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Lani Guinier on Merit

In the keynote address to a symposium audience hosted by the Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies at the University California, Los Angeles, Harvard Law School Professor Lani Guinier challenges the conventional assumptions about merit and the meritocracy of higher education.

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Federal Officials Reviewing Inequity Complaints in a Mississippi School District

The U.S. Justice Department is looking into complaints of racial disparities within the Cleveland Public School District.

Faculty & Staff

Indiana University Approved To Offer Doctorate in Black Studies

Since the Indiana Commission for Higher Education announced the approval of the new doctoral program in African American and African Diaspora Studies (AAADS) at Indiana University Bloomington more than a week ago, John McCluskey Jr. says he has felt both elated and relieved.

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Baker’s Heat

Moving beyond the scope of the literary scholarship for which he is known, Dr. Houston A. Baker Jr., in his latest book, takes a fierce stand as a social critic and assesses several Black scholars and the writings that have won them recognition as public intellectuals.

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Literary Scholar Indicts Some Black Thinkers for Shallow Works

Diverse: What led you as a literary scholar to write Betrayal? HB: The motivation was, as interesting as it may seem now more than 20 years down the line, the culture wars that were launched by neoconservatives and the think tanks that support their point of view in the United States back in the late […]

Leadership & Policy

Bowling Green State President Named Next Leader of Howard University

Bowling Green State University President Sidney A. Ribeau has been named president of Howard University, its Board of Trustees announced Wednesday.

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Survey: Nearly 60 Percent of Hispanic and Black Children Can’t Swim

Nearly 60 percent of Hispanic and African-American children cannot swim, almost twice the figure for White children, according to a first-of-its-kind survey that USA Swimming hopes will strengthen its efforts to lower minority drowning rates and draw more minority children into the sport.

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58 Percent of Black Children Can’t Swim

Nearly 60 percent of African-American children cannot swim, almost twice the figure for White children, according to a first-of-its-kind survey which USA Swimming hopes will strengthen its efforts to lower minority drowning rates and draw more Blacks into the sport.

Remedying the Black Male “Crisis”

With high dropout, unemployment and incarceration rates, more than 50 organizations convene to develop action plans to address a disturbing trend.

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Course Watch: Expanding Offerings in Less Commonly Taught Languages

This semester, the University of Pittsburgh is offering a course in Xhosa, the second most widely spoken language in South Africa, through its linguistics and African studies departments.

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REVISITING A CLASSIC

Things Fall Apar t is being brought back to center stage after 50 years for its role in shaping modern African literature.

University of California Makes Room for Record 60,000 Freshmen

The University of California has accepted a record 60,008 California residents as freshmen for the coming fall despite worries that cuts in state funding could lead to overcrowded campuses and tuition increases, officials said Monday.

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