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UT President Forms Committee to Address Controversy Surrounding Alma Mater
The University of Texas President, Jay Hartzell, unveiled a plan to address the racist history of the school’s anthem, “The Eyes of Texas,” in an email to the UT-Austin community Tuesday, the Dallas Morning News reported. “As we move forward and continue to perform and sing ‘The Eyes,’ it is critical that we understand the […]
African-American
Annual HBCU Moguls in the Making Business Competition Begins Thursday
The second annual Moguls in the Making, a business plan pitch competition offering Historically Black College and University (HBCU) students opportunities to develop vital skills, will take place virtually Oct. 8-11. The competition is hosted by Ally Financial Inc., Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF), and rapper and singer Big Sean’s foundation, the Sean Anderson Foundation […]
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Chipotle Adds Its First HBCU to Employee Debt-Free Degree Program
Chipotle Mexican Grill announced it is expanding its debt-free degree program to include Paul Quinn College, the U.S.’s first urban work college and one of the U.S.’s oldest historically Black colleges and universities (HBCU), QSR reported. Partnering with Guild Education, Chipotle covers 100% of tuition costs up front for more than 75 business and technology […]
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UC San Diego Receives Two Grants to Improve Faculty Diversity
The University of California at San Diego (UCSD) has been given two grants totaling $700,000 to improve its faculty diversity. The grants were funded by the University of California Office of the President through the UC Advancing Faculty Diversity grant program, according to UCSD. According to UCSD, the first grant – a one-time fund of […]
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John A. Logan College Cancels Diversity Events, Citing Fear of Trump’s Recent Executive Order
John A. Logan College canceled all planned diversity activities last week, citing concerns that the school could lose federal funding if it violates President Donald Trump’s Sept. 22 executive order, which prohibits workforce diversity trainings that are “offensive and anti-American race and sex stereotyping and scapegoating,” FOX 28 reported. According to college officials, they “will […]
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Lincoln U Granted Preliminary Approval to Establish First HBCU Law Enforcement Training Academy
Lincoln University has been granted preliminary approval to establish the U.S.’s first law enforcement basic training academy at a historically Black college or university (HBCU), with a unanimous vote from the Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) Commission, KRCG reported. The decision came after a Monday meeting during which the commission discussed the results of […]
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Three Black Female Authors Among 2020 ‘Genius Grant’ Winners
Three prominent Black female authors — N.K. Jemisin, Jacqueline Woodson and Tressie McMillan Cottom — are among 21 winners of this year’s MacArthur Foundation “genius grants,” reports CNN, which explained that the winners will receive a $625,000 “no-strings-attached” award paid out over five years. Since 1981, more than 1,000 people have earned the honor, with acclaimed […]
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HBCUs and White Churches: a Collaboration Long Overdue
Churches have a long history of advocating for civil rights. During the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, the Baptist, Methodist and other religious denominations united to support civil rights for African Americans. Many churches, for example, provided shelter to protesters during civil rights marches. They organized food assistance programs, assisted homeless with housing needs […]
African-American
2020 International Colloquium on Black Males in Education Kicks Off Tuesday
Wisconsin’s Equity and Inclusion Laboratory (Wei LAB) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Ohio State University’s Todd Anthony Bell National Resource Center on the African American Male will hold the 2020 International Colloquium on Black Males in Education (ICBME) virtually this year, with events each Tuesday in October, according to a University of Wisconsin-Madison press […]
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Kevin Young Named as New Director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture
Kevin Young, who is currently the director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem, has been named the new director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture. He will begin his new role in January. Young is a poet, author, essayist, and editor at The New Yorker magazine. This […]
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Common App Removes Disciplinary Violation Question
The Common Application is removing a question about high school disciplinary violations after research found that the answer disproportionately affected students of color, particularly Black students, CNN reported. Black applicants are twice as likely than White applicants to answer yes to the question. And students who disclose school disciplinary records – mostly students of color […]
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Kansas City Art Institute Hires First Director of Talent and Inclusion
Shawntae Jones was born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri. Now, she’s serving as the first director of talent and inclusion at Kansas City Art Institute.
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