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HBCUs Rally to Help State University of Haiti Recover From Earthquake

A dozen historically Black colleges and universities have formed a consortium to help rebuild the earthquake-damaged State University of Haiti, the Caribbean country’s largest institution of higher education.

July 31, 2011

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Harvard Training College Teachers on Black History

Two dozen college teachers from around the country are participating this month in a Harvard program aimed at training professors to integrate more Black history into their classrooms and research projects.

July 17, 2011

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Federal Judge Dismisses Texas Southern University Reverse Discrimination Lawsuit

A federal judge has tossed out a reverse discrimination suit against Texas Southern University by a White faculty member who was terminated for his questionable handling of scholarship funds.

July 14, 2011

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Michigan State Law Professors Say Div. I College Athletes Qualify as ‘Employees’

The way football and basketball players in Division I programs juggle athletics and school undermines the NCAA’s contention they are student-athletes, contend law professors Robert and Amy McCormick.

July 14, 2011

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New College Completion Initiative Targets College Success of KIPP Charter School Alumni

College graduation rates for alumni of the Knowledge is Power Program (KIPP) charter schools have yet to meet expectations, opening the door to the KIPP network, along with two educational nonprofits, launching the Partnership for College Completion.

July 12, 2011

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S.C. State Says Transportation Center Will Be Built

Officials at South Carolina State University are adamant that they will find a way to complete the school’s 197,000-square-foot planned transportation center named for U.S. Rep. James Clyburn, even though an audit has raised serious doubts in the minds of state legislators.

July 4, 2011

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Report: College Enrollment Pool Increasingly Turning to Adult Learners

The Washington-based Center for Law and Social Policy, in its report “Not Just Kids Stuff Anymore: The Economic Imperative for More Adults to Complete College”, finds that the demand for college-educated workers is expected to rise 16 percent by 2018.

June 30, 2011

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Scholarship Fund Group Seeks Increased Support for Asian American-focused Minority-Serving Schools

Forthcoming report urges that resources should be targeted to Minority-Serving Institutions with high concentration of low-income students from the often “overlooked and underserved” groups of Asian and Pacific Islander students.

June 27, 2011

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Former Executive Neil Horikoshi Adds Capacity to Asian & Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund

Having spent two and a half years as president of the nation’s largest nonprofit organization devoted to giving scholarships to college-goers of Asian descent, Horikoshi has emerged as a national advocate for postsecondary access and equity for that population.

June 26, 2011

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University of Illinois Wants $100 Million for Scholarships

The University of Illinois hopes to raise $100 million through private donations for scholarships over the next three years to help make up for increasing tuition and shortfalls in state support for students who need help paying for college.

June 8, 2011

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Diversity Still Matters in Michigan

Five years since Proposition 2 dismantled Michigan’s race-based programs from state-funded institutions, schools still refuse to abandon diversity.

June 8, 2011

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Skip Senior Year and Go Straight to College?

When the Indiana legislature passed the budget at the end of April, it also launched a plan by Gov. Mitch Daniels, which allows high school students who complete their core requirements by the end of their junior year to skip senior year and go straight to college.

June 7, 2011