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Perspectives: Black Colleges Must Tap Alumni Support

Relying heavily on student tuition dollars, government aid and corporate and foundation donations (which typically evaporate during economic downturns), Black colleges have been stretched thin. This heavy reliance on outside funding sources, coupled with an often-weak infrastructure for soliciting alumni contributions, has made for difficult times.

June 21, 2006

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From Academia to the Marketplace

Firm grip, palm-to-palm and three shakes. Those are the elements of a positive first impression-giving handshake…

June 14, 2006

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Grants & Awards

Elizabeth City State University (N.C.) has received a four-year, $875,448 grant from the National Institutes of Health to support student international research internships. The Minority Health Institute Research Training Program will send 10 students each year to the University of Botswana and the University of Zululand in South Africa. Harvard University (Mass.) has received a […]

June 14, 2006

Faculty & Staff

Accepted into Education City

Just minutes from the Persian Gulf’s translucent blue waters, through the flat, white desert and past the headquarters of the Al Jazeera news network…

June 7, 2006

Faculty & Staff

Accepted into Education City

Just minutes from the Persian Gulf’s translucent blue waters, through the flat…

May 31, 2006

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Grants & Awards

Gen. Colin L. Powell, former U.S. Secretary of State and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has donated $1 million to the Colin Powell Center for Policy Studies at the City College of New York. Powell, a graduate of CCNY, founded the center in 1997 as a student-focused policy center and serves as Distinguished Scholar […]

May 31, 2006

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Illegal Immigrants Denied Corporate Scholarships

The fiery immigration-reform debate has corporations grappling with whether or not go give scholarships to students who are here illegally.

May 30, 2006

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Opening Eyes And Minds

It’s not easy being a Muslim student or professor on a U.S. college campus these days…

May 17, 2006

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Opening Eyes And Minds

It’s not easy being a Muslim student or professor on a U.S. college campus these days…

May 17, 2006

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Grants & Awards

Adelphi University (N.Y.) has received an $8.5 million gift from Carol A. Ammon, founder and chairman of Endo Pharmaceuticals and a 1979 graduate of the university. The gift will be used to establish a professorship in childhood education and endow scholarships for education students. California State University-Fullerton has received a $4.2 million donation from Dan […]

May 17, 2006

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Report: College Access For Low-Income Minorities Could Get Worse

A new report warns that a number of factors at the federal, state and institutional levels are likely to converge in the coming decade…

May 3, 2006

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Professional Appointments

Warren R. Anderson has been appointed director of the R. Benjamin Wiley Partnership Program for the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education. Most recently, he served as director of student activities at Chestnut Hill College. Anderson holds a bachelor’s from Mansfield University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Jeffrey L. Brudney has been named the Albert A. Levin […]

May 3, 2006