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Articles in Oct 5, 2006 issue of Diverse Issues in Higher Education

• Morehouse president to retire at the end of academic year
• The school of spellings: U.S. Education Secretary Margaret Spellings talks about her push for a major overhaul of higher education
  by Christina Asquith
• Report: Blacks fuel increase in graduate school enrollment: largest student increases occurring in engineering programs
  by Shilpa Banerji
• Correction
• Audit finds $2 million deficit at Cheyney University
• Latest release of access grid toolkit available to researchers
  by Ronald Roach
• University of North Carolina-Wilmington
• Racial awareness
  by Sabiyha Prince
• CSTV launches 100 broadband sports channels
  by Ronald Roach
• University of Texas
• Asian Americans aren't white folks' 'racial mascots'
  by Frank H. Wu
• Tennessee higher ed desegregation case comes to an end: officials say diversity programs will continue
• Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program
• The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey has received a $951,649 grant from the Federal government to support the Doctor of Nursing Practice program
• FAMU band marches into trouble
  by Marlon A. Walker
• Perceptions and realities
• Southern Vermont College
• The Hollywood Foreign Press Association has awarded $50,000 grants to three California universities to fund scholarships
• Issues of access and affordability highlighted at higher education conference
  by Eleanor Lee Yates
• Florida Atlantic University
• The U.S. Department of Education has awarded a five-year, $1.1 million "Talent Search" grant to Portland Community College
• Elevating diversity
  by Jack L. Daniel
• Diverse poll
• DeVry University
• Diverse calendar
• Report: American higher ed system falling behind world rivals
  by Charles Dervarics
• The popularity of P&P: "Principles and Practices" is one of the most sought after courses in adult education, but no one is quite sure where this real estate class fits—higher education or job training
  by Paul Ruffins
• UCLA's new admissions policy could improve black student enrollment
  by Ibram Rogers
• Getting to know: Dr. Juan A. Gilbert
  by Ronald Roach
• Black enrollment lags, Hispanic enrollment up at Florida Universities: abolishment of affirmative action cited as reason for slow growth
• Student murder shatters 'Morehouse mystique'
  by Alton Jr. Hornsby
• Alvernia College has received a $100,000 grant from the Hearst Foundation to support the William Randolph Hearst Endowed Scholarship
• Higher education: a consumer good, a public good
  by Hilary Hurd Anyaso
• Texas Southern moves to revoke former president's tenure
  by Shilpa Banerji
• Herr Research Center for Children and Social Policy
• The University of Texas at El Paso has received a $81,500 grant from Shell Oil Co. to fund several grants focused on increasing the numbers of female and minority students in the science, technology, engineering and math fields
• Go ahead, be a snob
• New York City College of Technology
• The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has provided an additional $58 million to expand the Gates millennium scholars program, which provides educational funding for low-income minority students
• Dissatisfaction voiced at HBCU meeting: tension mounts over how to expand federal funding for Black colleges and the role of the White House Initiative
  by David Pluvlose
• Drawn out of the game: some voters and scholars say redistricting recalls the specter of disenfranchisement
  by Tracie Powell
• Report reveals best and worst schools for graduating minorities
  by Charles Dervarics
• Art Center College of Design
• The AT&T Foundation has awarded $1.5 million to support the activities of mathematics, engineering, science achievement
• Rutgers' budget woes felt across the board: officials say they'll find new ways to ensure diversity efforts don't fall victim to cuts
  by Dana Forde