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S.C. State University to Consider Budget Cuts, Hiring Freeze

South Carolina State University is considering budget cuts and a hiring freeze as the school deals with declining enrollment that has left the university looking at a $5.5 million deficit.

September 6, 2012

Students

Football Classics Bring the HBCU Experience — and Their Marching Bands — to Big-time Arenas

There’s more to HBCU football classics than just the action on the field. They are weekend-long events, much like a school’s homecoming, only on a grander scale.

September 4, 2012

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Poet-Professor Files Federal Charge Against Cleveland State University

With her employment discrimination case against Cleveland State University heading to trial to begin in a Columbus, Ohio, courtroom this week, Nuala M. Archer has opened a federal legal front, according to documents obtained exclusively by Diverse: Issues in Higher Education.

November 8, 2011

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Bowie State Holds Memorial Service for Slain Student

Bowie State President Mickey Burnim said planning was underway to hold forums in dormitories to have students discuss how they could demonstrate more civility.

September 22, 2011

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Obama Jobs Council Calls for More Engineers

More than 40 major companies have agreed to double the number of engineering internships they offer in a bid to help universities train more people for jobs that require math and science skills, President Barack Obama’s jobs and competitiveness council announced on Wednesday.

August 31, 2011

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Despite Postponement of Memorial Dedication, King Legacy Remembered in D.C.

As Hurricane Irene threatened the East Coast, activists and a Harvard scholar gathered at the AFL-CIO headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Friday to reflect on Martin Luther King’s legacy and its implications for the future of the labor movement.

August 28, 2011

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Black Lawmakers Target High Urban Unemployment

The Congressional Black Caucus organized a town hall gathering in Miami on Monday evening to address Black unemployment rates, now at 16.8 percent nationwide, more than double than that for whites.

August 23, 2011

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Indian Institute of Technology Branches Excel in Producing India’s Top Engineering Talent

CHENNAI, India – In order to reach the various buildings that comprise the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (ITT), you have to catch one of the big yellow buses that periodically comes to transport students, visitors and others from the security checkpoint at the front gate.

August 19, 2011

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Bridging the Research-Practice Gap: Diversity Climate Predicts Performance

In 1994, Taylor Cox introduced the interactional model of cultural diversity (IMCD), which predicted that diversity climate affects employees’ attitudes and performance and thereby influences firm performance.

August 7, 2011

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Study: More College-educated Workers Needed for U.S. Workforce

America needs 20 million more college-educated workers in the next 14 years in order to sustain healthy economic growth in the U.S., according to a study released this week.

June 29, 2011

Students

Senate Committee Puts For-profits Back in Spotlight Following Education Department Ruling

The for-profit college sector underwent tough scrutiny Tuesday from members of the U.S. Senate committee that has been leading the charge for tighter controls over the proprietary schools accused of preying on minorities and the poor.

June 7, 2011

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Big Student Debt Could Limit Schools’ Financial Aid Access

Newly-released federal rules aimed at for-profit schools stipulate that, if graduates owe too much relative to their income or too few former students are paying back their tuition loans on time, institutions stand to lose access to Pell grants and federal student aid.

June 2, 2011