Jamal WatsonStudentsWhen Diversity Training Goes AwryDone incorrectly, what should be a useful exercise can and has backfired on some colleges and universities.January 23, 2008Faculty & StaffProfessor Allegedly Makes Racist Remarks in Class at Brandeis UniversityThe professor allegedly used the term “wetbacks” in class, a derogatory expression used to describe immigrants who have crossed the Mexican border illegally. Brandeis University moved swiftly and decisively to correct the situation by placing a monitor in his class, but a faculty committee says the university threatened the professor’s academic freedom to remedy a situation that it hadn’t fully investigated.December 1, 2007African-AmericanColumbia University’s Institute of African Studies Reopens Under New LeadershipColumbia University has reopened its Institute of African Studies and has hired a new director as a result of widespread protests among students and alumni.October 16, 2007Faculty & StaffColumbia Professor Targeted With Noose: “I Will Not Be Silenced”NEW YORK Hundreds of students and faculty members at Columbia University in New York City rallied Wednesday afternoon to protest the hanging of a noose on the office door of a popular African-American professor.October 9, 2007HomeReport Blames Supreme Court For Re-segregation Of SchoolsResegregation in American public schools has intensified over the last two decades, particularly in the American South, and the U.S. Supreme Court is largely responsible for this trend. Those are the findings in a new report released by the Civil Rights Projects, which is headquartered at the University of California, Los Angeles.October 2, 2007HomeReport Blames Supreme Court For Re-segregation Of SchoolsResegregation in American public schools has intensified over the last two decades, particularly in the American South, and the U.S. Supreme Court is largely responsible for this trend. Those are the findings in a new report released by the Civil Rights Projects, which is headquartered at the University of California, Los Angeles.September 13, 2007Faculty & StaffStudents Could Not Reverse Tenure Denial of Popular Black Professor at Washington UniversityIn the effort to win tenure for Washington University professor Dr. Leslie Brown, some unlikely alliances were forged. A diverse coalition of several hundred students petitioned the administration urging them to reconsider Brown’s tenure, arguing that the popular professor of African-American studies was a valued asset to the university — particularly a university with a miniscule number of tenured Black professors.August 22, 2007HomeFight or FlightTed Shaw and other diversity proponents retool while Ward Connerly gloats.August 22, 2007HomeFight or FlightTed Shaw and other diversity proponents retool while Ward Connerly gloats.August 22, 2007Leadership & PolicyCornel West Debates Michael Eric Dyson Over Use of the N-Word on New CDDr. Cornel West, one of the nation’s most recognized Black public intellectuals, this week released his second hip-hop CD, which he hopes helps bridge the gap between younger and older generations. The collaborative project featuring some of the biggest names in rap and R&B also includes a debate between West and Dr. Michael Eric Dyson over the use of the N-word.August 20, 2007Previous PagePage 13 of 17Next Page
