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College Students Want to Bring Concealed Guns to School
College students who say they’re powerless against campus attacks by gunmen want to push legislators and school administrators to let them arm themselves.
April 13, 2008
Native Americans
Native American, Indigenous Scholars Form New Interdisciplinary Association
During a three-day conference held at the University of Georgia this past weekend, Native American and indigenous scholars from around the world voted overwhelmingly to form what organizers say is the first-ever membership-based, interdisciplinary, scholarly association.
April 13, 2008
Faculty & Staff
AAUP Report on Faculty Salaries Asks “Where Are the Priorities?”
Faculty members’ salaries nationwide are not keeping up with inflation, while head football coaches, college presidents and other high level universities official are seeing a significant rise in pay, says a report by the American Association of University Professors.
April 13, 2008
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Catholic college in Chicago shut down indefinitely after threats found in dorm
Officials of a Catholic liberal arts college shut it down indefinitely and told students to leave campus after threatening messages were found scrawled in the bathroom of a freshman dorm.
April 13, 2008
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Perspectives: Obama Can’t Use Race as a Positive Campaign Note
Unlike Hillary Clinton who can use the historical possibilities of becoming the first woman president as a positive campaign note, Obama can’t use his “first” in a racially polarized nation.
April 13, 2008
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India’s Top Court Upholds Government Affirmative Action Plan for Lower-caste Students
NEW DELHI  India’s top court on Thursday upheld an affirmative action program reserving more than a quarter of the seats at the country’s top government-funded schools for members of the lower castes. The Supreme Court, however, ruled that lower-caste students belonging to financially well-off families should not be allowed to benefit from the program. A […]
April 10, 2008
Health
Virginia Tech Families Reach $11M Settlement
Most families of victims of the mass shootings at Virginia Tech have agreed to an $11 million state settlement that will compensate families who lost loved ones, pay survivors’ medical costs and avoid a court battle over whether anyone besides the gunman was to blame.
April 10, 2008
Asian American Pacific Islander
Judging the Moral Character of Black and Hispanic Children
Examining the academic achievement disparities in K-12 education between Black and Hispanic students compared to White and Asian students is not a science, however the study of moral and ethical disparities that exist between the same groups could be groundbreaking and controversial.
April 10, 2008
Students
Perspectives: The Diversity Project Provides a Different Look at Professional Development
What happens when teachers from a mostly White, suburban district and a predominantly minority urban school visit each other’s school district and share ideas about education, attended diversity seminars and worked with students throughout the experience? A new model for professional development regarding diversity emerges.
April 10, 2008
Professional Development
Students
Colleges in Washington State Launch Student Mental Health Programs
High-profile campus killings spur the creation of mental health teams at colleges across Washington state. The goal is to watch troubled students.
April 9, 2008
Community Colleges
Galliher Not Target Of Alabama Two-Year College System Probe
State Rep. Blaine Galliher said he has been told by federal prosecutors that he is not a target of the investigation of the state’s two-year college system.
April 9, 2008
Disabilties
National Advisory Panel Report Multiplies Questions About Math Instruction
The National Mathematics Advisory Panel (NMAP), created by the U.S. Department of Education in 2006 at President Bush’s urging, released its final report last month, which raises more questions than provides answers on the best practices of math instruction.
April 9, 2008
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More Needs to Be Done to Make Minority Students Financially Literate, Panel Says
Black and Hispanic households are less knowledgeable about their options for financing college, resulting in reduced access to higher education opportunities, said a panel of experts Wednesday at a forum sponsored by the Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education and the Council for Opportunity in Education.
April 9, 2008
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House Committee Approves Bill To Shore Up Student Loans
The House Education Committee on Wednesday approved a bill that would allow the Department of Education to buy federally guaranteed student loans from private lenders unable to sell them.
April 9, 2008
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Bridging Purpose With Practice in Teaching
To prepare students for lives of civic engagement and economic responsibility, the professoriate must create a modern education structure that integrates liberal arts teaching practices and professional training.
April 9, 2008
Latinx
Minority Doctors Underrepresented in California, Study Finds
A new report finds a “vast ethnic disparity in the state’s physician workforce, particularly for Latinos and African Americans,” when compared to the distribution of minority groups in the state’s population.
April 8, 2008
Latinx
Seminar on Border Relations Puts Spotlight on University of Arizona
United States and Mexican experts are attending a seminar this week at the University of Arizona on issues facing Arizona and trends along the border, the university announced.
April 8, 2008
Latinx
Book Lets Latino Dropouts in Rural Areas Tell Their Stories
A new book, Latino Dropouts in Rural America: Realities and Possibilities, allows former high school students from rural communities in Idaho to tell their own stories about why they left school.
April 8, 2008
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