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December 12th, 2011
Written by Randi McCreary in Common Ties That Bind, Latest News with 0 Comments
Three years ago, I celebrated my thirtieth birthday. I also celebrated the fact that I would have to start viewing life, and the choices I made very differently. A series of unbearable headaches, a serious loss of energy, and a routine blood pressure reading had determined that I had hypertension. My physician informed me that I was going to have to change my relationship with diet and exercise,...
December 12th, 2011
Written by Janice S. Ellis Ph.D. in Latest News, National Collegiate Dialogue with 8 Comments
A federal study released last week on the achievement gap between black and white students in the nation’s major urban school systems paints a dismal picture. According to the statistics from the National Assessment of Educational Progress, considered the nation’s report card, in most major urban areas there has been little or no progress in closing the gap.Study results confirmed that in New...
December 9th, 2011
Written by Marlene Caroselli in Eyes On The Enterprise, Latest News with 0 Comments
Americans, it seems are not as intent as foreigners, when it comes to getting into a top-notch college. It could be that some of our most successful entrepreneurs — Bill Gates and Steven Jobs to name but a few — exceeded their wildest financial dreams without ever obtaining a college degree.However, in some countries, students denied acceptance into the college of their choice committed suicide....
December 8th, 2011
Written by Rebecca Fortner in All About Family, Latest News with 1 Comment
Despite the interventions and the endless amounts of available information, teen pregnancy does occur across all racial and ethnic boundaries. One needs only to think back over their youth and remember how intense the emotions were during their own teen years before casting judgment. At a time when a teen should be thinking about college and the prom, an unexpected pregnancy may have them...
December 6th, 2011
Written by Janice S. Ellis Ph.D. in Cause and Civility, Latest News with 0 Comments
When candidates for President of the United States choose to play to racial stereotypes, it does little to educate and improve race relations among a growing ethnically diverse electorate. The travesty and tragedy of resorting to using distorted, divisive and derogatory languages and images to describe a whole group of people have untold, and unfortunately, lasting consequences.Republican...
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