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NASPA Addresses Collegiate Black Male Performance

In a qualitative study examining the lives of 20 collegiate Black males, Iowa State University graduate student researchers determined the six reasons why Black males struggle at predominately White institutions: isolation, the lack of positive images, the lack of preparation, financial factors, the lack of mentors and pride.

March 12, 2008

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Getting to Know John Rice

When John Rice founded Management Leadership for Tomorrow in 1994,he succeeded in developing a much-needed nonprofit mentoring program aimed at providing minority business students with guidance and advice.

March 4, 2008

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Our Salute to Scholars

If you do the work you care most about, that’s where you’ll find true satisfaction.

January 9, 2008

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Black Student Leaders Get Re-energized at D.C. Conference

WASHINGTON, D.C. To say the recently concluded National Black Student Leadership Development Conference was helpful to Shawna Murray, a junior at the University of Maryland, College Park, is an understatement.

January 6, 2008

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Sister Mentors Allows Women Doctoral Students To Help Each Other

When Dr. Shireen Lewis in 1997 founded Sister Mentors, a dissertation writing support group, her goal was simple: to empower more women of color to get doctoral degrees, a seemingly impossible task in the realm of graduate education dominated by White men and women.

December 16, 2007

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Stanford ‘Invests’ In Faculty Diversity

Stanford University has developed a $4.5 million program to provide two-year fellowships, faculty mentors and seminars on the academic profession to 36 doctoral candidates over the next four years as part of an effort to prepare graduate students from diverse backgrounds for a career in academia.

December 3, 2007

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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

Faculty & Staff

Pennsylvania HBCU Seeks to Expand Research Opportunities for Minority Students

Lincoln, a historically Black university in Pennsylvania, has been awarded a five-year grant from the National Science Foundation to design a mentorship program in scientific research as part of a national effort to expand research opportunities for minority students.

November 25, 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

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Now is the Time

With more Black women philosophers now than there were in the 1980s, another attempt at establishing a professional organization becomes a reality.

November 14, 2007

Faculty & Staff

With Record-breaking Attendance, Annual SREB Conference Addresses Recruitment, Retention of Minority Faculty

ARLINGTON, VA. Hundreds of doctoral candidates, faculty and university administrators converged on Arlington, Va., last week for the 14th annual Compact for Faculty Diversity Institute, a three-day conference on teaching and mentoring hosted by the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), an educational advocacy organization based in Atlanta.

October 28, 2007

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Counting On a More Diverse Workforce

With a new corporate recruitment program in place, auditing firm Deloitte & Touche reaches out to minority students with the lure of scholarships, training and mentoring.

October 16, 2007