Feature Stories: Articles on Racial Profiling, Immigration Today
Current news, events, research, and reporting, covering the full range of racial issues, racism, discrimination, race relations in the contemporary society.
February 4th, 2011
Written by Talia Page in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
Founded in 872, Oxford is the oldest English-speaking University in the world, and educational institutions around the globe now replicate a multitude of its respectable history of more than 1,000 years of established traditions. Just last month, Oxford welcomed its first Australian aboriginal students — a practice that many hope will someday become the norm for all institutions of higher...
February 2nd, 2011
Written by Wendy Innes in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
American culture today, is often a difficult thing to nail down.What is it that makes up the cultural fabric of America? For thousands of years, the land we call America today had a rich Native American culture, with hundreds of tribes spread from one coast to the other. However, the answer to that question today is more complex because unlike many other places, America has no single specific...
January 31st, 2011
Written by Janice S. Ellis Ph.D. in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
Editors Note: This is the first, in a series, of profiles of the colleges and universities participating in the National Collegiate Dialogue.Meeting the needs of a very diverse student body with high-quality educational programs has defined Park University since its inception. This non-traditional trail-blazing institution is set apart from many of its contemporaries, and is prepared to meet the...
January 25th, 2011
Written by Laura Monroe in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
As an institution, the American university is charged with providing a suitable environment for higher learning, a place where people from all walks of life come together to develop cutting-edge ideas, new approaches, and resolutions to global problems and issues. For decades now, universities embraced the notion that a diverse student population provides educational benefits to both students and...
January 19th, 2011
Written by Jodie Blankenship in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
In times when the economy is thriving, philanthropic giving is just as healthy as the money being generated in the private sector. However, when there is a downturn, giving trends decline along with the shrinking economy even though the demand for donations surge. This economic conundrum is now beginning to shift, as new groups open their pocketbooks and donate differently than what was the...
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