Reginald StuartSportsSlight Graduation Rate Jump Seen for Black Men on NCAA Basketball Tournament TeamsThe disparity between the graduation rates of Black and White athletes playing on Division I Men’s Basketball tournament teams has narrowed because fewer Whites are graduating, says a new college sports report.March 12, 2012SportsBig Time College Sports: Winning at all CostsHigher education stakeholders express concern that many NCAA Division I institutions prioritize athletics revenue over student learning and degree completion.March 7, 2012African-AmericanFAMU Research Initiative to Focus on HazingFlorida A&M University, in stepping up its efforts to demonstrate its seriousness about quelling hazing on campus over the long term, has established a $50,000 research fund for FAMU faculty to “study the nature and extent of hazing behaviors among campus organizations and groups.”February 26, 2012HomeBuilding an Innovation Engine in DetroitWayne State University’s TechTown is helping revive Detroit’s hard-hit economy and is relatively new when compared with business incubators dating to the 1980s, such as the ones at Louisiana State University, Ohio University, Rensselaer Polytechnic and the Research Triangle Park in North Carolina.February 26, 2012HomeInfrastructure, Funding Key to Higher Education Diversity Plans, Experts SayA former dean of diversity, Dr. Keenan Grenell says he has developed a good sense of what works when it comes to major diversity initiatives.February 22, 2012HomeUniversity of Maryland Turns to Diversity TrailblazerDr. Kumea Shorter-Gooden, the new chief diversity officer at the University of Maryland-College Park, focuses on helping the school develop, execute and sustain a plan for better recruitment and retention of tenured and tenure-track women and people of color.February 22, 2012HomeAn Appreciation – Patricia Stephens Due, Student Civil Rights ActivistWhen Patricia Stephens Due was a student in 1960 at Florida A & M University (FAMU) in Tallahassee, she and other FAMU students organized the first student sit-ins in the city.February 19, 2012African-AmericanFisk University President Hazel R. O’Leary to Retire in DecemberNews of O’Leary’s departure announcement comes as the school manages to maintain a small, solid academic program while continuing to lose enrollment and thirst for a huge infusion of money to keep its doors open.February 19, 2012African-AmericanProminent FAMU Trustee Resigns from University BoardRichard Dent III, a Florida A & M University graduate and successful retail executive, resigned earlier this month from his post as vice chair of the FAMU Board of Trustees.February 16, 2012African-AmericanFAMU Campus Organizations Suspended From Taking in New MembersFlorida A & M University, in the aftermath of the recent death of a FAMU band member after a hazing incident, issued a sweeping ban Tuesday on campus club intake for the remainder of the school year.January 31, 2012Previous PagePage 23 of 37Next Page
