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The I.P.O.D. Generation

To work with the millennials in college classrooms today is to understand them.

September 3, 2008

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Perspectives: Understanding the I.P.O.D. Generation

To work with the millennials in college classrooms today is to understand them.

September 2, 2008

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University of Kansas Officials Establish Council to Help Recruit Hispanic Students

Educators and Hispanic community leaders from across Kansas have formed the Latino Vision Council to help recruit and retain more Hispanic students at the University of Kansas. The group held its first meeting earlier this summer.

August 4, 2008

Students

Student Group Lobbying for Legislation to Allow Concealed Firearms on College Campuses

State legislators and students supporting legislation to allow concealed firearms on college campuses aimed to debunk the notion that “traditional” aged college students are too reckless to own and possess firearms during a recent public forum held in Washington, D.C.

August 3, 2008

African-American

Literary Scholar Indicts Some Black Thinkers for Shallow Works

Diverse: What led you as a literary scholar to write Betrayal? HB: The motivation was, as interesting as it may seem now more than 20 years down the line, the culture wars that were launched by neoconservatives and the think tanks that support their point of view in the United States back in the late […]

May 13, 2008

Native Americans

Best & Brightest: Student Works to Maintain Her Tribe’s Existence

Melissa Velky, a third-year law student at Michigan State University’s College of Law, is not waiting until graduation to immerse herself in a serious legal confrontation.

April 22, 2008

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Sorority Party at UND Prompts Discrimination Complaint

A group of American Indian students is upset about a University of North Dakota sorority party last fall in which students dressed up in Indian costumes and wore red makeup on their faces and bodies.

March 23, 2008

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Ft. Valley State U. Makes Cuts to Grow Amid Challenges, Changes

FORT VALLEY, Ga.  The long list academic programs shutting down at Fort Valley State University may seem like a death sentence for the public historically Black institution, but it’s actually part of the school’s plans for a revival. With a new president at the helm, Fort Valley has emerged from a $2.5 million budget deficit […]

December 15, 2007

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Penn Students Rebuked Over Virginia Tech Massacre Costume

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. Photos of two Penn State University students dressed up for Halloween as victims of this spring’s Virginia Tech massacre — wearing Virginia Tech shirts covered in bullet holes and fake blood — led to a rebuke from their university this week.

December 9, 2007

Students

Student Group Wants More Guns on Campus

SAN MARCOS Texas Mike Guzman and thousands of other students say the best way to prevent campus bloodshed is more guns.

November 20, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Test-Driving Their Passions

As Watson fellows, recent college graduates spend a year abroad without the requirement of producing a research project. But most do, and academically and professionally,the experience proves priceless.

October 31, 2007

Latinx

New Mexico Attorney General Investigating Possible Hate Crime at UNM

The New Mexico Attorney General’s Office is looking into whether a student violated any hate crime laws by allegedly posting hateful messages against Hispanics on the Internet following the desecration of the Mexican flag at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque.

October 29, 2007