Black IssuesHomeSaving Lives: A Call to ActionSaving Lives: A Call to ActionState of Emergency: We Must Save African American Males By Jawanza KunjufuAfrican American Images, 202 pp., $23.95Nearly 20 years ago, Jawanza Kunjufu penned the first volume of his classic, Countering the Conspiracy to Destroy Black Boys. In this book, Kunjufu outlined what he believed to be the major challenges facing […]January 16, 2002Community CollegesHigher Education for PrisonersHigher Education for Prisoners Will Lower Rates for TaxpayersWhat would you think if you were told that there are 1.6 million potential students who could be served by community colleges? Wouldn’t you consider this a great opportunity? Throughout the United States, without much fanfare, some community colleges already are going about the rewarding business of […]January 16, 2002HomeAdding a Necessary VoiceAdding a Necessary VoicePRAIRIE VIEW’s juvenile justice program aims to increase number of minorities with doctorates in criminal justice Angela J. Davis wants to take scholarship from the classroom to the courtroom. A tenured law professor at the American University law school in Washington, Davis is seeking to spearhead a clinical research project that will […]January 16, 2002HomeFrom The Classroom to the CourtroomFrom The Classroom to the CourtroomScholars assess race and class in the American criminal justice systemBy Ronald RoachAngela J. Davis wants to take scholarship from the classroom to the courtroom. A tenured law professor at the American University law school in Washington, Davis is seeking to spearhead a clinical research project that will work directly […]January 16, 2002HomeFighting Heard Black Criminologists Seek Proper Context to Explain Racism’s Influence on Black CrimeFighting Heard Black Criminologists Seek Proper Context to Explain Racism’s Influence on Black Crime.By Paul Ruffins“In my profession I’m considered a radical simply because I refuse to accept the idea that Black people are inherently criminal,” says Dr. Ramona Brockett, assistant professor of political science at Northern Kentucky University. “Many mainstream criminologists simply accept the […]January 16, 2002HomeWilberforce University Cuts 15 Percent of StaffWilberforce University Cuts 15 Percent of StaffWILBERFORCE, OhioFalling enrollments and financial pressures have forced Wilberforce University to lay off 15 percent of its staff, school officials said last month.Eric Winston, vice president of development, said 35 administrators and non-teaching staff members have been laid off as part of a series of cost-cutting measures. Before the […]January 16, 2002HomeDuke Professor Spearheads PartnershipDuke Professor Spearheads Partnership With South African SchoolDURHAM, N.C.A Duke University professor and former U.S. ambassador to South Africa says a leadership program he spearheaded attempts to advance racial and economic equality in that country. Duke and the University of Cape Town this fall launched the United States-Southern Africa Center for Leadership and Public Values. […]January 16, 2002Leadership & PolicyMassey Appointed to Presidential CouncilMassey Appointed to Presidential CouncilATLANTAPresident George W. Bush has appointed Dr. Walter E. Massey, president of Morehouse College in Atlanta, to his Presidential Committee on Science and Technology. Bush made the announcement last month at the White House. “I am pleased and excited to have been asked to serve, again, on the President’s Council on Science […]January 16, 2002HealthStudy: Hispanics Dominate California Birth RateStudy: Hispanics Dominate California Birth RateLOS ANGELESIn another sign that Hispanics will dominate California’s future, a university study has found the ethnic group accounted for nearly half of all births in the state by the end of the last decade. Hispanic mothers had 247,796 of the 521,265 children born in California in 1998, or 47.5 […]January 16, 2002StudentsFlorida Scholarship Program at Center Of Racial Bias ProbeFlorida Scholarship Program at Center Of Racial Bias ProbeCAMBRIDGE, Mass.Civil rights and education advocacy groups from Florida and around the nation are calling on state leaders to address “racial bias” in the formula used to award Bright Futures scholarships.A letter delivered last month to top state officials charges that “rigid test score cut-offs” on the […]January 16, 2002Previous PagePage 255 of 431Next Page
