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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COLLEGES The dearth of black head coaches in college football was lamented in powerful language by NCAA president Myles Brand before the House Subcommittee on Commerce. "Sadly, if the pace of progress remains the same, it will be approximately 80 years before we reach a percentage [of coaches] that even approximates the number of African-Americans in the general population," said ...
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Last summer a group of students at Boston University got together to throw a ball around, and while they were at it, the idea of forming a cricket club at the school took shape.
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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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Recent experiments show how hard it can be to balance academic success and socioeconomic and racial diversity.
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Once a mecca for aspiring African-American professionals, local leaders want to revive Atlantaâs Sweet Auburn neighborhood.
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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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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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GREENSBORO, N.C. -- After her first day of classes this week at the University of North Carolina's campus here, Aleyna Castillo crossed a field, passing joggers and cyclists and students sprawled on the grass, reading in the sunshine. She didn't linger at her brick dormitory. The Loudoun County...
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Randolph-Macon Womanâs College in Lynchburg, Va., is exploring the possibility of sharing its most valuable asset: a world-class collection of American art.
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The Manhattan School of Music is trying to get out of the shadow âof that other school.â
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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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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.
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Thereâs a growing sense of urgency among educators that  every student should be on a college track.
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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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It&#39;s hard to imagine, but the league that gave us college basketball&#39;s last two national champions is about to get a lot better.
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A young person's life prospects improve dramatically by getting a college education, but the country's schools have room for only one in six applicants