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Articles in March 23, 2006 issue of Diverse Issues in Higher Education
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Fattah higher ed conference attendees get full-ride grad school scholarships
by David Pluviose -
Starting Anew: biding their time in out-of-state teaching positions, New Orleans faculty members are optimistic about a post-Katrina return to the 'Big Easy'
by Lydia Lum - Clark College
- Cameron University received $4 million from the McMahon Foundation as part of the university's Changing Lives campaign
- The University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg School for Communication received a $10 million grant from the Annenberg Foundation to support the school's Project for Global Communication Studies
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Education gaps among U.S. hispanics stagnating economic progress: study shows Hispanics more likely to attend two-year colleges, but less likely than other ethnic groups to transfer to a four-year institution
by David Pluviose -
Restructuring, restoring and rebuilding: with rivalries washed away in the waters of Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans universities are sharing expertise and resources in order to survive
by Kendra Hamilton - Fullerton College
- Clemson University received a $1 million donation from the Wachovia Foundation to support two programs aimed at encouraging high school students to consider college
- The Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at Yale University received a $4.5 million grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to establish the Yale Center for Public Health Preparedness
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Fostering a sense of unity and cooperative spirit
by Hilary Hurd Anyaso - Meharry president to assume presidency of Morehouse School of Medicine
- Office of Academic Support and Intercultural Services
- Lincoln University
- The Searle Fund has awarded a $5 million grant to the Chicago Biomedical Consortium, a collaboration of Northwestern University, the University of Chicago and the University of Illinois at Chicago
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New book sheds light on the doctoral student experience
by Ronald Roach - Wayne State to open Biofuel Lab
- Media Lab
- Duke University's Fuqua School of Business received a $1 million donation from Jack Bovender, CEO of the HCA health care system in Nashville, Tenn
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The invisibility of the Black family during hurricane katrina
by Lillian B. Poats - Acclaimed photographer and filmmaker Gordon Parks dies at age 93
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Covenant, convention and context
by Julianne Malveaux - Forsyth Technical Community College's Community & Economic Development Department
- North Carolina Central University has received a $164,000 grant from the North Carolina Health and Wellness Trust Fund to begin a tobacco use prevention and cessation program on campus
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High School Reform plan may cripple college programs: Bush plan would cut technical and vocational programs to fund high school initiative
by Charles Dervarics - NCAA hits 99 sports teams with academic penalties: HBCUs appear disproportionately affected by new rule
- Marygrove College
- Bucknell University will receive $416,640 to establish a wireless Internet network
- The University of the Ozarks received $20 million from Helen Walton, the widow of Wal-Mart Stores founder Sam Walton
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Up and running: former AAHE Hispanic caucus strikes out on its own and sets an ambitious agenda
by Frank L. Matthews -
Higher education software giants merge in multimillion-dollar deal
by Ronald Roach - Alabama A&M University
- Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism received a $194,000 grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation to train journalists to produce more accurate and nuanced reporting on race and ethnicity
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- Supreme Court upholds college military recruiting law
- Tarrant County College's South Campus
- Bowie State University
- Sarah Lawrence College received a $1 million gift from an anonymous donor to endow two scholarships in the Art of Teaching Program
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Wanted: the retention of female graduate students: Stanford follows MIT's lead and implements maternity policy for female graduate students; move recognizes challenges in retaining women in academia
by Veronica P. Mendoza - UMass offers science degrees for K-12 teachers
- University of New Haven
- Jackson State University's computer science department received 25 laptop computers and a $50,000 donation from State Farm Insurance's foundation
- Indiana University admissions plan will hurt minorities, says professor
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The Paradox of Black Male Initiatives
by Kamau Bobb - North Carolina A&T State University
- Miami University received a $4 million contribution from Thomas J. Petters, CEO and chairman of Petters Group Worldwide
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