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Minn. College Investigates Party Where Students Wore Blackface, KKK Costumes

ST. PAUL, Minn. An off-campus party that asked students to come dressed “politically incorrect” has prompted an investigation by Macalester College officials who learned one student was costumed as a Ku Klux Klan member and another wore blackface with a noose around his neck.

SUNO Turns To Other Universities For Help

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. More than a year after Hurricane Katrina, Southern University at New Orleans is still operating in a temporary campus of FEMA trailers and waiting for money to rebuild.

American Indians Should Boycott Racist Colleges and Universities

American Indians Should Boycott Racist Colleges and Universities I have a college-aged son who was contemplating attending the University of North Dakota (see “Damage Control at Dartmouth,” Dec. 28). He was very discouraged and decided not to attend after hearing of the hostility generated on campus and in Grand Forks by campus alumni and conservative […]

Using Technology To Recruit a Diverse Student Body

Using Technology To Recruit a Diverse Student Body It would be interesting to know if the data provided represent the perspectives of students of color and women (see “Prospective College Students Receptive to Electronic Social Networking Recruitment Methods, Survey Finds,” Dec. 28). Do African-American males use podcasts at the same rate as White males? What […]

Getting to Know Dr. James T. Minor

Growing up in Detroit, James Minor bypassed the drugs and gang life that plagued his neighborhood and graduated from the city’s public school system…

A Global Exchange

The wealth of educational opportunities in Africa has encouraged universities nationwide to establish partnerships with institutions on that continent…

New College Access Campaign Teaches Students To ‘KnowHow2GO’

With only 9 percent of low-income students completing college by age 24, compared to 75 percent of students from high-income families…

Professional Appointments

Dr. Karen Lawrence has been named the 10th president of Sarah Lawrence College (N.Y.). She was most recently dean of the School of Humanities at the University of California, Irvine. Lawrence holds a bachelor’s from Yale University, a master’s from Tufts University and a doctorate from Columbia University. Dr. Jocelyn Briddell has been named dean […]

AP Classes – What’s Stopping Black Students?

Black high school students are significantly underrepresented in AP courses that provide students with a jumpstart on college and serve as an early predictor of college success, according to The College Board’s “Advanced Placement Report to the Nation.” Experts say checking teacher bias and improving identification of qualified Black students can help.

Push to Hold Colleges Accountable Fraught With Problems, Say College Presidents

WASHINGTON, D.C. A public database for college accountability and learning outcomes of students, as proposed by the blue-ribbon Commission on the Future of Higher Education, would not factor in the diverse missions and characteristics of individual schools, said a panel of college presidents at the annual meeting of the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU).

Perspectives: From ‘School Daze’ to ‘Stomp the Yard:’ Why Black Greeks Must Go

Movies that fail to portray the negative aspects of Black Greek-letter organizations do the public a disservice. More importantly, says Dr. Ricky L. Jones, the organizations themselves need to be held accountable for dangerous hazing, or they must disband.

Survey Says … Students Don’t See Eye to Eye

Minority college students say access to campus computer labs and improved campus security are among the things that make for a satisfying undergraduate experience. Their White counterparts, however, don’t share those priorities. Also, male and female students appear to have varied priorities, according to results of a student survey conducted by Noel Levitz, a consulting firm for higher education.

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