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Articles in Jan 11, 2007 issue of Diverse Issues in Higher Education

• Report: low-income students misinformed about costs and benefits of private loans
  by Shilpa Banerji
• U.S. judge lets Michigan universities use affirmative action, for now
  by Blair S. Walker
• Diverse poll
• The racial make-up of College Boards of Trustees
• Central State University
• Howard Community College has received a $1.2 million gift from Jill and Patrick McCuan and the McCuan Family Trust
• Drumroll, please …
  by Hilary Hurd Anyaso
• The Segregated Scholars: Black Social Scientists and the Creation of Black labor studies, 1890-1950
• George Washington University
• The University of Hawaii's School of Social Work has received a $51,207 grant from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to help plan and host a 2007 conference, "Indigenous Voices in Social Work: Not Lost in Translation."
• Visa denials for African students
  by Sidy Fatama
• The Ph.D.: by the numbers
• Princeton University
• San Francisco State University has received a $1 million gift from Youth for Service, a nonprofit youth job-training and education organization in San Francisco
• Florida Atlantic joins Latin American grid initiative: joining the computing grid generates more IT opportunities for Hispanic students
  by Ronald Roach
• Emerging Scholars: the class of 2007
• Historians question record of Tuskegee Airmen
  by Shilpa Banerji
• TSU troubles
  by R. Taylor
• The re-segregation trend
  by Olivia Majesky-Pullmann
• Austin College
• The University of Maryland's IRIS Center has been awarded a five-year, $6 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
• A helpful hand to parents
  by Carolyn Thom
• Two FAMU Kappa fraternity members convicted of felony hazing
• Syracuse University
• Princeton University's football program has received a $10 million gift from 1979 alumnus William C. Powers, the largest donation ever received by the university's athletic department
• Teeing off with Bill Dickey
  by Frank J. Matthews
• Makeover needed for No Child Left Behind: Congress should allocate necessary funding to carry out mandate
  by Maxine Myers Agazie
• Elizabeth City State University has received a $400,000 gift from Melvyn and Vonda Riley, the largest alumni donation in the university's history
• Resilience: my pathway to the information technology professoriate
  by Fay Cobb Payton
• The evolution of Black Culture Centers: between offering student retention programs and seeking accreditation, these campus centers strive to prove their relevancy
  by Marlon A. Walker
• Corrections
• "Spiderperson 4"—Coming to a theater near you
• University of Chicago
• Johns Hopkins University has received a $50 million donation from William Polk Carey to establish the Carey Business School
• Recruitment without admission = worthless
  by Darrin Miller
• Five universities receive funds to highlight cutting-edge research
  by Ronald Roach
• Westchester Community College
• February
• Just asking for a little respect
  by David Velarde, Jr.
• College textbook prices focus of congressional advisory committee hearing: GAO report finds book prices have tripled over past 20 years
  by Charles Dervarics
• Brookhaven College
• The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey's dental school has received a $15,000 grant from CVS Pharmacy's philanthropic arm
• Appreciating the struggles
  by Annie Cooper
• Black colleges involved in efforts to boost intelligence community talent pool
  by Peter Galuszka
• University of Colorado
• Our Lady of the Lakes University has received a $1 million grant from the AT&T Foundation to bring InsideTrack Success Coaching to all of its first-year students