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Faculty & Staff

Woman Educator Receives Nation’s Top Three Education Prizes

Dr. Sharon Lynn Kagan, Associate Dean for Policy and Research at Teachers College, Columbia University…

September 28, 2005

Faculty & Staff

House and Senate Work to Keep Perkins Act Alive

Thumbs up for Perkins and thumbs down for the administration’s proposal to wipe it out. Story:

April 6, 2005

Faculty & Staff

Preparing Students for Success In the Academy

Preparing Students for Success In the AcademyBy Dr. Carlton Pickron and Trevor V. Hodge, M.EdIn spite of the growing body of political and intellectual rhetoric regarding student success in the academy, the need has never been greater to redefine where the burden of responsibility lies to ensure such success. For the past 10 years, politicians, […]

November 17, 2004

Faculty & Staff

Two-Year Schools Overworked, Undervalued, Report Says

Two-Year Schools Overworked, Undervalued, Report SaysBy Garry BoulardWASHINGTONFor those who are still not certain that community colleges really have a role to play in the nation’s higher education story, a small series of statistics is undoubtedly eye-opening: In 1965, 1.2 million students attended two-year schools. By 1998, that number was up to 5.7 million with […]

September 8, 2004

Faculty & Staff

American Indian Law Program Opens at Michigan State Law School

American Indian Law Program Opens at Michigan State Law SchoolEAST LANSING, Mich.Michigan State University (MSU) College of Law is launching the most comprehensive American Indian Law Program in the Midwest. MSU will offer one of only two formal programs east of the Mississippi River and one of the most comprehensive programs in the nation among […]

September 8, 2004

Students

Freedom of Speech Frayed at Florida College

Freedom of Speech Frayed at Florida CollegeIn what appears to be retaliation for speaking out, five Edward Waters College administrators are abruptly terminated BY PEARL STEWARTJonathan Glenn, a college freshman with a 3.7 GPA, wrote an article for his journalism class last April complaining about the lack of campus security. Within hours of submitting the […]

August 25, 2004

Faculty & Staff

College of Charleston Law School to Open in August

College of Charleston Law School to Open in AugustCOLUMBIA, S.C. The Charleston School of Law can begin offering classes in August now that the state Commission on Higher Education has issued the school a license. The 13-member commission unanimously approved the fall opening of the private law school. Dean Richard Gershon said the school has […]

July 28, 2004

Students

Noel-Levitz Honors Institutions

Noel-Levitz Honors Institutions For Outstanding Retention Efforts IOWA CITY, IowaNoel-Levitz, one of the leading higher education consulting firms in North  America, recognized four colleges and universities with the 2004 Lee Noel and Randi Levitz Retention Excellence Awards. The awards recognize innovative, state-of-the-art campus retention programs that have encouraged students to succeed and persevere through graduation.“These […]

July 28, 2004

Students

Succeeding by Any Means Necessary

Succeeding by Any Means Necessary  Black graduate students at predominantly White institutions (PWIs) usually are classified into four categories — teaching assistant, research assistant, graduate assistant and (Black) student quota. And each group has its own unique set of problems. For example, Black graduate students, unlike their White counterparts, find themselves under pressure to succeed […]

July 28, 2004

Faculty & Staff

Budget Cuts Force San Francisco State To Make Tough Decisions

Budget Cuts Force San Francisco State To Make Tough DecisionsTalk of closing engineering school sparks debate, illustrates severity of problemBy Lydia LumSAN FRANCISCOBecause of state budget cuts, San Francisco State University is poised to eliminate some academic majors and make it tougher for students, many of them minorities and economically disadvantaged, to earn degrees in […]

June 2, 2004

Faculty & Staff

A Case in Point

A Case in PointSimple Justice: The History of Brown V. Board of Education and Black America’s Struggle for EqualityBy Richard Kluger, Vintage Books, April 2004, 865 pp., $24.00, trade paperback, 1-4000-3061-7Simple Justice is described as the definitive history of the landmark case, Brown v. Board of Education and the epic struggle for racial equality in […]

May 19, 2004

Faculty & Staff

Africanizing Our Historically Black Institutions

Africanizing Our Historically Black Institutions“The Blacker the College the Sweeter the Knowledge,” is a common saying heard among students who attend Black institutions, as well as many proud alumni. These institutions have, from their inception, served a unique mission in educating the masses of Black folk, thus creating the Black middle class. They have done […]

May 5, 2004