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Plagiarism Involving Foreign Students Stirs Controversy at Ohio University

ATHENS, Ohio One of higher education’s largest plagiarism scandals has prompted Ohio University to take action against 39 mechanical engineering graduates, 36 of them from abroad. It has ordered them to address plagiarism allegations involving theses dating back 20 years or risk having their degrees revoked.

Research Roundup:

Blacks Hispanics benefit most from extracurricular study; dual enrollment programs to earn college credits are less available to Black, Hispanic, and economically disadvantaged students; Governors’ agreement to compile and report accurate date for high-school completion rates not being followed by some states.

Just the Stats: Gatekeepers of the News

Yesterday, Diverse’s annual journalism edition came out, revealing a continuing and significant under-representation of minorities in the news media.

Will They Overcome?

While more HBCU newspapers are publishing regularly and going online, the issue of censorship and control appears to be intensifying, even at many public HBCUs, where the First Amendment covers student media.

New “Multi-Race” Box Addresses Universities’ Concerns, and Raises New Questions

In a nod to America’s growing multiracial population, the U.S. Department of Education endorsed earlier this week a new system that would allow students to pick more than one “race” box on college applications — and in doing so has unleashed new questions that could have serious policy ramifications.

Perspectives: Educating, Challenging Future Journalists of Color

At many HBCUs, journalism educators are bemoaning students’ lack of critical thinking skills, poor command of basic grammar and ignorance about current events.

Senate Nixes Pell Increase

Plans to increase the maximum Pell Grant for needy students hit a snag in the U.S. Senate last month…

Barack Obama Urges Students To Reverse ‘Empathy Deficit’

A thousand student-leaders from colleges across the country assembled in Washington, D.C….

Will They Overcome?

If The Meter at Tennessee State University and The Hilltop at Howard University are indicators

Hampton Journalists Successful, Yet Critical of Their Alma Mater

Daarel Burnette, a 2006 Hampton University graduate, began working as an education reporter for the…

Sallie Mae, NAFEO Team Up

There’s something a bit thrilling about learning that the National Association for Equal Opportunity in…

Educating, Challenging Future Journalists of Color

Sept. 10 will kick off National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week…

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