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Columbia University in New York on Wednesday April 11, 2007. John Kluge donated one the largest ever gufts to an American University totaling $400 milion. (Daniel Barry/Bloomberg News)

Columbia University seeks to change whites-only fellowship

Associated Press
NBC Latino — Columbia University is seeking to change the terms of a fellowship that can only be awarded to white students from Iowa...
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African-American college students

Princeton mom to female students: Find a husband in college, or else

Demetria L. Lucas, Clutch Magazine
OPINION - After all these years of black women being pummeled with bad advice to relieve them from singleness, it’s sickly funny that our white counterparts are getting publicly heaped on for being single as well...
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In this March 12, 2013, file photo, Rutgers coach Mike Rice yells out to his team during an NCAA college basketball game against DePaul at the Big East tournament in New York.  (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)

Rutgers fires basketball coach after player abuse exposed

Tom Canavan, Associated Press
PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — Rutgers fired basketball coach Mike Rice on Wednesday after a videotape aired showing him shoving, grabbing and throwing balls at players in practice and using gay slurs during practice.
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In this March 5, 2013 photo, University of Texas senior Bradley Poole poses for a photo on campus near the Martin Luther King Jr. statue in Austin, Texas. Poole, an advertising major, became president of the school's Black Student Alliance, seeking camaraderie after noticing he often was the only African-American in his classes. In two pivotal legal cases, one on affirmative action and another on voting rights, a divided U.S. Supreme Court may be poised in the coming weeks to rule that racism is largely a relic of America's past. The question is apt as the nation nears a demographic tipping point, when non-whites become the country's majority for the first time. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

A post-racial US? Court poised to change race laws

Hope Yen, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Has the nation lived down its history of racism and should the law become colorblind?
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Urban Prep Academy (Courtesy NBC Chicago)

100 percent of Urban Prep seniors college-bound

Sharon Wright and BJ Lutz, NBC Chicago
NBC Chicago - Urban Prep Academy is continuing its record of success...
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Durand Scott #1 of the Miami (Fl) Hurricanes celebrates after Miami won 87-77 against the North Carolina Tar Heels during the final of the Men's ACC Basketball Tournament at Greensboro Coliseum on March 17, 2013 in Greensboro, North Carolina. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)

Graduation rates improve for NCAA tournament teams, black players

David Brandt, AP Sports Writer
(AP) - Overall graduation rates improved among players at schools in this year's men's NCAA basketball tournament, and African-American players in particular did better, according to a study released Monday...
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(Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Feds' loan changes hamper black college enrollment

Brock Vergakis, Associated Press
ATLANTA (AP) - Thousands of students couldn't afford to go to college this school year because the U.S. Department of Education made changes to a popular loan program...
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Emory University President James Wagner (R) introduces former President Jimmy Carter during Carter's 28th annual town hall meeting at Emory University on September 16, 2009 in Atlanta, Georgia. Carter answered Emory students' questions ranging in topics from racism, health care and the Middle East during the one-hour town hall meeting. (Photo by Jessica McGowan/Getty Images)

Emory president fighting for his job after slavery comments

Kunbi Tinuoye
theGRIO REPORT - Emory University president James Wagner is fighting to save his career following widespread criticism over controversial remarks he made about slavery in a university publication...
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President Barack Obama is greeted before giving his State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill on February 12, 2013 in Washington, D.C. Facing a divided Congress, Obama is expected to focus his speech on new initiatives designed to stimulate the U.S. economy. (Photo by Charles Dharapak-Pool/Getty Images)

State of the Union takeaways for black America

theGrio
SLIDESHOW - President Obama hit the road Wednesday to stump for the ideas he outlined in his first State of the Union address of his second term the night before...
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Dr. Walter Kimbrough (courtesy of InArkansas.com)

theGrio’s 100: Walter Kimbrough, the 'hip-hop' college president

theGrio
theGRIO'S 100 - The Atlanta native is the current president of Dillard University. Prior to this role, he served as president of Philander Smith College in Little Rock, Arkansas, where he significantly increased the student enrollment and graduation rate...
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