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Report: International Student Enrollments Decline, Graduate Enrollments Increase, Undergraduates Drop

The number of international students enrolled in U.S. higher education institutions decreased by 2.4 percent in 2003/04 to a total of 572,509, according to Open Doors 2004…

October 10, 2005

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Students Trace History of Buffalo Soldiers in Guadalupe Mountains

In June 1866, Congress authorized the creation of six regiments of Black soldiers — two cavalry and four infantry. Story:

August 23, 2005

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Arthur Ashe Jr. JR. 2005 Sports Scholar

Black Issues In Higher Education established the Sports Scholars Awards to honor undergraduate students of color who have made achieving both academically and athletically a winning combination. Story:

April 6, 2005

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Web Site Offers Stafford Student Loan Service

Web Site Offers Stafford Student Loan ServiceSAN DIEGO With the new school year around the corner, nearly six million undergraduate students are scrambling for nearly $90 billion in financial aid assistance to meet the ballooning costs of attending college. Given shrinking scholarship and financial aid budgets, the bulk of this aid — 54 percent — […]

August 13, 2003

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Louisiana State University Chemist Wins $1 Million Grant

Louisiana State University Chemist Wins $1 Million GrantNEW ORLEANSDr. Isiah Warner, a Louisiana State University professor and administrator and an internationally recognized analytical chemist, is among 20 scientists at research universities who will be awarded $1 million in grants during the next four years for undergraduate science education. Warner, 56, plans to use the $250,000 […]

October 23, 2002

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Poll Finds College Students Shunning Dot-Com Jobs

Poll Finds College Students Shunning Dot-Com Jobs  NEW YORKInternet-related business no longer is the most preferred industry for a job after college. The entertainment/media business is the most popular job sector, according to the latest Universum Undergraduate Survey of more than 6,000 undergraduate students at 56 universities across the United States. The college students also […]

August 28, 2002

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National Survey Seeks To Improve Retention, Graduation Rates

National Survey Seeks To Improve Retention, Graduation RatesBLOOMINGTON,  Ind.Too many college students leave college before finishing; only about half earn a baccalaureate degree within six years; and many of those who stay in school don’t learn as much as they should. But a new project, based at Indiana University in Bloomington, aims to reverse these […]

August 28, 2002

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Wanted: New Members for Black Grad Student Group

Wanted: New Members for Black Grad Student GroupBy Cheryl D. FieldsWASHINGTONAt the top of the agenda for the annual meeting of the National Black Graduate Student Association, held in Washington at Howard University late last month, was a call for members to get involved in recruitment.Roughly 250 students, a number of whom were undergraduates, turned […]

April 24, 2002

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Coalition Cites Decline in Minority Business Degrees

Coalition Cites Decline in Minority Business DegreesWASHINGTONDespite a robust economy and greater emphasis on business diversity in the 1990s, African American, Hispanic and American Indian undergraduate students showed less interest in earning business degrees in that decade, a new analysis of government statistics shows.The findings are outlined in “The Pipeline Report: The Status of Minority […]

February 27, 2002

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Dear BI Career Consultants:

Dear BI Career Consultants:I have heard of programs to increase the number of minority faculty by allowing them to teach if they are in the final stages of their doctorate. Can you tell me if there are any programs like thisfor prospective college administrators?Programs to increase the number of minority college administrators — analogous to […]

December 19, 2001

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Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars:In A League of Their Own

Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars:In A League of Their OwnBlack Issues In Higher Education in 1992 established the Sports Scholars Award to honor undergraduate students of color who exemplify the standards set by tennis great Arthur Ashe Jr. A scholar and athlete, Ashe sought to expand opportunities for young people. Each year we invite every postsecondary […]

April 25, 2001

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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