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College Board Planning Website Unveiled
The College Board unveiled a new website on Tuesday that one executive hailed as the most comprehensive college planning tool available online.
April 9, 2012
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Conference: Wake Forest to Examine Value of College Education
The “Rethinking Success” conference is scheduled to start Wednesday with a keynote address from former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and run through Friday.
April 9, 2012
International
Spreading Hope in Haiti through Music
Young American musicians, such as Lawrence University’s Sam Golter, have been teaching music to Haitian youth in the island nation, which is still recovering from a massive earthquake in January 2010.
April 9, 2012
African-American
An Appreciation: Architect John Chase Desegregated University of Texas
The first African-American to enroll as a student at the University of Texas-Austin, the late John Chase, went on to become an accomplished architect who designed, among hundreds of structures, buildings at UT-Austin and Texas Southern University.
April 9, 2012
African-American
Howard University Resumes Sports; Investigation Continues
Howard says its spring sports teams have resumed competition after a temporary halt because of possible NCAA rules violations.
April 8, 2012
Asian American Pacific Islander
Commentary: Oikos Rampage Could Have Been Avoided
If only alleged shooter One L. Goh knew to seek help, or had someone to turn to, then perhaps maybe the Oikos University shootings could have been avoided, journalist Emil Guillermo writes.
April 8, 2012
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Illinois University Dialogue Assesses African-American Impact on Civil War
The last discussion in Civil War history talks at Western Illinois University hashed out the implications, both successes and shortcomings, that the Civil War had in terms of the struggle for African-Americans coming from post-slavery, through the Civil Rights era, to the election of a Black president.
April 8, 2012
Community Colleges
Students Angry over Pricey Courses Pepper-sprayed
The dozens of student protesters who were pepper-sprayed by police at a California community college this week weren’t just angry about not getting into a meeting of school trustees.
April 5, 2012
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Commentary: Seeing History – Students Against Mass Incarceration at Howard
As a historian of Black student activism, I am seeing something historic taking place at Howard University with the formation of Students Against Mass Incarceration, writes SUNY professor Ibram H. Rogers.
April 5, 2012
African-American
Historically Black Law Schools Stay the Course on Social Justice Mission
Historically Black law schools stick to their original mission while modifying curriculums to remain relevant during tough economic times.
April 5, 2012
Sports
Howard University Investigates Possible NCAA Rules Violations
Howard University has prevented some of its athletes from competing while the school investigates what it said Wednesday were possible violations of NCAA rules.
April 4, 2012
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FAMU Trustees to Consider Anti-hazing Rule
Florida A&M University trustees are considering new rules regarding hazing, as well as a potential dress standard for students.
April 4, 2012
African-American
FAMU May Enter Football Season Without Famed Band
Florida A&M University’s famed Marching 100 band, which has performed at Super Bowls and entertained presidents, may not be playing anytime soon and the university is weighing options for the coming football season.
April 4, 2012
Students
N.C. Central Implements Sweeping Cost-Cutting Plan
Restructuring at North Carolina Central University — announced in February as being “most comprehensive” — involves the merging or phasing out of more than a dozen academic programs.
April 4, 2012
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In Recognition of Our Poets
In recognition of April as National Poetry Month and Celebrate Diversity Month, we note that among those honored at the National Black Writers Conference on March 31 were two African American poets. They are Ishmael Reed, known for his poetry and other forms of writing, and Nikki Giovanni, long cherished for her poetic gifts. It was an evening that brought together some of the most gifted black poets of the last half-century.
April 3, 2012
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Police: Calif. Suspect Looked for Oikos University Administrator
Oakland Police Chief Howard Jordan said at a news conference on Tuesday morning that 43-year-old One L. Goh began randomly shooting people after learning the administrator was not there.
April 3, 2012
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Learning Communities: More to It Than Just Pairing Courses
Through the national movement, Achieving the Dream, an initiative to improve student success and equality, the college proposed to expand the learning communities program called Learning in Community to close the performance gaps in student achievement.
April 3, 2012
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Conference Engages Participants on Race, Gender and Class
The 13th annual White Privilege Conference, which drew a diverse crowd of 1,500 last month, held more than 120 presentations and discussions that seemed to resonate in light of the controversial Trayvon Martin case.
April 3, 2012
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