For Struggling Black College, Hopes of a Revival
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Wiley College is suddenly feeling the glow of celebrity with the release of a film about the schoolâs debating team.
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It might be a stay of execution for Coach P, or it might just be a Christmas miracle come early. SU&#39;s upset win over BC has given hope to the Orange playing in a post season Bowl game.
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Four months into the school year, some themes are working better than others, but at even the best-run schools, the future remains unclear.
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Bobby Cremins is hoping for an NCAA tournament bid to finish off his first season as coach at College of Charleston.
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"Stomp the Yard" is a strange and at times strangely compelling mix of black fraternity recruitment video and inspirational tale about a hip-hop boy in a stepping world.
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Williams College in Williamstown, Mass., gives an annual gift of sorts to its students.
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Gizelle Clemens' first day at Trinity College was a busy one. There were ice-breakers, and introductions to other minority students, upperclass mentors and administrators. Then came a bus tour of Hartford's ethnic neighborhoods, pointing out places students can go for a braided haircut or Latino music or a Jamaican dinner.
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The Black Coaches Association still wants more minority hires in college football. But the group&#39;s new report card finds that most Division I schools are increasing their efforts to include minorities in the search process.
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As a sophomore at the University of North Texas, Lydia Evans helped incoming freshmen adjust to the swirl of campus life. One of her tasks was to warn them of something she hadn&#39;t heard
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Three years ago, Tyrone Willingham was heralded as a champion for all black football coaches after being given the responsibility of returning the Notre Dame football program to among the nationâs elite.
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Fisk University, a historically black school on the brink financially, is sitting on a lottery ticket it can't cash: a remarkable collection of 19th- and 20th-century art donated by the painter Georgia O'Keeffe.
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The restoration of a historic theater is part of an array of changes intended to reinvigorate a once-thriving African-American community in Virginia.
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Years after graduation, there's still an annual longing for a clean slate.
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Recent experiments show how hard it can be to balance academic success and socioeconomic and racial diversity.
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A new concept of the college campus is taking root: a small city in the country that is not for only the young.
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Urban students see glimmers of their own evolving identities and dreams in F. Scott Fitzgeraldâs novel.
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The story of Mandrell Dean, a high school football star whose gang life got in the way of an athletic career, is a reminder of how perilous the transition to college can be.