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Digging deeper for tuition

As if the assault on affirmative action hasn’t produced enough ominous clouds over higher education, the outlook for graduate and professional schools is becoming stormier than ever.

June 19, 2007

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The Selected Poems of Nikki Giovanni – book reviews

I like to bring Nikki Giovanni’s poetry into my poetry workshops, especially the “Beginning Poetry Workshop.” I have a number of good reasons. The first is what her biographer, Virginia Fowler, tells us is Giovanni’s “single most important achievement,” which is “(t)he development of a unique and distinctive voice.”

June 17, 2007

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Student Retention Success Models in Higher Education. – book reviews

A new book edited by Dr. Clinita Ford provides unusual insight into the lessons taught by more than two decades of experience with improving educational opportunities for African American, Latino, and Native American students.

June 16, 2007

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An era endangered: graduate fellowships for minorities in jeopardy

Budget cuts are drying up the flow of Department of Education funding for graduate student fellowships.

June 16, 2007

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Birth of an institution – the Normal School, Tuskegee, Alabama

Dear Friends: I arrived here four weeks ago. Instead of finding my work in a low marshy country as I expected, I find Tuskegee a beautiful town, with a high and healthy location. It is a town such as one rarely sees in the South. Its quiet shady streets and tasteful and rich dwellings remind one of a New England village. After my arrival I had one week in which to prepare for the opening of the Normal School. I utilized this time in seeing the teachers and others who wished to enter the school, and in getting a general idea of my work and the people. Sunday, I spoke in both churches to the people about the school, and told all who wished to enter to come and see me at my boarding place during the week. About thirty persons called and had their names enrolled, others called whose names, for various reasons, I could not enroll. With the young people many of the parents came. I was particularly impressed with the desire of the parents to educate their children, whatever might be the sacrifice.

June 15, 2007

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In Higher Ed, the Year of Dishonesty

If the academic year now winding down had a theme, it was a more subtle one: dishonesty.

May 20, 2007

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Duke Biz School Punishes 34 for Cheating

RALEIGH, N.C. The largest cheating scandal ever at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business involved more than a take-home exam, a business school official said Tuesday.

May 1, 2007

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Gunman Killed 21 at Virginia Tech Before Being Killed

BLACKSBURG, Va. A gunman opened fire in a dorm and classroom at Virginia Tech on Monday, killing 21 people in the deadliest campus shooting in U.S. history. The gunman was killed but it was unclear if he was shot by police or took his own life. CNN, however, is reporting the death toll at 31.

April 15, 2007

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Online Degrees Increasingly Gaining Acceptance Among Employers

Skills, experience and reputation of school are more important factors.

April 4, 2007

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Indiana University Joins 9 Black Colleges For Science Initiative

INDIANAPOLIS Indiana University is joining with nine historically Black colleges and universities to boost the number of minorities seeking careers in science, starting with a summer program for promising students who will work at IU’s research laboratories.

March 31, 2007

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Just the Stats: Minority Graduate Students Face Financial Burden

Between 2006 and 2014, there will be a 12 percent increase in master’s and doctoral degrees granted, with much of the growth coming from minority and women candidates, according to predictions from researchers at the Council of Graduate Schools. Unfortunately, minorities will have a more difficult time paying for graduate school, if current financial aid trends continue.

February 15, 2007

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FAMU Instructors Say They’re Not Getting Paid

Due to financial and administrative problems at Florida A&M University, adjunct professors and graduate teaching assistants haven’t been compensated in 2007, according to school sources. Diverse has confirmed that journalism teaching assistants have not been paid, but an estimated 600 employees falling under the former two job categories may also be affected at the 13,000-student school.

February 12, 2007