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Cities Fight Urban Blight
With Free College Tuition

'Promise Communities' are tried across the country

Miller-McCune Oct 22, 08 7:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - Cities on the decline across the country are testing a new strategy to stem urban decline: Families who buy homes in town get their kids college tuition paid in full. These "promise communities"—about 80 in all—seek to attract new residents and keep upwardly-mobile city dwellers from moving out, Ryan Blitstein writes for Miller-McCune . The hope is that "higher property values will bring more taxes and investment" for cities depressed by urban flight. More »

More about:  real estate • homeownership • college tuition • scholarship • urban revitalization

ANALYSIS

Race Scholars Weigh Job Woes —Their Own

Obama win could make field inconsequential, or more vital than ever

Newhouse News Service Aug 14, 08 12:14 PM CDT
(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 »

More about:  Barack Obama • Election 2008 • John McCain • race • scholarship • black

US Axes Fulbrights for 8 Palestinians

Israel won't let the students leave Gaza
to study abroad

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

More about:  Israel • Hamas • Gaza • State Department • university • Palestinians • scholarship • scholar

OPINION

'Bogus' McCain, Bush Oppose New GI Bill

Particularly when GOP heavies spend so
much air, funds on war

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

More about:  John McCain • POW • James Webb • scholarship

Colleges Explore Mormonism

Long ignored by religious academics, Romney's faith is drawing new attention

Boston Globe Boston Globe Feb 19, 08 3:15 PM CST
(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 »

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

Let Facebook Ring from the Ivory Tower

Academics unleash study of social networking craze

Washington Post Washington Post Dec 16, 07 12:11 PM CST
(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 »

More about:  Facebook • social networking • MySpace • academic research • scholarship • National Science Foundation

Islamic Scholars Need U.S.

Freedom fosters faith and scholarship

Baltimore Sun Baltimore Sun Apr 6, 07 4:27 PM CDT
(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 »

More about:  Iraq • Iraq war • Islam • education • school • America • Muslim • scholarship

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