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Community Colleges

College Prep For Tykes

When longtime educator David Silver began making plans for an elementary school, he asked parents in the Oakland, Calif., neighborhood what mattered most to them.

August 22, 2007

Stop Snitchin Start Studying

The National Black College Alliance, a grassroots booster of historically Black colleges and universities, is using T-shirts and its unique spin on popular culture to promote HBCUs.

August 22, 2007

Republican Candidates Offer Few New Ideas on Education

School vouchers are a perennial favorite, but higher education ideas are lacking.

August 22, 2007

A Gift of Presidential Proportions

Nobody understood why Bruce King took a job at the University of South Dakota. But the decision may have saved his life.

August 22, 2007

Asian and Pacific Islander Students in California Say ‘Count Us Correctly’

When Christine Santos arrived at the University of California, Los Angeles from Guam in the fall of 2004, she said she felt like a foreigner even though nearly 34 percent of new students at UCLA were Asian.

August 22, 2007

NCAA Committee Addresses the Issue of Pregnancy in Student-Athletes

In July, the NCAA Committee on Women’s Athletics reviewed concerns about how female student-athletes are being treated if they become pregnant.

August 22, 2007

Fight or Flight

Ted Shaw and other diversity proponents retool while Ward Connerly gloats.

August 22, 2007

Is Right the New Left?

An Analysis of Justice Clarence Thomas’s Concurring Opinion In the Seattle and Louisville Cases

August 22, 2007

African-American

Replacing Rhetoric with Research

Two scholars with ties to the University of Chicago aim to shed light on Black life in the 21st century.

August 22, 2007

Faculty & Staff

The Secrets Behind Their Success

Attracting and graduating minorities in large numbers, for-profit universities offer access, convenience and some risk.

August 22, 2007

Moving Forward

For some faculty displaced by Hurricane Katrina, relocating has been a mixed blessing, but others still long

August 22, 2007

Challenging Issues for Academia

Disparities in achievement and educating for a diverse culture are the focus of new books by leading scholars in education.

August 22, 2007

Grants & Gifts

The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation has awarded a $1 million grant to Brown University (R.I.), Rhode Island public schools and community organizations to support a nationwide initiative to increase college enrollment and graduation among low-income high school and community college students. The City College of New York and the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center have received […]

August 22, 2007

Professional Appointments

Dr. Mildred García has been named president of California State University-Domínguez Hills. She was most recently president of Berkeley College. García earned a bachelor’s from Bernard M. Baruch College, a master’s from New York University and a master’s and doctorate from Teachers College, Columbia University. Gayle Colston Barge has been appointed assistant vice chancellor […]

August 22, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Disappearing Acts: The Vanishing Black Male On Community College Campuses

Many consider community colleges “open door” institutions, denoting their unique role of providing an affordable and quality education for the masses.

August 22, 2007

Virginia Tech Panel: Increase Security, Establish Team to Monitor Students Posing Threats

BLACKSBURG, Va. Virginia Tech’s internal review of the campus massacre that left 33 people dead recommended Wednesday more monitoring of troubled students, classroom locks and other security measures.

August 21, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Cornel West Debates Michael Eric Dyson Over Use of the N-Word on New CD

Dr. Cornel West, one of the nation’s most recognized Black public intellectuals, this week released his second hip-hop CD, which he hopes helps bridge the gap between younger and older generations. The collaborative project featuring some of the biggest names in rap and R&B also includes a debate between West and Dr. Michael Eric Dyson over the use of the N-word.

August 20, 2007

U.S. Education Secretary Wooing Students from Brazil, Chile to Reverse Post 9/11 Decline

SAO PAULO, Brazil U.S. Education Secretary Margaret Spellings looks more like a college recruiter this week, traveling through South America with American university leaders to woo back international students spooked by lengthy visa delays linked to post-9/11 security.

August 20, 2007