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An enduring commitment – Xavier University’s president Norman C. Francis

In three decades, Norman C. Francis has led Xavier University from local fame to national acclaim

Sharing expertise – Xavier University’s partnership with Tulane University on public housing – Interview

What strengths does Xavier University bring to this partnership with Tulane University?

Public housing smarts: two universities discover a trove of opportunity in New Orleans’s public housing system – Cover Story

New Orleans At night, from the third floor landing of her three-bedroom apartment, Keywanda Wiggins has a view of the glittering New Orleans skyline. Visible from her window are the bulbous Superdome, most of the city’s modern high-rises, and a slice of the Mississippi River.

Building a culture of success – New York State high school/college science enrichment program, minority students

New York A new report on New York State’s Science and Technology Entry Program (STEP) and its college counterpart (C-STEP) shows that these enrichment programs were responsible, in the words of the outside evaluator, for “dramatically raising the academic performance of their students,” most of whom are African American, Hispanic, and low-income.

1998 Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars Awards – 1998 nominees and recipients

Six years ago, Black Issues In Higher Education established the Sports Scholars Award to honor undergraduate students of color who exemplify the standards set by tennis great Arthur Ashe Jr.

Winning to lose – academy losses of Black faculty to industry

When thirty-year-old Dr. Damian Rouson completed his Ph.D. last April, the Stanford University graduate took a job at Failure Analysis Associates, a prestigious Silicon Valley engineering firm.

Making mentorship count: surviving Ph.D. programs requires someone who is willing to show the way

By his own admission, Dr. Damian Rouson’s initial adjustment from Howard University to the graduate engineering program at Stanford University was difficult.

Gems of wisdom: avoiding derailment on the doctorate track

Dr. Howard Adams has been engaged in the struggle to attract more African American students into graduate education in science and engineering for more than twenty years. In that time, he has witnessed measurable improvement in the academic caliber, motivation, and preparedness of African American undergraduates.

Motivating faculty gets results – recruitment for minority graduate students

When Dr. Ted Greenwood talks about boosting the number of it under-rep presented minority doctoral holders in the sciences, there is a no-nonsense resolute quality to his voice.

Dorm Keeps Name Despite Protest Over Klan Connection

BLACKSBURG, Va. A Virginia Tech dorm named for a now-deceased professor who might have had Ku Klux Klan ties won’t be renamed, Tech President Paul Torgersen said.

The Book for Math Empowerment: Rethinking the Subject of Mathematics. – Review – book reviews

The Book for Math Empowerment: Rethinking the Subject of Mathematics

Leading from Behind

Two historically Black colleges aspire to become more than just feeder schools

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