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Leadership & Policy

HBCUs Struggling to Find Stability at Top

As the new fiscal year began July 1 for most of the nation’s institutions, at least 10 HBCUs were looking for permanent chief executives, according to data collected by the Washington, D.C.-based Thurgood Marshall College Fund.

Vanderbilt Pays $1.2M to Remove ‘Confederate’ from Dorm Name

NASHVILLE, Tenn. ― Vanderbilt University announced Monday that it will pay more than a million dollars to remove an inscription containing the word “Confederate” from one of its campus dorms. The private university has referred to the Confederate Memorial Hall simply as “Memorial Hall” since 2002, but was blocked in court from changing the name […]

Faculty & Staff

Diverse Conversations: Professoriate Still Lacking in Diversity

According to the National Center for Educational Statistics, only 16 percent of full-time professors at postsecondary institutions are minorities.

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Diverse Docket: Howard University Prevails in Title IX Suit

Howard University has defeated a lawsuit by a former graduate student who claimed she was wrongfully denied readmission twice to the doctoral program in history.

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Minorities Among Financial Aid Administrators Find Volunteering Invaluable

When it comes to moving up as a minority professional in the world of student financial aid, one of the best things you can do is to volunteer for a professional association.

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Report: Americans More Concerned About Wealth-based Achievement Gaps Than Racial Inequities

Americans are more concerned about—and more supportive of—proposals to close wealth-based achievement gaps among students than they are about Black-White or Hispanic-White gaps, according to a new report.

Report: Americans More Concerned About Wealth-based Achievement Gaps Than Racial Inequities

Americans are more concerned about—and more supportive of—proposals to close wealth-based achievement gaps among students than they are about Black-White or Hispanic-White gaps, according to a new report.

African-American

After 20-plus AAJA Conferences, Achieving Diversity in Media No Different Now, Maybe Even Harder

In education, in the media, we fight the same battles. It boils down to the basics: How do we get more of us in there? Not just as foot soldiers, but as generals. In academics, it means lifting a young prof to the ranking of dean, or higher. In journalism, it’s transforming a young reporter […]

Sociology Professor: Milwaukee Riots Not a Surprise

Even before Milwaukee erupted into violence this weekend over a police shooting, the highly segregated rust-belt city had long been considered a powder keg just waiting to explode.

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African-American

ASALH Gearing Up for Panel on Carter G. Woodson’s Life, Legacy

The Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH), founded by Dr. Carter G. Woodson, will assemble a panel of speakers to discuss the importance of Woodson’s life and legacy on Sept. 9.

Dr. Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham

Critiquing the Anti-Blackness in Mentoring

By fixing a CRT (critical race theory) lens over mentoring programs, practitioners can recognize and maintain a focus on issues that plague Black youth in economically blighted communities.

Dr. Torie Weiston-Serdan

Gap Year Students: Another Form of Diversity

The recent announcement that First Daughter Malia Obama would be taking a “Gap Year” before starting Harvard University in 2017 has shed new light (and increased popularity) on a path typically taken by students in Europe and Australia.

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