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'March Madness' isn't amateur, it's big league exploitation
8:17 AM on 03/12/2010
OPINION - The amount of money made during March Madness exceeds that which is earned in the playoffs for the NFL, NBA or Major League Baseball...
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Every Urban Prep senior is college-bound
9:48 AM on 03/08/2010
100 percent of first senior class at all male, all African-American Englewood academy is accepted to universities...
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College atheist group offers porn for Bibles
11:09 AM on 03/04/2010
VIDEO - A college atheist group is offering students pornography in exchange for Bibles...
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College officials flunk in face of repeated racist incidents
8:43 AM on 03/04/2010
OPINION - The propensity of some students to slander, slur, mock and insult black and Latino students mirrors the hate acts that occur virtually daily in society...
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Why minority students don't graduate from college
9:10 AM on 02/22/2010
The picture of diversity--black, white, and brown students cavorting or studying together out on the quad--is a stock shot in college catalogs. The picture on graduation day is a good deal more monochromatic...
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Calif. race-based college admissions ban challenged
12:15 PM on 02/17/2010
CALIFORNIA (AP) - The federal court suit was brought by the Michigan-based, pro-affirmative action group By Any Means Necessary...
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Free early college for at-risk students brings success
10:23 AM on 02/08/2010
From The NY Times - At a new wave of early-colleges across the country, the goal is to keep at-risk students in school by eliminating the divide between high school and college...
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Ohio college remains open in face of racial threat
11:06 AM on 02/02/2010
NELSONVILLE, Ohio (AP) -- The president of an Ohio technical college is spending a few days living in a dorm where graffiti warned black students would be killed Tuesday...
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Four California teens team up to succeed at college
5:28 AM on 01/06/2010
From LATimes.com When Keymarian Washington was in eighth grade, he was shot at while hanging out with gang members on a Pasadena street. By Bruce Palmore's sophomore year, his father feared that his son's poor grades and lack of motivation meant he would never finish high school, much less make...
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YES, inner-city prep school can succeed
9:50 AM on 01/04/2010
HOUSTON (AP) -- This year, North Central, which opened in 2003 and serves 6th through 12th grade, will become the second YES Prep campus to graduate seniors...
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Debate teams help black students find their voice
8:20 AM on 12/15/2009
VIDEO - High school juniors Devonte Escoffery and Stephon Adams have made their school's debate team their number one priority...
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Many blacks are out of work and back in the classroom
8:43 AM on 12/10/2009
OPINION - Many adult Americans are finding themselves in a place they never thought they'd be again - back in the classroom...
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Myths that keep black Americans unemployed
8:48 AM on 12/01/2009
OPINION - Opportunity isn't what it was a few years ago, to be sure. But recessions pass, and people promulgate the myths even when the economy is flush anyway...
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Black woman is the highest paid college president
8:53 AM on 11/02/2009
(AP) - Topping the list of the nation's highest-paid university presidents is Shirley Ann Jackson at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y., whose total compensation is pegged at nearly $1.6 million...
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College football player suspended by NCAA for lying
9:58 AM on 10/28/2009
Oklahoma State wide receiver Dez Bryant will remain suspended for the remainder of the football season for lying to NCAA investigators...
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Wyclef Jean goes back to school
4:54 PM on 10/02/2009
BOSTON (AP) - Wyclef Jean is going back to school to earn a degree from Boston's Berklee College of Music.
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U of Michigan's "optional" practices highlight need for reform
10:00 AM on 09/18/2009
OPINION -- The University of Michigan football team has a storied tradition when it comes to winning. The program is equally storied when it comes to making money by putting athletes...
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Young 9/11 victim leaves behind legacy of scholarship
11:32 AM on 09/11/2009
VIDEO - On September 11, 2001, 11-year-old Asia Cottom was headed to California. She had been selected to attend a National Geographic Society ecology conference with other talented young students from around the country...
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HBCUs are still vital to American education
8:00 AM on 09/01/2009
OPINION - HBCUs are not just relevant, they are a necessary tool of educational obtainment for some black, and even white, students...
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SAT scores still low for African-American youth
5:40 PM on 08/28/2009
VIDEO - More minorities are taking the SAT, but test scores for black students remain lowest among racial and ethnic groups, according to data released this week by the College Board.
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16-year-old arrested for 'all black people' leave Wal-Mart prank
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, NJ (AP) - "This was an extremely disturbing event on many levels," Gloucester County Prosecutor Sean Dalton said at a news conference."...
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