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		<title>It’s 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 04:08:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Debra A. Buchanan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Happy New Year! I am happy to be alive to see the beginning of the New Year. One thing that troubles me, however, is the many predictions of environmental catastrophe in 2012. What are your thoughts on the matter?<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=2emaven.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9383583&amp;post=842&amp;subd=2emaven&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mississippi&#8217;s outgoing governor, Haley Barbour, made a final statement about Mississippi education while preparing the state&#8217; budget proposal for 2012.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=2emaven.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9383583&amp;post=831&amp;subd=2emaven&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Good Guys Finish First . . . or Last?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 04:42:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Debra A. Buchanan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is so important to be true to oneself. If you are comfortable in your skin, then others will have to accept it or part ways. I have been in higher education for the majority of my professional career, but recently my career has plateaued and appears to be taking a tumble. After successfully completing [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=2emaven.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9383583&amp;post=827&amp;subd=2emaven&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Individual vs. Institutional Outcomes</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2011 15:33:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Debra A. Buchanan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Limited learning on college campuses is not a crisis, because the institutional actors implicated in the system are receiving the organizational outcomes that they seek, and therefore neither the institutions themselves nor the system as a whole is in any way challenged or threatened.

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		<title>The Power of Similarity (or Successive Solidarity)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Dec 2010 07:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Debra A. Buchanan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are times when the differences that separate us are the same ones that unite us. The things we have in common are those that forge camaraderie and cohesion in times of hostility and physical separation. Depending on one&#8217;s location and environmental conditions, things such as gender, race, hometown, home state, country, economic status, and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=2emaven.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9383583&amp;post=806&amp;subd=2emaven&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Friendships</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Dec 2010 06:23:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Debra A. Buchanan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I often wonder when and why I became so distant from the many friends I acquired over the years. I often think of them and wonder how they&#8217;re doing personally and professionally. I admire those who have loads of friends with whom they communicate frequently. I used to have friends like that. I find that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=2emaven.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9383583&amp;post=802&amp;subd=2emaven&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Life After Death?</title>
		<link>http://2emaven.wordpress.com/2010/12/27/life-after-death/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Dec 2010 06:03:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Debra A. Buchanan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you ever wonder why the loved ones of those who were fatal victims of violence often want the death penalty for the perpetrators? If there is an after life &#8211; as so many believe, but are uncertain of the nature of its existence, I wonder why one would want to send the perpetrator to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=2emaven.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9383583&amp;post=800&amp;subd=2emaven&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Economic Status of HBCU Graduates</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Oct 2010 19:35:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Debra A. Buchanan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For years historically black colleges and universities produced primarily educators and liberal artists. They earned the lowest level degrees (i.e. the bachelor’s degree or a lower degree). If you think about it, people in education and liberal arts, even today, are some of the lowest paid (e.g. teachers, social workers, counselors, etc.). The incomes earned [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=2emaven.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9383583&amp;post=762&amp;subd=2emaven&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Graduate School Survival</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Oct 2010 19:34:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Debra A. Buchanan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While studying at the graduate level, I was fortunate to have personal friends that had already earned advanced degrees. They guided me through the graduate programs. I am grateful today for their help. Their greatest contributions were to teach me what was acceptable behavior and what was not; how to maneuver the administrative processes; they [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=2emaven.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9383583&amp;post=772&amp;subd=2emaven&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Value of Education</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Oct 2010 19:34:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Debra A. Buchanan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Unfortunately, we live in a world where education is not always highly regarded – sometimes this is true even in educational institutions. Many times you will not receive respect or acknowledgement for your academic achievements from the people you want it from the most (i.e., family, friends, and community). Some people will think that because [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=2emaven.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9383583&amp;post=770&amp;subd=2emaven&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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