DIVERSE Views

An Inspiration For Us All

by Dr. Elwood Watson, September 26, 2008

A few weeks ago, I was talking with a good friend of mine about the acceptance speech that Barack Obama delivered in Denver. We both watched the speech at different locations and commented on how Obama’s was so inspiring, emotive, sincere and downright “on the money in his message!   I

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New Football Program Presents Golden Opportunity for Lincoln University

by Dr. Marybeth Gasman, September 24, 2008

With the start of the new academic year, Lincoln University has made some big changes to its campus. The nation’s oldest Black college resurrected its football team and created a marching band. The institution and its president Ivory V. Nelson hope that theses changes will attract more students to the

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The NCLBification of Higher Education

by Dr. Emery Petchauer, September 22, 2008

One of the most significant yet subtle ways that the No Child Left Behind Act has affected higher education is by shaping the requirements for students intending to become teachers. In this way, although NCLB is a federal act directed at K-12 education, its effects have traveled up the educational

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Stay The Course Or Change Directions Is The Question

by Dr. James Ewers, September 18, 2008

As Election Day approaches, we must decide whether characteristics will trump the issues of the day.  This conundrum makes for a slippery slope for some of us. Those of us that are voting age have participated in some local, state and national elections where we did not always vote for

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Affirmative Action is Still Relevant and Needed

by Dr. Elwood Watson, September 18, 2008

       A few weeks ago, the anti-affirmative action ballot measure in Arizona that was supported by Republican presidential candidate John McCain and Black conservative opportunist and hypocrite Ward Connerly failed to garner enough support to be placed on the ballot. Earlier this year, a similar referendum in Oklahoma faced a

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