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Commentary: We Have a Monument – But What Else?

More than 40 years after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s death, we still get the dream part; we just haven’t been able to translate it into a full reality, commentator Emil Guillermo writes.

October 13, 2011

Faculty & Staff

Proven Leader Takes the Helm at Emerson College

Harvard-educated scholar of English and poetry, Dr. M. Lee Pelton puts a prominent face on changes that are under way at Boston’s Emerson College.

September 21, 2011

Tribal Colleges

Obama Administration Jobs Plan Has Higher Education Funds

Community and tribal colleges would receive $5 billion for construction projects under President Obama’s new jobs plan, which also could shore up state education budgets and provide post-secondary job training opportunities.

September 11, 2011

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Despite Postponement of Memorial Dedication, King Legacy Remembered in D.C.

As Hurricane Irene threatened the East Coast, activists and a Harvard scholar gathered at the AFL-CIO headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Friday to reflect on Martin Luther King’s legacy and its implications for the future of the labor movement.

August 28, 2011

Latinx

A Leader Among Leaders

Miami Dade President Eduardo Padrón heads presidential advisory panels on Latino education while also serving as chairman of the American Council on Education board of directors.

August 2, 2011

African-American

NAACP Sees Education as Key to Boosting Black Men

Education is the key to breaking Black men and youths out of a vicious cycle of crime and unemployment, African-American leaders said last week at the close of the annual NAACP convention.

July 31, 2011

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Education Leaders, Policymakers Struggle To Define Emerging Skills in ‘New Work’ Era

At Washington policy summit, panelists say many colleges and universities remain so disconnected from industry that they are largely ignorant about current workforce needs.

July 19, 2011

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NACE Survey: Better Job Market on Horizon for College Grads

The association’s survey, to which some 300 employers responded, suggested a 13 percent increase this spring in the hiring of graduating seniors.

February 17, 2011

African-American

New Report Details Minorities’ Struggles to Bounce Back from Recession

The Center for American Progress’ report reveals sobering statistics and similar stories across minority groups.

January 23, 2011

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US economic outlook 2011

Many economists believe that US economy will continue to grow around 3.5 percent in 2011, led by pickup in consumer and business spending. The extension of Bush-era rate cuts will add moderately to GDP growth, while at the same time as increasing the budget deficit.

January 10, 2011

Students

Cities Take Up Challenge of Helping Increase College Completion Rates

Cities from Hammond, Ind., and New Haven, Conn., to Denver and Pittsburgh have launched city scholarship programs at a time when the U.S. has fallen from first to ninth place in the world in the proportion of young people with college degrees.

January 5, 2011

Community Colleges

Elderly Increasingly Looking to College to Boost Job Skills

Community colleges report increasing number of older students looking to remain competitive in tough employment landscape.

November 29, 2010