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Students

Teacher-Turned-Philanthropist Does Her Part

Dr. Annette Rickel has proven that you don’t have to be Bill Gates or George Soros to make a difference…

December 27, 2006

Students

Trying Times for Bishop State

Decades before segregationist Alabama Gov. George Wallace blocked the University of Alabama’s doors to African-Americans…

December 27, 2006

Students

Colin Powell Center Gets $10 Million To Develop More Black Policy Makers

The New York Life Foundation is providing $10 million to fund the Endowment for Emerging African American Issues…

December 27, 2006

Faculty & Staff

Tuskegee’s Time

From its earliest years, Tuskegee University, known initially as Tuskegee Institute, navigated the higher education landscape with considerable skill…

December 27, 2006

Students

Colin Powell Center Gets $10 Million To Develop More Black Policy Makers

The New York Life Foundation is providing $10 million to fund the Endowment for Emerging African American Issues at the Colin Powell Center for Policy Studies at the City College of New York.

December 5, 2006

Home

Getting to the Truth

In recent years, corporate executives and local bar association officials have increasingly questioned why so few…

November 29, 2006

International

Boosting Minority Ranks in the U.S. Foreign Service

Several years ago, while enrolled at Howard University, Dionandrea Shorts was well on her way to…

November 29, 2006

Home

The Death of a Diversity Alliance

A decade ago, 11 eager Florida colleges and universities came together to form what was expected to…

November 29, 2006

Home

Getting to the Truth

In recent years, corporate executives and local bar association officials have increasingly questioned…

November 29, 2006

HBCUs

Grants & Awards

Duke University (N.C.) has received a $200,000 donation from J. Kevin Kenny Jr., to help endow the Duke-Durham Neighborhood Partnership. Kenny, an alumnus of the university, is chair of the partnership’s national advisory board. The partnership aims to connect Duke with nonprofit organizations and residents in the communities surrounding the campus. New Mexico State University’s […]

November 29, 2006

Home

MacArthur Foundation To Commit $50 Million

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation announced late last month that it is committing $50 million…

November 15, 2006

Home

Grants & Awards

The California Institute of Technology has received a $250,000 grant from the California State Treasury Department to support a free tutoring program for Pasadena County high-schoolers. The three-year Reaffirming and Increasing Scholastic Endeavors (RISE) Programm provides intensive math and science tutoring for 10th- and 11th-graders in the public school system. Colorado State University campuses in […]

November 15, 2006