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Tribal Colleges

Universities Part of Effort to Revitalize Native Languages

The Arapaho word cenééteeyóó- vii means both blue and green.

July 7, 2009

Coalition Proposes Alternative to Obama Student Loan Reform Plan

A diverse group of 32 lenders, guaranty agencies, secondary markets and servicers representing public, private and nonprofit segments of the student loan community on Tuesday proposed an alternative to President Barack Obama’s plan to revamp the federal student loan system.

July 7, 2009

ACC Moves Tourney Over Confederate Flag Dispute

Unresolved disputes concerning the Confederate flag have led the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) to move three future baseball tournaments out of South Carolina.

July 7, 2009

Three Black Fraternities Unite With Big Brothers Big Sisters in a National Partnership

Three of the nation’s largest African-American fraternities – Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc., Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc., and Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc. – have joined with the Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) organization to help Black boys succeed.

July 6, 2009

Non-Discrimination Policies and Support Groups Help Ease Campus Life for Gay and Lesbian Students at HBCUs

Earlier this year, a group of gay and lesbian students at Winston-Salem State University, a mid-sized historically Black institution in the conservative Piedmont region of North Carolina, petitioned the school’s administration to add sexual orientation to its nondiscrimination policy.

July 6, 2009

Perspectives: Progress Made and the Significant Work That Lies Ahead

In perhaps the most important voting rights case in a generation, the Supreme Court issued a ruling this past June22 that has tremendous implications for African-American and other minority voters.

July 6, 2009

Best & Brightest: From Concerned Alum to Policymaker

When Southern Methodist University student Warren Seay Jr. applied for a Truman Scholarship, he wrote the judges about his deep concerns about public education and included troubling data about his high school in the Dallas suburb of DeSoto.

July 5, 2009

Colleges Focus on Veterans as GI Bill Ups Numbers

With a fattened GI Bill covering full tuition and more, the number of veterans attending college this fall is expected to jump 30 percent from last year to nearly half a million. That’s left many universities looking for ways to ease the transition from combat to the classroom.

July 5, 2009

Lambda Theta Alpha Sorority Inc. – The Next Best Thing to Family

The Sphinx Organization provides opportunities for young musicians of color to showcase their talents.

July 1, 2009

Law Professor: Criminal Justice Reform Begins With Jury Nullification

Paul Butler, a professor of law at George Washington University and former Washington prosecutor, said Wednesday, that jurors should use their power to be change agents against the dysfunctional policies of the criminal justice system.

July 1, 2009

Wisconsin Becomes 11th State to Offer In-state Tuition to Undocumented Students

Undocumented students in Wisconsin received a gift on Monday when Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle signed a provision that allows such students to receive in-state tuition rates under certain circumstances.

July 1, 2009

Leadership & Policy

New Commission on Graduate School Formed

The Council of Graduate Schools and the Educational Testing Service have announced the formation of a Commission on the Future of Graduate Education in the United States that is composed of industry and higher education leaders such as Jackson State University President Ronald Mason and TIAA-CREF President Roger Ferguson.

July 1, 2009

Leadership & Policy

Kentucky State University May Open Boarding School for Black Males

Kentucky State University President Mary Sias says the school is trying to find funding to open a boarding school for Black males.

July 1, 2009

Paul Quinn College: To Save or Not to Save

Recently, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) voted to revoke Paul Quinn College’s accreditation, noting financial and academic problems. In the same breath, however, SACS acknowledged the excellent work being done by Paul Quinn’s president Michael Sorrell in recent years. Sorrell plans to appeal the SACS’s decision. The loss of accreditation at Paul […]

June 30, 2009

On the Air With Michael Eric Dyson

It’s 1 p.m. and Dr. Michael Eric Dyson is nestled behind a microphone in a small Virginia radio studio where he is gearing up to conduct a phone interview with the legendary Theodore Walter “Sonny” Rollins.

June 30, 2009

Report: States Must Strengthen Higher Education Systems for U.S. to Stay Competitive

A new Education Sector study released Tuesday calls on states to strengthen their higher education systems, if the United States is to remain competitive in the coming decades.

June 30, 2009

Alumni Group To Pay $6M for Antioch College

Antioch University agreed Tuesday to transfer the campus of financially strapped Antioch College to an alumni group that plans to turn it into an independent school.

June 30, 2009

Despite Ruling, Testing Debate Far From Settled

The U.S. Supreme Court renewed debate Monday over the fairness of high-stakes testing with its ruling that White firefighters in New Haven, Conn., who scored high enough to win promotion on an exam Black firefighters didn’t, were unfairly denied promotions as a result of their race.

June 29, 2009