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Other People’s Children: Cultural Conflict in the Classroom. – book reviews
Other People’s Children: Cultural Conflict in the Classroom, By Lisa Delpit, New Press, New York, NY, 1995, 216 pp. $21.00 hardcover.
June 15, 2007
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2004: Maryland’s reform odyssey – educational reform – includes related article – Recruitment & retention
BALTIMORE, MD When states first began requiring students to meet minimum course requirements and pass competency tests before graduating high school, some educators worried that the new standards would cause students — especially minority and disadvantaged students — to fail at higher rates and drop out more often than was already the case.
June 15, 2007
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On Dovey’s wings: former employees sue Howard University for $136.5 million – Recruitment & Retention
WASHINGTON Attorney Dovey J. Roundtree loves her alma mater.
June 15, 2007
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Leadership & Policy
U.S. gives Ohio time to improve Central State University – Recruitment & Retention
WASHINGTON The U.S. Office of Civil Rights (OCR) announced recently that it will postpone further investigation into federal Civil Rights Act violations by the state of Ohio and instead allow them time to devise a plan that will satisfy the U.S. Department of Education and address the financial crisis at Central State University.
June 15, 2007
Leadership & Policy
Embattled Jackson State President seeks promised funds for deficit – James Lyons, Sr – Recruitment & Retention
JACKSON, MS Beleaugered Jackson State University President James Lyons Sr. has asked the state legislature to erase a third of a university deficit that could exceed $3 million.
June 15, 2007
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Higher education programs got a partial reprieve recently when Congress and the Clinton administration declared a truce in their budget battle and provided important funding, along with student aid guidelines that will last through mid-March.
June 15, 2007
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Getting to the ‘real information.’ – the Student-Right-to-Know Act and colleges and universities academic profile – Recruitment & Retention
Five years after the Student-Right-to-Know Act went into effect, there are still concerns about reporting requirements and how they should be compared.
June 15, 2007
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Back to the ‘schoolhouse.’ – James Hood returns to University of Alabama for a doctorate degree – Recruitment & Retention
When James Hood integrated the University of Alabama under the watchful eye of a national television audience in 1963, education was the farthest career from his mind. He was planning to earn a degree, enter a seminary and become a minister. More than three decades later, Hood has returned to the university where he and Vivian Malone, the other Black student who enrolled with him, defied then Gov. George Wallace’s pledge to prevent desegregation efforts to earn a doctorate degree and to continue to nurture his love of education. That love has been focused for many years on community college education.
June 15, 2007
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Former labor secretary to join Brandeis – Robert B. Reich for post of professor at Brandeis University
WALTHAM, Mass. Outgoing Labor Secretary Robert B. Reich Brandeis University.
June 15, 2007
Health
Gene bashing – dilemma of black geneticists working on the National Institute of Health’s Human Genome Project
Black Scientists on Prestigious Genome Project Voice Concerns.
June 15, 2007
Leadership & Policy
The Citadel subpoenas women who left
CHARLESTON, S.C. — The Citadel has subpoenaed two female cadets who left the college alleging they were hazed by male cadets, the military school’s president said.
June 15, 2007
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Dos culturas, one pedagogy: teaching history from black and Hispanic perspectives – efforts to raise ethnic identity amongst the Mexican and African Americans in Texas – Cover Story
Teaching History From Black and Hispanic Perspectives.
June 15, 2007
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Oakland amends Ebonics resolution – Oakland School Board
OAKLAND, Calif. The seven-member Oakland School Board voted unanimously on January 15 to support an amended version of the controversial Ebonics resolution that it originally passed on December 18, 1996. With the amendment process complete, the board and others in the school district hope to be removed from the national media spotlight.
June 15, 2007
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Common sense and diversity: why are cultural differences disguised as ‘maladjustments’?a
Why are Cultural Differences Disguised as `Maladjustments’?
June 15, 2007
Students
Birth of an institution – the Normal School, Tuskegee, Alabama
Dear Friends: I arrived here four weeks ago. Instead of finding my work in a low marshy country as I expected, I find Tuskegee a beautiful town, with a high and healthy location. It is a town such as one rarely sees in the South. Its quiet shady streets and tasteful and rich dwellings remind one of a New England village. After my arrival I had one week in which to prepare for the opening of the Normal School. I utilized this time in seeing the teachers and others who wished to enter the school, and in getting a general idea of my work and the people. Sunday, I spoke in both churches to the people about the school, and told all who wished to enter to come and see me at my boarding place during the week. About thirty persons called and had their names enrolled, others called whose names, for various reasons, I could not enroll. With the young people many of the parents came. I was particularly impressed with the desire of the parents to educate their children, whatever might be the sacrifice.
June 15, 2007
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The six-week black focus: spread it around – National Black History Month – Column
From the Jan. 15 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. national holiday to the end of Black History Month in February, Black folks are in vogue on campus. There are events to commemorate King’s birthday and forums, symposia and exhibits to highlight Black historical, cultural and social events. As one of the people who is frequently blessed by being asked to visit campuses to talk about economics, politics and current affairs, I am often both amazed and amused at what happens on some campuses in the name of King and African-American history.
June 15, 2007
African-American
American culture’s African roots
A professor of dance at Temple University, Brenda Dixon Gottschild draws upon her expertise in that discipline as a springboard to explore a multifaceted phenomenon: the substantial African and African American intertwining with “dominant” (read white) American culture.
June 15, 2007
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Community Colleges
Angry & determined: we need an open dialogue on race – excerpt from James D. Tschechtelin’s speech, president of Baltimore City Community College – Transcript
The following is excerpted from a recent address given by Dr. James D. Tschechtelin, president of Baltimore City Community College.
June 15, 2007
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