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Student Deaths Shake Up College Campuses

Student Deaths Shake Up College CampusesBy Linda Meggett BrownOrangeburg, S.C.Acelebration to honor the memory of the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on his birthday, Jan. 15, turned tragic at Benedict College in Columbia, S.C., when a freshman student was gunned down on campus.Philip Lee Jr., 20, of Newark, N.J., was shot in the back of […]

Education Department Cracks Down on Misleading Financial Aid Web Sites

Education Department Cracks Down on Misleading Financial Aid Web Sites Flint, Mich.Financial aid officers nationwide are in an uproar over an Internet Web site that they say has confused and misled many families, and charges money for a service that students can easily get for free. All students who apply for federal financial aid must […]

Citadel Alumni Association to Award Scholarship in Name of First Black Graduate

Citadel Alumni Association to Award Scholarship in Name of First Black GraduateCHARLESTON, S.C. The Citadel African American Alumni Association has established a scholarship for minority students in honor of the school’s first Black graduate, Charles Foster. Black alumni hope to award the first scholarship this fall. It will be awarded annually once enough money is […]

Yale to Give 20 Percent Raise In Stipends to Ph.D. Candidates

Yale to Give 20 Percent Raise In Stipends to Ph.D. CandidatesNEW HAVEN, Conn. Yale University is raising the stipends almost 20 percent for doctoral candidates next year amid an attempt by graduate students to unionize. The stipend given to humanities and social science students was increased from $11,500 to $13,700. Some larger stipends will be […]

Professional Appointments

Professional AppointmentsDr. Belinda C. Anderson has been named the new associate vice president for academic affairs at Virginia Union University in Richmond. Previously she was director of academic advising services at Radford University in Radford, Va. Anderson earned a bachelor’s and master’s from Radford University and a doctorate from Virginia Polytechnic and State University in […]

The Need Still Exists for Black Student Unions

The Need Still Exists for Black Student UnionsAs a racial and ethnic minority of Asian and African American heritages, I have experienced the importance of having social networks and interactions with people — especially people of color. Despite integration, civil rights gains and living in an era of diversity and multiculturalism, people still seek to […]

Southern University Work-Study Scam Under Investigation

Southern University Work-Study Scam Under InvestigationBy Scott DyerBATON ROUGE, La.A local district attorney has launched a criminal investigation into allegations that eight employees at historically Black Southern University defrauded the school’s work-study program for $167,317 by falsifying student time sheets.Southern University System Vice President Ralph Slaughter says officials at the Baton Rouge campus discovered irregularities […]

Tennessee Higher Education Plan Offers New Hope

Tennessee Higher Education Plan Offers New HopeBy Eleanor Lee YatesNASHVILLE Tennessee State University President Dr. James A. Hefner says the recent settlement of a 32-year-old higher education federal desegregation lawsuit means new opportunities for students to receive a quality education in a diverse learning environment. “This really gives TSU the chance to be the best […]

National Association of Scholars Cheer CUNY Changes, Decry Affirmative Action During Conference

National Association of Scholars Cheer CUNY Changes, Decry Affirmative Action During ConferenceBy Ronald RoachNew YorkAlthough members of the National Association of Scholars (NAS) consider the elimination of open admissions at the 11 senior colleges in the City University of New York system a victory in view of the group’s conservative mission, speakers and panelists at […]

George Mason University Program Trains Teachers for Increasing Classroom Diversity

George Mason University Program Trains Teachers for Increasing Classroom DiversityFairfax, Va.George Mason University has committed to a new kind of teacher training with a program that prepares teachers to work with the diversity of ages, races, ethnicity, languages and abilities that is prevalent in today’s typical classroom. The Unified Transformative Early Education Model stresses the […]

$100 Million Program to Aid Low-Income Students and Schools

$100 Million Program to Aid Low-Income Students and SchoolsSeattleThe Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is creating the biggest private scholarship program in Washington state with a $100 million gift to help low-income students go to college. The Washington State Achievers Program will give 500 four-year scholarships a year for colleges and universities in Washington, the […]

Women’s Colleges Receive High Marks for Learning Effectiveness But recruiting minority students still a challenge

Women’s Colleges Receive High Marks for Learning Effectiveness But recruiting minority students still a challengeBY Eleanor Lee YatesAmherst, Va.Good news for women’s colleges: A recent national survey of 276 colleges and universities has found that students attending women’s colleges give their schools high marks for learning effectiveness, as well as for providing enriching educational experiences […]

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