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Tuning into an iTunes Education
In keeping with Steve Jobsâ vision of transforming education, Apple has expanded its iTunes U so that professors can offer entire courses, not just lectures.
March 29, 2012
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Leading the Way: Women Making a Difference, Part I
In a three-part online series, Diverse showcases a total of 25 outstanding women in American higher education. Eight profiles comprise the first part of the series.
March 29, 2012
Latinx
Higher Education Provision Stripped from Ga. Immigration Bill
Georgia lawmakers on Tuesday stripped a provision that would have barred undocumented immigrants from state colleges, universities and technical schools from a bill making its way through the state Legislature.
March 28, 2012
International
Two Professors, One Class, Two Continents
Using streaming video, Dr. Yvette ChristiansĂ« at New Yorkâs Barnard College and Dr. Isabel Hofmeyr of University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa, co-teach students about the diasporas of the Indian Ocean.
March 28, 2012
African-American
Conference: Complex Picture Painted of HBCU Challenges
While some leaders during a national conference Wednesday depicted public HBCUs as lagging from unequal treatment, there was tough talk from officials urging HBCUs to improve their ability to take advantage of federal opportunities.
March 28, 2012
Latinx
Higher Education Provision Stripped from Ga. Immigration Bill
Georgia lawmakers on Tuesday stripped a provision that would have barred undocumented immigrants from state colleges, universities and technical schools from a bill making its way through the state Legislature.
March 27, 2012
African-American
FAMU E-mails Detail Hazing Warnings
Hundreds of pages of records show years of repeated warnings about brutal hazing passed without any serious response from the schoolâs leadership until last Novemberâs beating death of drum major Robert Champion.
March 27, 2012
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Jobs Forum Explores the Reshaping of American Education
The push to rethink American higher education got a fresh airing Tuesday at an Atlantic forum where speakers espoused new programs, policies and paradigms in an effort to defy the inertia of the status quo.
March 27, 2012
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Closing the Math Achievement Gap
The Mathematical Sciences department at the University of Memphis has reported that the narrowing of the math achievement gap between Black and White students was achieved with the use of innovative software.
March 27, 2012
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Two College Students Killed in Mississippi over Weekend
Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant on Sunday expressed his sorrow at the shooting deaths of two college students in the state over the weekend.
March 26, 2012
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Report: College Degree Attainment Rising Slowly
A new Lumina Foundation report released Monday states that college degree attainment in the United States inched up to 38.3 percent in 2010 from 37.9 percent in 2008.
March 26, 2012
African-American
Conference: Though HBCUs Urged To Tout Successes, Lack of Federal Support Remains a Challenge
The Hampton University president says that, although President Obama is an âardent supporter of HBCUs,â the federal government continues to shortchange HBCUs when it comes to grant funding.
March 26, 2012
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John Payton, Top Civil Rights Lawyer, Dies at 65
Civil rights lawyer John Payton was well known for defending the University of Michiganâs affirmative action policy before the U.S. Supreme Court.
March 25, 2012
African-American
Commentary: Probing the Comparison â Trayvon Martin/Mass Incarceration and Emmett Till/Segregation
A historian writes that placing rage in historical context is what comparisons between responses to Trayvon Martinâs death and that of Emmett Tillâs show.
March 25, 2012
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Ron Brown Scholarships Seek the Best and Brightest
The Ron Brown Scholar Program currently provides a total of 10, four-year $40,000 scholarships a year, but there are plans to increase funding to offer even more in the future.
March 25, 2012
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Louisiana University Leaders at Odds over Budget Plans
Tensions surfaced earlier this week over the Board of Regentsâ plans for divvying up dollars among Louisianaâs public colleges as university leaders face lost money for certain campuses.
March 22, 2012
Community Colleges
Commentary: Community College Campuses Provide an Accurate Reflection of Diversity
Higher education must stop viewing community colleges as drive-by institutions and recognize the significant contribution they are making to American higher education, writes New York-based college administrator Mary Hinton.
March 22, 2012
STEM
STEM Diversity Innovator to Lead Missouri University
Dr. Cheryl Schrader, recently named the chancellor of the Missouri University of Science and Technology, focuses on getting âunderpreparedâ students to pursue STEM paths.
March 22, 2012
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