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Perry, Owner Trans Perry, Manager White House Seeks to Help Expand Education Opportunity (Continued On Page 2) The Unixersity of Chicago, for example, has pledged $10 mil lion for its C ollege Success Initiative, which will reach 10.000 high schools across the next 10 years. Mount Holyoke College in Massachu setts has a progiam that offers full scholarships for low -income, noil- traditional age college students, Scripps College in ( alifornia will increase its financial aid and scholarship endowment by S?5 million over the next live years, Boston's Bunker I fill Community C ollege will allow incoming freshmen to start remediation before their first emcsicr. Collcec Board is selling Up partnerships to waive student application lees. Morehouse C pitting an alternative to the SAI AC 1. Howard is boosting sikcess among low-income SII.M students and matching Pell (Hants by loti percent Morgan State is expanding its pipelin ing partnership with the ( ommuniiy C ollege of Baltimore College, .is well as an initiative to hJp students who'vC left the university in good academic standing complete their degrees. And Spelman w ill oniiiiue to fundraise io financially support upperclassmen may not Cadualc due to be recession. Absent from the summit is the trouble ofballooning college costs, 'he omission is uHibeiate: back in August, the presidem made col ic accountability quality, and affordability his personal undertak- . Ills plan mchinc . the creation of a College Scorecard (by 20IC nich will be base * on access, affordability, and outcomes), linking Indent's financial aid io their class completion, bolstering tcchnol- >gy. and more. the institutions md organizations involved will reconvene next year, when the White House will evaluate their progress anil more entities w ill be mviu d to join the strategy. Before introducing the president al the summil. Mrs. Obama shared her own coll-ee experience, painline the story of a liist-gen- uialion college freshman-w ho didn't Know how to mix ieale a campus gikl didn't see anyone w uh whom she could idcntilv. "I didn't even brine the right sized sheets for my dorm room bed . I was a little overwhelmed and a little isolated. But then I had an opportunity to participate in a three-week, on-campus orientation program that helped me eel a feel lor the ihythm of college life.' she said. " \nd once sehool started. I discovered the campus cultural t enter ... w here I found students and staff w ho came from families and communities that were similar to my own. I hey were there to aiisw er the questions I w as too embarrassed to ask any one else. Anil il it weren't for those resources and the friends and the mentors. I honestly don’t know how I would have made it through college." THE CAROLINA TIMES L.E. AUSTIN Editor-Publisher 1927-1971 *********************************************** (USPS 091-380) (Mrs.) Vivian Austin Edmonds Editor-Publisher - 1971-2002 Kenneth W. Edmonds Editor Publisher - 2002- Published every Thursday (dated Saturday) (except the week following Christmas) in Durham, N.C., by United Publishers, Incorporated. Mailing address: P.O. Box 3825, Durham, N.C. 27702-3825. Office located at 923 Old Fay etteville Street, Durham, N.C. 27701. Periodicals Postage paid at Durham, North Carolina 27705 Volume 93, Number 3 POSTMASTER: Send address changes to THE CAROLINA TIMES, P.O. 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Hating no person, fear- an, the Black Press strives to help every per- irm belief that all are hurt as long as anyone is President Barack Obama talks sc ith Prime Minister Mariano Ra joy of Spain following their bilateral meel in-; in the Deal Oflice. Jan. 13,. (Official W hite House Photo by Pete Souza) NIorth Carolina Central University Art Museum Exhibits Student Art from Durham Public Schools The North Carolina Central University Art Museum will present "Durham's f inest" Jan. 12-31. an exhibition t] eta s landing student artwork from Durham Public Schools (DPS). he juried show will feature four works of two-dimensional art from each school. Selected examples of threJ dimensional artwork will also be featured. rite exhibit follows the progression and artistic development of the students front pie-kindergarten through hid wbpol. By hosting the school sy stem's only district-wide art exhibit. NCCU Art Museum gives the students the rat opportunity to see their artwork in a professional gallery setting. in opening reception will take place Sunday. Jan. 12. from 2-4 p.m. for the student artists, their families, friend] u' 'achers. school of ficials and board members from DPS and NCCU. The reception is free and open to the public V elcotning remarks and announcements of three Purchase Awards will be made by Kenneth Rodgers, director t| th NCCU Art Museum, and Mary Casey, director of K-12 Arts Education for DPS. Mier the reception. "Durham's I inest" will remain open through Jan. 31 during the museum's regular operatin hems, which .■ I uesday through 1 riday from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p m. and Sunday. 2-4 p.m. 1 lie museum is closed on Saturdays. Mondays and university holidays. Group visits may be arranged, for moil i.obi motion, contact Rodgers at 919-530-5079 or kroduers / necu.edu.

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