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When It Comes to HBCU Alumni and Giving, Making Them "Feel Bad" Doesn't Work

by Dr. Marybeth Gasman, November 4, 2008

In a recent article in Diverse Issues In Higher Education, Bill Cosby was reported to have chastised HBCU leaders for their failures to attract alumni contributions. Specifically, he stated, that HBCU administrators should make their alumni "feel bad" about not giving back. I have a lot of respect

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Has The SAT Test Undergone A Backlash?

by Dr. Elwood Watson, October 14, 2008

    There is a good chance that if you were a high school junior or senior applying to a four-year college or university you've seen a question like the following. “Select the lettered pair that best expresses a relationship similar to that expressed in the original pair:   BOW:VIOLIN (A)   music:piano (B)   brass:trumpet (C)   drumstick:drum (D)  

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New Football Program Presents Golden Opportunity for Lincoln University

by Dr. Marybeth Gasman, September 24, 2008

With the start of the new academic year, Lincoln University has made some big changes to its campus. The nation’s oldest Black college resurrected its football team and created a marching band. The institution and its president Ivory V. Nelson hope that theses changes will attract more students to the

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Virginia State Election Board’s Use of Jim Crow-like Student Residency Questionnaire Raises Voting Rights Questions

by Dr. Pamela D. Reed, September 17, 2008

 The New York Timesreports that E. Randall Wertz, the county registrar of voters in Montgomery County, Va., recently issued two outrageous and confusing (at best) press releases with regard to college student voter registration.             The first of the official missives made several patently false claims:  1) the parents of

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Obama Is Being Lifted Up by the Elders

by Dr. James Ewers, September 4, 2008

Sen. Barack Obama made reference to a preacher who made America better in his acceptance speech on Aug. 28, 2008, at the Democratic National Convention. Obama is now officially his party’s nominee to be president of the United States of America. Let’s not forget the "preacher” that Obama referred to was Dr.

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