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If You Can Walk, You Can Dance; If You Can Talk, You Can Sing: A Successful African American Doctoral Fellowship Program. – book reviews

Time out, higher education. This book has a proven model for increasing the pool of African Americans with doctorate degrees in non-traditional courses of study. With valuable resource information, this book has special importance for the administrators of traditionally white colleges and universities who are sincerely interested in providing a positive campus climate for African-American students to experience success in doctoral programs.

June 22, 2007

Blacks graduating from high school at same rate as whites – but Hispanics still lag behind

WASHINGTON The high school completion rate for Blacks between the ages of 25 and 29 rose to nearly 87 percent last year, reaching about the same level as whites for the first time.

June 22, 2007

The politics of education – future of American schooling

One of the key differences between Democrats and Republicans was illustrated during August’s conventions. While there were about 300 members of the National Education Association registered as delegates at the Democratic convention, Republican Presidential candidate Bob Dole used his convention acceptance speech as an occasion to attack teachers and teacher unions, And while Democrats talked about the importance of education, Republicans used their convention as an opportunity to talk about home schooling.

June 22, 2007

Blacked Out: Dilemmas of Race, Identity and Success at Capital High. – book reviews

Finding a solution to the low academic performance and graduation rates of African-American and other non-white students is by far the most pervasive issue confronting schools and local communities today. With approximately 40 percent of the nation’s African-American students enrolled in fifty of the nation’s largest urban school districts, this is clearly a problem that needs immediate resolution in major metropolitan areas.

June 22, 2007

Coming back to go forward: like the prodigal son, football’s return welcomed at Benedict – resurrection of Benedict football team

Columbia, S.C. Tiger football opened its second season at Benedict College this fall, continuing a tradition of pep rallies and tailgate parties that were common on the campus twenty-nine years ago.

June 22, 2007

Community Colleges

Dean of CMC Summit Campus to leave for position in Arizona

BRECKENRIDGE Colo. The dean of the Summit Campus of Colorado Mountain College announced plans this week to leave the school to become the first female president of an Arizona community college.

June 22, 2007

Community Colleges

SACS probation for Bishop State extended 6 months

DATELINE: MOBILE Ala. Bishop State Community College will remain on probation for another six months, a decision by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools that cited failures in financial and academic areas.

June 22, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Cole’s shoes will be hard to fill: King Farris, Ladner said to be ‘fine candidates.’ – Johnetta Cole as President of Spelman College, Vera King Farris and Joyce Ledner

Johnetta Cole, the first African-American female president of Spelman College, nation’s premiere liberal arts schools, announced that she will relinquish the presidency next spring.

June 22, 2007

Following the leader: other institutions search for the secrets of Spelman’s success – fundraising

Atlanta The spectacular success of Spelman College’s fundraising efforts has caused many in the higher education world — particularly at the historically Black colleges and universities — to take notice. As a result, some institutions have reevaluated their own efforts to raise money.

June 22, 2007

Spelman mission was not impossible: how college’s fund-raising drive netted $113 million

Atlanta – When the totals were in, Spelman College had not only met its “mission impossible” goal of raising $81 million, it had outdone itself — amassing a record $113.3 million.

June 22, 2007

Dismissals spark protests at Texas-Arlington – advisory council of Texas-Arlington University

The firing last month of the director and staff of the University of Texas at Arlington’s Center for Mexican-American Studies continues to draw a barrage of protests front campus and community activists.

June 22, 2007

A case for higher academic standards

A recent University of Chicago study found that only 42 percent of eighth-graders from low-income families expect to earn college degrees, compared with 89 percent of their wealthier Counterparts.

June 22, 2007

Going Hollywood – Dr. Tommie Stewart, theatre director, Alabama State University

Looking calm and assured, Dr. Tommie “Toneo” Stewart settles into a chair in her office in Tullibody Hall at Alabama State University. Posters and awards line the walls in her office, where she has worked as director of theater for the last six years. On this particular morning, however, she is not Stewart the […]

June 22, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Teaching a new generation of journalists – inducting professionals into classrooms

Professor Chuck Stone, an awarding winning journalist, earns new honors these days in an arena where few minorities perform. On the faculty of the University of North Carolina, he is among the scant number of professionals who have jettisoned themselves out of the bustling newsroom to pursue new dreams — teaching the next generation of journalists.

June 22, 2007

Is the NCAA playing a numbers game? – National Collegiate Athletics Association – appraisal of graduation rates

While the National Collegiate Athletic Association has spent all summer putting a happy face on its annual Division I Graduation-Rates Report, others caution that, to avoid being misleading, the rates need to be put into perspective. Claiming that Division I student athletes who receive athletic scholarships continue to graduate at a higher rate than […]

June 22, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Creating a powerhouse: compensation research perks sweeten pot in high-stakes competition for scholars

For the past 24 years Dr. Ron Walters has been a fixture at Howard University. The tenured chairman of the university’s political science department is widely respected in the academic community and is one of an elite group of national scholars who are considered “public intellectuals.”

June 22, 2007

Test-driven admissions: ETS responds to criticisms of SATs – Educational Testing Service

After decades of criticism that standardized testing is culturally biased, officials from the Educational Testing Service (ETS) say they have made great strides in eliminating those biases.

June 22, 2007

SAT, ACT scores increase: higher scores attributed to more rigorous coursework

Students who take more academic courses do significantly better on the SAT, ACT, and Advanced Placement tests.

June 22, 2007