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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An education conference in London is again debating the issue of underachievement by black pupils - and encouraging them to aim higher.
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Decades after the civil rights movement's greatest victories, black youth often see a world rife with discrimination, a new survey says. And yet they remain optimistic about their chances for affecting social change.
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Through the pane of a Gothic window, the office of Duke University President Richard Brodhead looks out over students and faculty strolling across the hub of campus. It's an ordinary collegiate scene &#151; and a far cry from a year ago.
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Despite a student shakedown campaign, dorm dwellers are going to copy what they want, when they want, from whom they want.
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When Stonehill hired Chris Woods as its football coach after last season, the hope was he could once again revive a disappointing program.
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Boston College has found some tension-filled ways to stay unbeaten early in the season.
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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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Dynasties like Notre Dame have to reinvent themselves at some point or disappear.
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One university offers up a lesson--and a grade--in dressing for success.
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The largest school board in Canada plans to launch a black-focused school to tackle the problem of high dropout rates.
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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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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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The difficult game with prep-school roots is gaining a small bounce outside the East Coast.
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Wanting to maintain a role as engines of social mobility, about two dozen elite schools have pushed in the past few years to diversify economically.
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As classes start in New Orleans, hopes are high that Katrina's devastation may have helped revive a troubled school system
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Newly-ranked Boston College may not be ready for prime time after all. And for Duke, surprisingly unranked for the first time in 10 years, it appears to be business as usual.