B. Denise HawkinsLeadership & PolicySaint Joseph College President Part of Historic CoupleWith her appointment as president of Saint Joseph College, Dr. Pamela Trotman Reid joins her husband, Wayne State University president, Dr. Irvin Reid, in making history.November 4, 2007StudentsA Rich HistoryTexas HBCUs continue their mission of educating African-American students, while at the same time responding to the state’s changing demographics.August 8, 2007Home“Hostile environment”: reducing applications to medical schools nationwide – elimination of affirmative action in California, Texas, Louisiana and MississippiWASHINGTON – The elimination of affirmative action in California, Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi has had a chilling effect on the enrollment and acceptance of racial and ethnic minorities in medical schools across the country, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC).July 11, 2007HBCUsIn the spirit of healing; Morehouse medical professors win grant to teach the medicinal power of spirituality – Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, GeorgiaWhen a pastor who is also an internist, and a “Christian who happens to be a physician” get together, their conversations begin with medicine but always end on religion, says Dr. Valencia Clay of the Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta.July 11, 2007HomeBar association grants UDC law school reprieve; accreditation is withheld, but some call decision “positive.” – American Bar Association; University of the District of Columbia School of LawThe troubled University of the District of Columbia (UDC) School of Law failed to win provisional accreditation from the American Bar Association (ABA) during its summer meeting held earlier this month in San Francisco. UDC Law School officials, however, will be given another chance to make their case for accreditation when the ABA reconvenes in January 1998.July 11, 2007StudentsBloom & board: black school helps students blossom away from home – Piney Woods Country Life SchoolIt’s a muggy spring morning and the spirit is alive and moving through many of the students gathered in the auditorium-turned-Sunday-chapel at the Piney Woods Country Life School.July 10, 2007StudentsBloom & board: black school helps students blossom away from home – Piney Woods Country Life SchoolIt’s a muggy spring morning and the spirit is alive and moving through many of the students gathered in the auditorium-turned-Sunday-chapel at the Piney Woods Country Life School.July 10, 2007StudentsBloom & board: black school helps students blossom away from home – Piney Woods Country Life SchoolIt’s a muggy spring morning and the spirit is alive and moving through many of the students gathered in the auditorium-turned-Sunday-chapel at the Piney Woods Country Life School.July 10, 2007HomeUNCF databook provides statistical look at K-12 educationFAIRFAX, Va. A new report from The College Fund/UNCF says that African American students begin school eagerly and score about as well as white students on tests of verbal memory and social and developmental skills. But for many, the fourth grade marks the beginning of a downward academic spiral.July 10, 2007African-AmericanHolding on to African American historyFor decades, white institutions and a handful of historically Black college and university (HBCU) archives have served as the main repositories for document and artifacts that tell the story of the history and contributions of people of African descent. But countless other pieces of Black America’s historical fabric are collecting dust in church basements or crumbling on bookshelves.July 10, 2007Previous PagePage 12 of 15Next Page
