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Low Performance of Children Tied to “Ecological Risk”

Living in high-poverty neighborhoods has such a detrimental effect on verbal abilities of Black children that it’s the equivalent to missing a year of school, according to a recent study by sociologists from Harvard and New York universities and the University of Chicago.

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Civil Rights Icons Backing Clinton Have Little Company

ATLANTA When Barack Obama was declared the winner of Georgia’s Democratic presidential primary, the Sweet Lowdown restaurant in midtown Atlanta echoed with whoops of glee as dozens of young, Black professionals celebrated his win with raised martini glasses. In other parts of the city, two civil rights icons had more subdued evenings, watching from separate […]

Leadership & Policy

In Brief: ACE Names First Woman President

Former UNC president Molly Corbett Broad was named president of ACE; Johns Hopkins researchers find Blacks’ reluctance to participate in medical studies is a direct result of the Tuskegee experiment; and recipients of the Tien Education Leadership Awards are announced.

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A Conversation With Dr. Yvonne S. Thornton

Diverse correspondent Lois Elfman talks with best-selling author, gynecologist and educator Dr. Yvonne S. Thornton about the enduring impact of the soon-to-be re-released book, “The Ditchdigger’s Daughters,” higher education and being a Black female physician.

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Historians Commemorate 200th Anniversary of the Slave Trade Act of 1808

In commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the Slave Trade Act of 1808, legislation abolishing the transatlantic slave trade for the United States, historians from throughout the African Diaspora gathered to discuss the relevance of the legislation today.

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Remembering Martin Luther King Jr.

Remembering Martin Luther King Jr. • Georgia Perimeter College: VIP Reception and Birthday Celebration, Keynote speaker, Susan L. Taylor, Editorial Director, Essence magazine, Jan. 15. • Morehouse College: Crown Forum: Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration, Jan. 24. • Ohio Wesleyan University: 23rd Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day worship service and breakfast, featuring Dr. Frank […]

Faculty & Staff

Catching Up With the Class of 2002

The first group of “Emerging Scholars” gives us an update on life since their magazine debut in January 2002 in what was then Black Issues In Higher Education.

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Letters

A ‘New Breed’ I think Christie is a wonderful example of the “new breed” of Indian law practitioners (see “Broadening the Legal Landscape,” Nov. 29). I congratulate her and the University of Tulsa for being legally farsighted and truly responsive to the Native community’s needs. I do take issue with Christie when she used the […]

Blackface Costumes at Parties Trigger Punishment at Northwest

MARYVILLE, Mo. Fraternity monitors at Northwest Missouri State University have punished two chapters whose members appeared at Halloween parties in blackface.

Faculty & Staff

The First of Its Kind

Cal State Northridge takes the lead by creating the country’s first baccalaureate program in Central American studies.

UT at San Antonio Student Group Protests Cancellation of Black Studies Course

SAN ANTONIO — The University of Texas at San Antonio’s cancellation of an upcoming course within the African American Studies Program has prompted the resignation of a professor and drawn criticism from some students.

Perspectives: UCLA Fires Dorrell Despite Academic Success, Winning Record and 100% Bowl Record

What does a Black coach have to do to keep his job? Many observers and critics of coaching equity are probably asking that question in light of the reasons the University of California, Los Angeles athletic director has given for the firing of head football coach Karl Dorrell.

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