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Stimulus: Congress To Wrangle Over Senate Education Cuts

The U.S. Senate compromise bill cut $3.5 billion for work on higher education facilities, according to a breakdown of the Senate compromise stimulus bill released late Friday evening by Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb.

February 8, 2009

Cherokees Go to Court Over Freedmen Status

The Cherokee Nation wants a federal judge to decide whether descendants of the tribe’s former Black slaves, known as freedmen, have a federal right to citizenship in the tribe.

February 8, 2009

Clark Atlanta Cuts Jobs Due to Lower Enrollment

Clark Atlanta faced its own $25 million deficit when it installed a new president, Carlton Brown, last year.

February 8, 2009

Community Colleges

Community Colleges Juggle Record Enrollments, Budget Cuts

Sociology professor Lorraine Cohen worries more and more students will get shut out of New York City’s LaGuardia Community College if the governor’s proposed budget cut of 10 percent goes through.

February 5, 2009

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Community Colleges

Plan to help more students transfer to UC, CSU

Leaders of California’s three higher-education systems are launching an initiative to increase the number of community college students transferring to the state’s four-year universities.

February 5, 2009

UC Approves Sweeping Overhaul of Admissions Policy

The University of California’s governing board on Thursday unanimously approved a major overhaul of its admissions policy that will greatly expand the pool of undergraduate applicants but guarantee admission to fewer high-achieving students.

February 5, 2009

Debate Rages Over Hebrew Charter School in NYC

Two years after the debut of a controversial public school focusing on Arabic language and culture, a Hebrew language charter school is opening in New York City, stoking further debate about the purpose of a public school education.

February 5, 2009

The Obama Cabinet ‘Trickle Down’ Effect

Hispanic advocacy groups want President Barack Obama to increase Hispanic representation in government jobs, especially in education.

February 4, 2009

Faculty & Staff

Veteran Lawyer, Education Advocate Nominated to Head Office of Civil Rights

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan wants a lawyer with a deeply unique understanding of academic challenges facing students of color to oversee the civil rights division in his department.

February 4, 2009

Teachers Need More Schooling Too

Teachers need more opportunities for high-quality professional development to improve learning outcomes, raise test scores and close the achievement gap, said a group of researchers during a press conference hosted by the National Staff Development Council Wednesday.

February 4, 2009

Leadership & Policy

AP Results Improve for Other Minority Students, Though Blacks Still Lag Behind

More Latino and Native American students are taking Advanced Placement courses and scoring well on AP exams, while African-American students still lag behind, according to a report issued Wednesday.

February 4, 2009

Renewing the Fight Against Affirmative Action

Some affirmative action and diversity program critics are cheering President Barack Obama’s election because they believe his success dramatically undermines the argument that discrimination remains a significant barrier for minorities in American life.

February 4, 2009

S.O.S. (Save Our Students)

One grieving mother seeks to raise awareness about a leading cause of death among Black male college students — suicide.

February 4, 2009

Action on Both Sides

No sooner had Barack Obama won the U.S. presidency than talk about America entering a “post-racial” era began. The election of a Black man to the White House is a momentous milestone that proves race is no longer a barrier in minorities’ lives, the chatter went. Of course evidence to the contrary is everywhere —segregated […]

February 4, 2009

A Vice President Who Can Relate

Dr. Daniel K. Wims returned to his alma mater of Fort Valley State University two years ago in a reversal of roles in which a young administrator is now helping to steer the campus to new programs to meet an old mission.

February 4, 2009

Celebrating Black History Month

Here’s a look at how some colleges and universities around the country are celebrating Black History Month.

February 4, 2009

Democrats Propose Billions in New Education Spending

Minority-serving institutions, Pell Grant and public universities set to gain under the next stimulus package.

February 4, 2009

At 100, NAACP Still Kicking

When leaders of the NAACP gather this month to formally begin a year-long recognition of 100 years of civil rights work, they’ll be talking as much about the organization’s future as they will be honoring its past.

February 4, 2009