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Women
Federal Effort Seeks to Help Colleges, Schools Prevent Sexual Violence
A nation that prides itself on fighting the abuse of power has an obligation to prevent sexual violence in schools and on college campuses, Vice President Joe Biden said as he kicked off a nationwide awareness campaign on schools’ responsibilities and victims’ rights.
April 4, 2011
African-American
Manning Marable Remembered as Public Intellectual and Activist
At the time of his death, Marable held the M. Moran Weston and Black Alumni Council Professorship of African American Studies at Columbia University.
April 4, 2011
Latinx
Look Broadly for Funds, Fed Official Urges
Hispanic-serving institutions must think beyond programs targeted just at HSIs, or minority-serving colleges, and look toward broader competitive federal grants open to all of higher education, says an Obama administration official.
April 4, 2011
Opinion
Students Still Willing to Work Toward Positive Change
I have taught a course called the History of American Higher Education for the past 8 years. It is my very favorite course to teach. Not only is it the course in which I feel most comfortable, but it typically has younger students – mainly master’s students – in it. I enjoy their spirit, their […]
April 3, 2011
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Celebrating Diversity With Books
At DiverseBooks.net, we put diversity in the forefront year-round, but April is the national observance of “Celebrate Diversity Month” and that calls for special emphasis. Many of the titles we sell through this website deal directly with the issue of diversity in its many facets. We would like particularly to call your attention to our selections that deal with issues of diversity as it relates to race, gender, religion and ability.
April 3, 2011
African-American
HBCUs Must Embrace Online Education
Black college leaders recognize the importance of distance learning but remain hesitant to take the online leap, writes online education expert.
April 3, 2011
Students
Study: Southern Regional Education Board States Lag Behind in Completion Rates
Nationwide, 29 percent of White adults have a bachelor’s degree, compared with 27 percent in SREB states.
April 3, 2011
African-American
Malcolm X Scholar Manning Marable Dies at 60
Dr. Manning Marable, an influential historian whose forthcoming Malcolm X biography could revise perceptions of the slain civil rights leader, died just days before the book described as his life’s work was to be released.
April 3, 2011
Latinx
Obama Woos Hispanic Vote on Education
President Barack Obama, aware of news that the U.S. Hispanic population has hit 50 million, is turning his attention on issues key to Hispanics, including education.
March 31, 2011
Leadership & Policy
Are ‘Charter Universities’ the Future of State-funded Higher Education?
In states such as Oregon, Louisiana and Wisconsin, flagship universities are inching away from their traditional patrons in the statehouse, accepting lower levels of state funding in exchange for freedom from state regulations.
March 31, 2011
African-American
Teen Girls Discover Digital Technology as ‘COMPUGIRLS’
Dr. Kimberly Scott, an associate professor in women and gender studies at Arizona State University, the digital divide is not just about “who has access to computers, but what happens during that access.”
March 31, 2011
Leadership & Policy
Southern University’s Chancellor Candidates Narrowed Down
The top 10 applicants for the chancellor’s job at Southern University – Baton Rouge include Philander Smith College’s “hip-hop prez” and a former LSU administrator.
March 30, 2011
Sports
VCU Coach Shaka Smart’s Rise No Shock to Those Who Know Him
By taking VCU to the Final Four at just age 33, Shaka Smart has become the coach of the moment, the prospect at the top of everyone’s wish list.
March 30, 2011
Students
Paying for Pell Grant Program Requires Stark Choices
To maintain the current maximum grant of $5,550 and meet demand, the Obama administration would eliminate in-school Stafford Loan subsidies for graduate students.
March 30, 2011
Students
Criminal Justice Think Tank Exits Medgar Evers Campus
The Brooklyn District Attorney’s office will now partner with Medgar Evers on a Community Justice Program for formerly incarcerated students that will involve professors and students from the college’s departments of social work and education and include student internships in the DA’s office.
March 30, 2011
Students
Northwestern University Journalism Professor Launches Innocence Project
David Protess will go on leave for the spring quarter to work on the Chicago Innocence Project, a reporting organization that he says will draw students from a variety of Chicago-area universities, not just Northwestern.
March 29, 2011
Students
Conference: Student Affairs Personnel Are Critical to College Success Programs
At the American College Personnel Association annual conference in Baltimore, university leaders were urged to make sure their campus environments help facilitate the kind of self-discovery that enables students to develop a strong sense of self.
March 29, 2011
African-American
University of Pennsylvania Program Seeks To Boost Enrollment of Black Men In Ph.D. Programs
The Grad Prep Academy is helping create a fraternal network of Black education researchers and leaders.
March 29, 2011
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