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Ferrum College volleyball team earns national academic honor
Ferrum College’s volleyball team is one of 77 NCAA Division III squads which has received a team academic award from the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) for 2008-09. According to the Franklin News-Post, this marks the first time that Ferrum has earned the AVCA’s top team academic accolade. © Copyright 2005 by DiverseEducation.com
August 6, 2009
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Investigators: University trustees should resign
A panel investigating the role that clout played in University of Illinois admissions recommended in its final report released Thursday that all trustees voluntarily submit their resignations and let Gov. Pat Quinn decide which ones to accept. In a scathing 45-page report, the Illinois Admissions Review Commission found unqualified students were admitted because of political […]
August 6, 2009
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University students less satisfied with courses, survey reveals
University students are unhappier with their degree courses than they were a year ago, a major survey has revealed.  The Birmingham Post reported that almost a fifth of final year undergraduates at higher education institutions in the West Midlands said they were not satisfied with the quality of their course. The findings, which reflect the […]
August 6, 2009
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Leadership & Policy
University of Iowa cracks down on smokers
The University of Iowa is ticketing smokers who light up on campus.  According to the The Des Moines Register, university President Sally Mason told the Iowa Board of Regents on Wednesday in Cedar Falls that officials are cracking down on smokers following complaints about smoking near university hospitals. © Copyright 2005 by DiverseEducation.com
August 6, 2009
Health
Blue Cross, MSU team up to fight child obesity
Obesity among Grand Rapids Public Schools children is the target of a $1 million initiative by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Michigan State University.  According to the Livingston Daily.com, the university says the Blue Cross-funded program seeks to increase physical activity, make healthy food more affordable and available, and improve people’s knowledge, attitudes […]
August 6, 2009
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Judge refuses to dismiss media suit against NCAA
The NCAA failed on Thursday to stop a media lawsuit seeking access to documents on an academic cheating scandal at Florida State University under state public records laws.  According to the Florida AP, Circuit Judge John C. Cooper rejected the NCAA’s motions to dismiss the case and for a summary judgment. He also turned down […]
August 6, 2009
HBCUs
Rising Tuition Rates, Recession Having Impact on Students, Schools
Many of the nation’s colleges and universities are raising tuition for students this school year, and the economic recession is having an effect on several Minority-Serving Institutions.
August 6, 2009
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Hardest Hit Areas by Recession Receiving Least Amount of Stimulus Funds, Report Says
More news reports are claiming that there is no relationship between need and how and where the Obama administration is spending its $787 billion in stimulus money.
August 6, 2009
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Sotomayor OK’d for Supreme Court in Historic Vote
Sonia Sotomayor won confirmation Thursday as the nation’s first Hispanic Supreme Court justice in a history-making Senate vote that capped a summer-long debate heavy with ethnic politics.
August 6, 2009
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August 5, 2009
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COMMUNITY COLLEGE FORUM: Sustaining Enrollment Growth in Difficult Financial Times
As more people head back to school in these recessionary times, many community colleges across the United States are struggling to handle the influx of new students.
August 5, 2009
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THE EXPERIMENT
In an age in which free Craigslist online classifieds, self-reported news blogs and a plethora of Web news sources are sapping advertising revenue from print media, many news organizations are searching for new, more viable business models.
August 5, 2009
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CONFRONTING CLIMATE CHANGE
For more than two decades, Dr. Warren M. Washington, one of the nation’s leading meteorologists, has been among the U.S. scientists that have studied and predicted the long-term impact greenhouse gas emissions.
August 5, 2009
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August 5, 2009
Latinx
SPECTRUM : SMASHING THE STEROTYPES ON THE BIG SCREEN
While attending graduate school at Stanford University, Dr. Chon Noriega watched four films that impacted his life: “Stand and Deliver,” “La Bamba,” “Milagro Beanfield War” and “Born in East L.A.”
August 5, 2009
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WASHINGTON UPDATE – Power Players for HSIs and Tribal Colleges
In Washington, D.C., many individuals aspire to become power players. But the true test is the ability to influence policy and legislation.
August 5, 2009
International
U.S. Department of Education Awards UNCF Special Programs Corporation Over $9 Million for International Fellowship Program
The United Negro College Fund Special Programs Corporation (UNCFSP) today announced that it has received a grant for more than $9 million from the U.S. Department of Education in support of the Institute for International Public Policy (IIPP). IIPP is part of a strong consortium of institutions of higher education whose purpose is to increase […]
August 5, 2009
Latinx
Mexican students to be recognized Friday
The California-Mexico Project (CMP), headed by CSULB Chicano/Latino Studies professor Armando Vazquez-Ramos, and Mexico’s National Association of Universities and Higher Education Institutions (ANUIES) arranged the study abroad program. Dr. Ana Uribe of Mexico’s University of Colima directed the program and its research component.  According to the Daily 49er.com, among them are seven undergraduates from three […]
August 5, 2009
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