Black colleges struggle to keep students
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When Jessica Page visited Hampton University in March, she considered the trip a formality. She had already made up her mind to attend the school, considered by many a jewel among the nation's historically black institutions. Then she saw the campus.
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WHAT HE GOT WRONG: "I don't want to wake up four years from now and discover that we still have more young black men in prison than in college."
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College students are getting a raw deal, a recent New York report asserted. The problem is they're taking too many classes from part-time, or adjunct, professors.
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By Halim Said  HUNTING FOR JOBS can prove to be a downer at times, but at Taylor's College, nothing is impossible.
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While the University of Washington in Seattle is willing to pass on letters from the recording industry accusing students of music piracy, not all schools are willing to go along.
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The nation's most elite colleges and universities are bolstering their black student populations by enrolling large numbers of immigrants from Africa, the West Indies and Latin America, according to a study published recently in the American Journal of Education.
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The lack of black head coaches in college football was lamented in powerful language Wednesday by the Rev. Jesse Jackson, NCAA president Myles Brand and congressmen from both parties.
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As competition gets more fierce and pressure more intense, many schools are phasing out class ranking systems. But not everyone thinks that's such a good idea
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An increasing number of colleges and universities are facing declining enrollment in master of business administration degree programs.
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The Black Coaches Association&#39;s latest report card finds that most Division I schools are increasing their efforts to include minorities in the search process.
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Rural colleges need a fairer funding deal to prevent the closure of courses, ministers are told.
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The key to widening access to university is to persuade more teenagers to stay on, university leaders say.
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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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University of Cincinnati student Sharne Hairston tries to study during her part-time job at the campus information desk, but she also spends time worrying about her growing student loans.
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Dartmouth College has been repeatedly roiled in recent weeks over the way some students are treating the very people the school was founded to help: American Indians.
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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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Mississippi State made headlines last year in hiring the Southeastern Conference&#39;s first black football coach, but Sylvester Croom&#39;s addition didn&#39;t move the needle on the meager number of minorities coaching big-time college football.