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Just the Stats: The Hard Facts on Texas’ Public Universities

The online version of Diverse last month ran a story about Black enrollment at the University of Texas at Austin exceeding pre-Hopwood levels for the first time in the decade since the race-neutral admissions mandate was decided by the federal courts. Upon reading the story, a professor from Texas questioned the significance of the statistics used in the story by the Associated Press.

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HBCU and NASA Launch Middle Passage Project

BALTIMORE, Coppin State University students will work with NASA to bring African-American history to life during a year-long geographical research project, federal and university officials announced yesterday.

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Perspectives: Disentangling The Paradox of Black Male Initiatives

In his book, Inequality Reexamined, Dr. Amartya Sen argues that there must be agreement on the core set of items to be equally distributed among people before any discussion of inequality can take place. This is mandatory because equality in this core set is used to justify inequality in peripheral areas.

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Racial Awareness

This article points to some interesting and important issues for those of us who study race and its impact on U.S. history and culture…

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Perceptions and Realities

Tension may exist between Blacks and Hispanics over jobs and political power in the United States…

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Issues of Access and Affordability

For all the dour reports about the lack of access to U.S. higher education…

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Native American Studies Program Expands at Columbia

Spurred on by fierce student activism a decade ago, Columbia University is now pushing forward with plans to create an American Indian studies program, making it one of only three Ivy League colleges to offer such a curriculum.

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Bill Cosby Urges Black Support For Slavery Museum

Bill Cosby, who more than two years ago urged African-Americans to take more responsibility for their neighborhoods and children, says Blacks should be similarly responsible for building the national slavery museum in Fredericksburg, Va.

Black Enrollment At UT-Austin Exceeds Pre-Hopwood Level for First Time

AUSTIN, Texas More Blacks are studying at the University of Texas at Austin this semester than ever, breaking a record set the year a federal appeals court banned the use of race in admissions.

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Stepping Up

As a graduate of an HBCU, it was good to hear that another university has stepped up to the plate in fulfilling the needs of this academic study…

Leadership & Policy

Quotes of Note

“Let’s talk about the complicity of the Episcopal Church as one of the institutions of this country who, of course…

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Just In Time for the Black Panther Birthday Party

Dr. Peniel E. Joseph, a professor of African-American studies at State University of New York-Stony Brook

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