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Sports
Female College Referee to be First Woman to Officiate NFL Game
Shannon Eastin will become the first female to officiate an NFL game when she works as a line judge for the Green Bay at San Diego preseason match Thursday night.
August 7, 2012
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Survey Reveals Depth of Religious, Political Diversity among Millennials
Today’s 18-to-29-year olds grapple with ideas of race, politics and religion in new study.
August 7, 2012
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Affirmative Action Argument by University of Texas Draws Praise, Invites Criticism
In a brief filed in the affirmative action case before the U.S. Supreme Court, the University of Texas at Austin defends diversity but denies that race is being used in any way that puts a person from a particular race at a disadvantage.
August 7, 2012
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Pharmacy College Targets Minority High School Students in Summer Programs
St. Louis College of Pharmacy offers summer programs for high school students to address minority underrepresentation in pharmacy.
August 6, 2012
African-American
APLU’s Lorenzo Esters to Join Kentucky State University
At the Association for Public and Land-grant Universities, Dr. Lorenzo L. Esters applied ‘vigor and excitement” to the task of broadening higher education access and opportunities for minority and other underrepresented students.
August 6, 2012
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Faith 101
Interfaith initiatives on campuses around the country promote religious tolerance.
August 6, 2012
African-American
St. Augustine’s Change Goes Beyond Its Name
Academic changes at St. Augustine’s College prompt a rebranding.
August 5, 2012
African-American
Activist Attorney Calls for ‘Militant’ Action Against Injustices in Public Education
Young students are best suited to wage the battle for public education—and against the expansion of charter schools—and large-scale integration of the nation’s public schools should be a paramount goal in the fight.
August 5, 2012
Community Colleges
Southern University System Finds Creative Way To Attract Students
As part of a new enrollment plan developed by the Southern University System, Southern University at Shreveport, La., a community college, will operate satellite locations on the Baton Rouge and New Orleans campuses.
August 5, 2012
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Pennsylvania Colleges Work to Make Student IDs Sufficient to Vote
Colleges in Pennsylvania are working to ensure students can use campus identification cards to cast ballots in the fall election, even as a judge weighs whether to toss the state’s controversial new voting law.
August 2, 2012
Latinx
Schools Producing Latino STEM Graduates Highlighted in Report
Institutions that produce the most Latino graduates in the STEM fields were singled out for recognition Thursday in a report hailed as a guide for other colleges and universities that are looking to achieve similar results.
August 2, 2012
Community Colleges
Colleges Freeze, Reduce Tuition as Public Balks at Further Price Hikes
After three decades of tuition hikes that have outpaced inflation and increases in family income, students, families, legislators and governing boards are demanding a halt.
August 2, 2012
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Going Global
Legions of athletes gathered from all over the globe for the 2012 Olympics should serve as a visual reminder of just how diverse the world is.
August 1, 2012
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Online University Skews West Virginia Enrollment Numbers
An online-only private university headquartered in the Eastern Panhandle is skewing West Virginia’s college enrollment numbers, a state higher education official has said.
August 1, 2012
African-American
Commentary: The Black Church – Not a Monolith
It is quite parochial and wrongheaded to purport that the Black church, as if a monolith, is responsible for a diminution of progressive social action by African-Americans, contends Illya Davis, a lecturer of philosophy and religion at Clark Atlanta University.
August 1, 2012
Community Colleges
Study on College Placement Exams Energizes Debate about Their Effectiveness
The ongoing discussion about the effectiveness of college placement exams got a welcome boost this week with a new report that illuminates efforts to rethink how the tests should be used to determine if students need remedial education.
August 1, 2012
Opinion
Making Progress amid Growing Enrollment Disparities at Selective Colleges
The percentage of Black students doubled during the Black Campus Movement to diversify higher education in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Since 1976, the Black enrollment has more than doubled once again, from 943,000 to 2,269,000 in 2008. The Black share of the overall enrollment in American higher education increased from about 5 percent […]
July 31, 2012
Sports
University of Central Florida Punished for Recruiting Violations
Citing a lack of institutional control, the NCAA has levied sanctions on the University of Central Florida’s football and men’s basketball teams.
July 31, 2012
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