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Study: Many Americans Experience Job Opportunity Loss for Not Having Academic Degree
One recent study, highlighting the role that many believe formal education plays in the workplace, reports that almost one in five (19 percent) Americans — which amounts to roughly 40 million adults in the United States — say they know someone at their current or past job who has been passed over for a job because they didn’t have the right academic degree.
August 17, 2008
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Arizona Law Has Undocumented Immigrants Dropping Out of College
Changing laws have made life tougher for undocumented immigrants in Arizona, including young people giving up dreams of college and better lives because they are unable to pay out-of-state tuition as required by voters.
August 17, 2008
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Fisk University Files Appeal to Sell Share of Art
Fisk University still wants to sell a share of an art collection that painter Georgia O’Keeffe donated to the school almost 60 years ago.
August 17, 2008
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A Chat With Dr. Carlton E. Brown
Clark Atlanta University’s new president, Dr. Carlton E. Brown, a veteran administrator from Hampton and Savannah State universities, recently spoke to Diverse about his vision for the institution and much more.
August 14, 2008
Community Colleges
North Carolina Officials Struggle Over Educating Undocumented Immigrants
In a state where the commitment to higher education extends all the way back to the founding of the nation¡¯s first public university in 1789, North Carolina¡¯s community colleges just can¡¯t seem to get past the politics of illegal immigration.
August 14, 2008
Opinion
Apologies Abound and CNN’s Black in America: The Inescapable Nexus
On July 28, in the year 2008, the United States House of Representatives, almost 150 years after the Emancipation Proclamation, passed H. Res. 194, offering a formal apology for the centuries-long, government-sanctioned enslavement of African Americans and for the generations of Jim Crow segregation and for the institutionalized discrimination that followed and that persists in […]
August 13, 2008
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Covenant House Institute Launched to Study Youth Homelessness
One of the largest privately funded organizations serving homeless, runaway and other at-risk youth in the United States and internationally has launched a multidisciplinary research institute in New York City.
August 13, 2008
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ACT Scores Down, But More Students College-ready
Average scores on the ACT college entrance exam dipped slightly for the high school class of 2008 as the number of students taking the exam jumped by 9 percent compared to last year.
August 13, 2008
HBCUs
Perspectives: Taking Full Advantage of Funding Opportunities
Many Black colleges have secured dollars for a variety of important initiatives, but one of the hurdles is just knowing which funding streams to tap.
August 13, 2008
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Community Colleges
NC Board to Discuss Admitting Immigrants
North Carolina community college leaders who will be meeting later this week plan to discuss whether to admit undocumented immigrants to degree programs after federal officials told the college system it was up to the state, a newspaper reported on Aug. 11.
August 12, 2008
Students
A Foot In Two Worlds
I appreciate the opportunity to be asked to participate in Diverse¡¯s ¡°The Academy Speaks¡± blog series but I have to admit that I am hesitant about what I have to offer.
August 12, 2008
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Cornell Professor Receives Grant to Explore Entrepreneurship
The Johnson School at Cornell University announced that Wesley Sine, assistant professor of management and organizations, received a grant from the Cisco Entrepreneur Institute, an initiative of Cisco Systems, Inc. focused on fostering entrepreneurship.
August 12, 2008
Health
La Raza Health-Care Program Awarded for Excellence
The Carreras en Salud program of the National Council of La Raza (NCLR), the largest national Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization in the United States, received the U.S. Department of Labor’s Recognition of Excellence Award for “tapping talents of special populations in the workforce” at the 2008 Workforce Innovations Conference on Aug. 6.
August 12, 2008
Native Americans
Mvskogee Creek Teacher Wins Writing Award
Michael Thompson, a member of the Mvskogee Creek tribe, received the Gold EXCEL Award for “Feature Article- Magazine” from the Society of National Association Publications (SNAP)., the New Mexico Department of Public Education announced.
August 12, 2008
Native Americans
United Tribes Adds Law-Enforcement Classes
The United Tribes Technical College will be adding classes in criminal justice and law enforcement and will have a Bureau of Indian Affairs officer stationed on campus by the end of August to teach and work with tribal communities in the region.
August 12, 2008
Native Americans
S.D. School of Mines Holds Geosciences Camps
The Institute of Atmospheric Sciences (IAS) at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, recently held four 5-day geosciences camps for middle and high school Native American students, the school announced.
August 12, 2008
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Doctoral Students Do Education Internships
Eulalia Gonzales, identified as Navajo/Mexican, works with teachers in the Services for Exceptional Students department in the Gallup McKinley County School District.
August 12, 2008
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Doctoral Students Do Education Internships
Eulalia Gonzales, identified as Navajo/Mexican, works with teachers in the Services for Exceptional Students department in the Gallup McKinley County School District.
August 12, 2008
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