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Appreciation: Murry DePillars, 1938-2008
I met Dr. Murry DePillars shortly after I began working at Virginia Commonwealth Union in July 1979.
June 18, 2008
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Judge Approves $11 Million Settlement For Most Families of Victims in Virginia Tech Shootings
A judge on Tuesday approved an $11 million state settlement with families of most of the victims in last year’s Virginia Tech slayings that will avoid a court battle over whether anyone but the gunman was to blame.
June 17, 2008
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UNC Administrator Named DSU Provost
Delaware State University says Harry Lee Williams, administrator at the University of North Carolina, has accepted the position of provost.
June 17, 2008
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Most Hispanic Students Say College Too Costly
About half of Hispanic high school students in Indiana would be the first in their families to attend college, and most feel they can’t afford a higher education, according to a new survey.
June 17, 2008
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Former Professor Accused of Ga. Contract Killing of Son’s Wife
Theirs was a whirlwind relationship: The 18-year-old running his dad’s hotel in Kentucky and the 20-year-old Atlanta native hired as a clerk.
June 17, 2008
Latinx
Latino Voters Reward Education Candidates, Machinists Survey Says
Latino voters would reward any presidential candidate who pushes for vocational and technical education, according to a poll conducted for the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM), which represents 720,000 active and retired members nationally.
June 17, 2008
Disabilties
Creating an Atmosphere of Acceptance
When it comes to learning disabilities, minority students are often misdiagnosed.
June 17, 2008
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African-American
Black Colleges Still Lacking Ph.D. African-American Studies Program
As African-American studies disciplinarians celebrate the expansion and 20-year anniversary of African American doctoral studies this year, some are wondering when there will be a similar development at historically Black colleges and universities.
June 17, 2008
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Leadership & Policy
The College Board Says SAT Writing Section Is More Predictive of College Success Than High School GPA for Minorities
The writing portion of the SAT, added three years ago, is the best predictor of college performance for incoming college freshmen, according to a new report released by the College Board, owner of the SAT.
June 17, 2008
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Analysis: Law Schools Growing, But Jobs Aren’t
To hear many students tell it, law school is a guaranteed ticket to a well-paying career.
June 17, 2008
Students
Hispanic Scholars, Students Pressure Princeton for Latino Studies Program
For more than 30 years, students have been urging the administration to bring Latino studies to Princeton University.
June 16, 2008
HBCUs
Andrew Carnegie and Race
A financial supporter of Tuskegee Institute and Hampton University, Andrew Carnegie believed deeply in the cause of Negro education and saw slavery as blight on the country’s “triumphant democracy,” but he failed to address the terrorist acts visited upon Blacks in the South of lynching, sharecropping and Jim Crow laws. However, author David Nasaw also provides the complexities of Carnegie’s thinking on race and race relations in the United States.
June 16, 2008
Opinion
New Books Related To Black Colleges
Recently, there have been several new books published related to historically Black colleges and universities.  I suggest that you check them out.  They include: Joy Ann Williamson’s Radicalizing the Ebony Tower: Black Colleges and the Black Freedom Struggle in Mississippi (New York: Teachers Colleges Press, 2008).  Joy is a dynamic professor at the University of […]
June 15, 2008
Opinion
Black Colleges Continue to Provide An Excellent Education
Historically black colleges and universities have been educating students, the majority of them being African American, for centuries now.  I am a graduate of Johnson C. Smith University located in Charlotte, N.C.  There are hundreds of graduates of HBCUs who have achieved prominence at every level.  The employment landscape is full of men and women […]
June 15, 2008
Opinion
“Best and Brightest” Seek a Nurturing Environment at HBCUs
This past week Diverse: Issues in Higher Education ran a story about a 14-year old kid who scored a 30 on the ACT.  Despite being courted by Stanford, Harvard, Yale and Princeton, Polite Stewart Jr., decided to attend a Black college – Southern University at Baton Rouge.   Interestingly, when asked why he chose to […]
June 15, 2008
Recruitment & Retention
Union Delays Call to Oust Cheyney President
A union representing support staff at Cheyney University that had planned to call for the school president’s ouster has agreed instead to meet with her to review concerns.
June 15, 2008
Health
UC To Consider Taking Over Troubled South LA Hospital
The University of California is considering undertaking the monumental task of re-opening an inner-city public hospital that was largely shut down after years of negligence and patient deaths.
June 15, 2008
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Freshmen Enrollment Dips at Nevada Universities
Overall enrollment of first-time freshmen dropped at Nevada’s two universities after tougher admission standards took effect in 2006, with minorities including Alaska Natives affected the most, the Board of Regents was told.
June 15, 2008
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