Tuesday February 7, 2012

Martha Kanter

Open Educational Resources Could Make Learning Materials Less Costly and More Accessible

by Jamaal Abdul-Alim , February 8, 2012

Panelists say higher education will have to seek ways to adapt to OER environment, moving from traditional textbooks to digital resources.

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Ga. Governor Nathan Deal Launches Need-based College Scholarship

by Dorie Turner, AP Education Writer , February 8, 2012

Georgia Democrats criticized the scholarship program, saying Deal should be focused on fixing the HOPE scholarship rather than starting a new program.

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Seeking College Success: The Harlem Educational Activities Fund

by Michael J. Major , February 8, 2012

HEAF serves high-potential, under-resourced public school students in New York City, particularly Harlem, Washington Heights and the Bronx.

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Today’s Current College Freshmen Are More Academically Conscious

Certain key factors may very well result in a group of better disciplined students who are much more likely to succeed academically.

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From Uni-versity to Multi-versity     with Dr. Ibram Rogers


Selling Out the Truth to Thwart Affirmative Action

I admire the glorious intellectual endeavor to discover and reveal the ever-changing, ever-rem...

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STEM Watch     with Dr. Lorelle L. Espinosa


It Just Doesn’t Add Up: Barriers to STEM Higher Education

A small flurry of conversation on Twitter and elsewhere followed a recent proposal by two univ...

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The Academy Speaks     with Dr. Emery Petchauer


Why Ethnic Studies Courses Are Good for White Kids Too

Last week, Judge Lewis Kowal of Arizona upheld a ban on ethnic studies classes in the Tucson U...

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The Academy Speaks     with Dr. Robin Lee Hughes


Bringing Sexy Back: The ‘Critilicious’ and Theoretical Framing

There’s a new wave in scholarship or perhaps it’s the way we have always operated. Neverth...

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Integrating the University of Tennessee


November 2, 2011

A gala event celebrating the 50th anniversary of African-American achievement at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville recently premiered this university-produced documentary short on integration at Tennessee's flagship institution. The school's first Black undergraduate students enrolled at the university in 1961.

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