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Some Republicans Oppose Giving Schools Slice of Stimulus Pie

In a move that may hinder prospects for a large Pell Grant increase, congressional Republicans – including a former U.S. education secretary – say education spending is a prime example of the wasteful investments in a Democrat-led $825 billion economic stimulus bill.

February 2, 2009

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Coming Soon: Cash for College Students’ Good Grades

For the past several years economists and educators have been studying the impact of incentives — monetary and other valuable gifts — on student performance. Now a recently launched Web site, GradeFund, takes the idea of incentives and aims to utilize them as a practical solution for paying for college.

January 29, 2009

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Rouse Expected to Sail Through Confirmation Hearing for Council of Economic Advisers

Dr. Cecilia Elena Rouse, a Princeton University economist, will bring expertise in labor as it relates specifically to education issues when she joins President-elect Barack Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers.

January 14, 2009

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For Some, It Was a Jobless Summer

Claudia Ukonu searched for three months for a summer job, to no avail. She remained unemployed throughout the summer.

August 18, 2008

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WVU Urged to Strengthen Graduate Programs Across the Board

Problems with record deficiencies, grading practices and inconsistent policies in West Virginia University’s master’s programs are not limited to the College of Business & Economics, said the man charged with strengthening those programs in the wake of a degree scandal involving Gov. Joe Manchin’s daughter.

June 5, 2008

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Federal Judge OKs $4M Settlement in Lawsuit Alleging S.C. School Helped Former Professor in Scam

A U.S. judge has approved a nearly $4 million agreement to settle allegations that Charleston Southern University helped a former professor swindle investors out of tens of millions of dollars, according to court documents.

May 13, 2008

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Perspectives: The Status of African-American Women

The intersection of race and gender create a third burden for African-American women in that part of our status is a function of the way that the majority society marginalizes and demonizes African-American men.

March 6, 2008

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College Graduates With Career-oriented Majors Out Pace Those With Academic Majors

A college degree pays, and not just in knowledge and experience, but in dividends too.

March 4, 2008

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America Fails To Meet Justice Goals 40 Years After Kerner

Over the last 40 years, America has failed to make significant progress on poverty, inequality, racial injustice and crime, according to a report that updates the 1968 report of the Kerner Commission, the bipartisan National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders.

February 28, 2008

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BLACK MEN – Left out and locked up

There are an estimated 1.5 million Black men in prison and another 3.5 million on probation.

February 6, 2008

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Ohio Governor Unveils Dual Enrollment Initiative

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Gov. Ted Strickland on Wednesday proposed a $1.7 billion economic stimulus package to revitalize the economy in the midst of a national slump. He also proposed a plan in his second State of the State speech that would allow eligible high school seniors to spend their last year in high school taking classes on an Ohio public college campus for free.

February 5, 2008

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Scholars: Despite Federal Economic Stimulus Package, Blacks and Hispanics Likely to Fare Worse

As talk of recession reached a fever pitch last week, lawmakers scrambled to re-energize a beleaguered economy by approving a $146 billion economic stimulus plan to get tax rebates to workers in May. But some scholars say other measures need to be taken to help minorities, who are being hardest hit by the mortgage meltdown and lack of jobs.

January 29, 2008