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For Mechanical Engineering Pioneer, Success Runs in the Family

Reasons to Be Cheerful: The 5 Best News Stories of 2007

Division I Football: Of Coaches, Classrooms, and Cash

Is Obama Good for Black Higher Education?

Saturday December 22nd, 2007 in Affirmative Action, Black Students, Current Events, Financial Aid, Higher Education, Obama, race | Comments Off on Is Obama Good for Black Higher Education?

Racist Graffiti Strikes Fear Among Black Students at Northern Illinois

What People Are Saying: About the Gender Achievement Gap

Saturday December 15th, 2007 in Achivement Gap, Black boys, Black men, Black Students, gender gap, Higher Education, Ivy League | Comments Off on What People Are Saying: About the Gender Achievement Gap

Relieving Student Debt Should Trump Merit Scholarships

Saturday December 15th, 2007 in African American Students, Black Colleges, Current Events, Financial Aid, HBCUs, Higher Education | Comments Off on Relieving Student Debt Should Trump Merit Scholarships

If Top of the Class Means Upper Middle Class…

Gender-Based Achievment Gap No Less Persistent at Selective Institutions

Tuesday December 4th, 2007 in Achivement Gap, African American Students, Black men, Black Students, Black women, Cedar Valley College, Cornell University, Current Events, gender gap, Higher Education | Comments Off on Gender-Based Achievment Gap No Less Persistent at Selective Institutions

Black Milestones in Higher Education: Tiger Edition