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Howard Symposium Highlights

Howard Symposium Highlights Scholarship of Teaching, LearningWASHINGTONA lecture by Dr. Lee S. Shulman on the scholarship of teaching and learning attracted an enthusiastic audience of more than 150 Howard University faculty members and graduate students to a half-day symposium on improving doctoral education. With as many faculty members as graduate students in attendance, Shulman, president […]

December 19, 2001

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Nellie Mae Launches Financial Management Program

Nellie Mae Launches Financial Management Program At Undergraduate CampusesBRAINTREE, Mass.Nellie Mae, a top originator of student loans, has launched FinMan, an e-mail-based program established to enhance financial and debt management counseling on college campuses. The program, which was successfully piloted at six schools last academic year, is now active on 49 campuses nationwide. The FinMan […]

November 7, 2001

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Dr. Sylvester James Gates Jr.

Dr. Sylvester James Gates Jr. is known to be enthusiastic about superstring theory and supersymmetry, but another passion has him speaking out —  his commitment to education.By Robin V. SmilesYou have to be a brave person to persevere in a field like theoretical physics. It requires a command of both science and mathematics. The work […]

September 12, 2001

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CU-Boulder Joins National Leadership Alliance

CU-Boulder Joins National Leadership AllianceBoulder, Colo.The University of Colorado at Boulder has become the 29th member of the Leadership Alliance, the premiere coalition of the nation’s top research and teaching institutions seeking to increase the numbers of traditionally underrepresented students in graduate study.“CU-Boulder has a long-term commitment to diversity,” says Chancellor Richard L. Byyny. “Throughout […]

August 15, 2001

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Mellon Makes its Mark

Mellon Makes its MarkOver the past 13 years, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has invested $50 million in doctoral programs. Their investment is now paying off as the program becomes one of the premier pipelines for producing minority doctorates. By Ronald Roach DURHAM, N.C.Sheldon Lyke had long harbored ambivalence about getting a doctorate to become […]

July 18, 2001

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Temple University Graduate Students Vote To Unionize

Temple University Graduate Students Vote To UnionizePHILADELPHIA Graduate students at Temple University voted overwhelmingly to unionize in the first election of its kind in Pennsylvania. The students, who work as teaching and research assistants, voted 290-16 last month to be represented by the Temple University Graduate Students Association, an affiliate of the American Federation of […]

April 25, 2001

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Yale to Give 20 Percent Raise In Stipends to Ph.D. Candidates

Yale to Give 20 Percent Raise In Stipends to Ph.D. CandidatesNEW HAVEN, Conn. Yale University is raising the stipends almost 20 percent for doctoral candidates next year amid an attempt by graduate students to unionize. The stipend given to humanities and social science students was increased from $11,500 to $13,700. Some larger stipends will be […]

February 14, 2001

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Maryland Awards First Math Doctorates to Black Women

Maryland Awards First Math Doctorates to Black WomenCollege park, Md. For the first time, the University of Maryland awarded doctorate degrees in mathematics to three Black women at its December commencement ceremonies. Tasha Inniss received a degree in applied mathematics, Sherry Scott was awarded one in pure mathematics and Kimberly Weems received one in statistics.“We’ve […]

January 17, 2001

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NSF Gives Grant to Boost Minority Graduate Degree Production

NSF Gives Grant to Boost Minority Graduate Degree ProductionALBUQUERQUE, N.M.A New Mexico alliance is getting a $2.5 million federal grant to increase the number of minority students pursuing advanced degrees in the next five years. The National Science Foundation grant went to the New Mexico Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate, which wants to […]

December 20, 2000

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Purdue President Challenges Universities to Increase Fellowships for Minority Graduate Students

Purdue President Challenges Universities to Increase Fellowships for Minority Graduate StudentsSan Antonio, TexasDr. Martin C. Jischke, president of Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind., last month challenged America’s universities to establish fellowships to increase the numbers of minority graduate students preparing to be the faculty of the future.Speaking at the annual meeting of the National […]

December 6, 2000

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Tuskegee,Colorado to Participate in Exchange Programs

Tuskegee,Colorado to Participate in Exchange ProgramsTUSKEGEE, Ala.Students and faculty at Tuskegee University here and the University of Colorado at Boulder will begin participating in a joint exchange program.Initially, the program will feature the exchange of six to 10 undergraduate students in both directions. Those exchanges will last for one semester. Faculty exchanges are scheduled to […]

November 8, 2000

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Disseminating the Truth About Affirmative Action

Disseminating the Truth About Affirmative ActionA recent preliminary study conducted at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln showed disturbing trends in the perceptions of prospective graduate students toward affirmative action and minority students. This investigation entailed in-depth interviews with self-identified Caucasian female undergraduates applying to graduate programs  in psychology and psychology-related fields. Respondents attributed a variety of […]

September 13, 2000