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Community Colleges
Illinois Turns Away 27,000 for Financial Aid Grant Program
The state agency that distributes the Monetary Award Program financial aid payments says an increase in demand has forced it to turn down almost 27,000 students, and that figure could grow to 200,000 by the fall.
May 25, 2010
Students
Collaboration Among USC Researchers, Western States Seeks To Spur Minority College Success
The Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education and the USC Â Center for Urban Education are partnering to improve policies that measure and increase the college success of underrepresented minority students.
May 25, 2010
African-American
Tennis Stars Put Hearts Into Vegas Charter School
It’s been a tough year at Andre Agassi College Preparatory Academy, with looming budget issues. But retired tennis stars Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf say they’re excited for 19 high school seniors set to graduate June 12.
May 24, 2010
Students
Revoked Scholarships Surprise College Athletes
With the U.S. Justice Department investigating the NCAA over the one-year scholarship award practice, college sport watchdogs say athletes too often fall victim to unkept promises and bottom-line decisions that force many out of big-time sports programs.
May 24, 2010
Students
Asian American Studies at a Crossroads
Scholars fear the evolution of Asian American studies toward ethnic-specific courses means students miss broader, fuller understanding of the pan-Asian experience.
May 24, 2010
Students
Authorities Say Better Information on Student Arrests Will Be Difficult to Realize
University of Virginia officials still reeling from the death of a Virginia student-athlete want a better system to tell them when students are arrested off campus, though authorities warn changes could prove costly.
May 23, 2010
Leadership & Policy
Texas State Board of Education Approves Controversial Social Studies Curriculum Changes
Former U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige was among those who implored board members to take more time to consider the new standards, which diminish civil rights and American slavery.
May 23, 2010
Faculty & Staff
Former Sheriff Named Interim President at Historically Black Florida-based College
Last week, Nat Glover, a former Duval County sheriff, became interim president of the African Methodist Episcopal-affiliated Edward Waters College and predicted the debt-ridden school would soon return to financial health under his leadership.
May 23, 2010
Home
Legislation Aimed at Limiting Louisiana Law Clinics Dies
A Louisiana Senate committee scuttled a bill Wednesday aimed at shuttering the Tulane Environmental Law Clinic that critics say would have hampered operations at all the state’s law clinics.
May 20, 2010
Faculty & Staff
Kagan Known for Openness, Assertiveness at Harvard
Elena Kagan, President Barack Obama’s pick for the Supreme Court, gets high marks as a peacemaker for the fractious faculty of Harvard Law School while she was dean. But even her supporters here say she also has a temper.
May 20, 2010
African-American
Opinion: Ethnic Studies is Valuable for All Americans
Contrary to the fears and charges that ethnic studies divides and incites the overthrow of our government, it attempts to critically examine the nexus of events, peoples and consequences of actions by individuals, states and the nation itself.
May 20, 2010
African-American
Joint Center Report Urges Research and Policy Changes to Boost the Involvement of Expectant Fathers
The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies’ Commission on Paternal Involvement in Pregnancy Outcomes (CPIPO) has released a report on fathers’ influence on child health and development.
May 20, 2010
Opinion
Whose Adoption Is It Anyway?
What do Sandra Bullock, Madonna, Michelle Pfeiffer and Angelina Jolie have in common? If you are one of those Americans whose pulse is tuned in to the ever-transforming world of American popular culture, then you are well aware of the fact that each of these celebrities has adopted African-American children or children of African descent. […]
May 19, 2010
Leadership & Policy
N.C. County School Board Ends Diversity Policy
Law professor Danielle Holley-Walker, an expert on public school integration in the South, says North Carolina’s Wake County had been viewed as a national model because its diversity policy helped integrate schools using socio-economic factors instead of race.
May 19, 2010
Home
America’s First Muslim College To Open This Fall
Admission letters went out last month to the approximately 20 students who will make up the inaugural freshman class of Zaytuna College, which founders hope will become the nation’s first accredited Muslim institution of higher learning.
May 19, 2010
Students
Needy Students Don’t Apply for Financial Aid, College Board Report Says
The financially neediest students are the least likely to apply for financial aid, according to a new study titled “The Financial Aid Challenge” by the College Board’s Advocacy and Policy Center.
May 19, 2010
Opinion
A De-Politicized Classroom: Possible or Impossible?
The ban on ethnic studies in Arizona has spawned a nationwide debate. The argument over ethnic studies has not been this mainstream since students first demanded and protested for race-based courses and departments four decades ago.  In the late 1960s and 1970s, AALANA (African-American, Latino/a, Asian, and Native American) students, teachers and professors clamored to convince […]
May 18, 2010
Faculty & Staff
Christian Seminary Leader Faces Questions About Muslim Past
Ergun Caner, the president of Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary who made a career as a go-to authority on Islam for the evangelical world, is being investigated over allegations that he fabricated or embellished his past.
May 18, 2010
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