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SREB Honors 500th Ph.D. Recipient from Doctoral Program
The SREB-State Doctoral Scholars Program honored Dr. Betina Cutaia Wilkinson as its 500th doctoral scholar at the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) annual meeting in West Virginia.
June 28, 2010
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Supreme Court Rules Law School Justified in Shunning Student Group That Barred Gays
An ideologically split Supreme Court ruled Monday that a law school can legally deny recognition to a Christian student group that won’t let gays join.
June 28, 2010
African-American
National Scholarship Program Rewards Academically Talented Black Students
The Ron Brown Scholars program provides financial and moral support for low-income yet high-achieving students of color with many attending elite institutions.
June 28, 2010
Opinion
Exposing the Myth: HBCUs and the Real World
Thousands of students are preparing to attend historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in August. But some of those students are on the receiving end of blows of ire from friends and family for choosing an HBCU. The loudest critique — HBCUs are not representative of the real world. As someone who attended an HBCU […]
June 27, 2010
Opinion
Teaching Outside the Classroom
A few years ago, I wrote an article with two of my students (Nia Haydel and Sibby Anderson-Thomkins) entitled Corridors and Coffee Shops: Teaching Outside the Classroom. The article focused on the teaching and learning that occurs when students and professors meet informally. Last week, I had a wonderful moment of teaching and learning with […]
June 27, 2010
Sports
Is Baseball Striking Out With Blacks?
During the 2010 College World Series, just eight of 269 baseball players on competing teams were African-American. Those numbers are disturbing to those who believe African-Americans have largely turned away from the sport.
June 27, 2010
Asian American Pacific Islander
Higher Education Summit on Asian and Pacific Americans Convened
More than 400 students, scholars and community leaders attended the daylong Washington summit, whose speakers included Kiran Ahuja, the executive director of the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.
June 27, 2010
African-American
Grambling Selects New President
Grambling State University has a new president, and he’s a familiar face with decades of experience at public universities around the country. Dr. Frank Pogue will be the school’s eighth president, after the University of Louisiana System board unanimously agreed to the appointment Friday.
June 27, 2010
Opinion
The Choice To Advocate
A recent Chronicle of Higher Education ‘Advice’ column featured an anonymous faculty member who is also a regular blogger under the moniker Female Science Professor. Her bio says that she is a physical scientist at a “large research university,” which is code for predominantly White university and of a certain institutional stature. Yet, even if […]
June 24, 2010
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Plan for Columbia Expansion Into West Harlem Upheld by New York State Court
New York’s top court on Thursday upheld a state redevelopment agency’s use of eminent domain so Columbia University can expand its Ivy League campus over 17 acres in West Harlem.
June 24, 2010
Community Colleges
Senate Committee Probes Financial Risk, Alleged Fraud Attributed to For-Profit Schools
For-profit institutions of higher education came under fire Thursday as the Department of Education’s inspector general, a former student, a Wall Street investor, and a former California deputy attorney general testified before a Senate committee.
June 24, 2010
Sports
HBCUs Struggle With Lag in Academic Progress by Student Athletes
The NCAA’s comprehensive academic reform measure, the Academic Progress Rate (APR), has—over its six-year existence—consistently meted out penalties to historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) at a disproportionate rate for Division I institutions.
June 24, 2010
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New Interreligious Theological University To Form in Massachusetts
Two theological schools, including the nation’s oldest Christian graduate seminary, announced Tuesday that they’re uniting to form a university to educate people of all religions.
June 23, 2010
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Opinion: Historic Challenges Demand Trained Leadership
Higher education must help the nation meet multiple challenges, but more must be done to develop leaders who are enlightened, focused and tough.
June 23, 2010
Asian American Pacific Islander
Advocates Work To Develop Asian Pacific American-serving Higher Education Sector
Eight institutions have obtained the federal designation of Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institution, a new category that recognizes schools where 10 percent or more of the student body are Asian American or Pacific Islander.
June 23, 2010
Native Americans
American Indians Grow Wary of Genetics Research
In the wake of the Havasupai-Arizona State University genetics research dispute, some tribes have opted out of participating in genetics research projects.
June 22, 2010
Asian American Pacific Islander
Spreading the Word on Asian American Diversity
Kiran Ahuja, a former litigator and an alumnus of a historically Black college, leads the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.
June 22, 2010
Community Colleges
Mississippi University for Women Bets on Online Education
The dean of the School of Professional Studies at the Mississippi University for Women (MUW) and director of its new e-college, says plans are in motion to make MUW a major player in the burgeoning online education movement.
June 22, 2010
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