Diverse Issues in Higher Education articles from April 2008

Diverse Issues in Higher Education archives from April 2008

Higher education in the land of Lincoln.(Illinois and Filipino American studies)
April 3, 2008... Northeastern Illinois University's ENLACE program works to increase the number of Hispanics in graduate schools in hopes that today's students will be future faculty. With Hispanics currently comprising just over 3 percent of flail-time faculty...

Needed: other forms of emergency notification.(letters)(Letter to the editor)
April 3, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] One thing that concerns me about this and other articles (see "Emergency Notification in an Instant;' March 6) about emergency notification efforts is the emphasis that is placed on sending messages to student cell...

Correction.(Correction notice)
April 3, 2008... In the March 6 edition in "Providing a 'Full Circle of Support,'" it was incorrectly reported that one of the AISES founders, Jerry Elliott, is deceased. DNerse sincerely regrets the error.

Getting to know Debbie Reese.
April 3, 2008... Although Debbie Reese's popular American Indians in Childrens Literature blog may not further her academic publishing needs, it feeds her first loves as a parent, teacher and librarian. Reese, of the Nambe Pueblo tribe from New Mexico, is...

Illinois news nuggets: with nearly 200 degree-granting institutions in the "Land of Lincoln," Diverse couldn't cover them all, but instead offers a few school snapshots.(List)
April 3, 2008... American InterContinental University--Online: AIU has been educating students for over 35 years at campuses around the world, but its online campus, which originated in Illinois in 2001, has in the last few years become a top producer of...

MSIs score significant victory in Congress: more minority-serving institutions are competing for and winning Homeland Security Department funding.(minority serving institutions)
April 3, 2008... When historically Black colleges search for federal funding, they usually start with the U.S. Department of Education. But if new developments are any indication, they may want to keep their eye on the federal Department of Homeland Security...

'Antipreference' campaigns heat up: Ward Connerly is working to end affirmative action programs in five states, but opponents are fighting back.
April 3, 2008... There are no massive crowds at his rallies and no news media entourages documenting his every word and move. Still, Ward Connerly, champion of the nation's "antipreference" movement, is busy revving up his "Super Tuesday Equal Rights Campaign,"...

Diversifying faculty in Illinois: a revamped initiative aims to increase minority faculty numbers throughout the state.
April 3, 2008... After more than a decade of working in the Illinois corrections systems, LaMetra Curry in 2003 enrolled part time in the Adult and Higher Education program in the College of Education at Northern Illinois University. For Curry, a busy mother of...

Thinking about their future in a different way: Roosevelt University partners with a local high school and promises its students full financial support if admitted.(Little Village Lawndale High School )
April 3, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] This is the motto of Chicago's Social Justice High School, one of four small, autonomous schools on one campus, Little Village Lawndale High School Campus. LVLHS was the result of a 19-day hunger strike in May...

Community college no longer? Harper College's effort to gain baccalaureate-granting status has sparked a debate in Illinois over the mission of two-year colleges.
April 3, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Community colleges have long been the destination of choice for immigrants seeking English-language skills, older nontraditional students seeking flexible class schedules and students needing remediation to fill the...

Finally taking root: as scholars try to get university administrators across the country to understand how distinct Filipino American studies are, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign program continues to expand.
April 3, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Dr. Martin Manalansan IV once found himself wondering colleague why Filipino diaspora scholars were flooding him with requests to review their papers or join their committees. The colleague reminded Manalansan that...

A 'patron saint' for Chicago State University: long-neglected Chicago State University has a powerful friend in the Illinois legislature, and the school is not even in his district.(Emil Jones Jr.)
April 3, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Illinois state Sen. Emil Jones Jr., D-Chicago, has long been an advocate for public education. In fact, its hard to find anyone in the state who won't acknowledge this fact, even among those who don't always agree...

A 'historical problem: Southern Illinois University Carbondale fares well on its hiring of minority administrators, but it is being taken to task for the lack of women in its executive ranks.
April 3, 2008... Women are absent from the top ranks at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, a stark contrast to the increase in gender parity at other schools. SIUC's chancellor, vice chancellors, provost and all 10 academic deans are men. Nationally,...

Empowering Hispanic scholars to navigate the academy: a Northeastern Illinois University program seeks to fill the pipeline with Hispanic faculty, administrators.
April 3, 2008... In Spanish, the word "enlace" is defined as a mechanism that unites two or more things or elements together. At Northeastern Illinois University, the ENLACE fellowship program is linking Hispanic scholars with each other and the...

The heart of the mission: as a top producer of minority health practitioners, a University of Illinois at Chicago program seeks to improve the quality of medical care in communities of color.
April 3, 2008... Terry Mason was a recent college graduate from the South Side of Chicago trying to get accepted into medical school at the University of Illinois at Chicago in 1974. Raised in a rough neighborhood with gang violence, he knew it wouldn't be...

Student input helps community colleges improve overall experience: focus groups find out what works in the classroom, on campus.
April 3, 2008... She was in her second year at a community college in Washington state when we met. She's the first in her family to go to college. Her parents are farm workers. She describes in English, her second language, the first time she stepped on the...

Teacher, warrior: Barbara Sizemore: an insider reports on the decades-long fight to teach our children.(Walking in Circles: The Black Struggle for School Reform)
April 3, 2008... Walking in Circles: The Black Struggle for School Reform, by Barbara A. Sizemore, Third World Press, $19.95 (February 2008), ISBN-10: 0883782529, ISBN-13: 978-0883782521, pp. 370. Barbara Sizemore boasted that when she taught elementary...

The American Council on Education has received $250,000 from the Wal-Mart Foundation to help support ACE's Initiative for Severely Injured Veterans.(Brief article)
April 3, 2008... The AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCATION has received $250,000 from the Wal-Mart Foundation to help support ACE's Initiative for Severely Injured Veterans, which helps veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan pursue a college education.

Columbia University Teachers College (N.Y.) has received a $20 million gift.(Brief article)
April 3, 2008... COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY TEACHERS COLLEGE (N.Y.) has received a $20 MILLION gift, the largest in its history, from John and Pat Klingenstein to further support the Klingenstein Center for Independent School Leadership.

Lincoln University (Pa.) has received a $100,000 grant from alumnus Dr. Chapman W. Bouldin Jr.(Brief article)
April 3, 2008... LINCOLN UNIVERSITY (Pa.) has received a $100,000 grant from alumnus Dr. Chapman W. Bouldin Jr. to establish the Chapman and Ann Bouldin Endowed Scholarship Fund in honor of his parents.

MacAlester College (Minn.) has received a $13.5 million gift from philanthropist Shelby Moore Cullom Davis.(grants & gifts)(Brief article)
April 3, 2008... MACALESTER COLLEGE (Minn.) has received a $13.5 MILLION gift from philanthropist Shelby Moore Cullom Davis. The funds will be used to provide scholarships for international students.

The project to build a Memorial for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. amid the Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C., received $3 million from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.(Brief article)
April 3, 2008... The project to build a MEMORIAL FOR DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. amid the Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C., received $3 MILLION from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. The project has now raised $90 million of the $100 million goal.

San Francisco State University has received a $3.75 million gift from the Richard and Rhoda Goldman Fund.(grants & gifts)(Brief article)
April 3, 2008... SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY has received a $3.75 MILLION gift from the Richard and Rhoda Goldman Fund to create an endowed chair in Israel Studies.

The University of California, Davis' Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility has received a $100,000 donation from the ice cream maker Haagen-Dazs to support research into sustainable pollination and a phenomenon known as colony collapse disorder.(Brief article)
April 3, 2008... THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS' HARRY H. LAIDLAW JR. HONEY BEE RESEARCH FACILITY has received a $100,000 donation from the ice cream maker Haagen-Dazs to support research into sustainable pollination and a phenomenon known as colony...

The Williams Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles Law School, has received $5.5 million in new gifts.(Brief article)
April 3, 2008... THE WILLIAMS INSTITUTE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES LAW SCHOOL, has received $5.5 MILLION in new gifts to support research on sexual orientation law and policy.

The University of South Florida has received a $5 million gift from an anonymous donor in support of academic and scholarship programs for underrepresented students.(Brief article)
April 3, 2008... THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA has received a $5 MILLION gift from an anonymous donor in support of academic and scholarship programs for underrepresented students. Through the state of Florida's dollar-for-dollar gift matching program, the...

The University of Texas at El Paso will receive $5 million over the next six years from the Department of Homeland Security, after being designated a Center of Excellence for Border Security.(Brief article)
April 3, 2008... THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO will receive $5 MILLION over the next six years from the Department of Homeland Security, after being designated a Center of Excellence for Border Security. The funds will be used to bring together expertise...

The University of Washington-Seattle has received $700,000.(Brief article)
April 3, 2008... The UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON-SEATTLE has received $700,000 for the library's special collections from David Bell's estate.

Dr. Sally Clausen.(appointment of Sally Clausen as commissioner of higher education)(Brief article)
April 3, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] DR. SALLY CLAUSEN has been named Commissioner of Higher Education for the state of Louisiana. Clausen now serves as president of the University of Louisiana System. She received a bachelor's, master's and doctorate...

Mercy College.(appointment of Kimberly Cline as president )(Brief article)
April 3, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] DR. KIMBERLY CLINE has been named president of Mercy College (N.Y.). Previously, she served as the vice chancellor and chief financial officer of the State University of New York. She earned a bachelor's from the...

University of California.(appointment of Bonnie Fernandez as executive director )(Brief article)
April 3, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] BONNIE FERNANDEZ has been named the new executive director of the Center for Produce Safety at the University of California, Davis. Formerly, she served as the executive director of the California Wheat Commission....

Widener University.(appointment of Sydney Howe-Barksdale as director)(Brief article)
April 3, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] SYDNEY HOWE-BARKSDALE has been named director of the Public Interest Resource Center at Widener University (Dd.). Previously, she served as interim executive director of the Toll Public Interest Center at the...

Xavier University of Louisiana.(appointment of Judith Miranti as director)(Brief article)
April 3, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] DR. JUDITH MIRANTI has been named director of the division of education at Xavier University of Louisiana. She earned a bachelor's from Our Lady of Holy Cross College in New Orleans, a master's from Our Lady of the...

University of Arizona.(appointment of Roberto Rodriguez as research associate )(Brief article)
April 3, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] DR. ROBERTO RODRIGUEZ has been named a research associate at the Mexican American Studies & Research Center at the University of Arizona. He received a bachelor's from the University of California, Los Angeles, and a...

Columbia Law School.(Theodore M. Shaw has been appointed as professor )(Brief article)
April 3, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] THEODORE M. SHAW has been named a professor of professional practice at Columbia Law School (N.Y.). Shaw holds a bachelor's from Wesleyan University and a law degree from Columbia Law School.

Quinnipiac University.(Betsey C. Smith has been appointed as associate dean )(Brief article)
April 3, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] DR. BETSEY C. SMITH has been named associate dean of the School of Health Sciences at Quinnipiac University (Conn.). Formerly she served as chair of the occupational therapy department at the University of Hartford....

National Writing Project.(Sharon Washington has been appointed as executive director)(Brief article)
April 3, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] DR. SHARON WASHINGTON has been named executive director for the National Writing Project, a California-based teacher development network. She earned a bachelor's from The Ohio State University, a master's from...

Diverse calendar.(Brief article)(Calendar)
April 3, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] April 13-15 Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities 13th Annual National Capitol Forum on Hispanic Higher Education Madison Hotel Washington, D.C. Web: www.hacu.net April 13-16...

Assessing the academy for 21st-century performance.
April 3, 2008... If the role of higher education is to prepare citizens to engage in critical thought, lifelong self-development and, by so doing, enhance an ever-evolving world, then the academy must also evolve. Higher education, as it is currently...

Taking a fresh look.(editor's note)(Editorial)
April 17, 2008... In an interview with CNN.com, Princeton University professor Dr. Kwame Anthony Appiah said: "It would be impossible to say how Things Fall Apart influenced African writing. It would be like asking how Shakespeare influenced English writers or...

Male victims left out of domestic violence discussions?(letters)(Letter to the editor)
April 17, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] It is unfortunate that Professor Carolyn West of the University of Washington used language on dating violence that left male victims invisible, as usual, and misframed the problem as being primarily male-on-female,...

Educating society about the Hmong community: "Perspectives: Knowledge, Authority and Hmong Invisibility," March 14, 2008.(Diverse Online, www.diverseeducation.com)(Letter to the editor)
April 17, 2008... Thank you for shedding light on this. As a Hmong American, it is bothersome when prevailing media and society, at times, can illustrate such distortion. This well-rounded article addresses pivotal concerns deserving more balance and...

Leaders should lead: "Sorority Party at UND Prompts Discrimination Complaint," March 24, 2008.(Diverse Online, www.diverseeducation.com)(Letter to the editor)
April 17, 2008... The "it was off campus--we're not responsible for other people's behavior" defense exactly mirrors what the administration always brings up when fans do disgusting things with the logo. Responsible individuals in an organization are there to...

Getting to know Reulan Levin.(spectrum)(National Urban Alliance for Effective Education)(Organization overview)(Interview)
April 17, 2008... Dr. Reulan Levin remembers growing up on the South Side of Chicago where many of the students her age were falling to the perils of the streets. However, it wasn't like that at all in her household. Education meant success, and Levin and...

Revving up an HBCU motorsports program.(spectrum)(historically black colleges and universities, Winston-Salem State University Motorsport Management)(Brief article)
April 17, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] NASCAR driver Ryan Robertson and his team recently unveiled two new racecars, which feature Winston-Salem State University Motorsport Management sponsorships, during a ceremony with students, faculty and staff on...

Course watch: expanding offerings in legs commonly taught languages.(Xhosa language)(Brief article)
April 17, 2008... This semester, the University of Pittsburgh is offering a course in Xhosa, the second most widely spoken language in South Africa, through its linguistics and African studies departments. Xhosa will be offered as part of the university's...

UCLA scholars receive research award for study of Asian students.(spectrum)(Dr. Mitchell J. Chang and his co-authors Julie J. Park, Monica H. Lin, Oiyan Poon and Dr. Don T. Nakanishi)(Brief article)
April 17, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The authors of the largest compilation and analysis of data on Asian American college students recently received the 2008 Asian Pacific American Network Outstanding Contribution to APIDA (Asian Pacific Islander Desi...

Diverse digits.(spectrum)(Table)(Brief article)
April 17, 2008... DIVERSE DIGITS Projected change by race/ethnicity of U.S. public high school graduates in 2019-20 compared to 2004-05 Hispanic 89.9% Asian/Pacific Islander 62.7% American Indian 14.9% Black,...

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.(washington update)
April 17, 2008... For some Hispanic-serving institutions, the key to winning grants at the federal level is building strong local relationships that foster partnerships and "out-of-the-box" thinking about new and innovative services. The trend is evident at...

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 new vision for the Houston historically Black university.(Interview)
April 17, 2008... DI: How do you plan to solve TSU's low retention and graduation rate problems and the school's pending accreditation situation? JR: If you dissect each issue, there is a solution for every last one. [The Southern Association of Colleges...

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.
April 17, 2008... Delaware resident Kim Cawley had dreams of becoming a cardiovascular technician. And in 2005, she enrolled in pharmacology classes at the Wilmington, Del., campus of the Harrison Career Institute. In its prime, HCI had more than a dozen...

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.(noteworthy news)
April 17, 2008... During this historic presidential election campaign, remarks with racial overtones have made headlines, offending some voters and garnering sympathy from others. The candidates have been required to interpret, explain, apologize for, denounce...

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.
April 17, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] As the demographics of the United States change, it s only natural that enrollment in the nation s colleges and universities mirrors these shifts. One well-reported trend is the growing Hispanic population, which is...

Revisiting a classic: Things Fall Apart is being brought back to center stage after 50 years for its role in shaping modern African literature.
April 17, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] As a 26-year-old English teacher in 1958, Chinua Achebe had no idea that the book he was writing would become a literary classic, not only in Africa but also throughout the world. "There was no example to go by,"...

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.
April 17, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Indigenous or native ways of knowing, indigenous knowledge, indigenous science, traditional ecological knowledge are terms that have been making their way out of tribal colleges and into mainstream universities in...

Smithsonian Institution.(on the move)(Brief article)
April 17, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] DR. G. WAYNE CLOUGH, president of the Georgia Institute of Technology, has been named secretary of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. He will step down from his post at Georgia Tech on July 1. Clough...

Bank Street College of Education.(on the move)(Brief article)
April 17, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] DR. ELIZABETH DICKEY has been named president of Bank Street College of Education (N.Y). She previously served as university professor at The New School. Dickey earned a bachelor's from Lake Forest College and a...

Georgia State University.(on the move)(Brief article)
April 17, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] DHANFU ELSTON has been appointed faculty academic professional for student retention in the office of undergraduate studies at Georgia State University. Most recently, he served as the advisor for leadership...

University of California.(on the move)(Brief article)
April 17, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] BONNIE FERNANDEZ has been named the new executive director of the Center for Produce Safety at the University of California, Davis. Formerly, she served as the executive director of the California Wheat Commission....

Texas A&M University-Kingsville System Center-San Antonio.(on the move)(Brief article)
April 17, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] DR. MARIA HERNANDEZ FERRIER has been named executive director of Texas A&M University-Kingsville System Center-San Antonio. She previously served as the Southwest Independent School District's executive director for...

Winston-Salem State University.(on the move)(Brief article)
April 17, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] TOMIKIA LEGRANDE has been named assistant vice chancellor for enrollment services at Winston-Salem State University (N.C.). Previously, she served as director for undergraduate admissions at the university. LeGrande...

Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.(on the move)(Brief article)
April 17, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] MARCO W. MCMILLIAN has been appointed chief operating officer and international executive director of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. McMillian earned a bachelor's from Jackson State University.

Xavier University of Lousiana.(on the move)(Brief article)
April 17, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] DR. JUDITH MIRANTI has been named director of the division of education at Xavier University of Louisiana. She earned a bachelor's from Our Lady of Holy Cross College in New Orleans, a master's from Our Lady of the...

Syracuse University.(on the move)(Brief article)
April 17, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] TAE SUM-KIM has been named associate director in the office of multicultural affairs at Syracuse University (N.Y.). Previously, Kim was an assistant director in the office. She received a bachelor's from Lawrence...

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.(grants & gifts)(Brief article)
April 17, 2008... 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. Specifically, the funds will go toward...

Bryn Mawr (PA.) and Spelman Colleges (GA.) have received a four-year, $1.1 million grant from the National Science Foundation to support the Enhancing Diversity in Graduate Education program.(grants & gifts)(Brief article)
April 17, 2008... BRYN MAWR (PA.) and SPELMAN COLLEGES (GA.) have received a four-year, $1.1 MILLION grant from the National Science Foundation to support the Enhancing Diversity in Graduate Education program, a joint venture in the mathematics departments at...

$1.1 million.(grants & gifts)(Tom Joyner Foundation donates to a group of select historically Black colleges and universities)(Brief article)
April 17, 2008... The Tom Joyner Foundation has awarded a group of select historically Black colleges and universities a $1.1 MILLION grant to increase the number of fully certified teachers in minority and hard-to-staff schools across the country. Alabama A&M...

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.(grants & gifts)(Brief article)
April 17, 2008... 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 with the biology and chemistry departments for undergraduate biology...

The Pan American Health Organization's National Library of Medicine has received $40,000 from the Elsevier Foundation.(grants & gifts)(Brief article)
April 17, 2008... The PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION'S NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE has received $40,000 from the Elsevier Foundation for the creation of a Latin America Virtual Library on Health and Disasters.

The Southern Regional Education Board has received a $320,000 grant from the AT&T Foundation.(grants & gifts)(Brief article)
April 17, 2008... The SOUTHERN REGIONAL EDUCATION BOARD has received a $320,000 grant from the AT&T Foundation to help schools in member states bolster the supply of high-quality online teachers in K-12 schools.

The University of Pennsylvania Libraries has received $40,000 from the Elsevier Foundation.(grants & gifts)(Brief article)
April 17, 2008... The UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA LIBRARIES has received $40,000 from the Elsevier Foundation for the information/library needs assessment for medical research and health care delivery initiatives in Botswana.

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.(grants & gifts)(Brief article)
April 17, 2008... 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. Researchers will work to understand how...

The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey has received a $65,000 grant from the International Diabetes Federation for the university hospital.(grants & gifts)(Brief article)
April 17, 2008... The UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY has received a $65,000 grant from the International Diabetes Federation for the university hospital to tailor diabetes interventions to low-income and minority groups.

Diverse calendar.(Calendar)
April 17, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] April 29-May 1 Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities 8th International Conference Universidad de Guadalajara Guadalajara, Mexico www.hacu.net April 30-May 3 The National...

Black and Hispanic students hit hardest by credit crunch.(last word)
April 17, 2008... Opportunities for equitable access to college are harder to come by than ever, with the shift in federal aid policy moving from grants to loans, the passing of the College Cost Reduction and Access Act of 2007 (CCRAA) and the collapse of the...