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North Carolina A&T State University Partners With USDA to Host National Technology Center
North Carolina A&T State University Partners With USDA to Host National Technology CenterGREENSBORO, N.C.North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University is partnering with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) to relocate one of NRCS’s three national technology centers and a remote sensing lab to Greensboro. The agreement will bring approximately 80 […]
October 20, 2004
African-American
Report: Uncertain Future for African Americans Despite Past Gains
Report: Uncertain Future for African Americans Despite Past GainsWASHINGTONWhile important gains have been made during the past decade, African Americans still have a long way to go to achieve equality in America, according to a new report by UCLA professor Michael Stoll. While the 1960s through the 1980s were characterized with gains in civil rights, […]
September 22, 2004
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The Real Deal on Black Unemployment
The Real Deal on Black UnemploymentEvery month, when unemployment rate data are released, the news for African Americans is bleak. No matter what the overall unemployment rate is (5.6 percent in June), the Black unemployment rate is higher. Indeed, it is usually at least twice the White rate. In June 2004, for example, the White […]
August 11, 2004
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Georgia Study Shows Job Prospects Remain Bleak for 2003 Journalism Grads
Georgia Study Shows Job Prospects Remain Bleak for 2003 Journalism GradsATHENS, Ga.In a year of grim employment news, the prospects for graduates of journalism and mass communications programs remained slightly worse than the national average, according to the 2003 Annual Survey of Journalism & Mass Communication Graduates, conducted at the Grady College of Journalism and […]
August 11, 2004
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Education Group Puts Spotlight on Dropout Prevention Programs
Education Group Puts Spotlight on Dropout Prevention ProgramsBOSTONTaking aim at the “hidden, national crisis” that consigns nearly five million out-of-school and unemployed young adults to a future locked out of education and family-supporting jobs, Jobs for the Future (JFF), a Boston-based education advocacy group, has called on policy-makers and educators around the country to get […]
May 19, 2004
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South Dakota College Students Translate State Brochures Into Spanish
South Dakota College Students Translate State Brochures Into SpanishSIOUX FALLS, S.D.University of South Dakota students in a Spanish class put their language skills to the test in a project to help the state’s growing Spanish-speaking population learn about public services.Students in the Spanish Advanced Conversation class translated into Spanish nearly 70 brochures, pamphlets and forms […]
May 5, 2004
Sports
Shattering the Glass Ceiling: Blacks in Coaching
Shattering the Glass Ceiling: Blacks in CoachingDuring the 2003 football season, African Americans were employed as head coaches at five of the 117 NCAA Division I-A colleges and universities. At the conclusion of the 2003 season, there were 13 head coaching vacancies at Division I-A football programs; one African American was hired. Today, five African […]
April 7, 2004
Community Colleges
Internships Prove Valuable in Poor Job Market
Internships Prove Valuable in Poor Job Market PRINCETON, N.J.In today’s poor employment climate, it takes more than a college degree to get a job, according to CollegeJournal.com, the Wall Street Journal‘s Web site for career-minded college students. A recent survey by the National Association of Colleges and Employers found that 42.4 percent of employers said […]
September 10, 2003
Faculty & Staff
Labor of Love
Labor of LoveLaw professors’ study provides new weapons in fighting job discriminationBy Ben HammerRuth and Alfred “Al” Blumrosen have worked for almost 50 years to improve labor conditions in this country and around the world. And despite recently buying a beach house in Naples, Fla., the couple, law professors at Rutgers University in Newark, N.J., […]
June 4, 2003
Sports
Report: Minorities, Women Losing Ground in Sports Employment
Report: Minorities, Women Losing Ground in Sports EmploymentNEW YORKWomen and minorities are losing ground in professional and college sports employment, reversing a trend toward greater diversity, according to a study released last month.Every professional sport had lower averages for employing women compared with the last “Racial and Gender Report Card” two years ago, and minority […]
May 21, 2003
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Revised Welfare Rules Would Hinder Educational Pursuit, Some Say
Revised Welfare Rules Would Hinder Educational Pursuit, Some SayBy Charles Dervarics The U.S. House of Representatives has approved sweeping changes to federal welfare policy that some argue will make it tougher for recipients to obtain needed educational services. In passing H.R. 4 by a party-line vote, the House endorsed a series of changes, including a […]
March 26, 2003
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On the Technology Job Market
the Technology Job MarketSlight decline in new computer science majors, prompts researchers to ponder current, future state of technology employmentBy Phaedra Brotherton The downturn in the economy and the recent dot-com and technology bust may be causing more undergraduates to think twice about majoring in computer science or engineering. In 2001 and 2002, there was […]
March 12, 2003
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