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Where are the Black Men on Campus?

Where are the Black Men on Campus? As institutions of higher education struggle to enroll Black men at comparable numbers to Black females, the imbalance is having an impact beyond the classroom and campus.By most measures of a private college under new leadership, the push by Dillard University in New Orleans to boost its enrollment […]

Pennsylvania Panel to Probe Racial Incidents On College Campuses

Pennsylvania Panel to Probe Racial Incidents On College CampusesAction prompted by recent incidents at Penn State, University of PennsylvaniaBy Eleanor Lee YatesHARRISBURG, Pa.A resolution authorizing the Pennsylvania House of Representatives’ Committee on Education to investigate racial incidents on college campuses recently passed unanimously. Rep. James R. Roebuck Jr., the sponsor of the resolution, hopes the […]

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Maryland College of Art Receives Largest Gift in School History

Maryland College of Art Receives Largest Gift in School HistoryBALTIMORE The largest gift in the history of the Maryland Institute College of Art all began with a daughter’s decision not to take over the family business. Eddie Brown hoped that his daughter would put her Harvard MBA to use by someday taking the helm of […]

Leadership & Policy

Black-Owned Golf Club Added to National Register of Historic Places

Black-Owned Golf Club Added to National Register of Historic PlacesPALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla.An Ohio golf club, believed to be the only golf course in the United States designed, built, owned and managed by an African American, has been added to the National Register of Historic Places.Clearview Golf Club of East Canton was founded by William […]

Spring Ushers in a Bloody Hazing Season for Black Frats

Spring Ushers in a Bloody Hazing Season for Black FratsBy Paul RuffinsThis spring, the pattern of illegal hazing that has threatened the survival of Black fraternities and sororities has once again repeated itself with deadly and devastating consequences. In early April, Nashville authorities officially announced what many had suspected for months: The January death of […]

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Web Site Explores Link Between African Diaspora, Global Politics

Web Site Explores Link Between African Diaspora, Global PoliticsEVANSTON, Ill.A Web site exploring the connections between the African Diaspora and major historical developments of the 20th century has debuted on the Internet. The interactive Web site is the product of a collaboration among faculty, graduate students and technical staff at Northwestern University to create a […]

Ethics and Global Politics

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Asking The Right Questions

Asking The Right QuestionsPsychologist puts African Americans at the center of social science research. By Kendra Hamilton ANN ARBOR, Mich.“The problem of the 20th century is the problem of the color line.” They were immortal words, words that defined a crucial era of American race relations. But now, at the dawn of a new century, the globalization […]

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Southern University Opens Doors to Art Collection

Southern University Opens Doors to Art Collection Baton Rouge campus celebrates 87th birthday with opening of new museumBy Scott DyerBATON ROUGE, La.Southern University’s Baton Rouge campus celebrated its 87th birthday last month by opening a new museum that showcases an African and African American art collection estimated at $4 million to $5 million. The Southern […]

Economic Slowdown Bad News for Student Debtors

Economic Slowdown Bad News for Student DebtorsIn his briefing to the Senate Banking Committee last month, Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan said that while the economy is slowing, economic futures remain bright because productivity continues to be robust. This steady productivity is the result of changes in the way we do business, largely because […]

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Mormon Church Puts Ex-Slaves’ Bank Records on CD-ROM

Mormon Church Puts Ex-Slaves’ Bank Records on CD-ROMWASHINGTONRecords from the short-lived Freedman’s Bank, an institution created for recently freed slaves following the Civil War, have been compiled by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, also known as the Mormon Church, into a searchable CD-ROM database. The CD-ROM is expected to be a major […]

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Harvard Establishes a Digital Divide Program in Boston

Harvard Establishes a Digital Divide Program in BostonBostonLast fall, news of the sale of Africana.com to the AOL Time Warner company generated considerable attention for Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr., chair of Harvard University’s Department of Afro-American Studies, and Dr. Kwame Anthony Appiah, a professor in the university’s Afro-American Studies Department, who were founders and […]

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State Board Investigates Civil Rights Complaint at Bluefield State University

State Board Investigates Civil Rights Complaint at Bluefield State UniversityCHARLESTON, W.Va. The Higher Education Interim Governing Board is investigating complaints of civil rights violations at Bluefield State College, the board chairwoman said recently. The board sent two consultants — a vice president of West Virginia University and a Marshall University lawyer — to the college […]

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