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From combat to campus: GI Bill gave a generation of African Americans an opportunity to pursue the American dream – Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944 – Special Report: The Integrated Military – 50 Years – Cover Story

The early champions of the GI Bill probably never envisioned the far-reaching impact the landmark legislation would have on American society.

July 11, 2007

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Doing what had to be done. The integrated military seen as model for society – Special Report: The Integrated Military – 50 Years

In the almost fifty years since President Harry S. Truman ordered the desegregation of the military, the United States armed forces have fostered equal opportunity on a scale that few other institutions have matched.

July 11, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Phenomenal growth – Black Issues in Higher Education’s sixth annual Top 100 rankings of minority baccalaureates – Cover Story

African American Baccalaureates Surge by 30% From 1991 to 1995

July 10, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Conceptual shift needed to diversify higher education

At a recent meeting in Los Angeles, the American Association of Community College board of directors unanimously approved a statement on inclusion.

July 10, 2007

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Scholarship helps family members when soldiers die in war

TRENTON N.J. Casey Duffy never pictured herself at the age of 28, raising a three-year-old son on her own and worrying about her family’s future. Then her husband Christopher Duffy, a 26-year-old National Guardsman, was killed in Baghdad when his convoy came under attack.

July 4, 2007

African-American

Patterson Research Institute reports on educational profile of African Americans

Late last month, as part of a highly ambitious research effort on African American education, the first volume in a series of reports on the state of education in Black America was released.

July 4, 2007

Leadership & Policy

News wrap up: Clinton speaks to American Council on Education

WASHINGTON President Bill Clinton thanked the American Council on Education (ACE) during the organization’s annual meeting late last month. The occasion marked the third time Clinton has addressed ACE, the premier voice of higher education, since he took office in 1992.

July 4, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Cole’s shoes will be hard to fill: King Farris, Ladner said to be ‘fine candidates.’ – Johnetta Cole as President of Spelman College, Vera King Farris and Joyce Ledner

Johnetta Cole, the first African-American female president of Spelman College, nation’s premiere liberal arts schools, announced that she will relinquish the presidency next spring.

June 22, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Belt-tightening goes on – and on: ACE report offers ten-year retrospective – American Council on Education

Realizing that the budgetary woes colleges and universities have suffered the past decade may be permanent, higher education officials are coming up with more substantive strategies to deal with the long-range crisis, according to an annual report.

June 20, 2007

Students

Cost hikes blamed on regulatory compliance – federal regulations not responsible for rise in education costs

In a possible preview of the debate on next year’s reauthorization of the Higher Education Act (HEA), college and university leaders told Congress this month that federal regulations are partly to blame for the high cost of college.

June 20, 2007

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Gender gap – education of African Americans

Since the early 1980s, the American Council on Education (ACE) has been collecting and disseminating educational data annually on racial and ethnic minorities.Among its findings in 1996 is that students of color have posted significant gains in college enrollment and the number of degrees they earned — yet the picture is decidedly mixed for different racial and ethnic minority groups.

June 19, 2007

African-American

Educational gains by minority students threatened – affirmative action programs

Washington — The nation’s students of color made significant gains in college enrollment and the number of degrees they earned in recent years, but the gap between them and their white counterparts on all educational levels is glaring, says a report released this month by the American Council on Education (ACE).

June 18, 2007