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Articles in April 17, 2008 issue of Diverse Issues in Higher Education
- The American Association of Community Colleges has received $2.5 million from the Wal-Mart Foundation for AACC's Building Better Communities through Regional Economic Development Partnerships initiative
- Diverse digits
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Putting first-generation students first: faced with a growing population of first-generation students, many colleges are undertaking unique initiatives to recruit and retain these students
by Dina M. Horwedel - UCLA scholars receive research award for study of Asian students
- Texas A&M University-Kingsville System Center-San Antonio
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Hispanic-serving institutions win grants to spur economic growth: colleges will receive much-needed funds from a Labor Department program, which works closely with businesses to fill work force gaps
by Charles Dervarics - The A. James Clark School of Engineering at the University of Maryland, College Park, has received a $1.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health for research in auditory neuroscience
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Male victims left out of domestic violence discussions?
by Marc E. Angelucci - Bryn Mawr and Spelman Colleges have received a four-year, $1.1 million grant from the National Science Foundation to support the Enhancing Diversity in Graduate Education program
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Diversifying pedagogy: indigenous ways of knowing has been making its way out of tribal colleges into mainstream universities, but this method of teaching has its critics
by Mary Annette Pember - Smithsonian Institution
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Getting to know Reulan Levin
by Add Seymour, Jr. - Course watch: expanding offerings in legs commonly taught languages
- The Southern Regional Education Board has received a $320,000 grant from the AT&T Foundation
- Syracuse University
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After vocational school closes, debt-laden students decry fraud: in the wake of Harrison Career Institute's closure in 2007, many students have been left paying back loans without a diploma
by Dana Forde - Diverse calendar
- Revving up an HBCU motorsports program
- The University of Pennsylvania Libraries has received $40,000 from the Elsevier Foundation
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Deconstructing the politics of race: set up as part of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's diversity initiative, its Center on Democracy in a Multiracial Society is analyzing important issues in race relations
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Black and Hispanic students hit hardest by credit crunch
by Jose Luis Santos - University of California
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Revisiting a classic: Things Fall Apart is being brought back to center stage after 50 years for its role in shaping modern African literature
by Ibram Rogers - Winston-Salem State University
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Leaders should lead: "Sorority Party at UND Prompts Discrimination Complaint," March 24, 2008
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Stepping up to the plate: Texas Southern University has spent the last two years in the headlines because of financial mismanagement and the firing of previous president Priscilla Slade. Dr. John Rudley, the newly appointed president of TSU, discusses the
by Michelle J. Nealy - The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey has received a $65,000 grant from the International Diabetes Federation for the university hospital
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Educating society about the Hmong community: "Perspectives: Knowledge, Authority and Hmong Invisibility," March 14, 2008
by Jay Xiong - North Carolina A&T State University has received $60,000 from the Merck/AAAS Undergraduate Science Research Program to establish an interdepartmental summer research program
- Bank Street College of Education
- $1.1 million
- Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc
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Taking a fresh look
by Hilary Hurd Anyaso - Georgia State University
- The Pan American Health Organization's National Library of Medicine has received $40,000 from the Elsevier Foundation
- Xavier University of Lousiana
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