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  • August 2008

    • Race Scholars Weigh Job Woes —Their Own

      Newhouse News Service  |  Aug 14, 08 12:14 PM CDT

      Race Scholars Weigh Job Woes —Their Own

      (Newser) - Barack Obama's historic run for the White House is dividing scholars of race in America, writes Jonathan Tilove, who covers race for Newhouse News Service. Some see a black president as an antidote to racism, but others view a potential Obama presidency as an empty symbol with few practical implications. "He's not going to change my syllabus," one academic says bluntly. More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • election 2008  • race  • scholarship  • black

  • May 2008

    • US Axes Fulbrights for 8 Palestinians

      New York Times  |  May 30, 08 6:17 AM CDT

      US Axes Fulbrights for 8 Palestinians

      (Newser) - Eight Palestinians have had their Fulbright scholarships taken away because Israel won't grant them visas to leave the Gaza Strip, reports the New York Times. Israel has isolated Gaza since Hamas took control of the territory last year. The State Department has allocated the prestigious scholarships to students the West Bank instead, to avoid losing them, the AP reports, and the Gaza students have been advised to apply again next year. More »

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      Israel  • Hamas  • Gaza  • State Department  • university  • Palestinians  • scholarship  • scholar

    • 'Bogus' McCain, Bush Oppose New GI Bill

      New York Times  |  May 6, 08 11:42 AM CDT

      'Bogus' McCain, Bush Oppose New GI Bill

      (Newser) - The so-called new GI bill, which would update the famed original to fund education for veterans, should be an obvious ‘Yea’ vote for any legislator, but, the New York Times ' Bob Herbert points out, John McCain and President Bush are fighting it. The bipartisan bill is “an investment” in the lives of veterans, and Herbert is flabbergasted the former POW is against it. More »

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      John McCain  • POW  • James Webb  • scholarship

  • February 2008

    • Colleges Explore Mormonism

      Boston Globe  |  Feb 19, 08 3:15 PM CST

      Colleges Explore Mormonism

      (Newser) - Academics, including those at most theological seminaries, have long ignored the study of Mormonism. But now, possibly because of a certain presidential candidate—or a certain HBO show—it's on the radar in religion departments and scholarly publishing houses, the Boston Globe reports. Harvard Divinity School just added its first course, and whole departments are cropping up at other non-Mormon universities. More »

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      Mitt Romney  • Mormon  • Mormonism  • academia  • Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints  • scholarship  • Big Love

  • December 2007

    • Let Facebook Ring from the Ivory Tower

      Washington Post  |  Dec 16, 07 12:11 PM CST

      Let Facebook Ring from the Ivory Tower

      (Newser) - Move over, preening teenagers: byte-thirsty academics are now frequenting social networking hangouts like Facebook and MySpace. Hoping to snatch a dissertation out of the latest digital craze, plus a side of fame, they’ll all have to line up behind danah boyd (small caps intended), a Berkeley PhD candidate who’s become a “celebrademic” with her insight on social networking and its effects. More »

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      Facebook  • social networking  • MySpace  • scholarship  • academic research  • National Science Foundation

  • April 2007

    • Islamic Scholars Need U.S.

      Baltimore Sun  |  Apr 6, 07 4:27 PM CDT

      Islamic Scholars Need U.S.

      (Newser) - The Iraq war may be unforgiveable, but America has given Islam a priceless gift: a haven for Muslim scholarship, says a professor at the University of Deleware. "Muslim scholars have always maintained that true happiness comes from the pursuit and dissemination of knowledge," writes M. A. Muqtedar Khan. "I found this to be the case in America." More »

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      Iraq  • Iraq war  • Islam  • education  • school  • America  • Muslim  • scholarship

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