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N.H. Catholic College Wants Twice the Diversity

St. Anselm College, a Roman Catholic college here, wants to double the enrollment of Hispanics, African-Americans and other minorities.

November 11, 2008

Online Bookseller Targets Spanish-Only Market

Its new consumer web site, http://www.librerialectorum.com/ will be the largest U.S. online bookstore operating exclusively in Spanish, Lectorum Publications announced.

November 11, 2008

Perspectives: Increasing Access and Relevance in Distance Education

Distance education is now well-accepted as high-quality higher education, although as with traditional campuses, the quality of different programs varies widely.

November 11, 2008

Leadership & Policy

Indiana University Panel Won’t Remove Segregationist’s Name

The chairman of an Indiana University committee says the panel will recommend adding a Black basketball player’s name to a gymnasium named after a longtime trustee who advocated racial segregation in the 1940s.

November 11, 2008

V is for Victory. So is IX.

V is for Victory. So is IX. is a national campaign to increase the effectiveness of Title IX. Enacted in 1972, Title IX is a federal law addressing equality in education, academics and sports. The campaign is being launched by the Women’s Sports Foundation, the Women’s Law Project of Philadelphia, the California Women’s Law […]

November 10, 2008

Harvard seeking spending cuts amid economic crisis

Harvard University is considering spending cuts because the economic slowdown may reduce federal grants and the school’s substantial endowment, President Drew Faust said Monday. Harvard’s endowment posted an 8.6 percent return and grew to $36.9 billion in the fiscal year that ended June 30. The school, however, lost 12.7 percent on its U.S. stock portfolio […]

November 10, 2008

Leadership & Policy

Hispanics Flex Political Muscle for Choice Obama Appointments

Hispanic advocacy groups are pressing hard to get President-elect Barack Obama to name unprecedented numbers of Hispanics to his administration.

November 10, 2008

Good Grades & Graduation Equals Home Ownership at Paul Quinn College

Paul Quinn College, one of the oldest historically Black colleges in Dallas, will help build a house for one of its top-notch students.

November 10, 2008

Leading Higher Education Association Launches Veterans’ Initiative

As U.S. higher education prepares for the expansion of federal benefits for American service members effective Aug. 1, 2009, the Washington, D.C.-based American Council on Education is promoting educational opportunity awareness and helping institutions serve veterans on their campuses.

November 10, 2008

Leadership & Policy

Hill Harper Encourages Financial Fitness Among HBCU Students

The critically acclaimed actor and New York Times best-selling author, Hill Harper worked tirelessly to advance the cause of change for his friend and former classmate, President-elect Barack Obama.

November 9, 2008

Community Colleges

Ward Connerly Dealt A Loss in Colorado; Nebraska reviews new law

Colorado voters narrowly rejected banning affirmative action at public colleges and universities.

November 9, 2008

Baylor Denounces Noose in Tree on Election Day

Baylor University officials said they are investigating an apparent noose hanging from a tree the day Barack Obama was elected the nation’s first Black president.

November 9, 2008

America Is Saying ‘Yes We Can’ Because of President-elect Barack Obama

Six years ago many of us could not really say with any authority that we had heard of Barack Obama. Our first real glimpse of him came as he delivered a keynote address at the Democratic National Convention held four years ago. After hearing him speak that evening at the convention, I knew that he […]

November 6, 2008

Obama Administration could mean more money, scrutiny

With the Obama era fast approaching in the nation’s capital, postsecondary education advocates are preparing for an onslaught of new legislation while also making plans to deal with new leadership at the U.S. Education Department.

November 6, 2008

State Postsecondary Education Research

U.S. accepts Black President, struggles with other social advances

Americans made history this week by electing their first Black president while banning affirmative action and gay marriage at the same time.

November 6, 2008

Colorado Rejects Banning Affirmative Action

Colorado voters narrowly rejected banning affirmative action at public colleges and universities.

November 6, 2008

No Retreat on Affirmative Action Under Obama, Black Think Tank Predicts

An administration under President-elect Barack Obama will protect race-based affirmative action in education and employment, political pundits said at a post-election analysis discussion convened Wednesday at the nation’s leading think tank on African-American affairs.

November 5, 2008

African-American

Democrats Gain in Dixie, but Racial Divide Remains

Barack Obama hardly marched across the South like General William T. Sherman, who accepted the surrender of the Conferedate armies in the Carolinas, Georgia and Florida in 1865. But he certainly made some inroads.

November 5, 2008