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Grants & Gifts

CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, BAKERSFIELD, has received a $250,000 gift from State Farm Insurance for an advanced computer lab. The lab will be located in the university’s new science building. FRESNO STATE UNIVERSITY (Calif.) has received $1.75 MILLION in grants from Rehabilitation Administration Services in the U.S. Department of Education. Specifically, the funds will go to […]

June 25, 2008

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U.S. State Department Reinstates Fulbright Scholarships to 7 Gaza Students

The United States has reinstated the Fulbright scholarships of seven Gaza Strip students blocked by Israel from leaving the Hamas-ruled territory, the State Department said Monday.

June 2, 2008

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Univ. of NC A&T Audit Shows $10K Misused

An annual audit of North Carolina A&T State University found 27 percent of the scholarships reserved for the Bookstore Scholarship Fund for needy students were awarded to relatives of university employees.

June 1, 2008

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Tried, Tested, Yet Undeterred

After overturned prison sentence, Marcus Dixon blazes a stellar record of academic and athletic achievement at Hampton University.

May 28, 2008

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Public Relations Masks the Real College-Access Crisis

The wealthiest universities enroll the smallest percentage of low-income students — this has to change.

May 28, 2008

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New Jersey Lawmakers Question Plan to Reduce Community College Scholarship Awards

Vanessa Frost is thankful she’s not a year younger.

May 7, 2008

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Former Admissions Official Leads Fight Against Affirmative Action in Missouri

Tim Asher sat calmly and appeared unfazed moments before he was to address a roomful of Hispanic leaders, some of whom were likely to be hostile to his message that Missouri should end affirmative action programs based on race and gender.

May 5, 2008

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A FUNDRAISING BLUEPRINT

Howard University sets the bar high for its largest ever capital campaign, and now plans to share the secrets of its success with fellow HBCUs.

April 30, 2008

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Idaho Hispanic Students Scoring Below Classmates

Hispanic students continue to score below their non-Latino counterparts on statewide tests, prompting education initiatives to improve scores and slow a high school dropout rate that is higher than any other ethnic group in Idaho.

April 29, 2008

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Champlain College Helps Refugees Start New Lives Without Tuition Fees

When his family landed in Vermont three years ago, Rwandan refugee Jean-Luc Dushime didn’t speak English.

April 6, 2008

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Illinois News Nuggets

With nearly 200 degree-granting institutions in the “Land of Lincoln,” Diverse couldn’t cover them all, but instead offers a few school snapshots.

April 2, 2008

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Grants & Gifts

The AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCATION has received $250,000 from the Wal-Mart Foundation to help support ACE’s Initiative for Severely Injured Veterans, which helps veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan pursue a college education. COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY TEACHERS COLLEGE (N.Y.) has received a $20 MILLION gift, the largest in its history, from John and Pat Klingenstein to further […]

April 2, 2008