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HBCUs

Report: Federal Aid to Schools Devastated By Hurricane Katrina Woefully Inadequate

WASHINGTON Gulf Coast schools decimated by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita two years ago are still waiting for promised federal help, a new report finds. The study, released Wednesday by the Southern Education Foundation, reveals that a lack of government intervention has caused as many as 15,000 K-12 public school students and 35,000 college students to stay out of school.

August 29, 2007

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Grants & Gifts

The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation has awarded a $1 million grant to Brown University (R.I.), Rhode Island public schools and community organizations to support a nationwide initiative to increase college enrollment and graduation among low-income high school and community college students. The City College of New York and the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center have received […]

August 22, 2007

Latinx

Competitiveness Bill Seeks To Attract Minorities To STEM Fields

A multi-billion dollar competitiveness bill headed for President Bush’s desk has several key provisions to attract more minority students to careers in science, technology, engineering and math.

August 12, 2007

Latinx

Immigrants use fraction of amount they contribute to Ark. economy

LITTLE ROCK A report prepared for legislators says Arkansas pays about $170 million a year to educate, imprison and provide services to immigrants a fraction of the amount, according to a separate study, that they contribute to the state’s economy.

August 12, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Classes could start in 2009 at new Idaho university branch

SANDPOINT Idaho The founder of retailer Coldwater Creek has increased the amount he will spend to bring a University of Idaho branch campus to this resort town, and classes are scheduled to start in 2009.

August 12, 2007

Leadership & Policy

E. Mich. sends back donor money to Sallie Mae group

YPSILANTI Mich. Eastern Michigan University has returned more than $161,000 to a foundation affiliated with Sallie Mae. It’s among lenders facing questions in a New York state investigation into agreements giving lenders better access to students in exchange for money or services.

August 12, 2007

Students

South Portland to provide postsecondary scholarships

SOUTH PORTLAND Maine A community group wants to help South Portland High School graduates to continue their education and will put up money to get the job done.

August 12, 2007

Students

Adults with low educational skills hamper W.Va. economy

CHARLESTON W.Va. Experts in economics, education and welfare agree: a key to improving West Virginia’s long-struggling economy is developing the state’s “human capital.”

July 28, 2007

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UT professor gets daily view of Austin changing

AUSTIN It’s a 3 1/2-mile walk between Gene Burd’s apartment near Barton Springs Road and his office on the University of Texas campus, a walk that he makes twice a day. He’s easy to spot on downtown streets, namely because Burd hoofs his daily commute at a brisk pace that belies his 76 years.

July 27, 2007

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Whites, Privileged Students Primary Beneficiaries Of Ohio Early College Program, Study Finds

A study of Ohio’s Post Secondary Enrollment Options program finds that nine of 10 of its participants are White, and most enrollees come from suburban rather than urban or rural high school districts. The study by the KnowledgeWorks Foundation, Ohio’s largest education philanthropy, also takes PSEO to task for lacking any data showing PSEO’s positive impact on college outcomes. The study comes as the Ohio General Assembly prepares to expand the program at the behest of Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland.

July 25, 2007

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Media Matters

Veteran journalists weigh in on everything from the threats to diversity to the future of how the news is delivered.

July 25, 2007

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Media Matters

Veteran journalists weigh in on everything from the threats to diversity to the future of how the news is delivered.

July 25, 2007