Friday, August 12, 2011

College Student Killed over 50 Cents

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by Antoine Scroggins, Your Black World 

Another promising young man’s life ended too soon over a senseless act of violence.

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Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Are For Profit Universities Doing a Disservice to Minorities?

for profit colleges, black students, black scholars

By JasmineHughes

Selected for their potential to succeed or for their potential to become indebted? Many are now questioning the targeted recruiting practices of for-profit colleges.

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Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Perhaps the President Should Begin to Speak Openly about Minority Education

black students, minorities and education, black politics

Your Black World reports

Russlyn Ali is no stranger to the huge disparity in the educational achievement gaps among blacks and whites. In fact, most of her professional career had been tirelessly spent on improving educational opportunities for low-income and minority students.

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Saturday, August 6, 2011

William D. Jackson: The Importance of Black Male Teachers

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Your Black World, ThyBlackMan.com 

A third-generation black male teacher writes about the importance of black men in education.

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Erin Harper: Language on The Morehouse vs. Howard Rivalry Fan Page is Getting Downright Embarrassing

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by Erin Harper, YourBlackWorld.com 

I did not graduate from Morehouse College or Howard University. Neither did Sean Combs or many of this week’s readers of the “Howard v. Morehouse: Nation’s Football Classic Trash Talk” group page on Facebook. However, while at Spelman, I DID take one psychology class at Morehouse, served on the Miss Maroon & White court, and strolled in front of Kilgore Hall to Juvenile’s “400 Degreez” album enough to earn me at least 36 credit hours in Drama and Dance. Thus, I attended Morehouse College and I have granted myself with the right and the privilege to defend the institution whenever there is a need.

 

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