<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9" xmlns:image="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-image/1.1" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9 http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9/sitemap.xsd"><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/faculty-staff/article/15089776/uc-berkeley-mathematician-dr-david-blackwell-dead-at-91</loc><lastmod>2010-07-21T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.072110_David_Blackwell.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Dr. David Blackwell, a pre-eminent mathematician and the first Black scholar in the National Academy of Sciences, has died.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089775/advocates-urge-quick-action-on-rules-governing-for-profits</loc><lastmod>2010-07-21T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.072110_Richard_Durbin.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) in a recent speech that the goal of predatory for-profits “seems to be to bring in as many students as possible—regardless of their ability to succeed or graduate—load them up with loans and leave taxpayers on the hook if students default.”</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089748/who-is-marybeth-gasman</loc><lastmod>2010-07-21T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.072110_Marybeth_Gasman.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Dr. Marybeth Gasman is an historian of higher education.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/faculty-staff/article/15089774/new-louisiana-community-college-campus-may-prove-too-small</loc><lastmod>2010-07-20T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.072010_Joe_May.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Joe May is president of the Louisiana Community and Technical College System.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089773/conference-access-programs-will-increasingly-help-students-consider-college</loc><lastmod>2010-07-20T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.072010_Chaka_Fattah.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah (D-Pa.) is referred to as the “Grandfather of GEAR UP” for introducing legislation to create the program during the Clinton administration.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/institutions/msis/article/15089772/underrepresented-minorities-hit-hard-by-california-graduate-study-fees</loc><lastmod>2010-07-20T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.072010_Hector_Godoy.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>UCLA dental student Hector Godoy says relating to patients’ “life circumstances” is an added benefit minorities can bring to health-care providers.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/faculty-staff/article/15089771/mass-minority-professor-program-marks-20th-year</loc><lastmod>2010-07-19T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.071910_IRT_2008.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Participants in the Phillips Academy Institute for Recruitment of Teachers, which is celebrating its 20th year this month.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089770/opinion-diversity-in-the-curriculum-is-the-next-step-for-leadership-in-a-globally-interconnected-world</loc><lastmod>2010-07-19T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.071910_Sandra_Durant.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Sandra B. Durant is a principal of COMPETENT + COMPLIANT, which offers diversity learning programs and consulting services to educational institutions, corporations and law firms.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089769/virginia-hbcu-hosts-latino-student-symposium</loc><lastmod>2010-07-19T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.071910_HYS_students.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>The Hispanic Youth Symposium (HYS) is a live-in learning experience for Latino high school students aimed at motivating them to pursue higher education.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089768/undocumented-students-hold-dc-teach-in-to-push-dream-act</loc><lastmod>2010-07-16T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.071610_DREAM_protest.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>A DREAM Act protest in Washington, D.C. (photo by Arelis Hernandez)</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/leadership-policy/article/15089767/ut-regents-strip-klansmans-name-from-dorm</loc><lastmod>2010-07-16T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.071610_Gary_Printice.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>University of Texas regent Printice Gary made the motion to have the regents board vote on stripping the name of a former UT law professor from a campus dormitory.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089766/fellowship-program-opens-doors-for-minority-researchers</loc><lastmod>2010-07-16T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.071610_Cherie_Butts.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Dr. Cherie Butts, who earned degrees at Johns Hopkins University and the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center/UT Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, believes her career began to soar when she was chosen as an inaugural Keystone Symposia Fellow.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091929/nations-woes-spur-more-americans-to-embrace-religion</loc><lastmod>2010-07-15T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/leadership-policy/article/15089765/university-of-texas-to-consider-taking-klansmans-name-off-dorm</loc><lastmod>2010-07-15T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.071510_Thomas_Russell.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Former University of Texas law professor Tom Russell helped sparked the move to have the former professor and Ku Klux Klan member as the namesake of a University of Texas dormitory.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089764/maryland-hbcu-developing-solar-energy-project</loc><lastmod>2010-07-15T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.071510_Rooftop_Solar.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>A rooftop solar energy system helps institutions save on energy costs on buildings.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089763/dr-wendell-logan-musical-mentor-remembered</loc><lastmod>2010-07-15T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.071510_Wendell_Logan.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>The late Dr. Wendell Logan was chair of jazz studies at the Oberlin College Conservatory of Music.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091928/colleges-and-universities-must-engage-alumni-of-color</loc><lastmod>2010-07-14T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091927/lebron-james-has-both-fans-and-detractors-these-days</loc><lastmod>2010-07-14T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089762/researchers-compile-history-of-black-sc-hamlets</loc><lastmod>2010-07-14T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.071410_SC_hamlets.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Man fishes at Remley’s Point public dock. Remley’s Point is a Charleston area community that was established by Blacks in the 19th century. (photo courtesy of Marilynn-Classic Charleston Homes)</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089761/university-medical-schools-test-cell-phones-for-health-care-tasks</loc><lastmod>2010-07-14T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.071410_Richard_Katz.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Dr. Richard Katz of George Washington University Hospital is testing whether inner-city diabetics might better control their blood sugar and thus save Medicaid dollars by tracking their disease using Internet-connected cell phones.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089760/amid-criticism-tennessee-hbcu-president-announces-retirement</loc><lastmod>2010-07-14T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.071410_Melvin_Johnson.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Dr. Melvin N. Johnson announced that he would step down as president of Tennessee State University at the end of the year.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091926/latest-scientific-racist-theory-africans-intellectually-inferior-due-to-prevalence-of-diseases</loc><lastmod>2010-07-13T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089759/arizona-may-end-scholarships-for-high-achievers</loc><lastmod>2010-07-13T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.071310_Dennis_DeConcini.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Arizona Board of Regents member Dennis DeConcini says the AIMS scholarships have become a tremendous cost for Arizona universities.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/home/article/15089758/leader-of-governors-group-targets-college-attainment-rates</loc><lastmod>2010-07-13T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.071310_Joe_Manchin.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin launched a project as incoming NGA chairman that he believes can improve the higher education degree attainment rate in each state by at least 4 percent annually.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089757/association-creates-plan-for-1890-hbcus-to-meet-modern-challenges</loc><lastmod>2010-07-13T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.071310_Lorenzo_Esters.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Dr. Lorenzo Esters is vice president of the Office for Access and the Advancement of Public Black Universities at the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091925/tennis-anyone-race-and-class-still-matter-in-sports</loc><lastmod>2010-07-12T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/home/article/15089756/opinion-how-the-diversity-officer-can-help-transform-curriculum</loc><lastmod>2010-07-12T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.071210_Hazel_Rountree.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/native-americans/article/15089755/conn-researchers-dig-for-items-from-tribe-settler-war</loc><lastmod>2010-07-12T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.071210Pequot.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Dr. Kevin McBride, University of Connecticut anthropology professor and researcher, groups artifacts to be photographed at the Pequot Museum in Ledyard, Conn. Researchers are fanning out in southeastern Connecticut and part of Rhode Island to map out specific sites of storied conflict between Pequot Indians and English settlers to better understand the Pequot War in an effort to have it listed as a historically significant American battlefield region.  (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/latinx/article/15089754/best-brightest-utep-students-study-of-success-recognized</loc><lastmod>2010-07-12T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.071210Lucia%2520Dura.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>UTEP doctoral candidate Lucía Durá received the 2010 Public Interest Award from the University of Texas at Arlington Academy of Distinguished Scholars for her proposal to apply the positive deviance approach to help raise student retention and graduation rates in Texas.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/home/article/15089753/transparency-genie-transforms-the-bottle</loc><lastmod>2010-07-09T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/home/article/15089751/georgia-school-board-adopts-national-k-12-standards</loc><lastmod>2010-07-09T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.070910_Willis_Potts.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Willis Potts is chairman of the Georgia Board of Regents which oversees the state’s public colleges and universities.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/institutions/community-colleges/article/15089750/report-states-can-improve-college-readiness</loc><lastmod>2010-07-09T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.070910_Dave_Spence.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Dr. Dave Spence is president of the Southern Regional Education Board.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089749/book-review-black-women-united-and-hell-bent-on-doing-gods-work</loc><lastmod>2010-07-09T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.070910_Bettye_Collier_Thomas.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Dr. Bettye Collier-Thomas is a professor of history at Temple University</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091924/where-is-the-dialogue</loc><lastmod>2010-07-08T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089747/experts-say-feds-vs-state-conflict-in-arizona-rooted-in-us-founding</loc><lastmod>2010-07-08T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.070810_Kris_Kobach.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Kris Kobach is the University of Missouri-Kansas City law professor who helped draft the Arizona immigration law.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/home/article/15089746/project-targets-nevada-to-improve-college-success</loc><lastmod>2010-07-08T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.070810_Don_Klaich.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Dan Klaich is the Nevada System of Higher Education chancellor.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089745/students-may-see-some-gains-through-new-textbook-rules</loc><lastmod>2010-07-08T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.070810_textbooks.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Rules provide greater transparency on pricing and restrict publishers from bundling books with supplemental materials.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089744/census-undercount-feared-in-poorest-us-areas</loc><lastmod>2010-07-07T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.070710_Bennie_Thompson.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>U.S. Representative Bennie Thompson, D-Miss. (photo courtesy of Center for American Progress)</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089743/sc-lawmakers-seeking-review-of-hbcu-based-transportation-center</loc><lastmod>2010-07-07T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.070710_Robert_Ford.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>S.C. State Sen. Robert Ford, D-Charleston, said that he has the legislative support needed for state auditors to review the James E. Clyburn University Transportation Center at South Carolina State University.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/native-americans/article/15089742/new-mexico-librarian-enlivens-the-research-experience-among-native-students</loc><lastmod>2010-07-07T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.070710_Paulita_Aguilar.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Paulita Aguilar (left) is the curator of the University of New Mexico’s Indigenous Nations Library Program.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089741/coast-guard-cadet-diversity-surges-with-minority-wave</loc><lastmod>2010-07-06T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.070610_Coast_Guard_cadets.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Cadets participate in flag ceremony at the Coast Guard Academy.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/sports/article/15089740/damon-evans-resigns-as-uga-athletic-director-following-dui-arrest</loc><lastmod>2010-07-06T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.070610_Damon_Evans.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Damon Evans</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089739/gramblings-president-orders-review-of-school-spending</loc><lastmod>2010-07-06T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.070610__Frank_Pogue.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Dr. Frank Pogue is president of Grambling State University.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089738/scholarship-and-activism-help-cultivate-community-farming-movement</loc><lastmod>2010-07-06T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.070610_Owusu_Bandele.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Dr. Owusu Bandele is a retired professor of sustainable agriculture and animal production at the Agricultural Research and Extension Center at Southern University in Baton Rouge, La.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091923/pedagogical-entry-points-to-arizona-and-ethnic-studies</loc><lastmod>2010-07-02T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/institutions/community-colleges/article/15089737/foundation-opens-up-opportunities-for-community-college-students</loc><lastmod>2010-07-02T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.070210_Jennifer_Benn.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Jennifer Benn is a program director at the Kaplan Educational Foundation.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089736/south-carolina-hbcu-board-reinstates-fired-president</loc><lastmod>2010-07-02T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.070210_George_Cooper.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Dr. George E. Cooper was reinstated as president of South Carolina State University.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089735/president-obama-calls-for-bipartisan-immigration-reform</loc><lastmod>2010-07-02T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.070210_Barack_Obama.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>President Barack Obama at American University (photo by Arelis Hernandez)</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089734/report-harvard-scholars-arrest-at-home-avoidable</loc><lastmod>2010-07-01T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.070110_Henry_Louis_Gates.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (photo courtesy of Harvard University)</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/home/article/15089733/no-child-left-behind-renewal-sparks-push-for-equity-funding</loc><lastmod>2010-07-01T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.070110_Chaka_Fattah.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah (D-Pa.) has introduced the ESEA Fiscal Fairness Act, which seeks to ensure all schools get an equal share of state and local resources.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089732/affirmative-action-advocates-consider-recessions-impact-on-diversity</loc><lastmod>2010-07-01T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.070110_James_Anderson.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Dr. James A. Anderson is chancellor of Fayetteville State University.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/institutions/community-colleges/article/15089731/colleges-instructed-to-make-blind-friendly-gadgets-available-to-students</loc><lastmod>2010-06-30T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.063010_Russlynn_Ali.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Russlynn Ali is assistant secretary for civil rights at the U.S. Education Department.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/home/article/15089730/federal-education-officials-urge-scholars-to-pursue-action-oriented-research</loc><lastmod>2010-06-30T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.063010_Arne_Duncan.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089729/texas-southern-released-from-accreditation-probation</loc><lastmod>2010-06-30T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.062910_John_Rudley.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Dr. John Rudley is president of Texas Southern University.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089728/sreb-honors-500th-phd-recipient-from-doctoral-program</loc><lastmod>2010-06-29T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.062910_SREB.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>From left to right are Dr. Ansley Abraham, Dr. Betina Cutaia Wilkinson, Dr. Natasha Satcher, Dr. Vivian Foyou, Dr. Lynn Hampton, and Dr. Shawn Long.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/home/article/15089727/supreme-court-rules-law-school-justified-in-shunning-student-group-that-barred-gays</loc><lastmod>2010-06-29T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.062910_Leo_Martinez.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Leo Martinez is the UC Hastings College of the Law’s acting chancellor and dean.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089726/national-scholarship-program-rewards-academically-talented-black-students</loc><lastmod>2010-06-29T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.062910_Brown_groupshot.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>The Ron Brown Scholars program provides financial and moral support for low-income yet high-achieving students of color.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091922/exposing-the-myth-hbcus-and-the-real-world</loc><lastmod>2010-06-28T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091921/teaching-outside-the-classroom</loc><lastmod>2010-06-28T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/sports/article/15089725/is-baseball-striking-out-with-blacks</loc><lastmod>2010-06-28T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.062810_Jackie_Bradley.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Jackie Bradley, Jr. (photo courtesy of Snipesat)</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/asian-american-pacific-islander/article/15089724/higher-education-summit-on-asian-and-pacific-americans-convened</loc><lastmod>2010-06-28T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.062810_Robert_Teranishi-1.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Dr. Robert Teranishi, assistant professor of higher education at New York University</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089723/grambling-selects-new-president</loc><lastmod>2010-06-28T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.062810_Frank_Pogue2.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Dr. Frank Pogue will be Grambling State University’s eighth president. (photo courtesy of University at Albany)</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091920/the-choice-to-advocate</loc><lastmod>2010-06-25T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/home/article/15089722/plan-for-columbia-expansion-into-west-harlem-upheld-by-new-york-state-court</loc><lastmod>2010-06-25T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.062510_Columbia_plan-1.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Columbia University Lee Bollinger (left) with Cheryl McKissack (center) and James Abadie (right), who represent companies participating in the proposed expansion by the university into West Harlem. (photo courtesy of Columbia University)</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/institutions/community-colleges/article/15089721/senate-committee-probes-financial-risk-alleged-fraud-attributed-to-for-profit-schools</loc><lastmod>2010-06-25T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.062510_Kathleen_Tighe.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Kathleen Tighe is the U.S. Education Department inspector general. (photo courtesy of the U.S. Department of Education)</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/sports/article/15089720/hbcus-struggle-with-lag-in-academic-progress-by-student-athletes</loc><lastmod>2010-06-25T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.062510_Keith_Davidson.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Keith Davidson is the director of athletics at the University of Maryland, Eastern Shore (UMES). (photo courtesy of UMES)</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/home/article/15089719/new-interreligious-theological-university-to-form-in-massachusetts</loc><lastmod>2010-06-24T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.062410_Nick_Carter.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Dr. Nick Carter is president of Andover Newton Theological School.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/home/article/15089718/opinion-historic-challenges-demand-trained-leadership</loc><lastmod>2010-06-24T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.100109_larger_lezli_baskerville.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Lezli Baskerville, an appointee to the Postsecondary Education Review Commission.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/asian-american-pacific-islander/article/15089717/advocates-work-to-develop-asian-pacific-american-serving-higher-education-sector</loc><lastmod>2010-06-24T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.062410_AANAPISI.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Faculty members, staff and students at California State University, San Marcos celebrate congressional approval of the Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institution designation in 2009. 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(photo by Arelis Hernandez)</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/latinx/article/15089710/officials-harvard-student-will-not-be-deported</loc><lastmod>2010-06-21T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.061510_Eric_Balderas.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Undocumented Harvard student Eric Balderas is photographed in Harvard Square in Cambridge, Mass. 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(photo courtesy of Georgetown University)</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/latinx/article/15089702/higher-education-organizations-form-coalition-to-seek-dream-act-passage</loc><lastmod>2010-06-17T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.061610_DREAM_Act.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Immigration reform and DREAM Act rally in Washington, D.C. (photo by Arelis Hernandez)</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089701/microsofts-philly-high-school-overcame-challenges</loc><lastmod>2010-06-17T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.061710_SOTF_students.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>School of the Future students</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089700/south-carolina-state-president-ousted-after-two-years-at-helm</loc><lastmod>2010-06-16T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.061610_George_Cooper-1.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>George Cooper was president of South Carolina State University from 2008 to 2010.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089699/historically-black-medical-schools-rank-high-for-social-mission</loc><lastmod>2010-06-16T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.061610_John_Maupin.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Morehouse medical school president Dr. John E. Maupin, Jr.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/institutions/community-colleges/article/15089698/better-educated-work-force-needed-for-jobs-in-near-future</loc><lastmod>2010-06-16T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.100109_larger_lezli_baskerville.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Lezli Baskerville, an appointee to the Postsecondary Education Review Commission.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089697/study-majority-of-institutions-receive-applications-from-undocumented-students</loc><lastmod>2010-06-16T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.050310_Kris_Kobach_cropped.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Dr. Kris Kobach, a law professor at the University of Missouri- Kansas City, has worked on lawsuits to repeal in-state tuition laws for undocumented students.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/home/article/15089696/gender-dilemmas</loc><lastmod>2010-06-15T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/leadership-policy/article/15089695/sc-state-university-to-get-80-million-transportation-research-center</loc><lastmod>2010-06-15T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.061510_Clyburn_center.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>A rendering of the proposed James E. Clyburn University Transportation Center. (image courtesy of South Carolina State University)</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089694/harvard-student-says-he-faces-deportation-from-us</loc><lastmod>2010-06-15T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.061510_Eric_Balderas.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Undocumented Harvard student Eric Balderas is photographed in Harvard Square in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089693/community-college-champion</loc><lastmod>2010-06-15T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2010/09/edu.020812_Martha_Kanter-thumb.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091917/out-of-the-mouths-of-low-income-students</loc><lastmod>2010-06-14T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091916/out-of-the-mouths-of-low-income-students</loc><lastmod>2010-06-14T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091915/out-of-the-mouths-of-low-income-students</loc><lastmod>2010-06-14T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089692/1m-donated-for-demolition-at-paul-quinn-college</loc><lastmod>2010-06-14T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.061410_Michael_Trammell-1.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Paul Quinn College president Michael Sorrell (left), student Patrick Hilliard (center) and Trammell S. Crow (right) with the historic $1 million donation.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089691/best-brightest-i-had-to-succeed</loc><lastmod>2010-06-14T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.061410best&amp;brightest.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Jemima Pierre-Jacques, a member of Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society and an All-USA Academic Team nominee, graduated from Prince George’s Community College in Largo, Md., last month with an associate degree in general studies and is starting later this month on her nursing degree from Howard.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089690/college-student-group-aided-by-for-profit-industry</loc><lastmod>2010-06-14T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.040210_Everest_College.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>An Everest College counselor advises a student on career options. Everest College is a system of for-profit colleges in the U.S. and Ontario, Canada owned by Corinthian Colleges Inc. (photo courtesy of Everest College)</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089689/why-we-need-diverse-books</loc><lastmod>2010-06-12T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/institutions/community-colleges/article/15089688/two-year-wisconsin-colleges-seek-to-offer-four-year-degrees</loc><lastmod>2010-06-11T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.061110_David_Wilson.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>David Wilson is the chancellor of the 13 two-year college system and UW-Extension.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/faculty-staff/article/15089687/expert-says-company-culture-helps-determine-prospects-for-workplace-diversity</loc><lastmod>2010-06-11T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.061110_Tiane_Gordon.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Tiane M. Gordon is senior vice president of diversity and inclusion at AOL</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/faculty-staff/article/15089686/academic-bullying-a-problem-on-college-campuses</loc><lastmod>2010-06-11T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.0611110_Tompkins_Edwards.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Janet McMahon (left) and Faith Edwards (right) speak to attendee during the American Association of University Professors annual national conference. (photo by Arelis Hernandez)</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091914/law-and-diversity</loc><lastmod>2010-06-10T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091913/challenging-educational-racism-devoid-of-racial-language</loc><lastmod>2010-06-10T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089685/college-success-foundation-celebrates-10-years-of-helping-students</loc><lastmod>2010-06-10T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.061010_Deborah_Wilds.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>College for Success Foundation president and CEO Deborah Wilds</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/home/article/15089684/california-theology-school-to-meld-studies-of-different-faiths</loc><lastmod>2010-06-10T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.061010_Najeeba_Syeed-Miller-1.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>As the first Muslim member of the Claremont School of Theology faculty, Najeeba Syeed-Miller begins her appointment as assistant professor of Interreligious Education this fall. (photo courtesy of Claremont School of Theology)</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/faculty-staff/article/15089683/scholar-says-research-universities-not-serious-about-faculty-diversity</loc><lastmod>2010-06-10T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.061010_MC_Newsom.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Dr. M. Cookie Newsom is director for diversity education and assessment at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. (photo by Arelis Hernandez)</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089682/thurgood-marshalls-legacy-takes-center-stage-in-washington</loc><lastmod>2010-06-09T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.051910_Elena_Kagan.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Solicitor General Elena Kagan clerked for the late Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/home/article/15089681/report-low-income-students-reaching-college-too-few-earn-degrees</loc><lastmod>2010-06-09T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.060910_graduating_students.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Graduating Latino students at the University of Michigan (photo courtesy of the University of Michigan)</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089680/taking-diversity-to-the-next-level</loc><lastmod>2010-06-09T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.041510_Shirley_Wilcher.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Shirley J. Wilcher is the executive director of the American Association for Affirmative Action.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091912/lessons-learned-from-setting-the-agenda-for-historically-black-colleges-and-universities</loc><lastmod>2010-06-08T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/sports/article/15089679/john-wooden-remembered-as-brilliant-college-coach</loc><lastmod>2010-06-08T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.052510_John_Calipari.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>University of Kentucky men’s basketball coach John Calipari</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089678/charges-from-racially-charged-mass-campus-fight-to-be-dropped-against-black-man</loc><lastmod>2010-06-08T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.060810_Jason_Vassell-2.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Former University of Massachusetts student Jason Vassell (AP Photo/Hampshire Daily Gazette, Gordon Daniels</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089677/becoming-a-force-for-diversity-and-inclusion</loc><lastmod>2010-06-08T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.060810_Rosemary_Kilkenny.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Rosemary E. Kilkenny is Georgetown University’s vice president for institutional diversity and equity.(photo by Ron Ceasar)</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/faculty-staff/article/15089676/scholars-discuss-how-us-higher-education-can-avoid-decline</loc><lastmod>2010-06-07T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.060710_Ronald_Ehrenberg.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Dr. Ronald Ehrenberg is the Irving M. Ives Professor of Industrial and Labor Relations and Economics at Cornell University and director of the Cornell Higher Education Research Institute.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089675/purdue-report-notes-universitys-lack-of-diversity</loc><lastmod>2010-06-07T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.060710_Christine_Taylor.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Christine Taylor is the Purdue University vice provost for diversity and inclusion. (photo courtesy of Purdue University)</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089674/arizona-state-forum-fixing-us-education</loc><lastmod>2010-06-07T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.060710_Freeman_Hrabowski.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Dr. Freeman Hrabowski is president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089673/hispanic-college-success-its-all-in-the-family</loc><lastmod>2010-06-04T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/faculty-staff/article/15089672/minority-college-presidents-share-their-stories</loc><lastmod>2010-06-04T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.031010_Bob_Suzuki.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Dr. Bob Suzuki</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/faculty-staff/article/15089671/symposium-education-leaders-recommend-priorities-for-hbcus</loc><lastmod>2010-06-04T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.060410_Arne_Duncan.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan spoke Thursday at the North Carolina Central University Centennial HBCU Symposium in Durham, N.C. (photo by Robert E. Lawson)</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089670/student-immigrants-use-civil-rights-era-strategies</loc><lastmod>2010-06-03T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.060310_Dream_Walkers.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>College-age “dreamwalkers,” student activists are working to pass legislation that would provide a path to legalization for undocumented students.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089669/recommendations-for-national-k-12-education-standards-target-college-readiness</loc><lastmod>2010-06-03T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.060310_Lily_Eskelsen.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>National Education Association vice president Lily Eskelsen</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089668/public-policy-takes-center-stage-at-race-and-ethnicity-conference</loc><lastmod>2010-06-03T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.060310_William_Kirwan.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>University of Maryland System Chancellor William Kirwan (pictured) characterized stagnant educational performance as the “gravest crisis” facing the U.S. while addressing the 2010 National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in Higher Education. (photo by Arelis Hernandez)</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089667/lost-ark-or-african-treasure-relic-stirs-passions</loc><lastmod>2010-06-02T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.060210_Tudor_Parfitt.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Tudor Parfitt (pictured) has spent years chasing a theory that a lost tribe of Jews wound up in Southern Africa. (photo courtesy of Channel 4 in the U.K.)</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089666/community-college-trends-examined-at-conference</loc><lastmod>2010-06-02T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2010/09/edu.020812_Martha_Kanter-thumb.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089665/experts-explore-black-white-divide-in-youth-employment</loc><lastmod>2010-06-02T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.060210_William_Spriggs.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Dr. William Spriggs, assistant secretary for policy at the U.S. Department of Labor, said people who work on solving the job disparity issue must recognize that even if the playing field is level in terms of background, Black youths still face significant barriers whether the economy is doing well or poorly.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091911/sportsmans-paradise-lost</loc><lastmod>2010-06-01T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089664/community-college-conference-urges-focus-on-student-success</loc><lastmod>2010-06-01T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.060110_Belle_Wheelan.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Dr. Belle Wheelan (pictured) was honored at the NISOD conference.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/leadership-policy/article/15089663/experts-texas-textbooks-are-unlikely-to-spread</loc><lastmod>2010-06-01T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/home/article/15089662/opinion-the-case-for-need-based-philanthropy-at-modestly-endowed-higher-education-institutions</loc><lastmod>2010-06-01T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.060110_Charles_Middleton-1.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Dr. Charles R. Middleton is president of Roosevelt University in Chicago.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089661/san-francisco-mayor-wants-college-accounts-for-kindergartners</loc><lastmod>2010-06-01T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.060110_Gavin_Newsom-1.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091910/regional-education-hubs-for-innovative-practice</loc><lastmod>2010-05-28T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089660/interracial-marriage-still-rising-but-at-slower-pace-than-1990s</loc><lastmod>2010-05-28T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.052810_Interracial_marriage.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>The number of interracial marriages in the U.S. has risen 20 percent since 2000 to about 4.5 million, according to the latest census figures.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089659/gao-again-recommends-better-oversight-of-grants-to-minority-serving-institutions</loc><lastmod>2010-05-28T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.042710_Hinojosa_office.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) members met with their congressional representatives to lobby against a proposal to consolidate federal science efforts for minority-serving institutions into a single competitive grant program.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/asian-american-pacific-islander/article/15089658/learning-disabilities-researcher-brings-attention-to-overlooked-asian-american-students</loc><lastmod>2010-05-28T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.052810_Lusa_Lo.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Dr. Lusa Lo is an assistant professor of curriculum and instruction at the University of Massachusetts-Boston.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/leadership-policy/article/15089657/college-board-merger-legislation-scrapped-in-louisiana-house</loc><lastmod>2010-05-27T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.052710_Louisiana_Capitol.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>The Louisiana state Capitol building</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089656/advocates-question-whether-administrations-proposals-will-leave-minority-institutions-behind</loc><lastmod>2010-05-27T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.042710_Hinojosa_office.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) members met with their congressional representatives to lobby against a proposal to consolidate federal science efforts for minority-serving institutions into a single competitive grant program.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/home/article/15089655/improving-k-12-education-key-to-reaching-us-college-completion-goal-education-secretary-says</loc><lastmod>2010-05-27T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.052710_Arne_Duncan.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan said America is still the envy of the world in higher education but cannot rest while other countries improve their competitiveness. (photo by Arelis Hernandez)</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091909/erasing-history-in-texas</loc><lastmod>2010-05-26T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091908/digging-deeper-for-the-roots-of-curricula-reforms-in-the-southwest</loc><lastmod>2010-05-26T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/sports/article/15089654/michigan-discloses-football-violations-to-ncaa</loc><lastmod>2010-05-26T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.052610_Wolverines_vs_Bronco.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>The Michigan Wolverines played the Western Michigan Broncos in September 2009. (photo by Flickr user bigge151)</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/institutions/community-colleges/article/15089653/illinois-turns-away-27000-for-financial-aid-grant-program</loc><lastmod>2010-05-26T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.052610_MAP_rally.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Edward Washington, a University of Illinois student, talks about the importance of Illinois MAP grants to low-income students at rally in October 2009. (photo by L. Brian Stauffer/courtesy of the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089652/collaboration-among-usc-researchers-western-states-seeks-to-spur-minority-college-success</loc><lastmod>2010-05-26T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.052610_David_Longanecker.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>David Longanecker is president of the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education. (photo courtesy of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation)</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089651/tennis-stars-put-hearts-into-vegas-charter-school</loc><lastmod>2010-05-25T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.052510_Agassi_School.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Stefanie Graf and Andre Agassi, center, arrives at the Andre Agassi Foundation for Education’s Grand Slam for Children benefit concert with schoolchildren and staff at Wynn Las Vegas hotel and casino, Saturday, Sept. 26, 2009 in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken)</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089650/revoked-scholarships-surprise-college-athletes</loc><lastmod>2010-05-25T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.052510_John_Calipari.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>University of Kentucky men’s basketball coach John Calipari</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089649/asian-american-studies-at-a-crossroads</loc><lastmod>2010-05-25T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.052510_Gary_Okihiro.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Dr. Gary Okihiro, a professor of international and public affairs at Columbia University, says students’ interests are limited sometimes to their perceived sense of self when they already belong to multiple constituencies and have multiple identities.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089648/authorities-say-better-information-on-student-arrests-will-be-difficult-to-realize</loc><lastmod>2010-05-24T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.052410_John_Casteen.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>University of Virginia President John Casteen (photo courtesy of University of Virginia)</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/leadership-policy/article/15089647/texas-state-board-of-education-approves-controversial-social-studies-curriculum-changes</loc><lastmod>2010-05-24T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.042110_Dorothy_Height.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Dorothy Height, the leading female voice of the 1960s civil rights movement and a participant in historic marches with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and others, died Tuesday.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/faculty-staff/article/15089646/former-sheriff-named-interim-president-at-historically-black-florida-based-college</loc><lastmod>2010-05-24T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.111309frank_pogue.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Dr. Frank Pogue, a former interim president of Chicago State University, says it’s impossible for him to serve as an interim president and not try to move an institution forward.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/home/article/15089645/legislation-aimed-at-limiting-louisiana-law-clinics-dies</loc><lastmod>2010-05-21T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.052110_Scott_Cowen.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Tulane University President Scott Cowen made an impassioned plea against proposed legislation that critics say would have hampered operations at Louisiana’s  law clinics.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/faculty-staff/article/15089644/kagan-known-for-openness-assertiveness-at-harvard</loc><lastmod>2010-05-21T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.051110_Elena_Kagan.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Elena Kagan’s reputation for bringing together liberals and conservatives on Harvard’s notoriously fractious law school faculty appears to hold the key to her rapid rise.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089643/opinion-ethnic-studies-is-valuable-for-all-americans</loc><lastmod>2010-05-21T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2010/05/edu.100709Montero_ken-thumb.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089642/joint-center-report-urges-research-and-policy-changes-to-boost-the-involvement-of-expectant-fathers</loc><lastmod>2010-05-21T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.052110_Father_and_Family.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies’ Commission on Paternal Involvement in Pregnancy Outcomes (CPIPO) released a report this week on fathers’ influence on child health and development.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091907/whose-adoption-is-it-anyway</loc><lastmod>2010-05-20T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/leadership-policy/article/15089641/nc-county-school-board-ends-diversity-policy</loc><lastmod>2010-05-20T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.052010_William_Barber.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>North Carolina NAACP president William Barber said the NAACP would consider filing federal civil rights complaints over the Wake County school board ending its diversity policy.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/home/article/15089640/americas-first-muslim-college-to-open-this-fall</loc><lastmod>2010-05-20T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.052010_Hatem_Bazian.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Dr. Hatem Bazian is a co-founder of Zaytuna College and chair of its academic affairs committee</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089639/needy-students-dont-apply-for-financial-aid-college-board-report-says</loc><lastmod>2010-05-20T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.052010_College_Board.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>College Board Vice President Ronald Williams (right) speaks at a Washington news conference to announce the release of “The Financial Aid Challenge” by the College Board’s Advocacy and Policy Center. (photo by Arelis Hernandez)</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091906/a-de-politicized-classroom-possible-or-impossible</loc><lastmod>2010-05-19T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/faculty-staff/article/15089638/christian-seminary-leader-faces-questions-about-muslim-past</loc><lastmod>2010-05-19T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.051910_Ergun_Caner.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Ergun Caner is a Southern Baptist minister and president of the Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary. (photo courtesy of Liberty University)</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/leadership-policy/article/15089637/thurgood-marshall-connection-invites-admiration-criticism-of-supreme-court-nominee</loc><lastmod>2010-05-19T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.051910_Elena_Kagan.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Solicitor General Elena Kagan clerked for the late Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/leadership-policy/article/15089636/making-amends-in-california</loc><lastmod>2010-05-19T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.051910_John_Otomo.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>John Hiroshi Otomo (left), who received an honorary degree from California State University, Fresno last December, stands with university president John D. Welty. (photo courtesy of California State University)</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091905/stop-objectifying-poor-students</loc><lastmod>2010-05-18T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089635/aclu-civil-rights-groups-file-lawsuit-against-arizona-law</loc><lastmod>2010-05-18T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.050710_NCLR_confernce.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>The National Council de la Raza along with other national civil rights and labor organizations announced a boycott against Arizona.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/home/article/15089634/opinion-reimagining-diversity-in-our-institutions</loc><lastmod>2010-05-18T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/latinx/article/15089633/report-few-hispanic-high-school-dropouts-earn-ged</loc><lastmod>2010-05-18T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.051810_Richard_Fry.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Richard Fry is a senior research associate at the Pew Hispanic Center.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091904/the-politics-of-fear</loc><lastmod>2010-05-17T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089632/undocumented-immigrant-student-in-georgia-hopes-case-helps-spur-reform</loc><lastmod>2010-05-17T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/faculty-staff/article/15089631/jsus-mason-ready-for-challenges-at-southern</loc><lastmod>2010-05-17T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.050310_Ron_Mason-2.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Ronald Mason Jr., a lawyer, has been Jackson State’s president for 10 years, after spending 20 years at Tulane University in New Orleans.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089630/unds-first-black-valedictorian-encourages-doubtful-minority-students-to-seek-support</loc><lastmod>2010-05-17T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.051710_Katie_Washington-2.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Katie Washington, the University of Notre Dame’s first African-American valedictorian, delivers her remarks at commencement on Sunday, May 16. (Photo by University of Notre Dame/Matt Cashore)</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089629/some-experts-sound-caution-against-too-many-americans-seeking-college-degrees</loc><lastmod>2010-05-14T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.051410_Richard_Vedder.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Ohio University economics professor Richard Vedder says the cultural notion of “credential inflation” accounts for the stream of unqualified students into four-year colleges.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/home/article/15089628/senate-panel-advances-law-professors-bid-for-federal-appellate-judgeship</loc><lastmod>2010-05-14T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.040610_Goodwin_Liu.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Goodwin Liu, an associate dean at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law, awaits confirmation to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/latinx/article/15089627/undocumented-dreamwalkers-ponder-next-moves-for-dream-act-immigration-reform-activism</loc><lastmod>2010-05-14T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.051410_Dreamwalkers.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>The Dreamwalkers are (left to right) Juan Rodriguez, Carlos Roa, Gaby Pacheco, and Felipe Matos. (photo by Are lis Hernandez)</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089626/arizona-gov-signs-bill-targeting-ethnic-studies</loc><lastmod>2010-05-13T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2010/05/edu.100709Montero_ken-thumb.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/institutions/community-colleges/article/15089625/community-colleges-seek-federal-dollars-to-hold-off-job-cuts</loc><lastmod>2010-05-13T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.051310_Marc_Herzog.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Marc Herzog is chancellor of the Connecticut Community Colleges system</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089624/minority-student-activists-protest-education-cuts</loc><lastmod>2010-05-13T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.051310_Jesse_Cheng.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Jesse Cheng (pictured) is part of a growing movement of minority students rallying around a new cause—fighting a budget crisis that’s undermining access to higher education at a time when students of color have become a stronger demographic force. (photo courtesy of University of California Irvine)</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091903/four-misconceptions-about-hip-hop-based-education</loc><lastmod>2010-05-12T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/institutions/community-colleges/article/15089623/education-secretary-experts-at-devry-forum-assess-us-college-completion-challenge</loc><lastmod>2010-05-12T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.051210_Arne_Duncan.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089622/kellogg-foundation-commits-75m-to-combat-racial-inequality</loc><lastmod>2010-05-12T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.051210_John_Lewis.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>U.S. Congressman John Lewis, D-Ga., spoke at the “America Healing” initiative launch in Washington, D.C. (photo by Arelis Hernandez)</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/sports/article/15089621/sprinter-excels-in-the-classroom-and-the-community</loc><lastmod>2010-05-12T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2010/05/edu.AsheMaleWinner_Darius_Law-thumb.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089620/high-remedial-education-rate-complicates-us-college-completion-goal-push</loc><lastmod>2010-05-12T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.UDC.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Dr. Daryao S. Khatri, a physics professor at the University of the District of Columbia, is the creator/coordinator of the school’s Gateway Academic Program (GAP) for remedial education.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/home/article/15089619/louisiana-senate-bill-could-hobble-states-law-school-clinics</loc><lastmod>2010-05-11T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.051110_Robert_Adley.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Louisiana Sen. Robert Adley, R-Benton</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/home/article/15089618/supreme-court-nominees-rapid-ascent-tied-largely-to-career-in-academe</loc><lastmod>2010-05-11T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.040610_Goodwin_Liu.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Goodwin Liu, an associate dean at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law, awaits confirmation to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/sports/article/15089617/gymnast-balances-stellar-academics-with-dazzling-athletics</loc><lastmod>2010-05-11T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.051110_Marcia_Newby.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Marcia Newby is named the 2010 Arthur Ashe Jr. Female Sports Scholar of the Year by Diverse: Issues in Higher Education.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091902/on-elena-kagan-is-the-supreme-court-not-a-civil-rights-issue</loc><lastmod>2010-05-10T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/faculty-staff/article/15089616/tennessee-law-students-wrap-up-first-year-of-innocence-clinic</loc><lastmod>2010-05-10T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.051010_Barry_Scheck.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Barry C. Scheck (pictured) and Peter J. Neufeld founded the Innocence Project which has spurred similar efforts in more than 40 states, including the Innocence Clinic at the University of Tennessee.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089615/obama-at-hampton-says-education-is-responsibility-of-all-americans</loc><lastmod>2010-05-10T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.051010_Obama_Hampton.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>President Barack Obama told the nearly 1,100 Hampton University graduates assembled in the university’s sun-splashed Armstrong Stadium that they have the added responsibility of being role models and mentors in their communities. (photo by Associated Press)</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089614/ncaa-scrutiny-helps-hasten-decline-of-tradition-rich-black-prep-school</loc><lastmod>2010-05-10T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.051010_Laurinburg.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Frank “Bishop” McDuffie Jr. is the headmaster of Laurinburg Institute. His grandparents founded the school at the behest of Booker T. Washington in 1904.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091901/im-all-for-black-brown-coalitions-but-what-about-the-supreme-court</loc><lastmod>2010-05-07T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091900/a-new-spotlight-on-less-selective-and-open-access-institutions</loc><lastmod>2010-05-07T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089613/justice-department-questions-ncaa-scholarship-award-process</loc><lastmod>2010-05-07T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.050710_NCAA_logo.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>The Justice Department’s antitrust division wants to know more about why the NCAA awards scholarships&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;on a year-to-year basis and why scholarships are limited to five years. The NCAA insists it has the answers.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/sports/article/15089612/report-advancement-for-black-football-coaches-tied-heavily-to-diverse-contacts</loc><lastmod>2010-05-07T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.111909_Floyd_Keith.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Floyd Keith, executive director of the Black Coaches and Administrators organization, has called for more involvement by college presidents in hiring football coaches.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/leadership-policy/article/15089611/latino-and-civil-rights-groups-announce-arizona-boycott</loc><lastmod>2010-05-07T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.050710_NCLR_confernce.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>The National Council de la Raza along with other national civil rights and labor organizations announced a boycott against Arizona.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/home/article/15089610/louisiana-bill-would-allow-higher-education-tuition-increases</loc><lastmod>2010-05-07T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.050710_Bobby_Jindal.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Gov. Bobby Jindal’s push for state lawmakers to give up their authority over public college tuition increases, if the schools improve their performance, cleared its first legislative hurdle Thursday.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/lgbtq/article/15089609/virginia-attorney-general-seeks-records-of-former-uva-climate-scientist</loc><lastmod>2010-05-06T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.050610_Atty_General.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli is investigating a former University of Virginia professor’s climate change research.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089608/obama-administration-officials-deliver-commencement-speeches-at-hbcu-hsi-graduations</loc><lastmod>2010-05-06T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.102808_Gary_Locke.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Commerce Secretary Gary Locke will co-chair the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders with Education Secretary Arne Duncan. The reinstated initiative will give much greater visibility to education issues than previous initiatives. Photo courtesy of U.S. Department of Commerce</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089607/mills-college-celebrates-20-year-anniversary-of-protests</loc><lastmod>2010-05-06T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.100709Montero_ken%5B1%5D.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Dr. Kenneth Monteiro, Dean of San Francisco State University’s College of Ethnic Studies</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/leadership-policy/article/15089606/va-lacrosse-players-killing-shocks-classmates</loc><lastmod>2010-05-05T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.050510_Leonard_Sandridge.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Leonard Sandridge, executive vice president of the University of Virginia, told reporters the campus was saddened, and that the pain is magnified because the accused is “one of our own.”</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089605/black-scholar-denied-pa-law-license-in-1847-admitted-to-state-bar</loc><lastmod>2010-05-05T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.050510_Larry_Glasco.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Dr. Larry Glasco, a University of Pittsburgh professor, said George Vashon’s bar rejection was out of character for Pittsburgh, which was at the time more racially progressive than other cities like Philadelphia or New York.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089604/iowa-state-honors-its-past-with-current-diversity-measures</loc><lastmod>2010-05-05T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.050510_George_W_Carver.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>George Washington Carver, the legendary scientist and educator, spent five years at the Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, known today as Iowa State University, as a student, graduate student and faculty member in the late 19th century.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/leadership-policy/article/15089602/mason-says-jackson-state-improved-during-10-year-presidency</loc><lastmod>2010-05-04T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.020110_Ronald_Mason.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Jackson State University president Ronald Mason</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/recruitment-retention/article/15089601/report-arkansas-public-college-graduation-rate-is-38-percent</loc><lastmod>2010-05-04T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.031510_Teresa_Lubbers.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Teresa Lubbers, Indiana’s higher education commissioner, calls the community college graduation rate percentages unacceptably low.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089600/states-with-act-mandate-see-minority-performance-on-the-rise</loc><lastmod>2010-05-04T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.050410_Antwan_Wilson.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Antwan Wilson, assistant superintendent for postsecondary readiness for Denver Public Schools, agrees that the ACT is a useful tool in fixing curricula.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089599/school-attorneys-famu-settlement-with-porn-video-company-sets-precedent-for-trademark-protection</loc><lastmod>2010-05-04T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.050410_FAMU_settlement.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Florida A&amp;amp;M University (FAMU) President James H. Ammons holds a copy of the settlement with RK Netmedia, Inc. FAMU’s General Counsel Atty. Avery McKnight stands in the background.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091899/how-do-true-beauty-and-ultimate-hate-reside-side-by-side</loc><lastmod>2010-05-03T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/latinx/article/15089598/professor-behind-controversial-arizona-law-also-works-against-in-state-tuition-for-undocumented-students</loc><lastmod>2010-05-03T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.050310_Kris_Kobach_cropped.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Dr. Kris Kobach, a law professor at the University of Missouri- Kansas City, has worked on lawsuits to repeal in-state tuition laws for undocumented students.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089597/southern-picks-mason-as-its-new-system-president</loc><lastmod>2010-05-03T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.020110_Ronald_Mason.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Jackson State University president Ronald Mason</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/home/article/15089596/opinion-the-census-2010-and-the-three-fifths-compromise</loc><lastmod>2010-05-03T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.D012910_Nelms2.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Dr. Charlie Nelms, chancellor of North Carolina Central University, considers the Census significant because it affects such matters as the drawing of Congressional districts and the flow of resources to the community.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091898/a-green-approach-to-education-reform</loc><lastmod>2010-04-30T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/latinx/article/15089595/opinion-arizona-this-is-what-apartheid-looks-like</loc><lastmod>2010-04-30T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.043010_Sheriff_Joe_Arpaio.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Maricopa County Sheriff Jay Arpaio</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089594/house-panel-votes-to-block-nsf-funding-shift</loc><lastmod>2010-04-30T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.042710_Hinojosa_office.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) members met with their congressional representatives to lobby against a proposal to consolidate federal science efforts for minority-serving institutions into a single competitive grant program.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/faculty-staff/article/15089593/slain-uah-professor-had-integral-role-in-minority-stem-education-network</loc><lastmod>2010-04-30T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.043010_LSAMP_Johnson.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Dr. Adriel Johnson (far left) was one of three professors who died in a Feb. 12 shooting at a University of Alabama Huntsville biology department faculty meeting</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091897/ugly-resistance-against-the-president-continues</loc><lastmod>2010-04-29T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089592/science-associations-publish-legal-handbook-on-diversity-strategies</loc><lastmod>2010-04-29T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.042910_Daryl_Chubin.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Dr. Daryl E. Chubin is the founding director of the American Association for the Advancement of Science’s Center for Advancing Science &amp;amp; Engineering Capacity.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089591/heights-legacy-stirs-push-for-social-work-act-passage</loc><lastmod>2010-04-29T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.042910_Batiste_Roberts.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Dr. Gloria Batiste-Roberts is president of the National Association of Black Social Workers.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/home/article/15089590/academic-leaders-debate-whether-us-higher-education-is-broken</loc><lastmod>2010-04-29T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.042910_William_Kirwan.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>University of Maryland System Chancellor William E. Kirwan.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/institutions/community-colleges/article/15089603/mississippi-two-year-and-four-year-colleges-agree-on-required-transfer-courses</loc><lastmod>2010-04-28T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2010/09/edu.020812_Martha_Kanter-thumb.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/asian-american-pacific-islander/article/15089589/obama-administration-seeks-increased-asian-american-and-pacific-islander-access-to-federal-programs</loc><lastmod>2010-04-28T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.042810_Kiran_Ahuja.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Kiran Ahuja is the executive director of the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089588/ad-campaign-hopes-to-inspire-college-ambitions-among-us-latinos</loc><lastmod>2010-04-28T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.042810_Latino_ads.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>On hand to help introduce the campaign on Tuesday in downtown Washington, U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan (left) said the persistent negative trends for U.S. Latino students are “morally unacceptable” and “economically unsustainable.” (photo by Arelis Hernandez)</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089587/tribute-dorothy-irene-height-1912-2010</loc><lastmod>2010-04-28T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.042110_Dorothy_Height.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Dorothy Height, the leading female voice of the 1960s civil rights movement and a participant in historic marches with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and others, died Tuesday.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/leadership-policy/article/15089586/university-of-washington-president-named-ncaa-leader</loc><lastmod>2010-04-28T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.042810_Mark_Emmert.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>University of Washington president Mark A. Emmert became the NCAA’s new chief executive on Tuesday.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091896/curtailing-free-speech-due-to-safety-concerns-ploy-or-reality</loc><lastmod>2010-04-27T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089585/report-blacks-have-heaviest-college-debt</loc><lastmod>2010-04-27T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.042710_Gaston_Caperton.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Gaston Caperton is president of the College Board.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/leadership-policy/article/15089584/lawsuit-challenging-florida-legislatures-tuition-authority-moves-forward</loc><lastmod>2010-04-27T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089583/thurgood-marshall-college-fund-appoints-new-leader</loc><lastmod>2010-04-27T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.042710_Johnny_Taylor.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>The Thurgood Marshall College Fund announced Monday the appointment of Johnny C. Taylor as president and CEO of the scholarship and institutional support organization.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/latinx/article/15089582/hsi-administrators-express-dismay-over-proposed-nsf-grant-consolidation</loc><lastmod>2010-04-27T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.042710_Hinojosa_office.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) members met with their congressional representatives to lobby against a proposal to consolidate federal science efforts for minority-serving institutions into a single competitive grant program.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091895/the-end-of-something</loc><lastmod>2010-04-26T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089581/race-based-facebook-controversy-stirs-minnesota-campus</loc><lastmod>2010-04-26T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/home/article/15089580/as-recession-ebbs-heavy-debt-threatens-us-higher-education</loc><lastmod>2010-04-26T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.042610_Morris_Brown.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Morris Brown College</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/tenure/article/15089579/new-academic-home-expected-to-help-maryland-update-journalism-education</loc><lastmod>2010-04-26T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.042610_MD_journalism.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Famed newscaster Connie Chung helps dedicate $30 million state-of-the-art home for the Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089578/forum-minority-serving-campuses-urged-to-tout-their-success</loc><lastmod>2010-04-23T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.042310_John_Wilson-1.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Dr. John Silvanus Wilson is the executive director of the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities. (photo by Arelis Hernandez)</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089577/fraternity-inspired-by-robert-e-lee-bans-rebel-uniforms</loc><lastmod>2010-04-23T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.042310_Robert_E_Lee-1.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>A college fraternity inspired by Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee (pictured) has banned members around the country from wearing Confederate uniforms to “Old South” parties and parades after years of complaints that the tradition was racially insensitive.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089576/analysis-torch-passes-in-civil-rights-struggle</loc><lastmod>2010-04-23T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.042310_Dorothy_Height.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Dorothy Height</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091894/the-importance-of-k-12-preparation</loc><lastmod>2010-04-22T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089575/incoming-ira-president-aims-to-prepare-literacy-teachers-to-instruct-diverse-classrooms</loc><lastmod>2010-04-22T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.Patricia-Edwards1.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089574/south-carolina-manual-drops-negro-and-scalawag-references</loc><lastmod>2010-04-22T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/international/article/15089573/university-of-iowa-broadens-its-global-reach</loc><lastmod>2010-04-22T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.042210_Downing_Thomas.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>University of Iowa Dean of International Programs Downing Thomas</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/latinx/article/15089572/uc-campuses-report-record-low-admission-rates</loc><lastmod>2010-04-22T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.042210_UCLA_Royce_Hall.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>UCLA (pictured) was the most selective of UC’s nine undergraduate campus, admitting only 21 percent of freshman applicants.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/sports/article/15089571/university-of-connecticut-nfl-launch-korey-stringer-institute</loc><lastmod>2010-04-21T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/home/article/15089570/census-says-women-equal-to-men-in-advanced-degree-attainment</loc><lastmod>2010-04-21T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.042110_woman_with_degree.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Women are now just as likely as men to have completed college and to hold an advanced degree, part of an accelerating trend of educational gains that have shielded women from recent job losses.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/sports/article/15089569/biden-duncan-tout-title-ix-policy-change</loc><lastmod>2010-04-21T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.042110_Joe_Biden.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>U.S. Vice President Joe Biden</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089568/dorothy-height-civil-rights-activist-dies-at-98</loc><lastmod>2010-04-21T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.042110_Dorothy_Height.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Dorothy Height, the leading female voice of the 1960s civil rights movement and a participant in historic marches with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and others, died Tuesday.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091893/it-is-high-time-for-a-black-woman-on-the-high-court-part-ii</loc><lastmod>2010-04-20T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/sports/article/15089567/obama-administration-reverses-bush-on-college-sports-equity-policy</loc><lastmod>2010-04-20T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089566/hispanic-serving-institution-officials-urge-education-reform-to-expand-latino-opportunity</loc><lastmod>2010-04-20T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.042010_ArneDuncan.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan addresses HACU forum. (photo by Arelis Hernandez)</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089565/harvard-professor-ogletree-sharpton-is-obamas-link-to-the-streets</loc><lastmod>2010-04-20T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.042010_Al_Sharpton.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>The Rev. Al Sharpton (pictured)  is a “lightning rod” for President Barack Obama on inner city streets, says Harvard University law professor Charles Ogletree. (photo courtesy of Harvard University)</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089564/overcoming-life-on-the-streets-to-teach-literature</loc><lastmod>2010-04-20T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.042010_Jerald_Walker.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Dr. Jerald Walker is an associate professor of English at Bridgewater State College.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089563/va-gov-black-fraternity-to-meet-over-confederate-history-month-flap</loc><lastmod>2010-04-19T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089562/fayetteville-state-wins-record-fourth-ofc-business-plan-competition</loc><lastmod>2010-04-19T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/home/article/15089561/senate-judiciary-committee-republicans-grill-federal-appellate-court-judge-nominee-goodwin-liu</loc><lastmod>2010-04-19T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.041910_revised_Liu.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Goodwin Liu, a professor and associate dean at the University of California Berkeley School of Law, answers Senate Judiciary Committee questions at the confirmation hearing on his nomination to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. If confirmed, he would become the only Asian-American to hold an active federal appellate court judgeship.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091892/crude-sexist-phrase-from-cornell-professor-proves-intolerable</loc><lastmod>2010-04-16T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091891/no-black-justice-no-peace</loc><lastmod>2010-04-16T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091890/gearing-for-the-stretch-run</loc><lastmod>2010-04-16T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089560/us-health-secretary-addresses-minority-health-issues</loc><lastmod>2010-04-16T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.041610_Kathleen_Sebelius.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said that she is developing a national plan of action that would focus for the first time on reducing health care disparities between minority and White populations.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/institutions/hbcus/article/15089559/minor-crime-convictions-proving-harmful-to-student-ambitions</loc><lastmod>2010-04-16T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.041610_Walter_Searcy.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Walter Searcy, chairman of the Legal Redress Committee of the Nashville branch of the NAACP, says many people of color and poor people plead guilty or are found guilty of misdemeanors because they don’t know about diversion programs as an alternative to a guilty plea in court.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089558/dc-students-first-among-2010-graduates-chosen-as-gates-scholars</loc><lastmod>2010-04-16T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.041610_GMS_scholars.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Seven Washington, D.C. high school seniors were surprised to become the first students in the nation this year to receive Gates Millennium scholarships.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/leadership-policy/article/15089557/hopefuls-interview-for-southern-university-system-post</loc><lastmod>2010-04-15T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.041510_Leonard_Haynes.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Dr. Leonard Haynes III, senior adviser in the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Postsecondary Education and Southern University graduate, was a Southern University System executive vice president in the 1980s.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/home/article/15089556/appreciation-john-paul-stevens-retiring-associate-justice-of-the-us-supreme-court</loc><lastmod>2010-04-15T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.122209_Sotomayor_Obama.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>President Obama and Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor (White House photo by Pete Souza)</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/leadership-policy/article/15089555/lone-black-trustee-retained-on-university-of-south-carolina-board</loc><lastmod>2010-04-15T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2010/04/edu.041410_Leah_Moody-thumb.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089554/hbcus-explore-ways-to-move-beyond-tuition-dependence</loc><lastmod>2010-04-15T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.041510_Wiliiam_Harvey.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Under Bill Harvey’s leadership, Hampton University has used the school’s endowment to build hotels, a shopping center and office buildings on the Virginia coast.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/leadership-policy/article/15089553/univ-of-south-carolina-in-danger-of-losing-lone-black-trustee</loc><lastmod>2010-04-14T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.041410_Leah_Moody.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Leah Moody was temporarily appointed to one of 17 University of South Carolina trustee posts approved by state legislators.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/institutions/msis/article/15089552/community-colleges-continue-to-seek-federal-help</loc><lastmod>2010-04-14T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.041410_Jill_Biden.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>A White House summit on community colleges will be led by Dr. Jill Biden (pictured), the vice president’s wife and an English professor at Northern Virginia Community College</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/disabilties/article/15089551/conference-panelists-disabled-students-would-benefit-from-universal-instruction-design</loc><lastmod>2010-04-14T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.041410_disabiility_panel.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Panelists Jane West, Martin Gould, and Sally Scott on Tuesday discuss higher education policy as it relates to students with disabilities during the annual National Capitol Summit for Educational Policy Institute. (photo by Arelis Hernandez)</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089550/education-leader-lifts-community-colleges-into-limelight</loc><lastmod>2010-04-13T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.041310_Eduardo_Padron.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Eduardo J. Padron is a dedicated proponent of the nation’s more than 1,000 community colleges.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/faculty-staff/article/15089549/from-the-cultural-revolution-to-computer-science</loc><lastmod>2010-04-13T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.041310_Wei_Chen.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Dr. Wei Chen (right), the recipient of a 2010 IBM Faculty Award, is a computer science professor at Tennessee State University.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/native-americans/article/15089548/tribute-wilma-mankiller-1945-2010</loc><lastmod>2010-04-13T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.041310_Mankiller_signs_book.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Wilma Mankiller signed her last book at the 2009 Women’s Leadership Dinner at the American Council on Education’s annual meeting. (Photo by Lisa Helfert/ACE)</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091889/refusing-to-define-quality-by-anything-but-test-scores-why</loc><lastmod>2010-04-12T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089547/one-florida-plan-harmed-minority-enrollment</loc><lastmod>2010-04-12T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.041210_Jeb_Bush.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush said the ‘One Florida’ plan achieved its goals admitting minority students without explicit racial preference and pre-empting a lawsuit or divisive ballot initiative, which California endured.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/faculty-staff/article/15089546/aaup-report-paints-bleak-picture-on-faculty-salaries</loc><lastmod>2010-04-12T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.041210_frustrated_professor.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>The AAUP faculty report says that faculty members at public colleges and universities are facing some of the most serious issues because of enormous cuts in state appropriations.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/leadership-policy/article/15089545/jackson-state-president-among-candidates-vying-to-lead-southern-university</loc><lastmod>2010-04-12T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.041210_Ronald_Mason.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Ronald Mason Jr., president of Jackson State University in Mississippi, is one of two new applicants to lead the Southern University System.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089544/howard-university-hosts-john-hope-franklin-tribute</loc><lastmod>2010-04-12T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.041210_John_Hope_Franklin.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Dr. John Hope Franklin, one of the most revered and respected historians of the 20th century, died last year of congestive heart failure at the age of 94.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091888/mis-prioritization-of-diversity-leading-to-cuts</loc><lastmod>2010-04-09T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089543/governors-proclamation-omission-puts-virginia-in-negative-light-critics-say</loc><lastmod>2010-04-09T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.040910_Bob_McDonnell.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Virginia Governor Bob MCDonnell</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/health/article/15089542/kenya-based-clinic-created-in-memory-of-slain-conn-student</loc><lastmod>2010-04-09T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.040910_Justin-Jinich.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Wesleyan University students are creating a health care clinic in an East African community in memory of Johanna Justin-Jinich. (AP Photo/Courtesy of the Justin-Junich Family)</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089541/author-cultivates-young-writers-with-camaraderie</loc><lastmod>2010-04-09T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.040910_McPherson_student.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>James Alan McPherson (left) has taught at the Iowa’s Writers’ Workshop since 1981. (photo courtesy of the University of Iowa)</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089540/delaware-state-reinstates-womens-equestrian-team-in-legal-battle</loc><lastmod>2010-04-08T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.040810_DSU-Equestrian.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>In February, the Lady Hornet equestrians filed for a preliminary injunction order to preserve the team and ensure its presence at Delaware State University.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089539/fisk-seeks-trial-to-pursue-sale-of-artwork</loc><lastmod>2010-04-08T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.040810_Radiator_painting.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>‘The Radiator Building—Night, New York’ by Georgia O’Keeffe is part of the Fisk University art collection.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/latinx/article/15089538/census-ads-seek-to-boost-minority-participation</loc><lastmod>2010-04-08T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.040810_James_Brown_census.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Television host James Brown participated in the U.S. Census Bureau’s launch of the 2010 Census national advertising campaign in Washington.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091887/leading-by-example</loc><lastmod>2010-04-07T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/health/article/15089537/temple-nurses-strike-over-work-rule-tuition-perk</loc><lastmod>2010-04-07T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.040710_Temple_nursing_med.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Temple University medical and nursing students respond as a team to a simulated “code blue” at the Institute for Clinical Simulation and Patient Safety at the Medical School. (Photo by Joseph V. Labolito, Temple University photography)</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/faculty-staff/article/15089536/chicago-state-provost-famed-black-poet-not-singled-out-for-retaliation</loc><lastmod>2010-04-07T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.040710_Haki_Madhubuti.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Haki R. Madhubuti (pictured) founded the Gwendolyn Brooks Center for Black Literature and Creative Writing and established the annual Gwendolyn Brooks Conference for Black Literature and Creative Writing, both at Chicago State University.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089535/report-hsis-key-to-spurring-latino-movement-through-stem-pipeline</loc><lastmod>2010-04-07T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.040710_Latina_science_stude.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>In 2007, Latinos were awarded just 8.2 percent of STEM bachelor’s degrees.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/stem/article/15089534/wisconsin-unveils-plan-to-produce-more-college-graduates</loc><lastmod>2010-04-06T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.040610_Kevin_Reilly.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>University of Wisconsin System President Kevin Reilly (pictured) is challenging campuses to find new ways to graduate more students as part of a long-range plan to increase the number of degree-holders in the state.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/leadership-policy/article/15089533/community-colleges-appreciate-attention-need-money</loc><lastmod>2010-04-06T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2010/04/edu.081810_Jamie_Merisotis-thumb.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/home/article/15089532/report-judiciary-decision-making-swayed-by-race-and-ethnicity</loc><lastmod>2010-04-06T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.040610_Goodwin_Liu.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Goodwin Liu, an associate dean at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law, awaits confirmation to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091886/william-mary-larger-financial-steps-needed-to-atone-for-slavery</loc><lastmod>2010-04-05T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089531/southern-faculty-oppose-universitys-higher-admission-standards</loc><lastmod>2010-04-05T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089530/georgia-naacp-sues-state-for-underfunding-public-hbcus</loc><lastmod>2010-04-05T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.040510NAACP.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Attorney John M. Clark, left, speaks as Edward O. DuBose, President of the Georgia State Conference of the NAACP, listens during a press conference announcing their Federal lawsuit against the state of Georgia, at the Capitol in Atlanta, on Friday, April 2, 2010. The NAACP alleges discriminatory practices in the administration of Georgia’s historically Black colleges and universities. (AP Photo/Erik S. Lesser)</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091885/using-good-customer-service-in-the-higher-education-marketplace</loc><lastmod>2010-04-02T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089529/virginia-college-to-examine-its-racial-history</loc><lastmod>2010-04-02T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.040210_William_Mary_campus.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>The College of William and Mary is examining its role as a slave owner and its discrimination against Black people for decades after the Civil War.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089528/minority-focused-stem-funding-plan-raises-equity-concerns</loc><lastmod>2010-04-02T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.040210_minority_science.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute students participate in the Upstate Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (ULSAMP) program which targets African-American, Latino American, and Native American (AALANA) populations for STEM education in New York state. (photo courtesy of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089527/report-for-profit-schools-better-value-for-low-income-students-than-two-year-publics</loc><lastmod>2010-04-02T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.040210_Everest_College.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>An Everest College counselor advises a student on career options. Everest College is a system of for-profit colleges in the U.S. and Ontario, Canada owned by Corinthian Colleges Inc. (photo courtesy of Everest College)</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/faculty-staff/article/15089526/professors-enlighten-radio-audiences-with-philosophy-talk</loc><lastmod>2010-04-01T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.040110_Philosophy_talk.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Dr. John Perry (left), a University of California, Riverside philosophy professor, and Dr. Ken Taylor, a Stanford  University philosophy professor, host “Philosophy Talk.”</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/stem/article/15089525/justice-center-trains-future-lawyers-seeks-criminal-justice-reform</loc><lastmod>2010-04-01T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.040110_David_Singleton.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>David Singleton is the executive director of the Ohio Justice &amp;amp; Policy Center in Cincinnati.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089524/phd-completion-study-documents-best-practices-for-student-success</loc><lastmod>2010-03-31T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.033110_PhD_completion-1.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>In a major study of doctoral students, the Council of Graduate Studies reports that only 57 percent of Ph.D. candidates complete their programs within a decade. (photo by iStockphoto.com)</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089523/making-it-mandatory</loc><lastmod>2010-03-31T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.033110_Tech_ACU-1.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>During the 2008 and 2009 fall semesters, Abilene Christian University in Abilene, Texas, distributed either an iPhone or iPod Touch to all incoming freshmen. (photo courtesy of Abilene Christian University)</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089522/obama-signs-law-sealing-health-care-student-loan-reforms</loc><lastmod>2010-03-31T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.033110_Obama_signs_law.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>President Barack Obama signs the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 at Northern Virginia Community College in Alexandria, Va. (official White House photo by Pete Souza)</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089521/students-should-know-grad-school-options-well-mcnair-advisers-told</loc><lastmod>2010-03-30T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.033010_Kalkole.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Dr. Kathryn Kailikole</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089520/preserving-black-history-with-help-from-the-smithsonian</loc><lastmod>2010-03-30T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.033010_Lonnie_Bunch.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Dr. Lonnie Bunch, director of the Smithsonian’s planned National Museum of African American History and Culture, organized the museum’s  Treasures series</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089519/bipartisan-effort-vowed-on-congressional-review-of-no-child-law</loc><lastmod>2010-03-30T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.033010_Michael_Wotorson.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Michael Wotorson, executive director of the Campaign for High School Equity, urges policy changes to improve public high schools.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/sports/article/15089518/breaking-color-barrier-not-unique-to-auburns-first-black-head-basketball-coach</loc><lastmod>2010-03-29T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.032910_Tony_Barbee.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Auburn University’s Tony Barbee (right) has impressive credentials as a Memphis assistant and a four-year head coach at UTEP.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/stem/article/15089517/post-racialism-threatens-equal-protection-jurisprudence-legal-scholars-say</loc><lastmod>2010-03-29T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.032910_Dean_Johnson.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>UC Davis School of Law Dean Kevin Johnson</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/native-americans/article/15089516/climate-change-themed-stem-curriculum-developed-for-tribal-colleges</loc><lastmod>2010-03-29T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.032910_AIHEC.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Tribal college STEM faculty met at the National Center for Atmospheric Science (NCAR) in Boulder, Colo., last summer to develop curriculum for the Introduction to Climate Change from an Indigenous Perspective course.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/health/article/15089515/congress-completes-overhaul-of-health-care-student-loan-program</loc><lastmod>2010-03-26T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.032610_Nancy_Pelosi.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>House Speaker Nancy Pelosi</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089514/california-officials-condemn-racist-acts-on-campuses</loc><lastmod>2010-03-26T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.032610_Chris_Edley.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>UC Berkeley law school Dean Christopher Edley (pictured) was appointed to serve as a special adviser on racial issues at UC San Diego by UC President Mark Yudof.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089513/tech-savvy-hbcus-keeping-pace-with-innovation-others-lag</loc><lastmod>2010-03-26T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.032610_Johnson_Divide.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Morgan State University freshman Alexander Johnson is seated in the school’s animation room with Digital Media Center Director Keith Mehlinger, (Photo by Daryl Stuart)</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091883/helping-lincoln-students-find-opportunities</loc><lastmod>2010-03-25T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089512/north-carolina-hbcu-renegotiates-debt-with-31-million-federal-loan</loc><lastmod>2010-03-25T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/institutions/community-colleges/article/15089511/adult-learners-key-to-us-reclaiming-college-completion-lead-education-dept-official-says</loc><lastmod>2010-03-25T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.032510_Brenda_Dann_Messier.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Dr. Brenda Dann-Messier is assistant secretary of vocational and adult education with the U.S. Department of Education.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/home/article/15089510/diversity-officers-group-to-launch-state-chapters</loc><lastmod>2010-03-25T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.032510_Glen_Jones.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Giving the young group of seasoned diversity professionals more organized reach in individual states will help NADOHE “collectively advance” the work individuals and smaller groups have already done, says NADOHE President Glen Jones.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/leadership-policy/article/15089509/black-trustee-flap-sparks-sc-football-boycott-effort</loc><lastmod>2010-03-25T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.032510_Anton_Gunn.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>State lawmaker and former Gamecocks lineman Anton Gunn, a Black Democrat from Columbia, said members of the Black community were calling recruits and their families and asking them to rethink playing for the school.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091882/competition-has-its-place</loc><lastmod>2010-03-24T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089508/meeting-brings-ohio-university-hbcu-officials-together-for-collaboration</loc><lastmod>2010-03-24T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.032410_Interlink.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Dr. Phillip Muisya of North Carolina Central University leads a session titled ‘An Integrated Approach on Improving Teaching at the University Level: Teaching the Millennial Student Using Best Practices in Teaching and Learning’ at the Interlink Alliance meeting last week. (photo by Add Seymour Jr.)</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/home/article/15089507/trio-leader-says-freeze-puts-programs-at-risk</loc><lastmod>2010-03-24T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.032410_Kimberly_Jones-2.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Kimberly Jones is the congressional affairs director for the Council for Opportunity in Education (COE), a Washington, D.C., organization that works on behalf of federal TRIO access and support programs such as Talent Search and Upward Bound.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/latinx/article/15089506/census-campaign-targets-tech-savvy-hispanic-youth</loc><lastmod>2010-03-24T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.032410_Wilmer_Valderrama-1.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Actor Wilmer Valderrama (right) is featured in televised Voto Latino public service announcements that urge participation in the U.S. Census. (photo courtesy of Voto Latino)</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/stem/article/15089505/survey-us-women-and-minority-scientists-often-discouraged-from-pursuing-stem-careers</loc><lastmod>2010-03-23T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.032310_Mae_Jemison.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Dr. Mae Jemison is the first African-American female astronaut to travel in outer space.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089504/student-loan-reform-changes-necessary-to-avert-pell-grant-crisis-advocates-say</loc><lastmod>2010-03-23T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.032310_Ruben_Hinojosa.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Rep. Ruben Hinojosa, D-Tex., chairman of the House higher education subcommittee, said House approval of the health care and student loan reform bill on Sunday should lead to ‘billions’ in new investment for college affordability and accessibility.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/institutions/community-colleges/article/15089503/board-votes-to-allow-undocumented-immigrants-access-to-nc-community-colleges</loc><lastmod>2010-03-23T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.032310_Hilda_Pinnix-Ragland.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>N.C. community college board Chair Hilda Pinnix-Ragland</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091881/stopping-hate-before-it-starts</loc><lastmod>2010-03-22T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/latinx/article/15089502/amid-bitter-health-care-debate-house-clears-student-loan-changes</loc><lastmod>2010-03-22T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/faculty-staff/article/15089501/report-examines-why-women-are-under-represented-in-stem-fields</loc><lastmod>2010-03-22T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089500/hbcu-leaders-consider-partnerships-key-to-remaining-competitive-in-online-era</loc><lastmod>2010-03-22T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.132210SidneyRibeauHighRes.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Dr. Sidney Ribeau</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091880/the-promised-conversation-on-race-and-identity</loc><lastmod>2010-03-19T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091879/the-racial-politics-of-miss-america</loc><lastmod>2010-03-19T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/institutions/msis/article/15089499/dems-unveil-scaled-back-safra-provisions-attach-it-to-health-care-reform-legislation</loc><lastmod>2010-03-19T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.031910_George_Miller.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., is chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089498/forum-reformers-urged-to-continue-advocacy-for-student-aid-overhaul</loc><lastmod>2010-03-19T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.031910_Sandy%2520Baum.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Dr. Sandy Baum is co-chair of the College Board’s Rethinking Student Aid study group.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089497/black-college-leaders-briefed-on-historic-health-care-education-legislation</loc><lastmod>2010-03-19T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.031910_Nancy_Pelosi.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>House Speaker Nancy Pelosi addressed college presidents, administrators and students representing the nation’s Black colleges and universities just hours before Democratic leaders released a bill Thursday that combined highly sought education funding and student loan reform with historic healthcare reform legislation. (photo by Cassie Chew)</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089496/the-black-college-and-globalization</loc><lastmod>2010-03-19T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.031910_Baskerville_Lomax.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Lezli Baskerville, president and CEO of the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO), and Dr. Michael Lomax, president and CEO of the United Negro College Fund, preside over an event at NAFEO’s annual national conference. (photo by Cassie Chew)</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091878/new-proposed-education-law-better-but-glaring-problem-remains</loc><lastmod>2010-03-18T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/latinx/article/15089495/report-low-hispanic-college-completion-rates-endanger-us-attainment-goals</loc><lastmod>2010-03-18T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.031810_Latino_graduates.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Students honored during La Celebración Latina, a celebratory program that highlights Latino graduates at the University of Michigan.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/latinx/article/15089494/opinion-the-proposed-nsf-broadening-participation-budgeta-lingering-odor</loc><lastmod>2010-03-18T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.031810_Daryl_Chubin.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Dr. Daryl E. Chubin is director of the Center for Advancing Science &amp;amp; Engineering Capacity at the American Association for the Advancement of Science.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/sports/article/15089493/officials-urge-raising-the-academic-bar-for-ncaa-tournament-teams</loc><lastmod>2010-03-18T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.031810_Ben_Jealous.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Benjamin Jealous, president and CEO of the NAACP, said student-athletes will rise to the academic bar set for them.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/sports/article/15089492/study-womens-ncaa-tourney-teams-outperform-men-in-graduation-rates</loc><lastmod>2010-03-17T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089491/ole-miss-to-limit-access-to-colonel-reb-image</loc><lastmod>2010-03-17T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.031710_Col_Reb_large.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>The University of Mississippi has taken another step to reduce the visibility of its old mascot Colonel Reb</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089490/tulane-university-institute-finds-racial-divide-over-post-katrina-public-school-changes</loc><lastmod>2010-03-17T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.031710_Mitch_Landrieu.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>New Orleans Mayor-elect  Mitch Landrieu has named a 21-member task force to help him navigate local education issues.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/home/article/15089489/minority-serving-schools-report-working-harder-to-connect-students-with-jobs</loc><lastmod>2010-03-17T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.jobs.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>“Students need more help now than they ever did,” says Linda Bowie, (far left) director of the Career Services Center at Coppin State University in Baltimore. “We are trying to be more proactive in encouraging students to be more active in their jobs search. Some of them (students) are listening to the news and understand the need to do things differently.” Photo by Daryl Stuart</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/sports/article/15089488/arkansas-hbcu-revels-in-first-ever-ncaa-tournament-bid</loc><lastmod>2010-03-16T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.031610_UAPB_NCAA.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>The University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff Golden Lions in action</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089487/georgia-college-students-protest-education-cuts</loc><lastmod>2010-03-16T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.031610_Sonny_Perdue.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089486/prostate-cancer-screening-debate-explored-at-hbcu-symposium</loc><lastmod>2010-03-16T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.031610_Shafiq_Khan.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Dr. Shafiq A. Khan, director of the Center for Cancer Research and Therapeutic Development at Clark Atlanta University</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/sports/article/15089485/study-ncaa-tournament-team-graduation-rates-between-blacks-whites-widening</loc><lastmod>2010-03-16T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/03/edu.031610_NCAA_grad_rates-thumb.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089484/community-college-summit-centers-on-student-aid</loc><lastmod>2010-03-16T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.031510_Plotkin_community_college.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>: Hal Plotkin, senior policy adviser to the undersecretary of the Department of Education, warned community college trustees that without SAFRA’s passage Pell grants will fall from their current maximum of $5,500 per student just over $2,000 by 2011. (photo by Arelis Hernandez)</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091877/a-black-college-philanthropist-that-exemplifies-the-very-essence-of-philanthropy</loc><lastmod>2010-03-15T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/latinx/article/15089483/obamas-education-law-overhaul-to-focus-on-college</loc><lastmod>2010-03-15T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.031510_Daniel_Domenech.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Dr. Daniel Domenech, executive director of the American Association of School Administrators, welcomes the proposal to do away with the No Child Left Behind education policies.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/institutions/community-colleges/article/15089482/indiana-community-colleges-grapple-with-low-graduation-rates</loc><lastmod>2010-03-15T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.031510_Teresa_Lubbers.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Teresa Lubbers, Indiana’s higher education commissioner, calls the community college graduation rate percentages unacceptably low.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/home/article/15089481/underground-railroad-center-scholars-cast-eyes-on-an-old-evil</loc><lastmod>2010-03-15T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.031510_Nat_Underground_RR.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center is in Cincinnati, Ohio. (photo courtesy of&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;National Underground Railroad Freedom Center)</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089480/temple-university-benefactor-donates-harriet-tubman-items-to-smithsonian</loc><lastmod>2010-03-12T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.031210_Blockson_donation.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>: From left, Lonnie Bunch, African American History Museum director; Rep. Robert A. Brady (D-Pa.); and donor Charles L. Blockson, a Philadelphia historian, discuss a book of hymnals that once belonged to Harriet Tubman. (photo courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution)</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/institutions/community-colleges/article/15089479/dire-financial-future-projected-for-us-community-colleges</loc><lastmod>2010-03-12T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.031210_legislative_summit_panel.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>2010 Community College National Legislative Summit (photo by Arelis Hernandez)</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/leadership-policy/article/15089478/college-president-in-akron-leads-university-and-city-transformation</loc><lastmod>2010-03-12T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.031210_Luis_Proenza.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>University of Akron President Dr. Luis Proenza</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089477/obama-proposal-seeks-to-consolidate-minority-undergraduate-stem-programs</loc><lastmod>2010-03-11T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2010/03/edu.Eddie_Bernice_Johnson-thumb.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/latinx/article/15089476/minority-births-on-track-to-outnumber-white-births</loc><lastmod>2010-03-11T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2010/03/edu.031110_mother_child-thumb.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089475/preserving-a-native-language-and-culture</loc><lastmod>2010-03-11T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.031110_Miami_nation.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Myaamia Project Director Daryl Baldwin (center) says the Miami Tribe’s cultural and language efforts are in direct response to its forced removal from its ancestral homelands.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091876/maintaining-respect-in-the-classroom</loc><lastmod>2010-03-10T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089474/us-education-dept-officials-to-step-up-civil-rights-enforcement</loc><lastmod>2010-03-10T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.031010_Arne_Duncan.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan (photo courtesy of Center for American Progress)</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/faculty-staff/article/15089473/virginia-hbcus-struggle-with-legal-opinion-that-bars-protection-for-gays</loc><lastmod>2010-03-10T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.031010_Ken_Cuccinelli.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Virginia Attorney General Kenneth Cuccinelli</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/home/article/15089472/from-prison-to-policymaking</loc><lastmod>2010-03-10T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.031010_prison_policymaking.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Dr. Divine Pryor (left) says the formerly incarcerated can conduct credible criminal justice research because they have the most to gain by remaining objective.  NuLeadership founder Eddie Ellis says the obstacles Blacks and Latinos face coming out of prison aren’t adequately addressed by traditional programs.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089471/first-lady-to-deliver-hbcu-commencement-address</loc><lastmod>2010-03-10T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.031010_Michelle_Obama.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Michelle Obama</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/home/article/15089470/suzuki-awarded-top-honor-for-diversity-leadership</loc><lastmod>2010-03-10T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.031010_Bob_Suzuki.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Dr. Bob Suzuki</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091875/repulsive-fallout-from-the-destruction-of-the-uc-black-student-body</loc><lastmod>2010-03-09T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/leadership-policy/article/15089469/conference-college-leaders-highlight-challenges-role-of-diversity-during-school-transformations</loc><lastmod>2010-03-09T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.030910_Allen_Sessoms.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Dr. Allen Sessoms</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/leadership-policy/article/15089468/alabama-two-year-college-officials-plan-for-disasters</loc><lastmod>2010-03-09T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.030910_Central_Alabama_CC.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Central Alabama Community College</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/sports/article/15089467/reviews-catching-up-on-the-black-history-book-bounty</loc><lastmod>2010-03-09T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.030910_Nolan_Richardson.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Nolan Richardson is the subject of Forty Minutes of Hell: The Extraordinary Life of Nolan Richardson by Rus Bradburd.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091874/repulsive-fallout-from-the-destruction-of-the-uc-black-student-body</loc><lastmod>2010-03-08T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091873/whos-really-at-the-top</loc><lastmod>2010-03-08T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/leadership-policy/article/15089466/women-leaders-honored-at-ace-meeting</loc><lastmod>2010-03-08T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.030810Blinda_Wilson4-1.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Dr. Blenda Wilson, former president of California State University, Northridge, was honored with the ACE’s Donna Shavlik award. Photo by Tim Trumble for ACE.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/home/article/15089465/missouri-students-apologize-for-cotton-ball-prank</loc><lastmod>2010-03-08T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/latinx/article/15089464/sarah-lawrence-college-hosts-womens-history-conference-on-hip-hop</loc><lastmod>2010-03-08T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/faculty-staff/article/15089463/rowdy-students-block-campus-amid-funding-rally</loc><lastmod>2010-03-05T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/stem/article/15089462/ut-regents-elect-first-woman-to-lead-board</loc><lastmod>2010-03-05T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.030510_Colleen_McHugh_lg.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Colleen McHugh has been elected as the chairwoman of the University of Texas System regents board.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089461/ohio-institutions-focus-on-black-male-achievement</loc><lastmod>2010-03-05T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.030510_Gathering-of-Men-Eve.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>The Gathering of Men, a program featured at the Todd Anthony Bell National Resource Center for the African American Male, allows Ohio State University’s Black students, faculty and staff to gather and hear presentations by guest speakers.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091872/a-painful-separation</loc><lastmod>2010-03-04T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/home/article/15089460/once-a-leader-in-school-diversity-nc-retrenches</loc><lastmod>2010-03-04T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.030410_Gary_Orfield.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Dr. Gary Orfield (center) said the entire South has been resegregating for the past 20 years.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/institutions/community-colleges/article/15089459/ets-achievement-gap-symposium-focuses-on-adult-learners</loc><lastmod>2010-03-04T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.030410_ETS_DC.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>The 2010 ETS Addressing Achievement Gaps Symposium was held in Washington, D.C.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/leadership-policy/article/15089458/tavis-smiley-chicago-state-university-preparing-to-host-black-agenda-meeting</loc><lastmod>2010-03-04T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.030410_Tavis_Smiley-2.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Tavis Smiley</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089457/racist-incidents-protests-spread-at-uc-campuses</loc><lastmod>2010-03-03T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/home/article/15089456/report-poor-high-school-counseling-could-lead-to-diminished-opportunities</loc><lastmod>2010-03-03T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.030310_Gates_photo_report.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Student and High School Guidance Counselor (Photo courtesy of Public Agenda</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/latinx/article/15089455/alliance-of-17-states-seeks-to-boost-college-completion-rates</loc><lastmod>2010-03-03T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.030310_Stan_Jones.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Stan Jones founded Complete College America, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/institutions/community-colleges/article/15089454/locked-out-of-higher-education</loc><lastmod>2010-03-03T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.030310_prison_ed_classroom.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Wesleyan University uses its instructional resources to teach inmates at Cheshire Correctional Institute in Connecticut.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091871/from-minority-to-aalana-whats-in-a-name</loc><lastmod>2010-03-02T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/institutions/hbcus/article/15089453/virginia-state-university-drumline-performs-at-the-white-house</loc><lastmod>2010-03-02T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.030210_VSU_sax_players.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Saxophone players gather together enjoying their last few free moments before performing in the Georgia Dome in front of 60,000 spectators.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/leadership-policy/article/15089452/louisianas-historically-black-university-system-nearing-selection-of-new-leader</loc><lastmod>2010-03-02T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.030210_Marvin_Yates-1.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Dr. Marvin Yates, Southeastern  Louisiana University vice president for student affairs, is a candidate for the Southern University system presidency.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089451/online-debate-rages-over-white-teams-step-competition-win</loc><lastmod>2010-03-02T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.030210_Zeta_Tau_Alpha.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>: Members of Zeta Tau Alpha sorority from the University of Arkansas react after being named the winner of the Sprite Step Off competition. (John Amis/AP Images for Sprite)</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091870/misunderstanding-history-in-the-age-of-obama</loc><lastmod>2010-03-01T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089450/obama-signs-black-college-executive-order</loc><lastmod>2010-03-01T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.0310110_HBCU_signing.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>President Barack Obama signed an executive order strengthening the long-standing White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089449/angry-uc-san-diego-students-protest-over-noose-found-in-library</loc><lastmod>2010-03-01T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.0301110_Marye_Anne_Fox.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>UC-San Diego chancellor Marye Anne Fox</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/institutions/community-colleges/article/15089448/debaters-find-common-ground-on-need-for-college-accountability</loc><lastmod>2010-03-01T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.030110_Michael_Lomax.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Dr. Michael Lomax</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/latinx/article/15089447/ut-austin-professor-works-to-close-latino-gender-gap-in-higher-ed</loc><lastmod>2010-03-01T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.030110_Victor_Saenz.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Dr. Victor Saenz</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089446/perspectives-adapting-to-achieve</loc><lastmod>2010-02-26T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.022610_M_Mathis.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Margaretta Brédé Mathis</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089445/ex-obama-adviser-will-become-princeton-fellow</loc><lastmod>2010-02-26T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.022610_Van_Jones.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Van Jones</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089444/obama-initiative-may-cut-loan-burdens</loc><lastmod>2010-02-26T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.022610teacher.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Income-based student loan programs may provide an incentive for people to go into lower-paying public servant jobs, such as teaching.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091869/the-cos-effect</loc><lastmod>2010-02-25T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089443/black-history-month-special-oberlins-celebrated-but-difficult-history</loc><lastmod>2010-02-25T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.022510oberlin.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Dr. Roland M. Baumann’s book</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/latinx/article/15089442/caribbeans-urged-to-write-in-ancestry-on-us-census</loc><lastmod>2010-02-25T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.022510Felicia%2520Persaud.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Felicia Persaud, chairwoman of CaribID 2010, says, “We are completely undercounted because there isn’t an accurate way of self-identifying for people from the Caribbean.” Some Caribbean-American leaders are urging their communities to write their nationalities under “some other race” on the forms arriving in mailboxes next month, along with checking the racial categories they feel identify them best. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091868/are-you-in-this-for-the-love-of-sports-and-winning-the-new-academy-sport-academies</loc><lastmod>2010-02-24T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091867/are-you-in-this-for-the-love-of-sports-and-winning-the-new-academy-sport-academies</loc><lastmod>2010-02-24T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/home/article/15089441/black-history-month-book-review-a-one-woman-miracle</loc><lastmod>2010-02-24T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.022410immortal-life.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, by Rebecca Skloot</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/latinx/article/15089440/univision-feds-launch-hispanic-education-campaign</loc><lastmod>2010-02-24T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.022410JorgeRamos.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Jorge Ramos, evening news anchor at Univision, spoke at the inauguration of the “This is the Time” campaign Tuesday.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089439/decades-in-the-making-ellisons-unfinished-second-novel-emerges-as-essential-read</loc><lastmod>2010-02-23T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.022310_three_days_before_sh.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/sports/article/15089438/payton-rice-and-robinson-lead-first-black-college-football-hall-class</loc><lastmod>2010-02-23T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.022310_Eddie_Robinson.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Legendary Grambling University football coach Eddie Robinson</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089437/hbcu-case-study-documents-how-schools-can-help-students-pay-back-loans</loc><lastmod>2010-02-23T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.022310_case_study.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>A new report released Tuesday called “Lowering Student Loan Default Rates: What One Consortium of Historically Black Institutions Did to Succeed,” argues that institutions can work proactively to reduce default rates among former students.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091866/they-will-come-recruitment-of-black-and-latinos-to-rural-traditionally-white-colleges</loc><lastmod>2010-02-22T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/home/article/15089436/majority-of-administrators-receive-no-pay-raises-survey-says</loc><lastmod>2010-02-22T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089435/uc-san-diego-condemns-party-mocking-black-history</loc><lastmod>2010-02-19T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089434/slain-uah-biology-chair-remembered-as-caring-father-figure</loc><lastmod>2010-02-19T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089433/high-school-graduation-rates-low-where-most-american-indians-alaska-natives-live-report-says</loc><lastmod>2010-02-19T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.ASU_native_graduates.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Low high school graduation rates mean few Native American Indian and Alaska Native students enroll and graduate from college. Tammi Duncan (left) and Latoya Shirley, both Native Americans, completed undergraduate degree programs at Arizona State University. (photo by Tom Story; courtesy of Arizona State University)</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/stem/article/15091865/breaking-new-ground-on-faculty-diversity-in-stem-fields</loc><lastmod>2010-02-18T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089432/students-complained-about-alabama-professor-charged-in-deadly-rampage</loc><lastmod>2010-02-18T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.021510_UAH_news_conference.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Chuck Gailes, chief of campus police at the University of Alabama at Huntsville, answers questions during a news conference.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089431/trial-under-way-for-accused-shooter-of-spelman-student</loc><lastmod>2010-02-18T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.021510_UAH_news_conference.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Chuck Gailes, chief of campus police at the University of Alabama at Huntsville, answers questions during a news conference.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/home/article/15089430/coming-to-grips-with-negrophobia</loc><lastmod>2010-02-18T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.D021810_negrophobia.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Hair straightening is a palpable example of negrophobia among Dominicans, scholars say.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091864/underground-greeks-dealing-with-the-not-so-secret-pledge-process</loc><lastmod>2010-02-17T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/leadership-policy/article/15089429/alabama-professor-in-slayings-shot-victims-methodically-survivor-says</loc><lastmod>2010-02-17T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.021710_Joseph_Ng.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>University of Alabama-Huntsville professor Joseph Ng</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/institutions/community-colleges/article/15089428/wanting-access-to-college-americans-report-feeling-squeezed-by-higher-education</loc><lastmod>2010-02-17T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.021710_Patrick_Callan.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Patrick Callan, president of The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089427/racially-targeted-billboard-campaign-links-african-americans-abortion</loc><lastmod>2010-02-17T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.021710_Beverly_Guy_Sheftall.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Spelman College professor Beverly Guy-Sheftall</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/faculty-staff/article/15089426/university-of-maryland-president-mote-retiring-in-august</loc><lastmod>2010-02-16T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.021610_C_D_Mote.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>University of Maryland President C.D. “Dan” Mote</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/faculty-staff/article/15089425/citing-scholars-suspicious-past-relatives-of-slain-professors-question-suspects-hiring</loc><lastmod>2010-02-16T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.021610_Maria_Davis-4.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Davis was one of three slaying victims in the UAH shootings</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/faculty-staff/article/15089424/black-professor-denied-tenure-at-emerson-vindicated-by-report</loc><lastmod>2010-02-16T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.021610_Pierre_Desir.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Filmmaker Pierre Desir</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089423/leaders-mark-50th-anniversary-of-nashville-sit-ins</loc><lastmod>2010-02-15T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.021510_James_Lawson.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>The Rev. James Lawson</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089422/private-colleges-outline-new-college-success-initiative</loc><lastmod>2010-02-15T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.021510_David_L_Warren.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>NAICU President Dr. David L. 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Governor Bobby Jindal</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089224/scholars-speak-out-on-haiti</loc><lastmod>2010-01-21T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.012110_Robert_Fatton.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Dr. Robert Fatton</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091850/endangered-species-male-students-of-color-in-higher-education</loc><lastmod>2010-01-20T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089223/community-college-forum-celebrating-a-legacy-of-diversity-and-achievement</loc><lastmod>2010-01-20T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/institutions/community-colleges/article/15089222/community-college-forum-is-diogenes-on-your-campus</loc><lastmod>2010-01-20T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/home/article/15089221/report-more-men-get-economic-boost-from-marriage</loc><lastmod>2010-01-20T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089220/haitis-history-created-bond-with-many-us-blacks</loc><lastmod>2010-01-20T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089219/lottery-winning-alumnus-donates-10-million-to-south-carolina-hbcu</loc><lastmod>2010-01-20T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.012010_Jackson_gift.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>The Rev. Solomon Jackson Jr. (center) presents his $10 million contribution to Morris College President Luns C. Richardson.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089218/scholar-west-urges-holiday-audience-not-to-sanitize-kings-legacy</loc><lastmod>2010-01-19T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.011910_cornel_west.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Dr. Cornel West</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/leadership-policy/article/15089217/delaware-state-trustee-reflects-on-interim-presidency</loc><lastmod>2010-01-19T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.011910_Claibourne-Smith.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Dr. Claibourne Smith</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091849/kings-message-of-hope-keeps-us-together</loc><lastmod>2010-01-15T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/institutions/hbcus/article/15089216/us-colleges-universities-offer-rapid-relief-responses-to-haiti</loc><lastmod>2010-01-15T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/latinx/article/15089215/five-questions-for-soledad-obrien</loc><lastmod>2010-01-15T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.D010710spectrumprofile_Soledad_O&apos;Brien.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>CNN’s Soledad O’Brien</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/institutions/community-colleges/article/15089214/obamas-higher-ed-goals-at-odds-with-states-budget-realities</loc><lastmod>2010-01-15T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/leadership-policy/article/15089213/observers-say-u-of-virginia-diversity-prowess-safe-with-sullivan</loc><lastmod>2010-01-15T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.011510_Teresa_Sullivan.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Teresa Sullivan</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089212/best-brightest-finishing-college-something-i-have-to-do</loc><lastmod>2010-01-15T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.011510Luis%2520Arias-1.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Luis Arias</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091848/using-hip-hop-as-a-teaching-tool</loc><lastmod>2010-01-14T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/home/article/15089211/experts-time-for-a-new-dialogue-on-race</loc><lastmod>2010-01-14T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.011410race.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Visitors to the RACE: Are We So Different? exhibition are welcomed by this title panel, featuring a large photograph by Minneapolis photographer Wing Young Huie. As visitors approach the panel, they hear recorded voices answering the question, “What is Race?”  The American Anthropological Association (AAA) this week co-sponsored a Capitol Hill symposium, “A New National Dialogue on Race,” which included a traveling museum exhibition.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/home/article/15089210/public-colleges-do-poor-job-with-minority-low-income-students-study-says</loc><lastmod>2010-01-14T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091847/the-hegemon-and-hawaii-teaching-history-through-the-law</loc><lastmod>2010-01-13T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091846/in-the-heights-of-higher-education</loc><lastmod>2010-01-13T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089209/analysis-post-racial-era-yet-to-dawn-in-america</loc><lastmod>2010-01-13T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.0113102Obama.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>President Obama</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091845/like-it-or-not-america-has-played-the-race-card-again</loc><lastmod>2010-01-12T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089208/rare-intellectual-gems-and-timely-topics-from-the-university-press</loc><lastmod>2010-01-12T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.angela_divbooks-1.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Angela Dodson, Editor of Black Issues Book Review</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089207/rhode-island-to-highlight-african-american-memoir-in-tours-school-curriculum</loc><lastmod>2010-01-12T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.011210_Brown_memoir.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/faculty-staff/article/15089206/university-of-virginia-names-first-female-president</loc><lastmod>2010-01-12T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.011210_Teresa_Sullivan.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Dr. Teresa Sullivan</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091844/the-gender-imbalance-on-college-campuses</loc><lastmod>2010-01-11T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/latinx/article/15089205/minority-serving-institutions-to-benefit-from-education-department-budget-increase</loc><lastmod>2010-01-11T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/leadership-policy/article/15089204/former-howard-u-president-james-cheek-dies-at-77</loc><lastmod>2010-01-11T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.011110James%2520Cheek.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>In this file photo, Bishop Desmond Tutu is flanked by Howard University President James Cheek, who died Friday at age 77, and University Trustee Geraldine Woods during ceremonies on the university’s campus in Washington, D.C. in 1984. The ceremonies honored the South African clergyman, who won the prestigious Nobel Peace Prize for his fight against apartheid in his country during the same year. (Maurice Sorrell/Ebony Collection via AP Images)</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/sports/article/15089203/new-bcs-chief-defends-bowl-system</loc><lastmod>2010-01-08T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/leadership-policy/article/15089202/norfolk-states-meyers-to-step-down-june-30</loc><lastmod>2010-01-08T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.010810_Carolyn_Meyers.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Dr. Carolyn W. Myers</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089201/congress-expected-to-focus-on-education-in-2010</loc><lastmod>2010-01-08T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.010810_US_Capitol.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>U.S. Capitol</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091843/cultivating-a-knack-for-cross-cultural-understanding</loc><lastmod>2010-01-07T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/home/article/15089948/womens-studies-community-advocate</loc><lastmod>2010-01-07T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2010/01/edu.Stephanie_Evans_thumb.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/latinx/article/15089367/washington-update-2010-capitol-hill-outlook-more-attention-to-education</loc><lastmod>2010-01-07T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/institutions/hbcus/article/15089360/spectrum-five-questions-for-soledad-obrien</loc><lastmod>2010-01-07T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/home/article/15089346/emerging-scholars-class-of-2010</loc><lastmod>2010-01-07T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089341/anthropology-real-science-for-real-people</loc><lastmod>2010-01-07T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.d010710scholars_Shedra_Amy_Snipes1.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/home/article/15089249/last-word-race-blind-college-admissions-back-to-the-drawing-board</loc><lastmod>2010-01-07T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/institutions/community-colleges/article/15089248/on-the-move</loc><lastmod>2010-01-07T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089247/grants-gifts</loc><lastmod>2010-01-07T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089245/math-life-in-absolute-values</loc><lastmod>2010-01-07T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.D010710scholars_Erika_Camacho.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089244/law-challenging-tradition</loc><lastmod>2010-01-07T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.D010710scholars_Madhavi_SUNDER.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/faculty-staff/article/15089243/law-native-american-law-and-order</loc><lastmod>2010-01-07T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2010/01/edu.D010710scholars_EAngelique_thumb.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089242/environmental-studies-the-internationalist</loc><lastmod>2010-01-07T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.D010710scholars_Micheal_Dorsey.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089241/english-matters-of-culture-and-community</loc><lastmod>2010-01-07T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.D010710scholars_David_Treuer.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089240/education-representative-research</loc><lastmod>2010-01-07T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.D010710scholars_Luis_Urrieta.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/faculty-staff/article/15089239/computer-science-computing-for-cures</loc><lastmod>2010-01-07T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.D010710scholars_Yaohang_Li-1.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/lgbtq/article/15089238/african-american-studies-educational-psychology-untangling-the-web</loc><lastmod>2010-01-07T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.Tynes.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/faculty-staff/article/15089200/athletes-play-for-pride-coaches-get-bonuses</loc><lastmod>2010-01-07T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.010710_Mack_Brown_Bush_WH.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Texas Longhorns coach Mack Brown and former President George W. Bush celebrate with the 2005 University of Texas national championship team.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/stem/article/15089199/obama-announces-stem-teacher-training-initiative</loc><lastmod>2010-01-07T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/native-americans/article/15089198/tribal-college-educator-raises-americas-multiethnic-profile</loc><lastmod>2010-01-07T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.D010710_Louie_Gong.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Muckleshoot Tribal College education resource coordinator Louie Gong serves as president of MAVIN.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091842/completion-by-design-or-by-chance</loc><lastmod>2010-01-06T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/faculty-staff/article/15089197/faculty-union-files-grievance-with-university-of-hawaii</loc><lastmod>2010-01-06T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/sports/article/15089196/university-of-kentucky-set-to-name-phillips-as-head-football-coach</loc><lastmod>2010-01-06T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2010/08/edu.081310_Joker_Phillips-thumb.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/home/article/15089194/politics-as-usual-for-the-professoriate</loc><lastmod>2010-01-05T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.D010510Koh.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>State Department legal adviser Harold Koh previously served as Yale University’s law dean.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/sports/article/15089193/u-of-alabama-footballs-integration-legacy-revisited</loc><lastmod>2010-01-04T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/latinx/article/15089192/students-begin-washington-trek-for-immigrant-rights</loc><lastmod>2010-01-04T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.010410_DC_immigration_rally.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/faculty-staff/article/15089191/obamas-presidential-campaign-explored-by-language-scholars</loc><lastmod>2010-01-04T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.010410_Michael-Delli-Carpin.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>At MLA conference last week, Dr. Michael Delli Carpini (pictured), University of Pennsylvania Annenberg School for Communication dean, suggested students of rhetoric would find much to analyze in Obama’s “Organizing for America” website.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/home/article/15089190/testing-this-article</loc><lastmod>2009-12-30T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089259/lastword-diversity-in-supporting-our-nation</loc><lastmod>2009-12-24T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/latinx/article/15089258/community-college-forum-celebrating-a-legacy-of-diversity-and-achievement</loc><lastmod>2009-12-24T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/sports/article/15089257/diverse-bookshelf-holiday-helpings</loc><lastmod>2009-12-24T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/home/article/15089256/article</loc><lastmod>2009-12-24T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/faculty-staff/article/15089255/promoting-agricultural-careers-to-minorities</loc><lastmod>2009-12-24T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089254/supplying-the-demand</loc><lastmod>2009-12-24T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/faculty-staff/article/15089253/noteworthy-news</loc><lastmod>2009-12-24T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/disabilties/article/15089252/washington-update</loc><lastmod>2009-12-24T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089251/spectrum-mixed-in-america</loc><lastmod>2009-12-24T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/home/article/15089250/letters-stop-in-the-name-of-love-and-legality-hbcu-fat-discrimination</loc><lastmod>2009-12-24T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091841/princess-and-the-frog-tiger-and-the-cablinasian-tier-one-and-the-good-journal-of-fairy-tales-meta-narratives-and-affirmation</loc><lastmod>2009-12-23T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089189/advocates-want-more-help-for-jobless-blacks</loc><lastmod>2009-12-23T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.122309_Algernon_Austin.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089188/hispanic-college-fund-president-steps-down</loc><lastmod>2009-12-23T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.122309-idalia.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089187/minority-hires-a-priority-on-capitol-hill</loc><lastmod>2009-12-23T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.D122309hiring.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091840/policy-challenges-and-opportunities-for-latinos-in-higher-education</loc><lastmod>2009-12-22T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/latinx/article/15089186/obama-naming-hispanics-to-top-posts-at-record-pace</loc><lastmod>2009-12-22T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.122209_Sotomayor_Obama.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>President Obama and Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor (White House photo by Pete Souza)</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/home/article/15089185/pittsburgh-wont-tax-tuition</loc><lastmod>2009-12-22T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089184/like-du-bois-upenn-scholar-has-focused-on-interdisciplinary-work</loc><lastmod>2009-12-22T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.122209_Tukufu_Zuberi.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Dr. Tukufu Zuberi is the Lasry Family Endowed Professor of Race Relations at the University of Pennsylvania.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089183/scholar-renders-deft-history-of-civil-rights-era</loc><lastmod>2009-12-21T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.122109_Lewis_book.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/home/article/15089182/did-jihadi-cool-lure-young-americans-to-pakistan</loc><lastmod>2009-12-21T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/institutions/msis/article/15089181/obamas-higher-education-agenda-may-lead-to-expanded-federal-role</loc><lastmod>2009-12-21T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.122109Obama.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>President Barack Obama, speaking at Macomb Community College in Warren, Mich., in July, proposed a multibillion-dollar investment in the nation’s community colleges.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/leadership-policy/article/15089180/governor-proposes-study-of-colo-higher-education</loc><lastmod>2009-12-18T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/women/article/15089179/civil-rights-commission-probes-possible-gender-bias-at-colleges</loc><lastmod>2009-12-18T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/latinx/article/15089178/immigration-reform-next-for-obama-cabinet</loc><lastmod>2009-12-18T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.101409_gtown_students_protest.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Students in the Georgetown University MEChA organization rallied at the U.S. Capitol to help revive the immigration reform debate. (photo by Arelis Hernandez)</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/faculty-staff/article/15089177/academia-jobs-forecast-bleak</loc><lastmod>2009-12-17T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/institutions/hbcus/article/15089176/dwayne-ashley-resigns-as-leader-of-thurgood-marshall-college-fund</loc><lastmod>2009-12-17T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.121709_Dwayne_Ashley.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/leadership-policy/article/15089175/quid-pro-quo-deal-allows-lincoln-to-renovate-its-image</loc><lastmod>2009-12-17T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.121609Ivory_Nelson_edit-4-1.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Lincoln University President Ivory Nelson says the institution will be the “center of attraction” to local residents once its renovation is completed.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/leadership-policy/article/15089174/nj-governor-elect-renews-pledge-for-more-higher-education-funding</loc><lastmod>2009-12-16T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.121609_Chris_Christie.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>N.J. Governor-elect Chris Christie</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089173/michigan-lt-gov-backs-water-fee-for-college-scholarships</loc><lastmod>2009-12-16T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089172/hbcus-a-bargain-compared-with-other-private-colleges-uncf-says</loc><lastmod>2009-12-16T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.121609_Michael_Lomax.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>UNCF president and CEO Michael Lomax</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091839/merging-mississippis-black-colleges-a-decision-that-neglects-history</loc><lastmod>2009-12-15T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089171/changing-the-measures-of-success-for-hbcus</loc><lastmod>2009-12-15T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.121509_Mary_Sias.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Dr. Mary Sias, president of Kentucky State University</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/sports/article/15089170/buffalo-search-for-turner-gill-replacement-begins</loc><lastmod>2009-12-15T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.121509_Warde_Manuel.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>University of Buffalo athletic director Warde Manuel (photo by Paul Hokanson/UB Athletics)</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089169/loan-default-data-study-highlights-for-profit-student-borrowers</loc><lastmod>2009-12-15T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.121509_Harris_Miller.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Harris N. Miller is president and CEO of the Career College Association.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/leadership-policy/article/15089168/texas-colleges-count-economic-blessingsfor-now</loc><lastmod>2009-12-14T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/leadership-policy/article/15089167/protesters-damage-calif-university-leaders-home</loc><lastmod>2009-12-14T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089166/no-laughing-matter</loc><lastmod>2009-12-14T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.D121009Cosby_bill_cosby.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091838/racial-and-gender-myths-surrounding-college-admissions</loc><lastmod>2009-12-11T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/leadership-policy/article/15089165/students-sue-ohio-college-that-lost-accreditation</loc><lastmod>2009-12-11T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089164/mentorship-program-empowers-asian-american-students-at-penn</loc><lastmod>2009-12-11T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.121109_PAACH_JuneChuandJoan.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>PAACH Director Dr. June Chu (left) says the program allows its students to learn things they might not elsewhere.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091837/whew-what-a-semester</loc><lastmod>2009-12-10T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089355/soul-survivor</loc><lastmod>2009-12-10T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089269/lastword-increasing-the-educational-attainment-and-performance-of-black-males</loc><lastmod>2009-12-10T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/institutions/hbcus/article/15089268/on-the-move</loc><lastmod>2009-12-10T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/leadership-policy/article/15089267/the-trade-off-lincoln-university-gave-up-acontrola-of-a-prized-art-collection-gaining-a-chance-to-remake-the-campus</loc><lastmod>2009-12-10T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089266/new-state-of-leadershipminorities-break-color-barriers-in-top-administrative-positions-at-pennsylvania-institutions</loc><lastmod>2009-12-10T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089265/the-bridge-to-somewhere</loc><lastmod>2009-12-10T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/leadership-policy/article/15089264/keystone-state-of-confusion</loc><lastmod>2009-12-10T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089263/noteworthynews-a-neglected-national-treasure</loc><lastmod>2009-12-10T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/home/article/15089262/noteworthy-news-no-laughing-matter</loc><lastmod>2009-12-10T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089261/washington-update-farrah-not-resting-on-gear-up</loc><lastmod>2009-12-10T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/faculty-staff/article/15089260/spectrum-growing-by-leaps-without-bounds</loc><lastmod>2009-12-10T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/sports/article/15089163/us-house-panel-approves-college-football-playoff-bill</loc><lastmod>2009-12-10T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.121009_Rice_vs_Texas.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089162/howard-u-dental-student-among-five-missing-americans-probed-for-terror-links</loc><lastmod>2009-12-10T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089161/despite-struggles-pioneering-black-studies-department-presses-forward</loc><lastmod>2009-12-10T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.121009_Nathaniel_Norment-2.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Dr. Nathaniel Norment is the chair of Temple’s African American studies department.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089160/accreditation-reaffirmed-for-fisk-university-three-other-hbcus</loc><lastmod>2009-12-09T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.120909_Fisk_graduation-7.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Fisk University commencement (photo by David Bailey)</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089159/principal-certification-may-boost-learning-colleges-of-education</loc><lastmod>2009-12-09T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.120909_Arne_Duncan.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan praised the national certification movement for school principals.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/sports/article/15089158/southern-univ-dismisses-award-winning-coach</loc><lastmod>2009-12-09T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091836/sending-conflicting-messages-is-college-possible</loc><lastmod>2009-12-08T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/sports/article/15089157/report-bowl-school-graduation-rate-gap-widens-between-blacks-whites</loc><lastmod>2009-12-08T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.120809_Alabama_Field-Goal.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/lgbtq/article/15089156/supreme-court-to-decide-if-college-group-must-allow-gays</loc><lastmod>2009-12-08T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.120809_US_Supreme_Court.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>U.S. Supreme Court.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/institutions/community-colleges/article/15089155/california-higher-ed-chiefs-urge-renewed-investment</loc><lastmod>2009-12-08T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.120809_Charles_Reed.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>California State University Chancellor Charles Reed.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/home/article/15090166/new-york-state-pension-needs-71-billion-group-says</loc><lastmod>2009-12-07T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/leadership-policy/article/15089154/alcorn-president-to-resign-to-take-michigan-post</loc><lastmod>2009-12-07T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.120709_George_Ross.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Dr. George Ross</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/leadership-policy/article/15089153/surgeon-general-more-minority-doctors-needed</loc><lastmod>2009-12-07T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.120709_Regina_Benjamin.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>U.S. Surgeon General Regina Benjamin</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089152/reviving-a-neglected-national-treasure</loc><lastmod>2009-12-07T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.120709_Cheyney_advisory_tea.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Cheyney University advisory panel members</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091835/stealing-in-academe</loc><lastmod>2009-12-04T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/latinx/article/15089150/study-says-toddlers-born-to-latina-immigrants-lag-behind-whites-in-basic-language-skills</loc><lastmod>2009-12-04T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.120409Latino.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089149/perspectives-the-role-of-privilege-in-diversity-education</loc><lastmod>2009-12-03T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089148/documentarian-develops-curricula-to-dispel-hiv-aids-myths-in-black-community</loc><lastmod>2009-12-03T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.120309DOCUMENTARY_edit.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>In 2006, Blacks accounted for 46 percent of the 1.1 million people in the U.S. living with HIV, Pryor wants to change that.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091834/tiger-by-the-tail</loc><lastmod>2009-12-02T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091833/assimilation-and-adaptation-needed-to-improve-latino-student-success</loc><lastmod>2009-12-02T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/leadership-policy/article/15089147/kanter-gets-candid-about-accelerating-american-achievement</loc><lastmod>2009-12-02T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.120209_m_kanter.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Dr. Martha Kanter is the first community college leader to serve as U.S. Education under secretary.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091832/why-im-thankful-for-theory</loc><lastmod>2009-12-01T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/sports/article/15089146/interim-leader-not-seeking-long-term-ncaa-presidency</loc><lastmod>2009-12-01T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/01/edu.120109_James_Isch-thumb.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089145/independent-scholar-examines-cotton-trade-and-race-in-book</loc><lastmod>2009-12-01T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.120109_Gene_Dattel.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Mississippi native and author Gene Dattel.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089144/hbcus-step-up-to-the-hiv-challenge</loc><lastmod>2009-12-01T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.120109_AIDS-1.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Howard University students form the AIDS ribbon on the Washington, D.C.-based institution’s campus.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091831/see-what-had-happened-was</loc><lastmod>2009-11-30T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091830/too-fat-to-graduate-lincoln-universitys-fitness-requirements</loc><lastmod>2009-11-30T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/institutions/community-colleges/article/15089143/for-profit-colleges-haul-in-government-aid</loc><lastmod>2009-11-30T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089142/temple-u-establishes-center-to-study-promote-diversity-related-issues</loc><lastmod>2009-11-30T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.113009_John_Street-2.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Former Philadelphia Mayor John Street, an adjunct associate professor of political science at Temple University, was part of the committee that developed the university’s new Academic Center on Research in Diversity.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/institutions/hbcus/article/15089365/washington-update-hbcus-on-board-with-direct-lending</loc><lastmod>2009-11-26T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/international/article/15089362/studying-abroad-in-indian-country</loc><lastmod>2009-11-26T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/home/article/15089361/spectrum-speaking-from-the-heart</loc><lastmod>2009-11-26T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/faculty-staff/article/15089353/noteworthy-news-answering-the-call</loc><lastmod>2009-11-26T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/sports/article/15089348/jackson-tips-his-cap-to-american-indian-college-fund</loc><lastmod>2009-11-26T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/faculty-staff/article/15089342/awash-in-wisdom</loc><lastmod>2009-11-26T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089272/lastword-the-role-of-privilege-in-diversity-education</loc><lastmod>2009-11-26T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089271/diverse-bookshelf-further-along-the-river</loc><lastmod>2009-11-26T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/institutions/hbcus/article/15089270/accelerating-american-achievement</loc><lastmod>2009-11-26T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/faculty-staff/article/15089141/national-faculty-group-convened-at-atlanta-hbcus-urged-to-help-determine-us-education-priorities</loc><lastmod>2009-11-25T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089140/despite-pact-few-blacks-at-coast-guard-school</loc><lastmod>2009-11-25T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/faculty-staff/article/15089139/national-faculty-group-convened-at-atlanta-hbcus-urged-to-help-determine-us-education-priorities</loc><lastmod>2009-11-25T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.112509_Martha_Kanter.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Dr. Martha Kanter says professors and administrators must play a pivotal part of determining what American education needs to look like in the future.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/faculty-staff/article/15089138/va-military-institute-faces-sexism-accusations</loc><lastmod>2009-11-25T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.112509_Virginia_Military_In.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Virginia Military Institute</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089137/despite-pact-few-blacks-at-coast-guard-school</loc><lastmod>2009-11-25T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.112509_US_Coast_Guard_Acade.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Cadets participate in U.S. Coast Guard Academy graduation. (photo courtesy of U.S. Coast Guard)</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/stem/article/15089136/new-stem-initiatives-national-science-fair-touted-by-white-house</loc><lastmod>2009-11-24T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.112409_Ursula_Burns.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>President Barack Obama tapped Xerox CEO Ursula Burns to help lead an education initiative aimed at helping students excel at science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089135/u-of-arkansas-suspends-fraternity-activities</loc><lastmod>2009-11-24T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089134/hbcus-get-on-board-with-direct-lending</loc><lastmod>2009-11-24T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.112409_Lezli_Baskerville.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Lezli Baskerville, president and CEO of NAFEO, says Education Department officials have worked diligently to assure HBCU presidents and financial aid officials that shifting to a 100-percent direct lending system will not pose onerous burdens on their schools.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089133/lincoln-u-students-upset-over-targeted-fitness-requirement</loc><lastmod>2009-11-23T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.112309_Lincoln_U_procession.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Lincoln University students face fitness requirement for graduation. (photo courtesy of Lincoln University)</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/leadership-policy/article/15089132/some-lawmakers-send-few-minorities-to-us-academies</loc><lastmod>2009-11-23T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.112309_US_Naval_Academy_sig.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/native-americans/article/15089131/native-american-scholar-links-language-and-tribal-identity</loc><lastmod>2009-11-23T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.112309_Anton_Treuer1.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Dr. Anton Treuer says Native American languages are a fundamental attribute of tribal sovereignty.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089130/study-abroad-college-students-drop-rethink-plans</loc><lastmod>2009-11-20T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.093009_study_abroad-1.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/home/article/15089129/bishops-discuss-authority-over-catholic-colleges</loc><lastmod>2009-11-20T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/institutions/community-colleges/article/15089128/au-professors-cross-country-study-reveals-american-hospitality-toward-muslims</loc><lastmod>2009-11-20T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.D112009_Akbar_Ahmed.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>American University professor Ahmed Akbar traveled the country to gauge Americans’ attitudes toward Muslims after the Sept. 11 terrorists attacks. The results are documented in a film, “Journey into America.”</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091829/understanding-identity-politics-in-a-classroom</loc><lastmod>2009-11-19T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089127/study-identifies-factors-behind-successful-community-college-transfers</loc><lastmod>2009-11-19T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.111909_Chandra_Taylor_Smith.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Dr. Chandra Taylor Smith, director and vice president for research at the Pell Institute, co-authored a study on factors behind successful community transfers.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/institutions/community-colleges/article/15089126/community-colleges-targeted-by-goldman-sachs-small-business-initiative</loc><lastmod>2009-11-19T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/leadership-policy/article/15089125/black-coaches-group-seeks-increased-college-president-input-on-football-hires</loc><lastmod>2009-11-19T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.111909_Floyd_Keith.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Floyd Keith, executive director of the Black Coaches and Administrators organization, has called for more involvement by college presidents in hiring football coaches.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091828/creating-an-army-of-latino-college-goers</loc><lastmod>2009-11-18T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089124/revisiting-higher-ed-accountability-in-the-obama-era</loc><lastmod>2009-11-18T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/leadership-policy/article/15089123/mississippi-plan-to-consolidate-black-colleges-facing-opposition</loc><lastmod>2009-11-18T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.111809_Ronald_Mason.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Jackson State University president Ronald Mason opposes consolidation of Mississippi’s three historically Black universities.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/home/article/15089122/indiana-professors-propose-african-boarding-school</loc><lastmod>2009-11-18T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.111809_Kevin_Brown.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Indiana University law professor Kevin Brown leads a group of scholars to develop a boarding school in Ghana for Indiana-based inner-city students. (photo courtesy of Indiana University)</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091827/looking-forward-rather-than-backward</loc><lastmod>2009-11-17T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089121/as-nc-families-struggle-college-aid-panel-meets</loc><lastmod>2009-11-17T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.111709_Gov_Beverly_Perdue.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>N.C. Gov. Beverly Perdue (right) sought a boost in need-based aid for UNC-system students, which the Legislature approved this year.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089119/college-students-find-support-in-campus-posses</loc><lastmod>2009-11-17T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.111709_Deborah_Bial_4.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Deborah Bial, founder of the Posse Foundation, started the organization in 1989. (photo by Sheila Griffin)</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/latinx/article/15089118/mass-immigrant-tuition-bill-to-get-new-push</loc><lastmod>2009-11-16T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089117/study-abroad-participation-up-except-among-minority-students</loc><lastmod>2009-11-16T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/home/article/15089116/teacher-shortage-gives-way-to-teacher-glut</loc><lastmod>2009-11-13T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/institutions/msis/article/15089115/msis-to-get-new-help-in-going-green</loc><lastmod>2009-11-13T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/sports/article/15089114/the-unfinished-business-of-hbcus</loc><lastmod>2009-11-13T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.111309HBCU--lezli_baskerville.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Lezli Baskerville</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091826/self-hatred-on-steroids-sammy-sosas-extreme-makeover</loc><lastmod>2009-11-12T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/home/article/15089366/washington-update</loc><lastmod>2009-11-12T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/leadership-policy/article/15089359/spectrum-community-relations-down-to-a-science</loc><lastmod>2009-11-12T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/faculty-staff/article/15089278/lastword-tending-to-diversity-at-an-hbcu</loc><lastmod>2009-11-12T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089277/community-college-forum-removing-boundaries-and-increasing-student-engagement-through-virtual-world-platforms</loc><lastmod>2009-11-12T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/faculty-staff/article/15089276/legends-of-the-academy</loc><lastmod>2009-11-12T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/leadership-policy/article/15089275/interim-expertise</loc><lastmod>2009-11-12T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089274/publishing-in-peril</loc><lastmod>2009-11-12T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/asian-american-pacific-islander/article/15089273/noteworthy-news-obama-restores-asian-american-initiative</loc><lastmod>2009-11-12T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/disabilties/article/15089113/schools-shun-kindle-saying-blind-cant-use-it</loc><lastmod>2009-11-12T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.111209_kindle.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/faculty-staff/article/15089112/new-study-examines-gender-based-pay-gaps-in-academia</loc><lastmod>2009-11-12T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2009/11/edu.111209Cheryl-Travis-thumb.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091825/graduate-school-a-viable-option-for-hbcu-students</loc><lastmod>2009-11-11T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091824/getting-ready-for-the-praxis-exam</loc><lastmod>2009-11-11T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/stem/article/15089111/csu-chancellor-expects-minority-enrollment-to-remain-steady-amid-budget-cuts</loc><lastmod>2009-11-11T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.111109CSU.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Sacramento State student Monica Cruz, right, helps Valley High School students learn about the California State University system inside the Road to College bus in 2008. CSU Chancellor Charles Reed said Tuesday the system will work to preserve its diversity levels even as it turns students away to address a funding shortfall. Photo courtesy of CSU.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/stem/article/15091823/success-starts-with-a-support-system</loc><lastmod>2009-11-10T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091822/racial-mis-profiling-affects-black-men-more-acutely</loc><lastmod>2009-11-10T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089110/louisiana-educators-turn-to-trades-to-cut-dropout-rate</loc><lastmod>2009-11-10T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/faculty-staff/article/15089109/publishing-in-peril</loc><lastmod>2009-11-10T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.111009francisco_jimenez-1.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Dr. Francisco Jiménez, the Fay Boyle Professor of Modern Languages and Literatures at Santa Clara University, secured his first book deal from an academic publisher.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/home/article/15089104/reporters-query</loc><lastmod>2009-11-10T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089108/chantilly-pyramid-minority-student-achievement-committee-celebrates-25th-anniversary</loc><lastmod>2009-11-09T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.110909CPMSAC25-1.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Fairfax County students receive trophies at  CMPSAC’s 25th Annual Youth Motivation and Academic Awards program in June at Chantilly High School in Fairfax, Va.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/institutions/community-colleges/article/15089107/florida-higher-ed-system-confronting-multiple-challenges</loc><lastmod>2009-11-09T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.110909_Frank_Brogan.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Former Florida Lt. Gov. Frank Brogan became the state’s university system chancellor in September.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089106/grambling-president-makes-abrupt-departure</loc><lastmod>2009-11-09T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.110909_Horace_Judson.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Dr. Horace Judson left the presidency of Grambling State University on Oct. 31.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091821/from-the-ideal-to-the-real-a-daughter-of-the-south-reflects-on-obamas-first-year</loc><lastmod>2009-11-06T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091820/the-role-of-the-parent-educator-in-strengthening-urban-public-schools</loc><lastmod>2009-11-06T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/native-americans/article/15089105/tribal-leaders-we-need-to-be-respected</loc><lastmod>2009-11-06T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.AP091105020357.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Various tribal leaders said they wanted President Barack Obama to address key concerns such as access to health care and economic development at the Tribal Nations Conference.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091819/all-style-no-substance</loc><lastmod>2009-11-05T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091818/clares-couch-keeping-it-real-mentoring</loc><lastmod>2009-11-05T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089103/confinement-too-costly-for-middle-class-black-women</loc><lastmod>2009-11-05T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.110509b_Lisa_Thompson-1.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091817/learning-when-to-flip-the-code-switch</loc><lastmod>2009-11-04T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/native-americans/article/15089102/obama-to-host-nation-to-nation-conference</loc><lastmod>2009-11-04T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.110409NCAIlogo.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/international/article/15089101/us-may-not-be-lagging-behind-internationally-report-says</loc><lastmod>2009-11-04T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.110409_globalgraduation.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091816/mismatched-or-undermatched</loc><lastmod>2009-11-03T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/home/article/15089100/hazing-refuses-to-go-away</loc><lastmod>2009-11-03T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089099/new-hampshire-scholar-lawmaker-wants-monument-to-slaves</loc><lastmod>2009-11-03T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.110309_David_Watters.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Dr. David Watters seeks to commemorate slaves that lived and worked in New Hampshire.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089098/best-brightest-from-homelessness-to-inaugural-fellow</loc><lastmod>2009-11-03T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.JOANE%2520THEODULE.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Joane Theodule attends Florida A&amp;amp;M University as a James H. Ammons Fellow.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091815/diary-of-a-mad-black-professor-a-critical-race-therapy-moment</loc><lastmod>2009-11-02T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091814/hbcus-student-protest-and-lincoln-universitys-library</loc><lastmod>2009-11-02T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089097/obama-community-college-proposal-may-not-be-enough</loc><lastmod>2009-11-02T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2010/09/edu.020812_Martha_Kanter-thumb.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089096/census-brain-gains-for-high-tech-cities</loc><lastmod>2009-10-30T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.103009_Charlotte_skyline-1.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089095/new-minority-engineering-leader-stresses-k-12-exposure-to-careers</loc><lastmod>2009-10-30T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.103009_Irving_Pressley_McPhail-1.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089094/tough-times-african-american-realities-beneath-the-breakthroughs</loc><lastmod>2009-10-30T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.103009_tough_times-1.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091813/a-people-on-the-precipice</loc><lastmod>2009-10-29T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091812/a-people-on-the-precipice</loc><lastmod>2009-10-29T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089364/washington-update-two-year-colleges-face-student-loan-default-challenge</loc><lastmod>2009-10-29T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/faculty-staff/article/15089356/spectrum-confinement-too-costly-for-middle-class-black-women</loc><lastmod>2009-10-29T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/home/article/15089282/broken-ties</loc><lastmod>2009-10-29T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/faculty-staff/article/15089281/economic-blues</loc><lastmod>2009-10-29T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/health/article/15089280/parsing-the-reaction-to-obama</loc><lastmod>2009-10-29T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089279/noteworthy-news-hazing-refuses-to-go-away</loc><lastmod>2009-10-29T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/lgbtq/article/15089093/obama-signs-hate-crime-provisions-into-law</loc><lastmod>2009-10-29T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089092/faculty-students-challenge-university-of-marylands-diversity-plan</loc><lastmod>2009-10-29T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.102909diversity-forum-glick.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Participants at the University of Maryland’s Diversity Plan town hall meeting voiced their concerns over the draft.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091811/professor-academic-adviser-personal-counselor</loc><lastmod>2009-10-28T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/asian-american-pacific-islander/article/15089091/obama-restores-asian-american-initiative-gives-ed-dept-a-lead-role</loc><lastmod>2009-10-28T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.102808_Gary_Locke.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Commerce Secretary Gary Locke will co-chair the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders with Education Secretary Arne Duncan. The reinstated initiative will give much greater visibility to education issues than previous initiatives. Photo courtesy of U.S. Department of Commerce</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089090/temple-universitys-commitment-to-diversity-questioned</loc><lastmod>2009-10-28T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.102809_temple.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Photo courtesy of the Office of Multicultural Affairs.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091810/perfectionism-just-stop-it</loc><lastmod>2009-10-27T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089089/ayers-settlement-falls-short-of-funding</loc><lastmod>2009-10-27T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.102709_Hank_Bounds.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Dr. Hank Bounds, the Mississippi Higher Education Commissioner, has acknowledged shortcomings in the effort to fund a private endowment for higher education desegregation measures to be pursued by the state’s historically Black institutions, but has not offered a solution.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/leadership-policy/article/15089088/haskell-indian-nation-u-president-faces-backlash-on-tuition</loc><lastmod>2009-10-27T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.warner2.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Haskell Indian Nation University President Linda Sue Warner’s ambitious plans for the campus, and the proposed fee hike to finance them, have been met with strong opposition.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089087/parsing-the-reaction-to-obama</loc><lastmod>2009-10-27T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.102709CarlBankston.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Dr. Carl Bankston, chair of the sociology department sociologist at Tulane University, says the attacks against liberal policymaking dates back dates to former President Lyndon B. Johnson’s Great Society initiative, when many Americans linked federal government growth with policies to address racial inequalities.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089086/two-year-colleges-face-student-loan-default-challenge</loc><lastmod>2009-10-26T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2010/09/edu.020812_Martha_Kanter-thumb.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/latinx/article/15089085/minority-lawmakers-no-census-citizenship-question</loc><lastmod>2009-10-26T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.102609_Nydia_Velazquez2.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Rep. Nydia Velazquez, D-N.Y.,  chairs the Congressional Hispanic Caucus.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089084/minority-graduate-students-urged-to-address-pipeline-issues</loc><lastmod>2009-10-26T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.102609_Ansley_Abraham-1.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Dr. Ansley Abraham, director of the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB)-State Doctoral Scholars program, said registration for the Institute on Teaching and Mentoring this year was at 1,125 participants. (Courtesy of AL-BJ Images)</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091809/cultivating-cultural-curiosity</loc><lastmod>2009-10-23T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/institutions/community-colleges/article/15089083/college-tuition-is-up-sharply-amid-recession</loc><lastmod>2009-10-23T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089082/grambling-state-president-to-step-down</loc><lastmod>2009-10-23T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091808/the-house-rules</loc><lastmod>2009-10-21T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/leadership-policy/article/15089081/u-of-ill-chancellor-quits-amid-admissions-scandal</loc><lastmod>2009-10-21T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.102109HermanRichard.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089080/reforms-across-multiple-policy-areas-key-to-eliminating-health-disparities-experts-say</loc><lastmod>2009-10-21T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.102109_Brian_Smedley.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Dr. Brian Smedley said multiple policy strategies are needed to combat health disparities.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089079/uw-bothell-chancellor-champions-for-diversity-among-college-leadership</loc><lastmod>2009-10-21T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.102009kenyon_chan-1.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091807/how-about-a-career-in-fundraising-for-students-of-color</loc><lastmod>2009-10-20T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/home/article/15089078/admissions-yield-rate-decline-creating-enrollment-uncertainty-for-us-colleges-and-universities-report-says</loc><lastmod>2009-10-20T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.102009_Joyce_Smith.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Joyce Smith is the executive director of the National Association for College Admission Counseling.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/home/article/15089077/protests-unlikely-for-deaf-universitys-new-leader</loc><lastmod>2009-10-20T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.102009_alan_hurwitz.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Gallaudet University has named Dr. T. Alan Hurwitz as its 10th president.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089075/ore-student-editors-sorry-for-kill-jews-humor</loc><lastmod>2009-10-19T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.101909ReedCollegepresident.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Reed College President Colin Diver has apologized for a student satire that made light of the Holocaust and denounced the phony article for displaying a “remarkable insensitivity to the deeply held feelings engendered by some of the most horrific and painful episodes of our collective history.”</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091806/matching-aspirations-with-values</loc><lastmod>2009-10-16T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091805/raising-tough-questions-about-enrollment-diversity</loc><lastmod>2009-10-16T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089073/predominantly-black-sorority-empowered-to-expand-international-aid-work</loc><lastmod>2009-10-16T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/home/article/15089071/spelman-college-announces-150-million-capital-campaign</loc><lastmod>2009-10-16T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.101609_Beverly_Tatum.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Spelman College president Beverly Daniel Tatum leads ambitious fundraising campaign.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/institutions/community-colleges/article/15089070/stalled-pursuit-of-higher-learning</loc><lastmod>2009-10-16T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.101609_undocumented.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Members of the University Leadership Initiative display pro-DREAM Act signs at the Austin, Texas City Hall during launch of the Reform Immigration for America campaign.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091804/too-much-venom-aimed-at-black-men</loc><lastmod>2009-10-15T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091803/unlocking-the-learning-potential</loc><lastmod>2009-10-15T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089368/washington-update-college-students-are-health-care</loc><lastmod>2009-10-15T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089358/spectrum-found-in-translation</loc><lastmod>2009-10-15T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089290/lastword-prepping-for-the-professoriate</loc><lastmod>2009-10-15T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/institutions/community-colleges/article/15089289/diverse-bookshelf-falling-behind</loc><lastmod>2009-10-15T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/institutions/msis/article/15089288/opencourseware-an-important-resource-for-minority-students-and-minority-serving-institutions</loc><lastmod>2009-10-15T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/home/article/15089287/study-investigates-if-online-education-is-key-to-helping-more-low-income-students-obtain-degrees</loc><lastmod>2009-10-15T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/institutions/community-colleges/article/15089286/derailed-economic-downturn-and-restrictive-state-legislation-stall-undocumented-students</loc><lastmod>2009-10-15T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089285/reinventing-remedial-education</loc><lastmod>2009-10-15T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/home/article/15089284/noteworthy-news-study-counseling-at-critical-stage-may-cut-dropout-rate</loc><lastmod>2009-10-15T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/institutions/hbcus/article/15089283/letters-october-15-2009-issue</loc><lastmod>2009-10-15T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/home/article/15089069/bay-area-digital-news-project-promises-diverse-coverage</loc><lastmod>2009-10-15T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.101509_Cristina_Azocar.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Dr. Cristina Azocar of San  Francisco State University says innovative news Web sites that lack inclusive and diverse coverage won’t last long.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/home/article/15089068/scholars-documentary-leads-to-sc-pardon-for-tom-joyners-great-uncles</loc><lastmod>2009-10-15T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.101509_Tom_Joyner_Skip_Gate.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Nationally syndicated radio host Tom Joyner gestures as Harvard University professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. looks on during the hearing at which the S.C. officials pardoned Joyner’s two great-uncles wrongly convicted of a 1913 murder. (AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain)</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089067/scholar-leads-african-language-learning-project-to-recover-lost-knowledge</loc><lastmod>2009-10-15T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.101509_Fallou_Ngom.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Dr. Fallou Ngom directs the African Language Program at Boston University.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091802/the-obama-white-house-mired-in-distraction</loc><lastmod>2009-10-14T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/home/article/15089066/streamlined-state-regulation-key-to-distance-education-success-advocates-say</loc><lastmod>2009-10-14T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.101409_John_Ebersole-1.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Dr. John Ebersole, president of Excelsior College, says there’s a national need for state regulation reform of online education programs.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089065/college-cutbacks-make-it-harder-to-earn-degrees</loc><lastmod>2009-10-14T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.101409_Patrick_Callan.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Patrick Callan, president of the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, says universities focus too much on prestigious but unessential graduate programs at the expense of the undergraduate basics.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089064/family-education-struggles-motivate-immigration-reform-activism</loc><lastmod>2009-10-14T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.101409_gtown_students_protest.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Students in the Georgetown University MEChA organization rallied at the U.S. Capitol to help revive the immigration reform debate. (photo by Arelis Hernandez)</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091801/giving-back-is-a-matter-of-surviving-and-thriving-for-hbcus</loc><lastmod>2009-10-13T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/latinx/article/15089063/berklee-college-of-music-reaches-out-to-latin-america</loc><lastmod>2009-10-13T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.101309_juan_luis_guerra.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>The Berklee College of Music honored popular Dominican musician and alumnus Juan Luis Guerra during last spring’s graduation.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/institutions/msis/article/15089062/watchdog-agency-msi-grants-need-greater-oversight</loc><lastmod>2009-10-13T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.101309_GAO_seal.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/latinx/article/15089061/exploring-us-latino-diversity-on-cnns-latino-in-america</loc><lastmod>2009-10-13T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.101309_Soledad_OBrien.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089059/nations-pupils-find-few-black-men-to-call-mister</loc><lastmod>2009-10-12T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.101209_Roy_Jones.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Dr. Roy Jones, executive director of the Call Me MISTER program, says it’s a matter of priority of ensuring that African-American men are recruited into the teaching profession.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089058/first-year-black-student-enrollment-drop-raises-diversity-concerns-at-university-of-maryland</loc><lastmod>2009-10-12T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.101209_First%2520Year%2520Enrollment.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Enrollment data comes from the Institutional Research, Planning, and Assessment office at the University of Maryland-College Park. Chart creation is by Andres Nazario.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/sports/article/15089057/famed-marching-100-band-may-steal-the-show-at-miami-famu-game</loc><lastmod>2009-10-09T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.100909FAMU_Marching_100.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>FAMU Marching 100</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/leadership-policy/article/15089056/convention-panel-encourages-gay-chancellors-presidents-to-remain-open-about-their-sexual-orientation</loc><lastmod>2009-10-09T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.100909RosaPerez4.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/home/article/15089055/with-olympics-comes-lessons-on-race-in-brazil</loc><lastmod>2009-10-09T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.d100809Vania%2520Pehna-Lopes%25202.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Penha-Lopes teaches students at the Bloomfield College in New Jersey about her native culture.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089054/umass-amherst-journalism-professor-teaches-students-to-be-culturally-sensitive</loc><lastmod>2009-10-08T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.D100809NickMcBride.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>McBride, an associate professor of journalism, routinely pushes students to consider issues of race and ethnicity.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/sports/article/15089053/with-olympics-comes-lessons-on-race-in-brazil</loc><lastmod>2009-10-08T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.100809Brazil.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>A Salgueiro Samba school dancer performs Friday, Oct. 2, on Copacabana beach during celebrations after the announcement that Rio de Janeiro will host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) A Salgueiro Samba school dancer performs Friday, Oct. 2, on Copacabana beach during celebrations after the announcement that Rio de Janeiro will host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/institutions/hbcus/article/15089052/nc-at-debates-rappers-appearance-at-homecoming-concert</loc><lastmod>2009-10-07T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089051/wheaton-college-was-underground-railroad-stop</loc><lastmod>2009-10-07T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.100709Wheaton%2520College%2520Blanchard%2520Hall-1.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Wheaton College was a stop on the Underground Railroad</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089050/sf-state-university-hosts-conference-to-celebrate-further-explore-ethnic-studies</loc><lastmod>2009-10-07T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.100709Montero_ken%5B1%5D.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Dr. Kenneth Monteiro, Dean of San Francisco State University’s College of Ethnic Studies</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091799/making-my-mark</loc><lastmod>2009-10-06T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091798/no-more-excuses</loc><lastmod>2009-10-06T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/home/article/15089049/out-of-school-activities-play-role-in-helping-close-achievement-gap-experts-say</loc><lastmod>2009-10-06T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.100609_ed_gordon.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Dr. Edmund W. Gordon said during the ETS 12th Addressing Achievement Gaps Symposium that improving student achievement means reaping the benefits of nonschool activities that stimulate learning.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089048/innovative-retention-policies-highlighted-in-new-york-meeting</loc><lastmod>2009-10-06T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.100609_monica_michalski-1.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089047/mass-legislation-could-authorize-study-of-slaverys-economic-legacy</loc><lastmod>2009-10-06T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.100609_mass_state_house-1.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Legislators in Massachusetts are considering a bill that would authorize a study of the financial impact and legacy of the African slave trade on the state. Pictured is the Massachusetts State House in Boston.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091797/the-prideful-bigotry-of-the-present</loc><lastmod>2009-10-05T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/leadership-policy/article/15089046/asian-americans-hope-to-build-pipelines-to-college-presidencies</loc><lastmod>2009-10-05T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.100509Leslie_wong.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Dr. Leslie Wong, president of Northern Michigan University, says  the ACE roundtable on the Asian-American presidency pipeline might have been “a first of its kind event.”</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/latinx/article/15089045/sotomayor-ushers-in-new-era-for-latinas-in-legal-profession</loc><lastmod>2009-10-05T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.SoniaSotomayor-Discourse091709.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091796/use-your-voice</loc><lastmod>2009-10-02T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/leadership-policy/article/15089044/decision-on-und-fighting-sioux-nickname-postponed</loc><lastmod>2009-10-02T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.100209_william_goetz.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>William Goetz, chancellor of the North Dakota University System, has expressed concern that the nickname controversy is distracting the University of North Dakota’s president from important priorities.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/institutions/hbcus/article/15089043/stimulus-money-slow-to-reach-colleges</loc><lastmod>2009-10-02T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.100209_miner_normal_school.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>The Miner Normal School building (pictured) at Howard University is one of many historic HBCU landmarks slated to undergo renovations financed by federal stimulus funding.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/home/article/15089042/green-officers-regarded-as-role-models-on-sustainability</loc><lastmod>2009-10-02T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.100209_Robert_Rodriguez_4.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Robert Rodriguez, an energy manager at the University of Texas-San Antonio, says he switched over from receiving print subscriptions of professional journals by mail to receiving them in electronic versions by e-mail to demonstrate environmental responsibility.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/faculty-staff/article/15089297/lastword-r-e-s-p-e-c-t</loc><lastmod>2009-10-01T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089296/committed-to-conservation</loc><lastmod>2009-10-01T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/institutions/community-colleges/article/15089295/harvesting-agreen-collara-jobs</loc><lastmod>2009-10-01T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/faculty-staff/article/15089294/converging-interests</loc><lastmod>2009-10-01T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/institutions/hbcus/article/15089293/noteworthy-news-stimulus-money-slow-to-reach-colleges</loc><lastmod>2009-10-01T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/latinx/article/15089292/washington-update-an-ally-and-partner</loc><lastmod>2009-10-01T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089291/spectrum-from-despair-to-discovery</loc><lastmod>2009-10-01T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089041/black-college-advocate-questions-funding-formula-for-southern-university-campuses</loc><lastmod>2009-10-01T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.100109_larger_lezli_baskerville.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Lezli Baskerville, an appointee to the Postsecondary Education Review Commission.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/institutions/community-colleges/article/15089040/louisiana-needs-more-two-year-college-grads-state-labor-official-says</loc><lastmod>2009-09-30T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.iStock_000009765871Small.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Louisiana labor official tells state commission that two-year degree graduates are needed to fill critical jobs in the state. Pictured is the Louisiana Capitol in Baton Rouge.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/leadership-policy/article/15089039/making-it-known-that-latinos-have-an-education-ally-and-partner</loc><lastmod>2009-09-30T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.093009_sepulveda_juan.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>As executive director of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans,Juan Sepulveda meets with Hispanic leaders and educators around the U.S. to discuss education policy.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/institutions/msis/article/15089038/more-diversity-sought-among-us-participants-in-study-abroad-programs</loc><lastmod>2009-09-30T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.093009_study_abroad-1.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091793/profiling-latinos</loc><lastmod>2009-09-29T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089037/committed-to-conservation</loc><lastmod>2009-09-29T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.092909_energy_saving_bulb.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089036/hampton-u-summit-to-promote-marriage-two-parent-families</loc><lastmod>2009-09-29T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.092909_marriage.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089035/hampden-sydneys-superstar-president-makes-splash</loc><lastmod>2009-09-28T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.092809_howard.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Hampden Sydney College president Christopher Howard, right, talks with freshman, Austin Black, at the school in Hampden Sydney, Va. He’s a  Rhodes Scholar and former Air Force officer, young and was clearly on the academic presidency fast track. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/sports/article/15089034/u-of-nd-faces-deadline-on-fighting-sioux-name</loc><lastmod>2009-09-28T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.noteworthy1_001.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>American Indian activist Clyde Bellecourt is surrounded by prayer cloths as he addresses the crowd during a protest over the University of North Dakota’s continued use of the “Fighting Sioux” nickname and logo, outside the university’s new Ralph Engelstad Arena in Grand Forks, N.D., in 2001.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/home/article/15089033/uc-students-faculty-workers-protest-budget-cuts</loc><lastmod>2009-09-25T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/sports/article/15089032/black-coaching-appointments-paying-dividends</loc><lastmod>2009-09-25T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089031/film-review-feeling-the-power-of-the-providence-effect</loc><lastmod>2009-09-25T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.092509-ProvidenceEffect.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Young Student</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/home/article/15089030/policy-perspectives-on-increasing-us-high-school-graduation-rates-offered-at-black-congressional-conference</loc><lastmod>2009-09-25T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091794/the-curious-case-of-michael-steele</loc><lastmod>2009-09-24T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091792/implementing-the-student-aid-and-fiscal-responsibility-act-and-its-impact-on-latinos</loc><lastmod>2009-09-23T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089029/republican-leader-says-party-must-court-blacks</loc><lastmod>2009-09-23T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.092309-MichaelSteele.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Michael Steele hugs Philander Smith student Felicia White before he takes the podium to begin his lecture.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/health/article/15089028/new-dartmouth-president-inaugurated</loc><lastmod>2009-09-23T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.092309-Darmouth.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Dartmouth President Jim Yong Kim acknowledges his predecessor in the Wheelock Succession, President Emeritus James Wright, during Dartmouth’s “Reflections on Leadership and Social Change” panel discussion Sept. 21, 2009. (Photo by Joseph Mehling)</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/latinx/article/15089027/cuban-american-scholars-react-to-havana-concert</loc><lastmod>2009-09-23T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.Cuba_crowd-1.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>People, one holding up a Cuban flag, cheer during the “Peace Without Borders” concert at the Revolution square in Havana, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2009. A crowd flocked to sprawling Revolution Plaza for the concert, headlined by Colombia’s musician Juanes, an event criticized by some Cuban-Americans who say the performers are lending support to the island’s communist government simply by showing up.  (AP Photo/Javier Galeano)</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091791/obama-and-paterson-painful-politics</loc><lastmod>2009-09-22T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089026/best-brightest-african-teacher-excels-as-student-role-model-in-us</loc><lastmod>2009-09-22T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.092209_JoanitaSenoga.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>University of Richmond graduate student Joanita Senoga, pictured here with her daughter, Rosie, opened the Circle of Peace School in Uganda with help from her family.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/home/article/15089025/on-the-money-getting-started-with-529-college-savings-plans</loc><lastmod>2009-09-22T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/institutions/community-colleges/article/15089024/nc-community-colleges-to-enroll-undocumented-students</loc><lastmod>2009-09-22T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089023/health-disparities-pose-high-cost-for-american-economy-researchers-say</loc><lastmod>2009-09-22T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/leadership-policy/article/15089022/review-a-look-at-all-other-sides-of-a-university-presidency</loc><lastmod>2009-09-22T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.stephen.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>George Washington University President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/leadership-policy/article/15089021/ut-austin-tightens-admissions-to-top-8-percent-of-class</loc><lastmod>2009-09-18T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/health/article/15089020/obama-pitches-health-care-at-college-campus</loc><lastmod>2009-09-18T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.foto4_030.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Jackie Jenkins-Scott spent her career in social work and health care before becoming president of Wheelock College in Boston.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091800/we-should-be-realistic-about-racial-representation-in-television</loc><lastmod>2009-09-17T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/latinx/article/15089308/lastword-enrolling-vs-serving-latino-students</loc><lastmod>2009-09-17T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/home/article/15089307/accelerate-your-career-with-distance-education</loc><lastmod>2009-09-17T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089306/community-college-forum-developmental-education-an-investment-we-cannot-afford-not-to-make</loc><lastmod>2009-09-17T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/institutions/community-colleges/article/15089305/disappearing-act</loc><lastmod>2009-09-17T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/home/article/15089304/passing-judgment</loc><lastmod>2009-09-17T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089303/noteworthynews-when-perception-becomes-reality</loc><lastmod>2009-09-17T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/faculty-staff/article/15089302/noteworthynews-still-a-no-go-for-lifting-academic-travel-restrictions-to-cuba</loc><lastmod>2009-09-17T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089301/noteworthy-news-will-they-come</loc><lastmod>2009-09-17T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/latinx/article/15089300/washington-update-community-colleges-to-benefit-from-new-higher-ed-bill</loc><lastmod>2009-09-17T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089299/awarding-excellence</loc><lastmod>2009-09-17T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089298/spectrum-a-bridge-to-the-community</loc><lastmod>2009-09-17T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/leadership-policy/article/15089074/a-bridge-to-the-community</loc><lastmod>2009-09-17T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089019/college-students-are-health-cares-invisible-minority</loc><lastmod>2009-09-17T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/leadership-policy/article/15089018/in-memoriam-dr-myles-brand</loc><lastmod>2009-09-17T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/leadership-policy/article/15089017/a-bridge-to-the-community</loc><lastmod>2009-09-17T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089016/the-constitution-from-a-black-perspective</loc><lastmod>2009-09-17T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/home/article/15089015/on-the-move-at-cma</loc><lastmod>2009-09-17T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/latinx/article/15089014/awarding-excellence</loc><lastmod>2009-09-17T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/latinx/article/15089013/community-colleges-to-benefi-t-from-new-higher-ed-bill</loc><lastmod>2009-09-17T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/latinx/article/15089012/when-perception-becomes-reality</loc><lastmod>2009-09-17T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/home/article/15089011/passing-judgment</loc><lastmod>2009-09-17T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.SoniaSotomayor-Discourse091709.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/latinx/article/15089010/disappearing-act</loc><lastmod>2009-09-17T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089009/developmental-education-an-investment-we-cannot-afford-not-to-make</loc><lastmod>2009-09-17T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089008/professional-appoitments</loc><lastmod>2009-09-17T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/latinx/article/15089007/enrolling-vs-serving-latino-students</loc><lastmod>2009-09-17T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/faculty-staff/article/15089006/still-a-no-go-for-lifting-academic-travel-restrictions-to-cuba</loc><lastmod>2009-09-17T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15088995/will-they-come</loc><lastmod>2009-09-17T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091790/the-obama-presidency-in-peril</loc><lastmod>2009-09-16T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/ho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College 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students at Heritage University, 53 percent are Hispanic and 11 percent American Indian. 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players</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089369/legal-battles-continue-in-fight-for-equity-in-maryland-higher-education</loc><lastmod>2009-09-03T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/latinx/article/15089363/washington-update-minority-serving-institutions-seek-long-term-funding-increases</loc><lastmod>2009-09-03T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/sports/article/15089357/spectrum-racial-equality-and-sports</loc><lastmod>2009-09-03T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/home/article/15089354/shipping-in</loc><lastmod>2009-09-03T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/sports/article/15089352/noteworthy-news-unfinished-business</loc><lastmod>2009-09-03T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089351/maryland-news-nuggets</loc><lastmod>2009-09-03T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/home/article/15089350/lastword-september-3-2009-issue</loc><lastmod>2009-09-03T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/faculty-staff/article/15089349/just-a-click-away</loc><lastmod>2009-09-03T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/latinx/article/15089347/finding-their-identities</loc><lastmod>2009-09-03T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/institutions/community-colleges/article/15089345/community-college-forum-mission-accepted-opening-laboratory-doors-to-urban-minority-communities</loc><lastmod>2009-09-03T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/leadership-policy/article/15089344/a16-colleges-with-one-voicea</loc><lastmod>2009-09-03T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15089343/a-mediating-force</loc><lastmod>2009-09-03T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/home/article/15089309/on-the-move</loc><lastmod>2009-09-03T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15088988/finding-their-identities</loc><lastmod>2009-09-03T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.foto13.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>NITASHA TAMAR SHARMA Title: Assistant Professor of African-American and Asian American Studies, Northwestern University Education: Ph.D., Anthropology, University of  alifornia at Santa Barbara; M.A., Anthropology, University of California at Santa Barbara;  B.A., Anthropology, University of California at Santa Cruz Age: 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College Photo</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/home/article/15088965/naval-academy-continues-its-diversity-trend</loc><lastmod>2009-09-03T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/faculty-staff/article/15088964/just-a-click-away</loc><lastmod>2009-09-03T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/leadership-policy/article/15088963/16-colleges-with-one-voice</loc><lastmod>2009-09-03T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/institutions/community-colleges/article/15088962/mission-accepted-opening-laboratory-doors-to-urban-minority-communities</loc><lastmod>2009-09-03T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.delawaretech.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Biotechnology Summer Camp at Delaware Technical and Community 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Bush, says stimulus money shouldn’t be used on 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University</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/institutions/community-colleges/article/15088935/paul-quinn-college-sues-to-regain-accreditation</loc><lastmod>2009-08-26T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/home/article/15088934/the-rising-cost-of-mbas</loc><lastmod>2009-08-26T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/home/article/15088933/k12-inc-and-university-of-maryland-university-college-announce-dual-credit-program-for-k12-students</loc><lastmod>2009-08-26T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.helicopter1.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Brian Watkins, director of parent and family affairs at the University of Maryland-College Park.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/home/article/15088932/twitter-in-higher-education-more-than-30-percent-of-faculty-say-they-tweet</loc><lastmod>2009-08-26T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/leadership-policy/article/15088931/community-college-launches-seven-campus-locations</loc><lastmod>2009-08-26T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.community%2520college%2520channel-1.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Community College Photo</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/institutions/community-colleges/article/15088930/as-more-students-head-to-college-schools-get-competitive</loc><lastmod>2009-08-26T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15088929/more-diversity-among-2009-sat-test-takers-scores-slightly-down</loc><lastmod>2009-08-26T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/recruitment-retention/article/15088928/paul-quinn-colleges-accreditation-appeal-denied</loc><lastmod>2009-08-26T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/home/article/15088927/lawsuit-charges-for-profit-atlanta-university-with-fraud</loc><lastmod>2009-08-26T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/faculty-staff/article/15088926/uh-semester-starts-with-fewer-classes-more-anxiety</loc><lastmod>2009-08-25T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/institutions/community-colleges/article/15088925/north-carolina-police-kill-college-student-from-houston</loc><lastmod>2009-08-25T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.9781579222284_cf200.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/institutions/community-colleges/article/15088924/students-up-despite-cuts</loc><lastmod>2009-08-25T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/home/article/15088923/a-record-39-million-plus-students-take-online-college-courses</loc><lastmod>2009-08-25T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.patricia.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Patricia De’Shazior Hill says she prefers online classes because they are free from the subtle racism of traditional campuses.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/health/article/15088922/us-colleges-prep-for-h1n1</loc><lastmod>2009-08-25T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/institutions/community-colleges/article/15088921/veterans-concerned-colleges-not-granting-credit-for-military-experience-and-education</loc><lastmod>2009-08-25T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/home/article/15088920/law-school-at-historically-black-southern-university-unveils-expansion</loc><lastmod>2009-08-25T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.koh.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Harold Koh, Dean, Yale Law School</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/home/article/15088919/funding-tuition-income-per-student-high-at-uh</loc><lastmod>2009-08-24T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/institutions/community-colleges/article/15088918/three-colleges-to-offer-combined-curricula</loc><lastmod>2009-08-24T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/institutions/community-colleges/article/15088917/paying-for-college-becoming-more-challenging</loc><lastmod>2009-08-24T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/sports/article/15088916/women-of-color-who-work-in-college-athletics-convening-this-week-at-rutgers</loc><lastmod>2009-08-24T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.pic1_004.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>SIUC’s chancellor, vice chancellor, provost and all 10 academic deans are men. Female administrators are better represented at the Edwardsville campus.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15088915/cant-get-tuition-money-try-social-lending</loc><lastmod>2009-08-24T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15088914/archaeologists-search-for-texas-plantation-remains</loc><lastmod>2009-08-24T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/home/article/15088913/college-students-beware-of-swine-flu</loc><lastmod>2009-08-21T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/sports/article/15088912/derrick-rose-at-the-center-of-ncaa-allegation</loc><lastmod>2009-08-21T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.lauren.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Rene Portland, the former coach of Penn State’s women’s basketball team was at the center of a lawsuit by a former player who said Portland discriminated against gay player.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/home/article/15088911/parents-pay-college-costs-amid-recession-study</loc><lastmod>2009-08-21T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/home/article/15088910/georgia-colleges-working-on-plans-to-furlough-workers</loc><lastmod>2009-08-21T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/opinion/article/15091785/the-growing-intolerance-must-be-confronted</loc><lastmod>2009-08-20T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/institutions/hbcus/article/15089318/lastword-strange-bedfellows-and-hbcus-the-politics-behind-the-black-college-act</loc><lastmod>2009-08-20T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/faculty-staff/article/15089317/changing-course</loc><lastmod>2009-08-20T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/leadership-policy/article/15089316/assignments-getting-tougher-for-trustees</loc><lastmod>2009-08-20T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089315/thinking-outside-the-fundraising-box</loc><lastmod>2009-08-20T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089314/native-sons</loc><lastmod>2009-08-20T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/latinx/article/15089313/pride-and-peril</loc><lastmod>2009-08-20T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/faculty-staff/article/15089312/noteworthy-news-building-the-bridge-to-obama</loc><lastmod>2009-08-20T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089311/hbcu-news-nuggets</loc><lastmod>2009-08-20T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15089310/spectrum-getting-to-know-lisa-menzies</loc><lastmod>2009-08-20T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/home/article/15088909/santa-monica-colleges-solar-panel-curriculum</loc><lastmod>2009-08-20T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/home/article/15088908/how-to-bear-the-tuition-burden-without-a-paycheck</loc><lastmod>2009-08-20T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/home/article/15088907/a-last-minute-dash-for-tuition</loc><lastmod>2009-08-20T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.confedsc1.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>South Carolina continues to display the controversial flag at the state legislature building, despite widespread calls for its removal</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/institutions/hbcus/article/15088906/strange-bedfellows-and-hbcus-the-politics-behind-the-black-college-act</loc><lastmod>2009-08-20T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/latinx/article/15088905/new-web-site-evaluates-colleges-and-universities-on-core-requirements</loc><lastmod>2009-08-20T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/international/article/15088904/international-graduate-admissions-decline-for-first-time-in-five-years-us-student-applications-and-admissions-increase</loc><lastmod>2009-08-20T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/health/article/15088903/la-county-votes-to-reopen-troubled-hospital-uc-expected-to-staff-the-facility</loc><lastmod>2009-08-20T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/leadership-policy/article/15088902/getting-to-know-lisa-menzies</loc><lastmod>2009-08-20T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15088901/hbcu-news-nuggets</loc><lastmod>2009-08-20T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/latinx/article/15088900/hbcu-power-brokers-on-capitol-hill</loc><lastmod>2009-08-20T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/leadership-policy/article/15088899/building-the-bridge-to-the-obama-administration</loc><lastmod>2009-08-20T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15088898/native-sons</loc><lastmod>2009-08-20T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.jackson_001.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>The Walter Payton Recreation and Wellness Center opened at Jackson State University, his alma mater.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/students/article/15088897/thinking-outside-of-the-fundraising-box</loc><lastmod>2009-08-20T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/leadership-policy/article/15088896/assignments-getting-tougher-for-trustees</loc><lastmod>2009-08-20T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.foto1_017.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>From left, President of Howard University, H. Patrick Swygert, Richard D. Parsons, chairman of the Board of Trustees’ Development Committee, and former board chairman and current trustee Frank Savage celebrate the Campaign for Howard’s success at its halfway point.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/faculty-staff/article/15088895/changing-course</loc><lastmod>2009-08-20T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.udc.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/international/article/15088894/professional-appoitments</loc><lastmod>2009-08-20T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/faculty-staff/article/15088874/pride-and-peril-historically-black-colleges-and-universities</loc><lastmod>2009-08-20T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/latinx/article/15088893/more-black-and-hispanic-students-taking-the-act-exam-college-readiness-levels-remain-flat</loc><lastmod>2009-08-19T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod><image:image><image:loc>https://img.theeduledger.com/files/base/diverse/all/image/2011/08/edu.gerald.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>Danette Gerald, an Education Trust researcher, says colleges could partner with college-readiness programs to counter the lack of college-preparedness among minorities and low-income students due to low-quality public schools.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/home/article/15088892/university-of-california-awards-degrees-to-formerly-interned-japanese-americans</loc><lastmod>2009-08-19T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url><url><loc>https://www.theeduledger.com/home/article/15088891/federal-judge-upholds-uts-race-conscious-admissions-policies</loc><lastmod>2009-08-19T00:00:00.000Z</lastmod></url></urlset>