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MSIs

Black Male Initiative Worth Duplicating

New York City College of Technology’s Black Male Initiative (BMI) program was recently named one of nine U.S. Model Replication Institutions by NASA and the National Science Foundation for its innovative approaches in attacking the problem of Black male student enrollment and retention.

November 28, 2007

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Staying Afloat in New Orleans

Adult literacy programs, needed more than ever, struggle to survive Post-Katrina.

November 28, 2007

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Tutoring Program Leads to Graduation Success for Hispanic Youth

ALBUQUERQUE Gabriela Dominguez wraps her arms around her cousins Adrian and Angel, encouraging them to study hard so they don’t end up on Albuquerque’s long list of dropouts.

November 19, 2007

STEM

Charting the Course

Rutgers’ Office for Diversity and Academic Success in the Sciences provides step-by-step guidance to help aspiring minority physicians fulfill their dream.

November 14, 2007

Students

New Test Prep Services Cater to Minority Students

More minority students (40 percent of all test-takers nationally) took the Scholastic Aptitude Test in 2007 than ever.

October 16, 2007

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Presidents of Brown, RISD to formalize dual-degree program

PROVIDENCE R.I. Brown University and the Rhode Island School of Design will formalize a new partnership.

September 20, 2007

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In Hong Kong, flashy test tutors gain icon status

HONG KONG When Richard Eng isn’t teaching English grammar to high-school students, he might be cruising around Hong Kong in his Lamborghini Murcielago. Or in Paris, on one of his seasonal shopping sprees. Or relaxing in his private, custom-installed karaoke room festooned with giant Louis Vuitton logos.

August 13, 2007

Community Colleges

Programs, Accreditations, & Opportunities

The Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) and the Rochester (N.Y.) City School District have teamed with the National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering (NACME) to offer the Engineering Vanguard Program — an initiative aimed at increasing the number of minority students seeking engineering careers.

July 14, 2007

Students

Confidence in the face of controversy – Marie V. McDemmond – Cover Story – Interview

The view of Norfolk State University’s 120-acre campus, as seen from the ceiling-to-floor window in the office of the president, is deceptive. In the foreground, sit the neatly, manicured lawn and sparkling aquamarine pool of the school’s red-brick presidential residence. The scene reveals nothing to suggest this is an institution struggling to recover from a multimillion-dollar fiscal deficit.

July 13, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Blues for blacks at Bluefield State: African Americans awkwardly strive to regain a presence at the nation’s whitest HBCU – historically black colleges and universities

More than one hundred years after the founding of Bluefield State College, the main campus remains poised high upon a hill above railroad tracks and overlooking the town’s business district. For generations, the children of Black families living largely in southern West Virginia earned college degrees from this small teacher’s college.

July 12, 2007

Community Colleges

Committed to diversity? Where’s the evidence? – Special Report – Cover Story

An often-expressed apprehension within the Black community is that traditionally White institutions were never really committed to integration, diversity, or affirmative action. The fear was that many of these colleges undertook halfhearted minority student recruitment and retention efforts and occasional Black faculty/staff appointments while waiting for relief from conservative courts, legislatures and voters.

July 11, 2007

Students

1997 Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars Awards

For the fourth year, black Issues In Higher Education is proud to present our Arthur Ashe Jr. Athlete of the Year to two outstanding students.

July 6, 2007