By Sylvester Brown Jr. As Lynn Squires, an English/Arts teacher at Washington EleMiddle School, walked into the room she shouted: āHU.ā The 15 or so college students, each standing next to personalized poster boards, responded in unison: āU know!ā The chant was
Courtesy of Bowie State University Doctoral students and faculty members from Bowie State’s Educational Leadership Department traveled to Finland and Sweden to conducti a comparative research analysis of the two Scandinavian nations’ educational systems to those in the United States. The research
By Jonathan Weisman Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina opened his presidential candidacy with a story of the nationās bitter, racist past. It is one that he tells often, of a grandfather forced from school in the third grade to pick cotton
By Jackie Torok North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University associate sociology professor Stephanie Teixeira-Poit, Ph.D., has been elected vice president of the Rural Sociological Society (RSS). Her term begins in August. RSS, a professional social science association that promotes the generation,
Courtesy of West Virginia State University The Bachelor of Science in nursing program at West Virginia State University (WVSU) has received accreditation from the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE), a national accreditation agency for nursing programs. The CCNE granted WVSUās program
Courtesy of Tuskegee University The Tuskegee University College of Veterinary Medicine (TUCVM) welcomed 58 new doctors of veterinary medicine into the profession on May 6 during the Graduate and Professional Schools formal ceremony in Chappie James Arena. But it was the Veterinary
Courtesy of University of Maryland Eastern Shore It was a celebration for the University of Maryland Eastern Shore as the much-anticipated opening of its new School of Pharmacy and Health Professions building became official. The facility, constructed on the continually developing and
Courtesy of West Virginia State University West Virginia State University (WVSU) is one of four state institutions of higher education that have been awarded a highly competitive, five-year $20 million grant from the National Science Foundationās Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research
By Tania Ganguli Dennis Felder has been teaching sports management at Winston-Salem State University for 38 years, and his rules apply to all of his students, even a 12-time N.B.A. All-Star. So whenĀ Chris Paul, the Phoenix Suns point guard, introduced himself as
By Michael D. Shear For millions of Americans with federal student loan debt, the payment holiday is about to end. Legislation toĀ raise the debt ceiling and cut spendingĀ includes a provision that would require borrowers to begin repaying their loans again by the
