Jamal WatsonMSIsCollege Students Aim to Deal with Bottom Line at Congressional Black Caucus ConferenceMounting college debt and the lack of job opportunities are among issues to be addressed at the four-day gathering in the nation’s capital.September 18, 2013HomeBudget Cuts Taking Toll on High School Students Charting Course to CollegeAt Philadelphia’s City High, for example, in the wake of staggering state budget cuts, the staff of six full-time guidance counselors who had been assigned to provide services to the nearly 2,400 students has been reduced to two.September 17, 2013Faculty & StaffFormer South Carolina State President Named Executive Director of White House Initiative on HBCUsDr. George Cooper fills the vacancy left behind by Dr. John Silvanus Wilson Jr., who left the post to become president of Morehouse College earlier this year.September 12, 2013Faculty & StaffFormer Seminary Professor’s Case Reaches Supreme CourtThe case of Dr.Jimmy Kirby, who was fired from Lexington Theological Seminary due to faculty cutbacks, was heard recently by the Kentucky Supreme Court.August 26, 2013African-AmericanLatest March on Washington Focuses on Not Going BackwardSpeakers called attention to ways the nation continues to struggle with issues such as policing tactics and voter disenfranchisement.August 25, 2013StudentsUMASS Recognizes Growing Interdisciplinary Study of Black Germans in AcademiaIn the past 10 years, there has been an increase in Black German Studies programs at institutions across the country.August 12, 2013African-American50 Years Later, Focus on Jobs Minimized in Memories of March on WashingtonAlthough the march has largely been associated with the “I Have a Dream” speech delivered by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., he was not the only speaker to address the 250,000 people who assembled at the Lincoln memorial that sweltering, hot August day.July 29, 2013SportsUrban League Issues a Call to Action for Education, Jobs, Voting RightsCivil rights leaders united at the National Urban League Conference to discuss education reform, job creation, racial profiling and voting rights protection.July 28, 2013StudentsWilliam Gray, Former Congressman and UNCF President, DiesGray, an ex-U.S. Rep, first Black Majority Whip, and former president of the United Negro College Fund passed away Monday at the age of 71.July 2, 2013StudentsStudy Says Affirmative Action Does Not Do a Disservice to StudentsTwo professors find that disadvantaged students who were admitted to elite University of California institutions did just as well as their better-prepared peers.July 1, 2013Previous PagePage 10 of 17Next Page
