Diverse Issues in Higher Education

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Articles in July 12, 2007 issue of Diverse Issues in Higher Education

• Out of bounds: states and colleges are increasingly turning to the courts to help protect the integrity of big-time college athletics
  by Noah Davis
• Corrections & clarifications
• Northwestern State University Athletic Association
• Simmons College has received a $1.5 million grant from the Barbara Lee Family Foundation to provide opportunities for female undergraduates to get involved in politics
• Community colleges often lead the way in diversity efforts
  by Walter G. Bumphus
• Zimbabwean President Mugabe faces rebukes, retraction of honorary degrees
  by Ibram Rogers
• Schott Foundation for Public Education
• The University of Texas El Paso has received a four-year, $1.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to fund research into several diseases, including West Nile Virus, Chagas disease and Giardia infection
• Diverse poll
• Freedom to choose
  by Miren Ivankovic
• Assumption College
• Elizabeth City State University has received a 2007 Hewlett Packard Technology for Teaching grant valued at more than $68,000
• 'Tomb raiders': Yale's ultra-secret Skull and Bones Society is believed to possess the skull of legendary Apache chief Geronimo
  by Mary Annette Pember
• Virginia State Council of Higher Education
• The University of the Arts has received a $25 million gift from philanthropist Dorrance H. Hamilton, the granddaughter of Campbell's Soup founder John T. Dorrance
• Top 100 graduate degree producers: interpreting the data
  by Victor M.H. Borden
• Master's degrees: 2005-2006
• University of Illinois
• Breaking the stereotype
  by Mark Watman
• Bennett College for Women
• The American Dental Education Association has received a $672,000 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to expand an interactive Web site for students considering health careers
• The School of Nursing at the University Of Alabama at Birmingham has received a $1 million gift from the UAB Health System to help create a 24- to 36-month master's degree program in the field
• Conversation with Cynthia E. Nance
• University of Nevada
• Tougaloo College has received a $102,000 grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation
• Education Department, Congress has sights trained on community college transfer of credit problem
  by Charles Dervarics
• Bronx Community College has received a $175,000 grant from the Bronx Gateway Fasttrack Unit Associates for PROJECT H.I.R.E., a pre-apprenticeship training program for Bronx residents in the construction industry
• Bringing graduate education to the workplace: paying for books and little else, company employees benefit from Webster University's Corporate Cohort Program
  by Peter Galuszka
• Occidental College
• Leading the way on diversity
  by Ralph Bennett
• Doctorate degrees: 2006-2007
• Xavier University of Louisiana
• Student learning outcomes in a cyberspace age
  by Ruby Evans
• Debating the relevance of Black Greek-letter Organizations
  by Charles Stewart, Jr.
• First professional degrees: 2005-2006
• Diverse calendar