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Fundraising scandal at Bowie State – Bowie State University, Bowie, Md

Bowie, Md. A financially troubled fund-raising organization for Bowie State University (BSU) is being temporarily handed over to the University of Maryland system amidst criticism that the organization sapped its administrative funds and then dipped into other money earmarked for scholarships and campus activities to cover further operating costs.

July 12, 2007

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Minority enrollment creeps upward at Texas universities: new recruitment strategies and the 10 percent law credited with upturn

AUSTIN, Texas Black and Latino enrollments are beginning to edge upward again at public universities in Texas after the severe drop caused by the 1996 Hopwood decision, which dismantled affirmative action at Texas’s public universities.

July 12, 2007

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1998 Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars Awards – 1998 nominees and recipients

Six years ago, Black Issues In Higher Education established the Sports Scholars Award to honor undergraduate students of color who exemplify the standards set by tennis great Arthur Ashe Jr.

July 12, 2007

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Leading from Behind

Two historically Black colleges aspire to become more than just feeder schools

July 12, 2007

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Hurdle #1: Getting in the Door

Research institutions are the primary producers of the nation’s scientific brain trust. Yet, the record of these institutions for producing African Americans in these disciplines is spotty. In this feature, Black Issues examines the experiences of three of the leading science and engineering institutions, citing examples of strategies that are yielding favorable results and those that leave senior scholars scratching their heads over why they’re not working.

July 12, 2007

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The new faces of Vassar – minority undergraduate transfer students – includes related article

With only a few thousand African American and Latino high school students scoring 1310 and above on SAT tests, selective colleges often find themselves — scholarship money in hand — colliding into one another as they attempt to lure these highly-sought-after students to their campuses.

July 11, 2007

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The pied piper of college golf – National Minority Junior Golf Scholarship Assn. founder and Pres. Bill Dickey

Bill Dicky More Than Just a Fairway Friend to College-Bound Youth

July 11, 2007

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Chancellor of Southern University resigns amid scholarship flap – Marvin Yates

BATON ROUGE, La. The chancellor of Southern University’s Baton Rouge campus abruptly resigned in the wake of a scholarship scandal.

July 11, 2007

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Scholarship scandal in Louisiana

Baton Rouge, La. Last fall when William “Bud” Davis, the chancellor of State University, suddenly resigned his position in the wake of charges that his office awarded nearly fifty minority scholarships to White students, many educators and politicians around the state sighed a collective relief that this most recent scholarship fiasco appeared to end as Davis departed.

July 11, 2007

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The money chase: videoconference participants get insider tips on ethnic philanthropy – Panel Discussion

Washington When it comes to ethnic philanthropy, a couple of things need to be clear. First, the color that really counts is not Black, White, Brown, or Red, but green – as in dollar green. Second, without know how and persistence, pleas for funding will likely not be heard regardless of the nobility or desperation of the plea.

July 11, 2007

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College ends race-based scholarship programs at behest of Education Department – Northern Virginia Community College

ANNANDALE, Va. A Virginia community college will end five small ace-based scholarship programs following a complaint filed with the U.S. Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights.

July 11, 2007

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Home shopping network: CD-ROMs facilitate college search process

With a seventeen-year-old high school junior for a son, the time has come once again to go college shopping. And as one of those guys who hates to shop, I naturally was looking for something that would allow me to visit a university or two hundred without leaving home. After all, travel expenses can be…well, expensive.

July 11, 2007