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The graduate record – graduate record for colored students
To determine which institutions grant the most graduate and professional degrees to students of color, Black Issues In Higher Education relied on statistics provided by the U.S. Department of Education.
June 19, 2007
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Texas twister – Graduate Opportunities Program
In 1978, Sarita Brown told the dean of graduate studies at the University of Texas-Austin that the reason the university had so few minority graduate students was the fault of the university, not the lack of eligible candidates. A well-run program, she said, could bring in many more Black and Hispanic graduate students.
June 19, 2007
Students
… 3,000 and counting – educational aid to underrepresented students
Several years ago, a number of educators, after deciding there were not enough Latinos enrolled in graduate schools around the country, created a program called “Helping 500 U.S. Hispanic Students into Graduate Schools.”
June 19, 2007
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Gender gap – education of African Americans
Since the early 1980s, the American Council on Education (ACE) has been collecting and disseminating educational data annually on racial and ethnic minorities.Among its findings in 1996 is that students of color have posted significant gains in college enrollment and the number of degrees they earned — yet the picture is decidedly mixed for different racial and ethnic minority groups.
June 19, 2007
Students
Digging deeper for tuition
As if the assault on affirmative action hasn’t produced enough ominous clouds over higher education, the outlook for graduate and professional schools is becoming stormier than ever.
June 19, 2007
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Advocates Stunned By Proposed Pell Grant Freeze
An increase in the maximum Pell Grant next year is no sure thing yet under the Democratic Congress, especially if a new Senate bill gains approval.
June 19, 2007
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Students
Cash-for-grades Scam Highlights Dilemma For College Admissions
BERKELEY, Calif. News that dozens of community college students in the San Francisco Bay Area may have been hitting their checkbooks rather than textbooks in a cash-for-grades scam highlighted an academic dilemma: What to do about cheaters?
June 19, 2007
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Faculty & Staff
Flowers power – Lawrence and Lamont Flowers, two African American students at Virginia Commonwealth University – Cover Story
Lawrence and Lamont Flowers stand out in a crowd. Rail-thin and topping six feet, the identical twins share a shy streak and a strong bond that’s easy to spot.
June 19, 2007
Sports
Clemson hires former Georgia star
CLEMSON S.C. Former Georgia star Saudia Roundtree has joined the Clemson women’s basketball team as an assistant coach.
June 18, 2007
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Education: fault line or bridge? – excerpts from a speech by Bill Clinton
My grandfather just barely got out of grade school. My stepfather, who raised me, dropped out right before he got his high school diploma. I was the first person in my direct line to graduate from college.
June 18, 2007
HBCUs
Supreme Court ruling on VMI not a legal burden to HBCUs – Virginia Military Institute, historically Black colleges and universities
Historically Black colleges and universities probably won’t face another legal barrage now that the Supreme Court has eradicated single-gender education at Virginia Military Institute, discrimination law experts say.
June 18, 2007
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New affirmative action guidelines proposed – Justice Department Seeks Public Comment
The U.S. Justice Department has issued an unusual call for public comment on proposed new affirmative action guidelines.
June 18, 2007
Community Colleges
Tuition-free community colleges better than tax credit
Cap in hand and gown flowing, President William Jefferson Clinton made his bid to be the “education President” when he spoke recently at Princeton University. He offered a $1500 refundable tuition tax credit for students and their parents, and predicted that such a credit would make community college attendance essentially free.
June 18, 2007
Leadership & Policy
Prince George’s County: another ghetto in the making?
After U.S. Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas agreed to speak at an awards ceremony for a middle school in Maryland, Kenneth F. Johnson, a school board member, objected, saying Thomas’ views had no place in Prince George’s County MD, the fastest-growing Black jurisdiction in the country.
June 18, 2007
Community Colleges
System Allows Credits to Transfer Between Ivy Tech, Universities
INDIANAPOLIS A system that allows community-college students to transfer credits to the state’s seven public universities is nearly complete – a milestone in the decades-long effort to create transfer agreements that benefit students and their checkbooks.
June 18, 2007
Leadership & Policy
Alabama College President’s Indictment Leads to Internal Investigation of Two-Year System
MONTGOMERY Ala. Two-year colleges chancellor Bradley Byrne said n internal investigation has begun following the indictment of former Alabama Fire College President William Langston and will focus on the hiring of the director’s children.
June 18, 2007
Students
Settlement Ends Dispute Over N.J. College Newspaper Adviser’s Ouster
TRENTON, N.J. Trustees at a southern New Jersey community college have agreed to permanently reinstate a student newspaper faculty adviser whose removal had sparked protests from journalism groups and even criticism from a federal judge.
June 18, 2007
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Ironies & origins: affirmative action’s history key to informed debate
Many books have been written about affirmative action since it emerged on the scene some 30 years ago.
June 18, 2007
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