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Millennium Leadership Initiative Boasts Record Participation in 20th Year

Demand exceeded expectations Monday when 89 higher education leaders from underrepresented populations registered for the Millennium Leadership Initiative (MLI) gathering at the annual meeting of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU).

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Author Ntozake Shange Dead at 70

Playwright, poet and author Ntozake Shange, whose most acclaimed theater piece is the 1975 Tony Award-nominated play “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf,” died Saturday, according to her daughter. She was 70. Shange’s “For Colored Girls” describes the racism, sexism, violence and rape experienced by seven Black women. It has […]

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At the Harvard Affirmative Action Trial, We’re About to Hear From the Less Than Perfect — Who Got In

With the news of pipe bombs and hot rhetoric, the trial in Boston over Harvard’s use of affirmative action has been anything but a racial hot-button for the president’s base. Maybe they need the Cliff Notes?

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Grambling State Approved to Offer First Cybersecurity Program in Louisiana

Grambling State University (GSU), the top creator of African-American computer science graduates for the state of Louisiana, received University of Louisiana System Board of Supervisors approval last week to offer the state’s first bachelor’s in cybersecurity. “With the vision of your team and the support of this Board, we are confident Grambling is prepared to educate cybersecurity […]

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Dearth of Black Male Teachers Discussed at Colloquium

Colleges and universities should be much more aggressive in recruiting and preparing Black males to become school teachers. That was one of the many sentiments expressed on Thursday among scholars and practitioners who gathered at the International Colloquium on Black Males in Education in Dublin.

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Morgan State, AFRO-American Newspaper Partner for African-American Polling Initiative

Morgan State University (MSU) and AFRO-American Newspaper are partnering to launch a statewide polling and research initiative to understand African-American’s opinions on a variety of issues. The institution and publication’s research collaboration will start with a poll on Maryland’s gubernatorial race and continue surveying and analyzing African-American attitudes on relevant community issues such as economics […]

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International Colloquium Creates Space for Women Scholars and Undergrads

The International Colloquium on Black Males in Education kicked off this week with pre-colloquium events, including a Graduate School Academy and a Black Female Forum.

Experts: Federal Policy Change Would Harm Transgender Students

No one who has been paying attention over the last two years should be surprised to learn that Trump administration officials are completing a policy proposal that would more conservatively define gender under Title IX and have implications for transgender students on college campuses, says one academic who has added his voice to the early chorus of critics.

UNCF and Nissan North America Create new Program for Fisk & Tennessee State Universities

The United Negro College Fund (UNCF) has continued its partnership with Nissan North America and announced the creation of a new scholarship program for sophomore and junior students enrolled at Fisk University and Tennessee State University, two historically Black colleges and universities. The new scholarship program, called the Nissan Scholars Program, will donate four $5,000 […]

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Still Separate, Still Unequal: American Indians and Election 2018

To be sure, the legacy of conquest meant that American Indians and enslaved Africans were often forced to live in close proximity to each other. This proximity resulted in a number of blended families and children of mixed racial heritage who were discriminated against in distinct and overlapping ways based not on their self-identity, but on social identity.

Mentoring Emphasized at TIAA Institute Women’s Leadership Forum

The importance of making an impact on higher education and creating pipelines for diverse talent were salient topics at the TIAA Institute Women’s Leadership Forum held on Thursday in New York City.

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Navigating Bias Incidents on Campus as an Administrator

During my tenure as an assistant dean of students, I was involved in a committee charged with responding to reported bias incidents on campus. When a member of the campus community experienced, witnessed or were aware of something that they believed to be bias, they could use an online form to report the incident anonymously. Once a week, this committee I was a part of would read over all the cases and decide how they should be handled.

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