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Harvard’s Gates Start Genetic-ancestry Company

Mistakes made by the burgeoning genetic-ancestry industry have prompted Harvard University Professor Henry Louis Gates to start his own DNA-tracing company, one that he says will be able to take a more refined look at African-American ancestry.

November 14, 2007

Just the Stats: NAEP Data Shows Improvements in Math, Yet Widening Achievement Gap in Urban Districts

A new report on the National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) scores for the largest urban school districts shows overall improvement in math for the mostly low-income and minority students who make up these districts, but a widening achievement gap between minority and White students.

November 14, 2007

Transcripts: Diverse Web Chat on the State of Black Greek Letter Organizations

Here is the modified transcript from Diverse’s web chat on the state of Black Greek-letter Organizations, held Nov. 14.

November 14, 2007

UW-Stevens Point Historian Pleads Guilty to Porn Possession

STEVENS POINT Wis. A history professor at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point pleaded guilty to a single count of possession of child pornography Wednesday and had a second charge dismissed.

November 14, 2007

Faculty & Staff

ORU President Asks for Second Chance

TULSA Okla. The embattled president of Oral Roberts University asked for a second chance during an emergency meeting with the same faculty members who only days earlier gave him a vote of no confidence.

November 14, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Kansas Education Leaders Back Creating Coordinating Council

TOPEKA Kan. State education officials are giving their support to creation of a council to coordinate the teaching of Kansas students from preschool to college and technical and career training.

November 14, 2007

17,000 Massachusetts Seniors Get Free Scholarships to State Colleges

MALDEN Mass. Nearly 17,000 seniors in Massachusetts high schools now have free tuition to state colleges or universities.

November 14, 2007

Alabama A&M President Survives Challenge, Trustees Want Answers

MONTGOMERY Ala. Dr. Robert Jennings has survived a challenge to his presidency of Alabama A&M University, but the school’s trustees say they will take up the issue again after they’re given more information.

November 14, 2007

Nebraska Vote Sought on Affirmative-action Ban

LINCOLN Neb. A battle over affirmative action will be fought in Nebraska heading into the 2008 presidential election, part of a California group’s multistate plan to bar race and gender as a factor in hiring and admissions decisions.

November 14, 2007

LAPD Halts Sharply Criticized Muslim Mapping Program

LOS ANGELES A police plan to map out Muslim communities that was sharply criticized and called religious profiling by civil rights groups has been shelved, a police spokeswoman said Wednesday.

November 14, 2007

Arkansas State U. Panel Narrows List of Names for New Mascot

JONESBORO Ark. The panel picking a new mascot name for Arkansas State University has narrowed its list to a dozen finalists.

November 14, 2007

Israeli School System Faces Strike

JERUSALEM Israeli parents aren’t having the usual trouble rousting their teenagers out of bed for school these days: Hundreds of thousands of secondary school students haven’t seen the inside of a classroom for more than a month as their teachers strike.

November 14, 2007

University of Houston Has a Beehive Jam

HOUSTON Most folks probably think Texans would have a simple way to handle a major insect infestation: Kill them varmints.

November 14, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Oral Roberts President Receives ‘No Confidence’ Vote

TULSA Okla. Embattled Oral Roberts University president Richard Roberts, facing accusations he misspent university funds to support a lavish lifestyle, has received a vote of no confidence by the tenured faculty at the evangelical university.

November 14, 2007

Second Acts

After reaching the pinnacles of their high-profile careers, two women, with ties to higher education, let their passions lead the way.

November 14, 2007

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American Dental Association Investigating Allegations of Cheating at Universities

LOS ANGELES The nation’s largest dentist group is investigating allegations of students cheating on licensing exams at several universities, including three in Southern California, a newspaper reported Wednesday.

November 14, 2007

From the Classroom to the Boardroom

When Thurgood Marshall College Fund officials discovered that corporations were not recruiting students at Black colleges as aggressively as students enrolled in traditionally White institutions, they sought a solution.

November 14, 2007

Charting the Course

Rutgers’ Office for Diversity and Academic Success in the Sciences provides step-by-step guidance to help aspiring minority physicians fulfill their dream.

November 14, 2007