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Tag: Military Educational Institutions: Page 3
Leadership & Policy
Some Lawmakers Send Few Minorities to U.S. Academies
An Associated Press review of U.S. military academy nominations say congressional representatives from districts populated heavily by minorities nominated the fewest number of students to attend the nation’s military schools.
November 22, 2009
Community Colleges
Veterans Concerned Colleges Not Granting Credit for Military Experience and Education
Twelve years of military service left Donald Spradling highly trained in satellite imagery, nuclear engineering and foreign intelligence analysis.
August 24, 2009
Military
Most Diverse Class of Plebes Enters Naval Academy
The U.S. Naval Academy earlier this month swore in its most racially diverse class ever.
July 22, 2009
Military
Naval Academy Names Sports Complex in Honor of First Black Graduate
Wesley Brown was told he had little-to-no chance of graduating from the U.S. Naval Academy. Earlier this month, the academy named its new $50 million sports complex in honor of Brown, its first Black graduate.
May 26, 2008
African-American
Number of Blacks Joining Military Down
WASHINGTON The number of Blacks joining the military has plunged by more than one-third since the Afghanistan and Iraq wars began. Other job prospects are soaring and relatives of potential recruits increasingly are discouraging them from joining the armed services.
June 25, 2007
HBCUs
Supreme Court ruling on VMI not a legal burden to HBCUs – Virginia Military Institute, historically Black colleges and universities
Historically Black colleges and universities probably won’t face another legal barrage now that the Supreme Court has eradicated single-gender education at Virginia Military Institute, discrimination law experts say.
June 18, 2007
Leadership & Policy
The Citadel subpoenas women who left
CHARLESTON, S.C. — The Citadel has subpoenaed two female cadets who left the college alleging they were hazed by male cadets, the military school’s president said.
June 15, 2007
African-American
Georgia Tech Markets Educational Opportunities In Order To Boost Minority Graduate Enrollment
Georgia Tech’s FOCUS recruiting program helps the school remain a top producer of Black engineering master’s degrees and doctorates. Program founder Robert Haley, a former IBM sales professional, says marketing is the key ingredient to success.
January 11, 2007
Faculty & Staff
In Memorian
In Memorian Gerald M. Boyd: The first Black managing editor of the New York Times, Boyd was instrumental in coverage that won the newspaper three Pulitzers: for articles about the first World Trade Center bombing, for a series on children of poverty, and for a series on race relations in the United States. It was […]
December 27, 2006
Military
Academy Removes Questions About Racial and Religious Preference
ANNAPOLIS, Md. After protests from civil rights groups, questions about racial and religious preference have been removed from the U.S. Naval Academy’s application form that allows local families to sponsor midshipmen.
August 14, 2006
Military
U.S. Military Academies Open To Iraqi Students
BAGHDAD, Iraq The Iraqi Defense Ministry announced Wednesday that it will begin accepting applications from Iraqis who want to attend U.S. military academies.
August 1, 2006
Sports
Air Force Coach Under Fire
Air Force Academy head football coach Fisher DeBerry, expressing frustration after a recent…
November 16, 2005
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