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Students Riot at Chinese University Over Changes to Diploma

College students in central China smashed offices and set fires in a riot sparked by administrative changes that made their diplomas less prestigious, students and school administrators said Monday.

June 19, 2006

Study: Latin History Teaching Standards Lacking

American schools are doing a poor job of teaching history and culture of Latin America and Mexico, according to a new review of states’ world history teaching standards conducted by the Washington, D.C.,-based Thomas B. Fordham Institute.

June 5, 2006

A Kodak Moment

Few companies have retained the lead in their respective markets like Kodak…

January 25, 2006

Plug in the Pipeline

Going from a golf fan to a serious player to a professional is no simple feat…

December 28, 2005

ACT Selected to Develop Framework For New National Writing Test

ACT Inc., best known for the exam it gives each year to thousands of college hopefuls…

December 14, 2005

ACT Selected to Develop Framework for New National Writing Test

ACT Inc., best known for the exam it gives each year to thousands of college hopefuls…

November 28, 2005

Drawing Upon the Diaspora

Callie Watkins entered Harvard University looking forward to interacting with a diverse student population. Story:

August 24, 2005

Faculty & Staff

Restoring a Ruptured Relationship

Restoring a Ruptured RelationshipBarnard College’s Caryl Phillips’ senior english seminar focuses on broken international connections and culminates with a trans-Atlantic journey By Crystal L. KeelsMillions of African people who were captured, kidnapped and shackled for sale as part of the trans-Atlantic slave trade first passed through Cape Coast Castle in Ghana, West Africa. They stepped […]

November 3, 2004

African-American

Uncovering Frank Yerby

Uncovering Frank YerbyJourney to the Ph.D. leads one scholar to Madrid, Spain, to unravel the complexities of an expatriate best-selling novelistBy Robin V. SmilesI was working to finish the first chapter of my dissertation when the opportunity arose to travel overseas. The deal — to chaperone a group of college students to Athens, Greece. Once […]

November 3, 2004

Empower Others to Solve Computer Problems

Empower Others to Solve Computer ProblemsBy Reid Goldsborough Has this happened to you? Your third cousin twice removed calls you in a panic that his computer is on the fritz. He thinks he may have picked up a virus, or maybe one of his kids messed things up by sharing music with friends over the […]

August 25, 2004

Smith College Graduates Country’s First All-Female Class of Engineers

Smith College Graduates Country’s First All-Female Class of Engineers NORTHAMPTON, Mass. Amid increasing calls to bolster the nation’s scientific literacy and enhance its high-tech work force, a pioneering and much watched engineering program has just produced its first graduates.Despite the program’s short history, the newly minted engineers — all women — are weighing significant career […]

June 2, 2004

Leadership & Policy

Texas A&M to Open Branch Campus in Qatar

Texas A&M to Open Branch Campus in Qatar COLLEGE STATION, Texas Texas A&M University will open a branch campus in Qatar specializing in engineering education and research this fall, the university announced last month. “This is an extraordinary opportunity for Texas A&M to expand its international presence and to provide educational and research opportunities for […]

June 18, 2003

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