanksgiving holiday, while reading about the more serious news that has impacted our current society, I was also reminded about the supposedly ongoing “problems” of golfer Tiger Woods. Over the past week, from online bloggers, columnists, sports analysts, public relations executives and opinion makers and pundits, there has been no shortage of […]
December 8, 2010
Leadership & Policy
Nashville Music Executive Wants Belmont University To Rehire Coach
Mike Curb, a Nashville music industry executive and major contributor to Belmont University, says the school should rehire a coach who left after revealing she is gay.
December 8, 2010
Community Colleges
Foreign Language Courses Growing on Campuses
A growing number of college students are studying foreign languages, a trend propelled by greater interest in Arabic, a broader palette of languages being taught and more crowded language classes at community colleges, a new study finds.
December 8, 2010
African-American
Scholar Documents Historic Ties Between African-Americans and Native Americans
As an associate professor at the University of Michigan, Dr. Tiya Miles has emerged as a leading scholar of Cherokee-African American relations.
December 8, 2010
International
CIA Chief Leon Panetta, Federal Officials Urge Scholars To Help Improve Foreign Language Learning in U.S.
To make the United States more globally competitive and secure from foreign attacks, the U.S. must radically transform the way it teaches foreign languages, federal officials told a gathering of foreign language educators at a University of Maryland foreign language summit.
December 8, 2010
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