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At Conservative Black Colleges, Gays Struggle To Find Their Voice

HAMPTON, Va. So lured was April Maxwell by the promise of the Black college experience, with its distinct traditions and tight-knit campus life, that she enrolled at Hampton University in 2001 without even visiting the waterfront campus.

April 5, 2007

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The ‘Whipping Boys’ of California Higher Education, CSU Faculty Say Strike Vote is About Getting Respect For Their Work, Protecting Students

As they enter the final day of voting to authorize a work stoppage, California State University faculty say they’re tired of being “devalued,” and they demand competitive salaries, improved student services and better leadership of the nation’s largest university system.

March 14, 2007

Students

Trouble at Texas Southern

On the night of Dec. 4, 2004, a Texas Southern University student named Ashley Sloan was gunned down near campus…

December 13, 2006

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TIAA-CREF Conference Examines Higher Ed Access

Dozens of leaders from some of the nation’s most prestigious public and private colleges and universities…

November 29, 2006

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Iran’s President Calls For Purge Of Liberal University Teachers

TEHRAN, Iran Iran’s hard-line president urged students this week to push for a purge of liberal and secular university teachers, another sign of his determination to strengthen Islamic fundamentalism in the country.

September 6, 2006

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Ready to Begin Again

After more than a year of fact-finding, researching and planning, the former Black Caucus of the now-defunct…

August 9, 2006

Students

Program Prepares Disabled For College

The college classroom scene is a familiar one: young adults in flip-flops and baseball caps, some scribbling notes, others napping. Evelyn Scruggs, a student sitting near the front, is among the more attentive, filling an entire page with notes. But, by the time she leaves, she likely won’t remember the lecture topic or one word she wrote.

July 18, 2006

Sports

Black Coaches Association To Adopt ‘Diverse’ Name

The Black Coaches Association is changing its name to show it’s inclusive of other minority groups…

June 28, 2006

Students

Demanding Divestment From Sudan

Bowing to student demands to “stop supporting genocide,” the University of California regents voted earlier this year to divest…

June 28, 2006

Students

NCCU Goes on Offense: We’re Not a “Poor Cousin” to Duke

In its coverage of the Duke University men’s lacrosse rape story, the media for months has contrasted the elite, privileged world of Duke with the struggling-to-get-by image of the historically Black North Carolina Central University, where the alleged rape victim is a student.

June 26, 2006

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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

Faculty & Staff

An HBCU Transformed

Few institutions have embodied African-American history as completely as Wilberforce University…

June 14, 2006