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Students
Drinking Games Prove Deadly to College Students
On the morning after the house party on Johnson Street, Jenna Foellmi and several other twentysomethings lay sprawled on the beds and couches.
July 7, 2008
Opinion
An Obama Presidency and the Color of Fear
Barack Obama’s meteoric rise has caused joy for some, dismay for others and racial repellency for some Whites. Among those who are both overjoyed and nauseated at the same time are White supremacists and other hate groups. “I haven’t seen this much anger in a long, long time,” Russellville, Arkansas’ Billy Roper, a 36-year-old who […]
July 6, 2008
Latinx
Congressional Proposal Seeks to Increase Study Abroad Participation
Legislation would lessen financial barriers that prevent low-income, minority students from participating in foreign exchange programs.
July 6, 2008
Community Colleges
Tuition Break for Some Kansas Undocumented Immigrants Stands
Critics of a law giving some undocumented immigrants a tuition break at state universities and colleges are promising to keep challenging it, despite a recent legal setback from the U.S. Supreme Court.
July 6, 2008
Opinion
Not Just One Dark Body: Scaling the Intercultural Mountain in the HBCU Classroom
It is no secret that classrooms at historically Black colleges and universities are becoming increasingly culturally diverse, both with regard to faculty and students. More and more, international students and faculty contribute in a singularly significant way to this heterogeneous mélange. Whether they hail from the African continent, the Caribbean, South or Latin America, or […]
July 2, 2008
Students
Community College Pilot Programs Administer Immediate Aid to Students With Financial Emergencies
For many community college students living on tight budgets, an increase in rent, car repair expenses, unanticipated textbook costs and even running out of bus fare to get to school can derail their college education.
July 2, 2008
Students
Commuter Colleges Go Residential, Gain Enrollment
The neighborhood around Georgia State University was for years a maze of boarded up storefronts, aging buildings and parking lots that emptied at the close of each day.
July 2, 2008
Leadership & Policy
Princeton Forms Diversity Council for Staff Related Diversity Matters
Princeton University has formed a new Diversity Council to advise the offices of the provost and executive vice president on staff-related diversity matters.
July 2, 2008
Home
Scholars Selected to Receive 2008 Fletcher Fellowships
The annual fellowship program established by financial executive Alphonse Fletcher, Jr. to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decision, Brown v. Board of Education, has named four scholars as 2008 Alphonse Fletcher, Sr. Fellows, Fletcher announced Tuesday.
July 2, 2008
Home
U.S. Politicians Find Ways to Play on Racial Fears
A Republican congressional candidate in a majority-White Mississippi district runs ads trying to tie his Democratic rival with Barack Obama’s former pastor, seen by some as an anti-White firebrand.
July 2, 2008
Students
Students Learning English Are Isolated in Poor Schools, Study Finds
Gaps in test scores narrow when students who have not mastered English are not isolated in low-achieving schools, according to a new report from the Pew Center for English-Language learning.
July 1, 2008
Latinx
Preschool Helps Close Achievement Gap
Attending a high-quality preschool gives minority students an academic edge as they prepare to enter kindergarten, according to a new study released in June by the independent nonprofit research organization RAND Corp.
July 1, 2008
Home
Librarians Call for More Black Males in Field
Librarians issued a clarion call for substantially more Black males in their field this past weekend at the American Library Association’s annual conference in Anaheim, Calif.
July 1, 2008
Home
Might Obama’s Success Undercut Affirmative Action?
Barack Obama’s political success might claim an unintended victim: affirmative action, a much-debated policy he supports.
July 1, 2008
Opinion
Accreditation of Black Colleges: Future Success?
On Thursday, June 26, 2008, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) removed Florida A & M University (FAMU) from its list of institutions on accreditation probation.  The historically Black institution seems primed for success, with President James Ammons including all of the campus constituents in his plan for the future of the institution.  Since Black colleges […]
June 30, 2008
Native Americans
Traditional Languages in Danger, Minnesota Lawmaker Says
A Minnesota state senator says American Indian languages could become extinct unless language- immersion programs are renewed.
June 30, 2008
Asian American Pacific Islander
Obama’s Asian-American Half Sister Helps Him Reach Out to Other Asian-Americans
The throng of Asian-American donors drew closer, drinks in hand, to hear Barack Obama’s sister describe the wide arc of his life: beyond politics and Chicago, into his childhood in Indonesia and Hawaii.
June 30, 2008
Students
Blacks Given ‘Ghetto’ Names in SoCal Yearbook
Phony “ghetto” names were printed under a yearbook photo of Black Student Union members, leaving some angry Charter Oak High School students and parents calling for an apology and a reprint.
June 30, 2008
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