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Interacting as a Global Entity
Interacting as a Global EntityGoldman Sachs Foundation institute sets out to prepare next generation of world leaders By Hilary Hurd Anyaso    They are wise beyond their years. They are multi-talented, entrepreneurial, represent an incredibly diverse group of countries and care deeply about the world in which they live. And their average age is 21. For the […]
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University of Pittsburgh Cancels Cuba Portion Of Study Abroad Program
University of Pittsburgh Cancels Cuba Portion Of Study Abroad ProgramPITTSBURGHThe University of Pittsburgh canceled a trip to Cuba that has traditionally been a part of its study abroad program known as Semester at Sea. The cruise had stopped in Cuba since 1999, but officials decided to cancel it because of the Bush administration’s toughened restrictions […]
Students
Knowledge Is Power
Knowledge Is PowerDouble the Numbers: Increasing Postsecondary Credentials for Underrepresented YouthEdited by Richard Kazis, Joel Vargas and Nancy HoffmanHarvard Education Press, 2004, 280 pp., $54.95 library, ISBN 1-891792-23-7; $28.95 paperback ISBN 1-891792-22-9Only 25 percent of U.S. high school students complete any college degree. Among African American youth, only 18 percent earn a baccalaureate by age […]
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Florida International University Unveils Plan For New Medical School
Florida International University Unveils Plan For New Medical SchoolMIAMI   Florida International University presented plans in early July for a medical school on its campus, saying the facility is necessary to help alleviate a shortage of physicians. FIU President Modesto Maidique said a formal proposal has been presented to the Board of Governors, who must approve […]
African-American
Georgia Professor Wins International Award for History Volume
Georgia Professor Wins International Award for History VolumeATHENS, Ga. The Conference on the History of Women Religious, an international body of scholars numbering about 600 members, honored a book by a University of Georgia history professor at its sixth triennial conference in Atchison, Kan., last month. Dr. Diane Batts Morrow, associate professor of history and […]
Sports
University of Miami, Private School Team Up to Offer Virtual High School
University of Miami, Private School Team Up to Offer Virtual High SchoolCORAL GABLES, Fla.The University of Miami has partnered with a private Florida-based K-12 school to collaborate on an online high school. Last fall, the Sagemont School in Weston approached the university with plans for a partnership that would allow the university’s professors to conduct […]
Students
TIAA-CREF Endows Ruth Hamilton Research Scholarship
TIAA-CREF Endows Ruth Hamilton Research ScholarshipNEW YORK TIAA-CREF, a national financial services company and retirement system for higher education and research employees, announced in June the creation of the Ruth Hamilton Research Scholarship, honoring the work of the late Michigan State University (MSU) Professor and TIAA Trustee Ruth Simms Hamilton.The Hamilton Research Scholarship is funded […]
Latinx
Service is in Her Blood
Service is in Her BloodThe daughter of noted blood bank pioneer Dr. Charles Drew, Dr. Charlene Drew Jarvis is no stranger to the spotlight. Yet, it is from her own political and educational pursuits that she has become a well-known figure in the Washington, D.C., area. After working as a research scientist at the National […]
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Education Groups Seek Delay in Sevis-Fee Implementation
Education Groups Seek Delay in Sevis-Fee ImplementationThree education associations have requested that the implementation of fees for Sevis, the electronic foreign-student tracking system, be delayed for further review. The American Council on Education, the Association of American Universities and the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges on May 17 sent a joint letter […]
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Educators Urge Focus on ‘Year-Round’ College
Educators Urge Focus on ‘Year-Round’ CollegeNew academic calendar would help low-income students, UNCF leader saysA year-round college calendar with flexible financial aid rules would help low-income students stay in school and allow colleges to expand enrollment without new facilities, a Black college leader and other educators tell Congress.The traditional fall-to-spring academic year, created two centuries […]
Students
In the Know
In the Know So your child is considering an honors program or college. What are the things you need to know? •Get a reputable guide and look at the overall institution — not just the honors component. Ask yourself if the institution as a whole has the type of programs the student is interested in […]
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Events
EventsFEBRUARYFeb. 14-18Association of Teacher Educator (ATE)“ATE: Promoting Quality and Professionalism”Hyatt Regency Hotel Dallas, TexasContact: Dr. Frances Van Tassell Phone: (940) 565-4420E-mail: [email protected] 65th Annual Latina/o Leadership Conference“Latinos con Pasion y Direccion” Indiana UniversityBloomington, Ind. Web: www.indiana.edu/~lacasa/March 12-142004 Schreyer National Conference“Innovations in International Education”Pennsylvania State UniversityPenn Stater Conference Center Hotel State College, Pa.Phone: (800) 778-8632 or […]
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