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Study Shows No Child Left Behind’s Prototype Leading to Massive Drop Out Rate
Texas’ public school system of accountability, the model on which the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) is based, has been found to contribute to high drop out rates, especially among Blacks, Hispanics and English-as-a-second-language (ESL) students, according to an Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week article.
February 25, 2008
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Brown University Offers Free Tuition to Low-Income Students
Brown University students whose parents earn less than $60,000 will not have to pay the $47,740 it costs to attend the university each year, the university decided in an attempt to lighten the load of college debt on students.
February 25, 2008
Latinx
New Quiz Show on Hispanic Heritage to Launch
A new TV quiz show that aims to educate and excite viewers about Hispanic history will air nationally during Hispanic History Month, and is now accepting applicants.
February 25, 2008
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Education Department Ends Controversial Upward Bound Experiment
The Department of Education has terminated a controversial evaluation of the Upward Bound program that required grantees to recruit some students for the college awareness program but then assign them to a control group receiving no services.
February 24, 2008
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Ball State Professor Helps Treat Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Former Liberian Soldiers
Thousands of Liberian children were forced into combat during the civil war that broke out in 1996.
February 24, 2008
Leadership & Policy
Antioch College Campus To Be Closed For 2008-2009 Academic Year
Antioch University’s trustees decided Friday that Antioch College in Ohio will suspend operations June 30 and remain closed for the 2008-2009 academic year.
February 24, 2008
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Salaries for High-level Administrators Continue to Rise at Colleges
A study being released today reveals that the median base salary for senior-level administrative positions on college and university campuses has risen by 4 percent since last year.
February 24, 2008
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Perspectives: Black History Month Is More Important Now Than Ever
There was a time in my life, albeit brief, that I would not speak during Black History Month. If I was good enough to speak during the month of February, then I was good enough to speak during the other 11 months. But, successful Blacks have a responsibility to go into schools and provide Black students with hope. The idea of being a role model is never more evident and more needed than today.
February 24, 2008
Leadership & Policy
CU Chancellor, Student Editors Apologize for Column on Asians
BOULDER Colo. The chancellor of the University of Colorado’s Boulder campus has apologized for a student’s satirical column poking fun at Asians. Editors of the student newspaper apologized as well. The column said Asian students “hate us all” and should be rounded up and forced to play drinking games and endure other ordeals until they […]
February 21, 2008
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2 Ex-officials Charged in Federal Education Grant Scam
TALLAHASSEE Fla. Two former officials with Florida A&M University and Franklin County’s literacy program were arrested Thursday on charges of scamming a federal grant program. A 21-count federal indictment charged Patricia Walker McGill, 60, of Tallahassee, and Bonnie Segree, 68, of Eastpoint, with conspiracy, theft and mail fraud. Both were released on bond after making […]
February 21, 2008
Sports
Fisk Athletic Programs to Change from NCAA to Intramural
NASHVILLE Tenn. Financially strapped Fisk is dropping its NCAA Division III athletic programs for an intramural and club sports system. University officials announced Thursday the change will be effective in May, saying it will better match the historically Black university’s mission and resources while helping the school save nearly $500,000. Spokesman Ken West says the […]
February 21, 2008
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Duke Lacrosse Players Sue Over Distress From Discredited Rape Case
Thirty-eight members of the 2006 Duke University lacrosse team filed a lawsuit Thursday against the university, President Richard Brodhead, the city of Durham, N.C., and a nurse at Duke University Hospital for emotional distress and other damages resulting from a now-discredited rape case.
February 21, 2008
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Fisk Trial Ends With All Parties Set to Appeal Outcome
A Tennessee judge on Thursday promised to resolve an expensive, running dispute between Fisk University and the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum over the fate of the priceless Stieglitz Collection of art and pictures within 30 days as a trial over the matter came to a close with both sides pledging a ruling against them would most certainly be appealed to a higher court.
February 21, 2008
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Columbia University Professor Accused of Plagiarism Charges Racism in Probe
A Columbia University Teachers College professor whose colleagues found a noose hanging from her office door is now being accused of plagiarism, a charge she said is part of efforts to intimidate her because she is Black.
February 21, 2008
HBCUs
ETS and HBCU Deans Work to Improve Students’ Praxis Scores
Deans and other administrators from teacher-education programs at historically Black colleges and universities who attended a conference at the Educational Testing Service here say they are taking back information to give their students a better chance at passing qualifying and certification tests.
February 21, 2008
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Native Americans
New Academic Journal Focuses on History of American Indians in South
Dr. Greg O’Brien, a University of Southern Mississippi associate professor of history, will be a founding editor of The Native South, a new academic journal that seeks to broaden and challenge the traditional study of American Indians in the South, according to a report in the Hattiesburg American.
February 21, 2008
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Diversity Bill Aims to Curb School Violence in California
California Assemblyman Mike Eng, D-Monterey Park, chairman of the Select Committee on Hate Crimes, has proposed a bill that would allocate up to $150,000 to establish a pilot diversity and sensitivity curriculum for select California school districts, according to a Los Angeles Times article.
February 21, 2008
Community Colleges
More High-achieving Students Are Choosing Community Colleges First
Two-year colleges are increasingly serving high-achieving students, while at the same time, trying to avoid mission creep.
February 20, 2008
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