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Community Colleges

Community Colleges Part of New Mass. Prison Chief’s Inmate Rehabilitation Approach

Massachusetts can lock the door behind the inmates housed in its prisons, but Harold Clarke says that more than 90 percent of the time the state can’t throw away the key.

December 5, 2007

Prioritizing Education Over the Penal System

Some scholars argue that the United States needs to shift investments to break the cradle-to-prison pipeline for Black males.

October 31, 2007

Prioritizing Education Over the Penal System

Some scholars argue that the United States needs to shift investments to break the cradle-to-prison pipeline for Black males.

October 29, 2007

NY Court: Egyptian Student Can Sue FBI Agent Over 9/11 Detention

NEW YORK An Egyptian student detained after a pilot’s aviation radio was found in his hotel room following the Sept. 11 attacks should be allowed to sue an FBI agent over his imprisonment, a federal appeals court ruled Friday.

October 21, 2007

Sagging pants among banned clothing at U of West Alabama

LIVINGSTON Ala. The University of West Alabama’s 1,850 students aren’t being forced to wear uniforms, but a new campus dress code stresses what not to wear.

October 2, 2007

On Equality, Obama Tells HBCU Students: “We Have More Work To Do”

WASHINGTON Presidential candidate and U.S. Sen. Barack Obama told members of the Howard University community Friday that if elected he would work to restore justice and equality in the country and confidence that America’s judicial system works for everyone.

September 29, 2007

Cost for one year at Ethan Allen school tops $90,000

MILWAUKEE It may be one of the most expensive schools in the country.

August 13, 2007

Democratic Candidates Criticize Bush Record on Race

DETROIT Democratic presidential contender U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., on Thursday derided President George W. Bush’s commutation of former White House aide I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby’s prison term even as Black men routinely serve time behind bars.

July 12, 2007

Community Colleges

Angry & determined: we need an open dialogue on race – excerpt from James D. Tschechtelin’s speech, president of Baltimore City Community College – Transcript

The following is excerpted from a recent address given by Dr. James D. Tschechtelin, president of Baltimore City Community College.

June 15, 2007

Best & Brightest: Facing Life in Prison, Dropout Turned to Education

When Denise Maupin talks about her troubled past, she uses adjectives like “suicidal” and “destructive” to describe life as a drug addict and convict. When she talks about life now, she can use the word “perseverance” to describe her turnaround into a college graduate who founded a support group for former gang members.

May 27, 2007

Just the Stats: Prison Inmates More Literate Than Before

A recent study suggests new prison inmates are more educated than cohorts from a 1992 study, and more of their parents are college-educated. In fact, the literacy scores of Black and Hispanic inmates were higher than those of Black and Hispanic high school dropouts living in society.

May 17, 2007

Texas Teen’s Imprisonment For Shoving School Aide Highlights Racial Tensions

DALLAS A teenager has been jailed for more than a year for shoving a teacher’s aide at her high school, a case that has sparked anger and heightened racial tensions in rural East Texas.

March 28, 2007

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