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One-on-One with Liberia President Sirleaf

Liberia’s “Iron Lady,” President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, was in Atlanta last month to deliver the commencement address at Spelman College and to accept an honorary degree from the historically Black all-women’s school.

Broken Bonds: Are Black Greek Organizations Making Themselves Irrelevant?

It is rare that one finds a venue to advance balanced, yet critical, debate over Black Greek Letter Organizations, or BGLOs.

‘Helping Smart Kids Get Smarter’

Increasingly educators are addressing ways to motivate high-potential students.

Presidential Hopefuls Gradually Roll Out Education Plans

From student loans to college access programs, candidates offer proposals.

Perspectives: College Dream Can Be Reality For America’s Refugee Citizens

Education is the proven universal passport to a better personal and financial future. Our nation prides itself on providing equal educational opportunities for all. The system isn’t perfect, and no one knows that better than the poor and those outside the mainstream of American life. Like other Americans, refugee and asylum families in this country dream of college for their children, but few find their way to our campuses. We must change that.

Report: First-generation Black Freshmen Drop in Four-Year Colleges

The number of first-generation Black students entering four-year colleges dropped by almost two-thirds between 1971 and 2005, according to new data collected by the Cooperative Institutional Research Program at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Strides Made in Student Reading and Math Since NCLB Act, Says Report

Student achievement in reading and math has increased since the No Child Left Behind Act was enacted in 2002, according to a new report released by the Center on Education Policy.

Illegal Students Await Immigration Plan

WASHINGTON At 23, Mariana should be carefree. She is finishing her undergraduate degree at the University of California, Los Angeles, and has been accepted to a master’s program at Harvard University’s education school.

Students say Northeastern U Terminating Non-Ph.D. Faculty to Move Up In the Rankings

BOSTON Northeastern University is purging its communications and journalism program of instructors who lack doctorates in a move students say is motivated by the university’s quest to improve its U.S. News & World Report ranking.

Coming to Terms With the “R” Word

Colleges may boast diversity, but what does that really mean for campus climate?

Grants & Gifts

The City College of New York has received a four-year, $6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to continue the college’s participation in the Institute of General Medical Sciences’ SCORE program. The program provides research funds for faculty development at minority-serving institutions. A collaborative effort between the City College of San Francisco and […]

New Facts, Still Mind-boggling

BALTIMORE CITY, Md. After first lying to police that they were shot in a gas station robbery, and then claiming to invite a gun wound in an attempt to avoid a fraternity initiation, one shooting victim has confessed the true reason why he asked a Morgan State University student to shoot him — to avoid National Guard duty in Iraq.

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