David PluvioseFaculty & StaffSparks Fly at HBCU Week Session on Wage Disparities StudyWashington Hundreds of top administrators and faculty gathered in Washington, D.C., this week for the HBCU Week Conference, which concluded Tuesday. Attendees were exposed to a wide array of programming focused on a “fulfilling the covenant” theme, inspired by Tavis Smiley’s best-selling book, The Covenant With Black America.September 11, 2007HBCUsU.S. Civil Rights Commission Condemns Affirmative Action In Law School AdmissionsThe U.S. Commission on Civil Rights is condemning affirmative action in law school admissions and calling on Congress to mandate law schools to publicly disclose their use of racial preferences in a report that critics say relies heavily on the questionable research of one anti-affirmative action advocate.September 9, 2007LatinxHispanic Outreach By Non-HSIs Lacking, Study IndicatesHispanic-serving institutions make up only 6 percent of all colleges, but enroll half of all Hispanic college students, raising questions in a new study about outreach and diversity efforts at majority schools.September 5, 2007Community CollegesSAAB Tackling the Black, Brown Male CrisisIncreasingly, dropping out of high school is a one-way ticket to prison for Black men.September 5, 2007HBCUsReport: Federal Aid to Schools Devastated By Hurricane Katrina Woefully InadequateWASHINGTON Gulf Coast schools decimated by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita two years ago are still waiting for promised federal help, a new report finds. The study, released Wednesday by the Southern Education Foundation, reveals that a lack of government intervention has caused as many as 15,000 K-12 public school students and 35,000 college students to stay out of school.August 29, 2007Community CollegesNew Study: California Community College Students Abandon Transfer Plans At High RateSix in 10 California community college system students with high school diplomas and transfer aspirations are giving up transfer plans or dropping out after only one semester, a new study reveals. Research conducted by Policy Analysis for California Education (PACE) also finds that two-year college students taking four classes or more are far more likely to transfer.August 22, 2007LatinxHispanic Outreach By Non-HSIs Lacking, Study IndicatesHispanic-serving institutions make up only 6 percent of all colleges, but enroll half of all Hispanic college students, raising questions in a new study about outreach and diversity efforts at majority schools.August 15, 2007LatinxHispanic Outreach By Non-HSIs Lacking, Study IndicatesHispanic-serving institutions make up only 6 percent of all colleges, but enroll half of all Hispanic college students, raising questions in a new study about outreach and diversity efforts at majority schools.August 15, 2007StudentsThe Evolution of a Texas HBCUNow majority Hispanic, the historically black st. philip’s college has positioned itself to serve an increasingly diverse San Antonio population.August 15, 2007HomeDiversity and Race Feature Prominently at AEJMC ConventionNearly 1,800 journalism educators gathered in Washington D.C., last week for the 90th annual Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication conference, an event packed with programming examining numerous facets of journalism teaching and practice.August 12, 2007Previous PagePage 11 of 19Next Page
