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FAMU Band Members Plan to Fight Hazing Charges
Two Florida A&M University students said they plan to fight charges that they beat a fellow member of the famed Marching 100 band so hard during a hazing ritual that she was left with a broken thigh.
December 15, 2011
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Early Childhood Education, Youth Counseling and Need-Based Aid Key to Boosting College Completion Rates
A College Board report released Wednesday provides an annual snapshot of how close or far the nation is from reaching the organization’s goal to increase to 55 percent the proportion of 25- to 34-year old Americans.
December 15, 2011
STEM
Southern University Board to Consider Plan Authorizing Tenured Faculty Terminations
The Southern System’s Board of Supervisors, which recently declared financial exigency for the Baton Rouge campus, is scheduled to vote on a controversial reorganization plan
December 15, 2011
Opinion
Examining Notions of Social Justice Post-Doctoral Degree Completion
In other words, how many of us act out our obligation to serve others in the field of education?
December 14, 2011
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Brown: Calif. To Impose Another $1B in Budget Cuts
State revenues have fallen $2.2 billion below projections, triggering automatic midyear reductions to public schools, universities and colleges, Medi-Cal, and in-home support for seniors and the disabled.
December 14, 2011
STEM
STEM Professors Receive Presidential Mentoring Awards
During the ceremony, these men and women were presented with the 2010 and 2011 Presidential Awards for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring.
December 14, 2011
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Descendants of Cherokee Slaves, Known as Freedmen, Are Still Fighting for Voting Rights and Basic Services
During the Civil War, large portions of those five tribes fought on the side of the Confederacy, in part because of a shared economic interest in preserving slavery.
December 14, 2011
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New Degree Programs Proposed at La. Colleges
The Louisiana Board of Regents has approved a new bachelor’s degree in athletic training at LSU; it also approved three new doctorate of nursing practice programs at Southern, the LSU Health Sciences Center in New Orleans and a joint degree offering with the University of Louisiana-Lafayette and Southeastern Louisiana University.
December 13, 2011
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A Man of Many Parts: Computer Science Professor Juan Gilbert Excels as a Mentor
Dr. Juan Gilbert is also a researcher, scholar, teacher and entrepreneur in the field of Human-Centered Computing, which is a fairly young discipline that applies computer-based solutions to real-world problems.
December 13, 2011
Native Americans
Indigenous Communities Educate American Public About Natural Health and Healing Concepts.
In October, the National Library of Medicine debuted a two-year exhibition called “Native Voices: Native Peoples’ Concepts of Health and Illness.”
December 13, 2011
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Southern Louisiana University Receives $4.9M in TRIO Program Grants
Educational Talent Search programs for Tangipahoa and Washington parishes were awarded $3.04 million to cover operations through August 2016; the Educational Opportunity Center at SLU received a $1.87 million grant through 2016.
December 12, 2011
STEM
Regents Vote Against Merger of Two Maryland Campuses
Maryland Senate President Thomas Mike Miller asked the university system to study the proposed merger earlier this year. Miller said a merger would bring in more research dollars.
December 12, 2011
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Commentary: Race and Beyond – We Need Diversity in Education
If anyone doubts the impact of having a progressive president in the White House, then consider the Education and Justice Departments’ joint guidance on Dec. 2 that corrects the Bush administration’s misreading of a set of Supreme Court decisions on the use of race to achieve diversity in the nation’s public schools.
December 12, 2011
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Public Urban Universities Face Unique Challenges
To play a more meaningful role on the higher education landscape, public urban universities must adopt missions of civic engagement, produce graduates needed by local businesses and let high school students know that college is within reach.
December 12, 2011
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Can Washington Help What Ails American Higher Education?
Amid record budget deficits, can Washington actually do anything to help make American colleges less expensive and more productive?
December 9, 2011
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The Diversity Imperative
College admissions offices continue to adjust affirmative action policies in the wake of Grutter and Gratz.
December 9, 2011
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FAMU President James Ammons Rebuked by School Trustees
In the latest of a series of moves days before the school’s winter break, a sharply divided Florida A & M University (FAMU) board of trustees has “agreed to publicly reprimand” FAMU President James Ammons over his “response” to the recent death of a school band drum major after a suspected hazing incident.
December 9, 2011
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Virginia Tech Seeks To Block $55,000 Fine
More than four years after the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, the horrors of that day on the Virginia Tech campus are about to be relived in court.
December 8, 2011
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