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Oregon-based Minority Group to Offer White Students Aid
An Oregon group that represents minorities plans to offer scholarships for White college students to study race relations and help champion issues important to minorities.
February 8, 2010
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U.S. Colleges Recruit Hispanic Families Using Spanish
Some venerable American universities are trying to tap the booming pool of Hispanic students by offering Spanish translations of their admissions and financial aid material.
February 8, 2010
Students
Revised FAFSA Form Easing Financial Aid Process
The Obama administration unveiled the new FAFSA form recently in a visit to a high school in Washington, D.C., where U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan, Dr. Jill Biden and Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., attended the session.
February 8, 2010
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Trial to Start on Demotion of UW-Whitewater Dean
A trial expected to begin Monday will recall an ugly chapter at University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, when two Black administrators were each demoted within months for misusing university credit cards.
February 7, 2010
Students
La. College Commission Suggests Restructuring
The final list of recommendations from a higher education restructuring panel would shift the way dollars are divvied up among Louisiana’s public college campuses and reshuffle governance of the schools.
February 7, 2010
Opinion
For-profit Institutions and What Public Institutions Can Learn in Reaching Out to Latinos
For-profit institutions of higher education are viewed with disdain by many in higher education. I find them intriguing. Tracking the growing enrollment patterns of Latinos in higher education, it is also obvious that Latinos are more open to the opportunities presented by these institutions than other groups. As a policy analyst, I was very aware […]
February 4, 2010
Opinion
For-profit Institutions and What Public Institutions Can Learn in Reaching Out to Latinos
For-profit institutions of higher education are viewed with disdain by many in higher education. I find them intriguing. Tracking the growing enrollment patterns of Latinos in higher education, it is also obvious that Latinos are more open to the opportunities presented by these institutions than other groups. As a policy analyst, I was very aware […]
February 4, 2010
Latinx
Emerging Hispanic-Serving Institutions Must Adapt to Serve Latino Students, Report Says
Dozens of schools will qualify for “Hispanic-serving institution” (HSI) status in the coming years, but those colleges and universities must adapt their practices and policies to better serve Latino students, according to the Washington-based Excelencia in Education organization.
February 4, 2010
Leadership & Policy
Diversity a Winner in NFL Head Coach Hires; Minorities Gaining Modest Ground in College Ranks
While progress in minority head coach hiring in the NFL is on display with the fourth African-American leading a Super Bowl team this weekend, the college ranks have seen their less-than-stellar record in top coaching hires improve in recent months.
February 4, 2010
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Criminal Justice Scholar Dispels Racial Stereotypes
At Penn State Harrisburg, Dr. Shaun Gabbidon focuses primarily on three areas: racial profiling of consumers, the social-historical perspective of race and crime and African-American criminological thought.
February 4, 2010
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Judge Dismisses Suit Against AKA President and Sorority
A judge has thrown out a lawsuit by eight members of the nation’s oldest black sorority, who accused the group’s president of taking hundreds of thousands of dollars in improper compensation and spending sorority money on a wax statue of herself and other questionable purposes.
February 3, 2010
Leadership & Policy
Massachusetts Approves Public Law School
The Massachusetts Board of Higher Education has voted unanimously to accept the Southern New England School of Law’s offer to donate its campus, valued at $23 million, to the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth.
February 3, 2010
Leadership & Policy
Miss. HBCU Merger Proposal Halted; JSU President Faces Scrutiny
Public discussion in Mississippi has now moved from merging the three HBCUs to how to adequately fund them and, more recently, what the future holds for Jackson State President Ronald Mason.
February 3, 2010
Health
Grants And Gifts – Feb 4, 2010 Issue
The CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, COLLEGE OF STATEN ISLAND professors Dr. Maria Knikou and Dr. Zaghloul Ahmed received grants totaling $1.7 MILLION for spinal cord injury research from the New York State Department of Health, Wadsworth Center for Spinal Injury Research Board. Knikou was awarded $1.4 million for research on the neural mechanisms underlying […]
February 3, 2010
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On The Move – Feb 4, 2010 Issue
DR. CHRISTINE CLARK was named senior scholar for multicultural education and founding vice president for diversity and inclusion at University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Previously, Clark was executive director of the Offi ce of Human Relations Programs at UNLV. Clark earned a bachelor’s from Franklin & Marshall College and a master’s and doctorate from the […]
February 3, 2010
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Diverse Bookshelf – Putting Education on the Front Burner
For the ‘Father of Black History,’ the education of Blacks was the issue.
February 3, 2010
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February 3, 2010
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Retracing The Journey Through Hallowed Ground
Collaborating with Black historical societies and scholars, regional history project publishes African-American history volume on national heritage area.
February 3, 2010
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