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Canada To Apologize For Past Abuses of Native Children
Canada will apologize for a policy that forced native children into boarding schools in an effort over a century ago to “civilize” and assimilate the nation’s indigenous population into mainstream culture and religion, the Los Angeles Times recently reported.
June 10, 2008
Asian American Pacific Islander
College Board Debunks “Model Minority” Myth
There is no model minority group, and access to higher education remains as much of a challenge for many Asian Americans as it is for other underrepresented groups, researchers said Monday at a press briefing to release a groundbreaking report.
June 9, 2008
Students
Black Males in a State of Emergency
Outreach efforts at The Ohio State University result in the increased retention of Black male students.
June 9, 2008
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Racial Attitudes Pose Challenge for Obama
Joyce Susick is the type of voter who might carry Barack Obama to the White House or keep him out.
June 9, 2008
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Underserved Students Make Progress at For-profit Institutions
In their first annual academic report, the University of Phoenix (UPX) asserts that its students, as a group, make significant progress in basic content areas between freshman and senior year.
June 8, 2008
HBCUs
Feds Fund Three Types of MSIs
Money for Predominantly Black-serving, non-tribal American Indian-serving and Asian-serving institutions is up for grabs.
June 8, 2008
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Yale Approves Largest Expansion in Nearly 40 Years
Yale University has approved plans for its largest expansion in decades, changes that will allow it to raise enrollment by 15 percent, school President Richard Levin announced Saturday.
June 8, 2008
Leadership & Policy
Eastern Mich. Agrees to Pay $350K in Fines in Killing Case
Eastern Michigan University has agreed to pay $350,000 in fines for covering up the rape and killing of a student in her dorm room by telling reporters and her parents there were no signs of foul play.
June 8, 2008
Leadership & Policy
Va. Court Upholds Women’s College Move to Coed
A former all-women’s college did not break a contract with female students when it decided to enroll men, a divided Virginia Supreme Court ruled Friday.
June 8, 2008
Faculty & Staff
WVU President Calls Resignation ‘Difficult’
West Virginia University President Mike Garrison said Friday he will resign in September to end the controversy surrounding the improper awarding of a master’s degree to the governor’s daughter.
June 8, 2008
Students
Best & Brightest: Recent Graduate Beats the Odds to Foster a Better Future
Two hundred people had gathered in the auditorium to hear her speak, but Tiffany Brooks, a 2008 graduate of San Francisco State University, only saw one of them, her foster mother Doris Peeler-Brown.
June 5, 2008
Students
WVU Urged to Strengthen Graduate Programs Across the Board
Problems with record deficiencies, grading practices and inconsistent policies in West Virginia University’s master’s programs are not limited to the College of Business & Economics, said the man charged with strengthening those programs in the wake of a degree scandal involving Gov. Joe Manchin’s daughter.
June 5, 2008
HBCUs
Perspectives: Graduates, Stand Ready to Become Internal Corporate Champions for Your Alma Mater
As they head to corporate America, graduating seniors should be asked about eventually securing from their employers corporate support for their alma mater, as corporate-sector sponsorship is critical to the sustainability of historically Black colleges and universities in the 21st century.
June 5, 2008
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Students
Banks Cut Off Wisconsin Two-year College Students’ Access to Loans
Several lenders say they will no longer give loans to students at Wisconsin’s 16 technical colleges and 13 two-year colleges.
June 4, 2008
Community Colleges
Alabama State Senator Indicted in Federal Two-year College Probe
State Sen. E.B. McClain was indicted Thursday on bribery, conspiracy and other federal charges accusing him of pocketing more than $300,000 in government money routed through a nonprofit organization.
June 4, 2008
Sports
Sexton Named ASWA Junior College Athlete of the Year
Jennifer Sexton never thought of herself as a dominant pitcher while in high school.
June 4, 2008
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Report: More Than 1 Million High School Students Will Fail to Graduate in 2008, Minorities Most at Risk
Of the 1.23 million high school students who will fail to graduate this year, minority students are the most at risk, according to new data recently released by Education Week and the Editorial Projects in Education Research Center (EPE).
June 4, 2008
Health
Hispanic Teens Try Drugs, Suicide at Higher Rates
Hispanic high school students use drugs and attempt suicide at higher rates than their Black and White classmates, according to a new federal survey that shows a continuation of a disturbing trend.
June 4, 2008
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