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Wimbledon Title #5 for Serena Willams
Williams overwhelmed Agnieszka Radwanska with a crushing serve - firing 17 aces, including four at 114 mph, 107 mph, 115 mph, 111 mph in one game.…
AKA Supports Juvenile Asthma Camps
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority will fund the Juvenile Asthma Camps at Delta College for 2012 and 2013. The cost of both camps is about $7,000.…
Gender Pay Gap Hits Top Docs
It seems that even after years of training and significant career accomplishment, top femalephysicians still can’t escape the gender wage gap. By observing elite members of a profession who chose…
NCLB – More State Waivers
Five more states have been granted relief from key requirements of the Bush-era No Child Left Behind law, bringing the total to 24 states given waivers, the Education Department…
African Leadership and Education
Patrick Awuah left Ghana as a teenager to attend College in the United States. He stayed on and built a stellar career at Microsoft in Seattle. Then, upon returning to…
Is Online Teacher Training Good for Public Education?
For four weeks last fall, Sarah Butrymowicz and 19 other teacher-hopefuls enrolled in a virtual course at National University to explore how well the rapidly growing field is preparing individuals…
Lost Buildings of Howard University
If you’ve spent any time in Washington D.C., you've likely noticed the number of century-plus old buildings that can still be found. But city historians who specialize in the “built…
Howard University Takes On Higher Education
On Tuesday, June 12, the group discussed all of the six policy possibilities in the Interactivity Foundation report “The Future of Higher Education.” The group began by exploring several possible…
Student Loan Rates Extended
Lawmakers moved quickly on Friday to end a legislative dispute that got caught up in politics on Capitol Hill and on the campaign trail, as President Obama repeatedly blamed Congress…
Eric Holder, Contempt & Race
Image by VinothChandar via Flickr Overshadowed by the Supreme Court’s ruling on the Affordable Care Act was a historic action taken by the U.S. House of Representatives. For the first…