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Articles in August 24, 2006 issue of Diverse Issues in Higher Education

• A sacred search
• Central Florida Community College
• The Ohio Northern University's Pettit College of Law will receive a $700,000 grant from the U.S. State Department's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs to fund a new program for young lawyers from emerging democracies in Eastern Europe and Central
• Winston-Salem State University
• Educating undocumented students
  by Sally Fox
• Lutheran Theological Center
• The James Beard Foundation has donated $30,000 to the Gulf Coast Renaissance Fund, a program established by the University of Mississippi's Southern Foodways Alliance
• And Northwestern makes seven; new Black studies program to launch this fall is latest to offer doctorate
  by Jamal Watson
• Coming to terms with the 'd' word: a bit of clarity comes with the one-year anniversary of Diverse
  by Kendra Hamilton
• Class, race factor into counselor's college recommendations
  by Shilpa Banerji
• Burlington County College has received a $60,000 grant from the Commission on Science and Technology to purchase scientific equipment and information technology infrastructure for the college's New Science Incubator
• New federal grant shuts out some community college students
  by Cassie M. Chew
• Before you exit: states are increasingly turning to standardized testing to hold colleges accountable for student outcomes
  by Charles Dervarics
• Diverse digits
• Excelsior College
• Thumbs down
• North Carolina Central University's Honors Program
• The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater has received a four-year, $1.2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to support the university's Educational Talent Search Program
• Reclaiming our communities
  by Emmanuel Ogwude
• What are you reading this summer, professor?
• Tribes find teaching is last hope for saving native languages
• How well are Blacks represented in law schools today?
  by Olivia Pullman
• The diversity mandate: Emory University provost Earl Lewis offers insight on the national climate for campus diversity
  by Ronald Roach
• Ramapo College of New Jersey
• Black college baseball programs sliding in popularity
  by Levi Johnson
• Michigan State, DaimlerChrysler test brownfields for biofuel crops
  by Ronald Roach
• Washington Education Foundation
• From the court to the classroom
  by Eric T. Wilson
• City College of Engineering
• The College of Mexico has received a $467,525 grant from the Ford Foundation to fund a study by the college's Interdisciplinary Women's Studies Program
• Audit: Benedict broke federal student loan rules
• Diverse calendar
• Beyond diversity: implementing a dynamic and evolving diversity change project
  by Damon A. Williams
• Civil Rights Commission takes on diversity in K-12 schools
  by Shilpa Banerji
• The misinformation about financial aid: inaccurate perceptions about the cost of college often stand in the way of economically disadvantaged students pursuing a college degree
  by Dina M. Horwedel
• Columbia College Chicago
• The Congressional Black Caucus has received a three-year, $1 million grant from Wal-Mart Stores to help provide scholarships for two college access programs
• Hispanic nursing school admissions on downward spiral, says new data
  by Shilpa Banerji
• Diverse poll
• A shaky alliance: account of Black-Jewish relations offers window into complex, political decision-making
  by Jane Gordon
• The Ford Foundation has awarded a $461,700 grant to Brandeis University to support a partnership between the university and Al-Quds University in East Jerusalem
• Dances with teachers
• Hung out to dry: minority presidents often are brought in to promote diversity, leading to, in some cases, an abbreviated tenure
  by David Pluviose
• Going deep in year two
  by Hilary Hurd Anyaso
• Cleveland State University's Career Services Center has received a $82,829 grant from the Cleveland Foundation to fund the "BioHealth Care: A Cooperative Education Initiative."