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Group Seeks to Double Number of U.S. Students Abroad
An international education institute is working to double the number of U.S. students studying abroad by 2019.
March 3, 2014
African-American
Diversity Bigger Winner at 2014 Oscars for a Change
This year, the Oscars honored some tremendously talented people of color and there was nothing token about this gesture.
March 3, 2014
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Experts: New Teachers Can’t Hide Behind Steep Learning Curve
Experts say new teachers need to be ready to teach and culturally competent from Day One on the job.
March 3, 2014
Home
At MIT, Weighing Balance of Privacy and Big Data
White House counselor John Podesta said the government must figure out how to allow the public and private sector to capitalize on the benefits of big data, while protecting individual privacy.
March 3, 2014
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Cory Booker Ready to Pick Up the Education Baton, Run With It
Some suspect that he may indeed want to someday follow in the footsteps of Barack Obama, who entered the U.S. Senate in 2004 little unknown outside of Illinois but quickly went on to win the White House.
March 3, 2014
Students
Southern University Board Member Quits, Changes Mind
BATON ROUGE, La. ― Southern University’s Board of Supervisors member Calvin Braxton has apparently flip-flopped. On Wednesday, Braxton sent the Southern Board a letter of resignation that read: “Accept my recognition from the Southern University Board of Supervisors.” Less than a day later, Braxton says he has reconsidered and intends to remain a board member. […]
March 2, 2014
Faculty & Staff
Regent Blasts University Head over Assault Remark
University of Iowa president Mason was chastised for her comment that ending sexual assault probably wasn’t realistic “just given human nature.”
March 2, 2014
Sports
NYU Professor Says American Education a “Hoax”
Diane Ravitch delivered the message over the weekend to kick off the annual conference of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education.
March 2, 2014
Leadership & Policy
West Virginia University Committee Endorses Gee as Full-Time President
A West Virginia University search committee on Friday did an about-face and endorsed interim President E. Gordon Gee for the job permanently.
March 2, 2014
African-American
African American Male Retreat Recharging Spirit, Re-emphasizing Achievement
Over the weekend, a number of high-profile Black male academicians encouraged the young men to continue to push for academic excellence.
March 2, 2014
African-American
A Woman Of Courage
March is Women’s History Month, which this year will carry the theme “Celebrating Women of Character, Courage and Commitment,.” Fannie Lou Hamer, one of the heroes of the Civil Rights Movement, was the embodiment of those attributes.
February 28, 2014
Opinion
The Age of Education
There is one detrimental factor that few people even realize exists in our educational system, let alone make any effort to take into account: age.
February 27, 2014
Students
Rankins Board’s Choice to be President of Alcorn State University
A state higher education administrator is the board’s choice to be the next president of Alcorn State University.
February 27, 2014
Leadership & Policy
Southern University Board Member Quits
Southern University Board of Supervisors member Calvin Braxton has stepped down from the board effectively immediately.
February 27, 2014
Home
President Obama Takes Issue of At-risk Boys of Color to Heart
Speaking in the East Room of the White House yesterday, Obama talked personally about the challenges that young boys of color face, drawing from his own personal experiences growing up in a household without a father.
February 27, 2014
Students
California State University System Makes Recruitment, Retention of Students of Color a Priority
In an effort to bolster student achievement and degree completion among underrepresented students, the nation’s largest four-year public university system, California State University (CSU), has focused on a series of enrollment and retention initiatives.
February 27, 2014
Opinion
Changing Demographics: What Does It Mean Now and in the Future?
People tend to steer away from acknowledging race as an influential component to education, but it is intertwined in the fabric and has become so much a part of the culture that it is unrecognizable.
February 27, 2014
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In the Northwest, Whitman College Answers Call to Improve Knowledge of Civil Rights Movement
The 2011 Southern Poverty Law Center education report graded the states on what they require public schools to teach about a nation-changing era—the Civil Rights Movement. Thirty-five states flunked.
February 27, 2014
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