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Five Men, Five Different Views on Educating Black Males

Black males are discovering that they don’t need to ‘hit the books’ in order to make a living, and this is the reason behind recent statistics that report that as many as half of them drop out of high school and don’t pursue a college education.

October 14, 2007

George Washington Students Unite After Fake Anti-Muslim Fliers Are Posted

Students at The George Washington University claiming responsibility for anti-Muslim fliers posted around campus this week say their intent was to expose, in a hyperbolic fashion, Islamophobic racism and not to perpetrate it.

October 10, 2007

Grants and Gifts

The AMERICAN BAR ENDOWMENT, a nonprofit sponsor of group insurance and charitable giving programs for the more than 400,000 members of the American Bar Association, has donated $3.7 MILLION to improve the ABA Fund for Justice and Education. The CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY and the regents of the UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA have received $7.5 MILLION […]

October 2, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Shelton State finance chief placed on leave pending probe

TUSCALOOSA Ala. The head of Shelton State Community College’s finance office was placed on paid leave Monday pending a probe of financial operations by the office, school officials said.

October 1, 2007

Los Alamos chemist named MacArthur recipient

Los Alamos National Laboratory chemist My Hang Huynh was chosen Tuesday as one of two dozen 2007 winners of what are popularly known as “genius grants” from the MacArthur Foundation.

September 24, 2007

Faculty & Staff

University of Chicago tops $2 billion figure in fundraising drive

CHICAGO The University of Chicago says it’s surpassed its $2 billion fundraising goal, making it the nation’s seventh campus to raise at least that amount during a capital fundraising campaign.

September 24, 2007

New Yorkers among winners of $500,000 MacArthur genius grants

CHICAGO A New York City woman who helps students go to college with their “posse,” a psychiatrist who treats combat veterans and a museum director on Alaska’s Kodiak Island are among the 24 winners of this year’s MacArthur Foundation “genius grants.”

September 24, 2007

List of 24 recipients of MacArthur Foundation genius grants

The list of 24 fellows announced by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Each will receive $500,000 over the next five years.

September 24, 2007

Little Rock 9 honored at gala featuring former President Clinton

LITTLE ROCK Former President Clinton said that 50 years after nine black student integrated Little Rock Central, the world is still struggling with the “unfinished legacy” of looking past race, ethnicity and other differences.

September 23, 2007

University of Alaska foundation celebrates banner year

FAIRBANKS Alaska The University of Alaska Foundation had one of the highest amounts of donations in its history in the fiscal year that ended June 30.

September 23, 2007

K-12 Improvement Center of UNCF Summit

While a college education is vital to achieve great lengths in the workplace and in life, the quality of time spent in the classroom years before determines whether a person will excel in higher education.

September 23, 2007

Purdue nanotech network gets $18 million grant

WEST LAFAYETTE Ind. A Purdue University-based system that allows nanotechnology researchers to use complex computer simulations online has received a five-year, $18.25 million grant from the National Science Foundation.

September 22, 2007

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