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Opinion
How about a Career in Fundraising for Students of Color?
Editor’s note: This blog post was co-authored by Nelson Bowman III.   From time to time, I like to write with others and this week my friend Nelson Bowman III, director of development at Prairie View A & M University, had some good ideas — so we decided to write about them together.    Both […]
October 19, 2009
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Admissions Yield Rate Decline Creating Enrollment Uncertainty for U.S. Colleges and Universities, Report Says
While U.S. schools see growth among applicants and enrollees, they are experiencing increasing uncertainty over enrollment yield.
October 19, 2009
Joyce Smith
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Protests Unlikely for Deaf University’s New Leader
New leader for top university for deaf and hard-of-hearing students expected to be welcomed by university community.
October 19, 2009
Dr. T. Alan Hurwitz
African-American
Vassar Professor Examines Black Women’s Film Stardom
In new book, Dr. Mia Mask recounts struggles and triumphs of African-American women in American film.
October 19, 2009
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Students
Georgetown University students call for immigration reform
On Oct. 13, students from MEChA, a student organization at Georgetown University, voice their support for comprehensive immigration reform, bringing their own stories to a rally at the Capitol.
October 18, 2009
Students
Ore. Student Editors Sorry for ‘Kill Jews’ Humor
A student editor at a Reed College campus-run humor publication in Portland says he and others plan to be more cautious when making decisions about the newspaper’s content after running a phony article that said students at another college killed all the Jews at their school.
October 18, 2009
Colin Diver
Opinion
Matching Aspirations With Values
In a report released October 7 by the Pew Hispanic Center, nearly 90 percent of Latino young adults said a college education is important for success in life. However, only about 50 percent of respondents said they planned to get a college degree.   What can we take away from the findings of this representative […]
October 15, 2009
Opinion
Raising Tough Questions About Enrollment Diversity
I recently delivered a keynote speech at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s 2009 Diversity Forum during which I afflicted the comfortable on the question of “excellence vs. diversity” in college and university admissions.  At that speech, I encouraged a generally receptive campus community to think broadly about the declining number of Black students enrolling in colleges […]
October 15, 2009
Students
Predominantly Black Sorority Empowered to Expand International Aid Work
In gaining ‘special consultative’ status from the United Nations, the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority joins an elite network of organizations that provides international assistance to developing nations.
October 15, 2009
Students
Predominantly Black Sorority Empowered to Expand International Aid Work
In gaining ‘special consultative’ status from the United Nations, the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority joins an elite network of organizations that provides international assistance to developing nations.
October 15, 2009
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Spelman College Announces $150 Million Capital Campaign
Spelman College undertakes its most ambitious fundraising campaign in its 128-year history.
October 15, 2009
Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum
Community Colleges
Stalled Pursuit of Higher Learning
Undocumented students across the country have been hampered in their quests for higher learning by the dismal economy and restrictive state legislation targeted at immigrants.
October 15, 2009
University Leadership Initiative students
Opinion
Too Much Venom Aimed at Black Men
Last month at the MTV Video Music Awards, Kanye West ambushed the stage and grabbed the microphone from singer Taylor Swift during her acceptance speech for winning Best Female Video. West then launched into a contradictory rant congratulating while disparaging Swift, arguing that Best Female Video nominee Beyonce’s “Single Ladies” was  “one of the best […]
October 14, 2009
Opinion
Unlocking the Learning Potential
“I like you but I can’t pass you.” I’ve said something along that line to a number of students over the years and it’s been especially tough for me to say to students I am fond of. One of the things that I’ve had to deal with over the past five years has been separating […]
October 14, 2009
Students
WASHINGTON UPDATE : COLLEGE STUDENTS ARE HEALTH CARE
Without health insurance, University of Maryland senior Susana Sagastizado gets nervous if her nose begins to run or her forehead starts to feel warm. They are all bad signs, she said, of an illness she can\’t afford – literally.
October 14, 2009
Students
SPECTRUM: FOUND IN TRANSLATION
From his small office near the Charles River, Dr. Fallou Ngom can envision the rewriting of much of African history, including the slave trade.
October 14, 2009
Students
LASTWORD: PREPPING FOR THE PROFESSORIATE
Professional development mentoring, for the professoriate, is a postsecondary tool that can be used by graduate faculty to complement graduate students’ formal doctoral level course work.
October 14, 2009
Community Colleges
DIVERSE BOOKSHELF : FALLING BEHIND
No sooner had the ink dried and the Sept. 9 news embargo on this book passed than it became one of the most widely reviewed and analyzed academic studies released in a long time.
October 14, 2009
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