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New Teacher Assessment Tool Making Headway in Education Programs

Several states already have formally adopted the edTPA and more than 160 institutions of higher learning are “field-testing” it.

Diverse Conversations: The Crucial Role of Student Life

Dr. Marcus Chanay, Vice President of the Division of Student Life at Jackson State University, is an expert in the area of student life, having spent a decade helping to shape his department.

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Special Focus: Black History Month

Shoulders on Which We Stand: Former Bronx Community College President Roscoe Brown is one of many who paved the way of success for many African Americans. Diverse highlights the achievements of a select few of such pioneers.

Tennessee HBCUs Take On Obesity

The Tennessee Department of Health has announced that five historically Black institutions in the state are part of a grant program to help the schools educate their respective campus communities about the dangers of obesity.

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Leadership & Policy

Summit Drills In on America’s Dropout Rate

In the United States, a student drops out of school every 26 seconds and more than 3,000 children leave school every day.

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Faculty & Staff

Judge: No Foul Play in UDC Tenure Decision

A former law school faculty member at the University of the District of Columbia failed to provide any evidence that gender or race discrimination was responsible for her denial of tenure, a federal judge has ruled.

UNM Working To Increase Black Student Enrollment

The University of New Mexico has hired a recruiter to bring more Black students to the university system.

Howard Professor Uses Hip-Hop as a Literary Lesson

Last October, Gilbert Perkins, 31, found himself on the coveted stage at TEDx’s Mid Atlantic Conference.

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HBCUs Produce Leaders Not Only Domestically, But Also Abroad

In the late 1950s and early 1960s, alumni and officials of Black colleges like Lincoln and Howard became a familiar presence at independence celebrations of several African countries.

Urban Male Initiative: Seeing Students Where They Are To Get Them To Where They Need To Be

The Urban Male Initiative program at Community College of Denver wasn’t around to answer the Black, Brown and College Bound Conference’s first call to action seven years ago to rescue Black and Latino males from consistently ranking at the bottom of all indicators of educational attainment.

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Forum: Black Male Incarceration Adds to Social Woes Predicted in Moynihan Report

Scholar and author Michelle Alexander says misguided criminal justice policies have worsened conditions for poor Black families far beyond what the late Daniel Patrick Moynihan predicted in 1965.

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Black History Month: The Debate Rages On

One cannot log on to the Internet, listen to talk radio (of all political persuasions) come across a number of blogs and other forms of media without encountering a discussion on Black History month.

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