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Community Colleges
Obama Lays Out Community College Plan at Campaign Stop
U.S. Sen. Barack Obama detailed a plan to strengthen community colleges, including making community college free for some Americans, during a campaign stop Saturday in central Wisconsin.
February 20, 2008
Community Colleges
Legislator Targeted Amid Alabama Two-year College System Probe
State Rep. Todd Greeson says his office at Northeast Alabama Community College was visited by federal agents who subpoenaed co-workers in a probe of Alabama’s two-year college system.
February 20, 2008
Students
Yale Plans for Biggest Expansion in Decades
NEW HAVEN, Conn.  Yale University is moving forward with plans to build two residential colleges, an expansion that could create the largest increase in the student body since the Ivy League college began admitting women in 1969. Yale President Richard Levin sent a statement to faculty and students this week citing the benefits of the […]
February 20, 2008
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Columbia University Professor Accused of Plagiarism Charges Racism in Probe
NEW YORK A Columbia University Teachers College professor whose colleagues found a noose hanging from her office door is now being accused of plagiarism, a charge she says is part of efforts to intimidate her because she is Black. The school said Wednesday it imposed sanctions against Dr. Madonna G. Constantine following an investigation that […]
February 20, 2008
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The New Genealogy
It’s leading Americans to discover their multiracial roots.
February 20, 2008
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Spectrum’s Own ‘Emergency Teacher’
Devoted Diverse readers may recall that former senior editorChristina Asquith spearheaded thecreation of the Spectrum section in the magazine in 2006.
February 20, 2008
Community Colleges
All In The Family
Last February, associate editor Toni Coleman looked into whether DNA tracing was an expensive waste of time, given the increasing popularity of African-Americans setting out to learn their African lineage.
February 20, 2008
Home
More Americans Are Discovering Theirs Multiracial Roots
Genealogical Web sites and genetic ancestry testing allow more people to trace their multiracial backgrounds.
February 20, 2008
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The New Genealogy
It’s leading Americans to discover their multiracial roots.
February 20, 2008
HBCUs
Alumni Giving To HBCUs Declined in 2007
Charitable contributions to colleges and universities increased in 2007, while alumni giving decreased, including a 6 percent drop at historically Black colleges and universities, according to a report released by the Council for Aid to Education (CAE).
February 20, 2008
Leadership & Policy
University of Connecticut Hopes to Start Offering Black Studies Major in Fall
Students at the state’s flagship university will be able to earn degrees in the study of Black history and culture starting this fall if a state board approves the school’s plans.
February 20, 2008
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Cover Letters That Talk
For hiring managers, the age of poring over repetitious, lackluster cover letters and résumés could soon be coming to an end with the advent of video introductions (VINTROs), according to www.HireMeNow.com, a temporary and contract employment marketplace. A survey conducted by the Web site in December of 2007 revealed that over 80 percent of hiring […]
February 19, 2008
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Library of Congress Receives Historic Addition
The Library of Congress received a substantial addition to its collection of civil rights movement resources last month from the family of James Forman, who served as the executive secretary for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee from 1961 to 1966. In a ceremony that took place in the library’s Jefferson Building, Forman’s sons, James Jr. […]
February 19, 2008
African-American
Getting to Know Dr. David Ikard
Dr. David Ikard’s recent book, Breaking the Silence:Toward a Black Male Feminist Criticism (LSU Press), has not only generated buzz within academia but has made its way onto the pop culture scene because of its insightful analysis of the writings of such literary giants as Toni Morrison, Walter Mosley and Toni Cade Bambara. But it […]
February 19, 2008
Community Colleges
How One Community College Gave Displaced Factory Workers the Confidence to Enroll
PROBLEM A few years ago, hundreds of displaced factory workers in southern Iowa were looking for training to reintegrate into the workforce when the Exide Battery Corp., closed shop in the area and they were laid off. ACTION Community leaders, administrators from Southeastern Community College in Burlington, Iowa, and displaced workers gathered to come up […]
February 19, 2008
Students
Suffering the Borrowing Blues
Proprietary schools likely to be most affected by lenders’ retreat from high-risk student loans, officials say.
February 19, 2008
Faculty & Staff
Descendant of University of Missouri Founder Creates Slavery Atonement Fund
Endowment will help support research into the impact, effects of slavery in the United States.
February 19, 2008
Native Americans
Stalemate Persists Over American Indian Remains at UC Museum
Native groups want more control over repatriation process.
February 19, 2008
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