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Newsroom power shortage – minorities in journalism

Are students of color getting the inside scoop on what it takes to become news editors and producers?

Fundraising scandal at Bowie State – Bowie State University, Bowie, Md

Bowie, Md. A financially troubled fund-raising organization for Bowie State University (BSU) is being temporarily handed over to the University of Maryland system amidst criticism that the organization sapped its administrative funds and then dipped into other money earmarked for scholarships and campus activities to cover further operating costs.

Being honest about and to athletes

Having raised three children (a daughter and two sons) who are currently Division I student athletes (basketball), having been involved in sports practically all of my life, and having worked as an educator for the past twenty-five years, I have been intimately involved in the counseling and advising of student athletes and their parents — particularly African American students. I also have worked closely with coaches and athletic administrators at several institutions.

The new faces of college

Last year marked York College’s thirtieth anniversary. This spring, the college, which is part of the City University of New York (CUNY) system, passed yet another milestone. For the first time, it graduated more than 1,000 students, about 75 percent of whom were people of color.

Loan debt: a new view

Student loan debt. It weighs heavily upon hundreds of thousands of Americans. It also is the leading reason African Americans drop out of college. Yet, surprisingly, a new study shows that indebted Black students actually are carrying a lighter debt load than their White and Asian peers. And they tend to come from households that have comparably higher incomes.

The persistent madness of Greek hazing: psychologists provide insight on why hazing persists among Black Greeks – fraternities; includes related articles – Cover Story

Mary Polk of Maryland didn’t learn that her son Marcus had been hospitalized until he called his brother when he came out of the operating room on April 8.

The 100 Best Colleges for African American Students. – book reviews

Erlene Wilson could give any guidance counselor a run for his or her money. What she does in the revised and updated edition of The 100 Best Colleges for African American Students is provide an invaluable resource for any student of color who is even considering pursuing postsecondary education.

Closing doors and scary thoughts – City University of New York

The City University of New York has had a historical mission to provide higher education to immigrants, the poor, and minority Students. Its alumni include a distinguished roster of intellectuals like polio vaccine inventor Jonas Salk, who might not have had an accessible and affordable college education were it not for CUNY.

When hazing leads to death: one campus’ response – Southeast Missouri State University

All campus administrators face issues of hazing, some with more urgency than others. Southeast Missouri State University faced a worse crisis than most in 1994 when twenty-five-year old Michael Davis — a journalism major — died after two weeks of hazing at the hands of his Kappa Alpha Psi brothers.

New standards will send many CUNY students to community colleges – City University of New York

The man behind the ending of remediation in the City University of New York’s (CUNY) four-year colleges is not New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani — although the Republican mayor certainly set the political tone earlier this year by calling for the end of remediation.

Minority enrollment creeps upward at Texas universities: new recruitment strategies and the 10 percent law credited with upturn

AUSTIN, Texas Black and Latino enrollments are beginning to edge upward again at public universities in Texas after the severe drop caused by the 1996 Hopwood decision, which dismantled affirmative action at Texas’s public universities.

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