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Johnnetta Cole, Jafari Allen: HBCUs Are Needed And Relevant

Two of the nation’s foremost Black academics and experts on historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) say the 100 predominantly Black schools around the country may be fighting to survive, but they remain relevant as they train students how to create justice in the world and accept themselves.

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The Perception of Diversity at HBCUs: Is It Real or Imaginable?

The landscape of education has changed greatly in the last 10 years. In the wake of soaring college costs, falling state support, a decrease in high school graduates and an unstable economy, college enrollment is down across the board. HBCU enrollment is no exception.

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XULA Senior Named Recipient of Frederick Douglass Bicentennial Scholarship

Xavier University of Louisiana (XULA) senior Sydney Green has been selected as the inaugural recipient of the Frederick Douglass Bicentennial Scholarship Program, the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) announced. Established by the Signore family, the scholarship program honors and celebrates one of the most transformative figures in American history. The program is currently administered and […]

Disability Rights Attorney Carrie Ann Lucas Dies at 47

Nationally known disability rights attorney Carrie Ann Lucas, has died. She was 47 years old. “[Lucas] died after an arbitrary denial from an insurance company caused a plethora of health problems, exacerbating her disabilities and eventually leading to her premature death,” her family and friends wrote in a Facebook post on Lucas’ page. The ultimate […]

R. Kelly: We All Knew That He Was Coming to the Other Side of the Tracks

For most of us women, R. Kelly is not and will never be our perpetrator. Our perpetrators are police officers, soldiers, politicians, doctors, clergy, coaches, schoolteachers, counselors and even our own brothers, uncles, grandfathers and fathers. Men who claimed to love us. Men we trusted. We, African-American and Black women, want the same thorough, unrelenting and ruthless pursuit of justice that R. Kelly currently faces from the media and public for those of our perpetrators who are not as famous, rich and Black.

Thoughts on Jussie Smollett for My Diversity and Media Class

When you teach a course called “Diversity in Media”, Jussie Smollett provided one heck of a teachable moment.

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HSI Pathways Program Aims to Increase Hispanic Representation in the Professoriate

The goal of the HSI Pathways program is to increase the number of Latino faculty in the humanities. Funded by a five-year, $5.1 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the program is on track to prepare 90 students from Florida International University, the University of Texas El Paso and California State University, Northridge – all Hispanic serving institutions (HSIs) – for careers in academia.

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Grambling State University: Where Students Are CELEBRATED, Not Tolerated

About 5 years ago, researchers studying Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) concluded that enrollment among Black students at these institutions was on the decline. In fact, a report released by the Center for Minority Serving Institutions (CMSI) at the University of Pennsylvania revealed that since the 1980s, the number of Black students enrolling at HBCUs had steadily decreased while the population of non-Black students gradually increased.

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Bennett Loses Appeal for Accreditation, Files Suit

The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) has affirmed the agency’s December decision to terminate the accreditation of Bennett College, a historically Black College in Greensboro, N.C.

Harvard University Names Janet Mock 2019 Harvard Artist of the Year

Harvard University has named transgender activist, writer, producer, advocate and director Janet Mock as the 2019 Harvard University Artist of the Year. The award will be presented to Mock at the annual Harvard Cultural Rhythms festival on March 9 in Memorial Hall’s Sanders Theatre. Last year, Mock made television history as the first transgender woman […]

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MICA President Releases Memo, Apologizes for Racist History

Samuel Hoi, president of the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) has recently released a campuswide memo on behalf of the college’s leadership to acknowledge and apologize for a racial segregation admissions policy that existed from 1895 to 1954. Throughout that period, the institute would only accept “reputable White pupils.” The memo was released in […]

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IIE Summit Highlights the Importance of Study Abroad

Against a backdrop of young people who communicate in fewer words and more pictures, and with young people of color continuing to avoid study abroad more than their counterparts, about 600 educators, students and administrators came together Sunday through Tuesday to share ways to promote and boost global education.

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