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African-American

Education Secretary Arne Duncan Says Minority Teachers Needed

U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan on Wednesday, during stops in N.J., promoted a program aimed at recruiting more teachers to work in urban and rural areas.

Former Rutgers Student Charged with Hate Crime in N.J. Suicide

A grand jury indictment charges Dharun Ravi with bias intimidation, invasion of privacy, witness and evidence tampering and other charges stemming from the suicide of 18-year-old Tyler Clementi in September.

Leadership & Policy

Tornado-damaged Shaw University Closes Doors for the School Year

Officials at Shaw University decided to end the semester early after a storm damaged buildings and displaced students.

Shaw University

Recent Law School Graduates Face the Tightest Job Market in Years

But amid lingering industry wide uncertainties, officials at some law schools are scrambling to ensure that underrepresented minorities get jobs.

Ann Marie Cavazos

Faculty & Staff

Online Education Made Possible With College, Management Firm Partnerships

For schools and the online learning management companies that serve them, offering full-degree online programs is more than just an academic pursuit.

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African-American

PBS Series Explores Black Culture in Latin America

Dr. Henry Louis Gates’ “Black in Latin America” documentary series, spanning four episodes, was filmed in six Caribbean and Latin American countries.

Henry Louis Gates

UNCF Study Shows HBCUs Chosen for Small Faculty-Student Ratio, Sense of Belonging

Study authors report that attending HBCUs allows students to “benefit from positive cultural experiences around being Black that they may not have received during their formal elementary and secondary education experiences.”

Leadership & Policy

University of the West Indies Team Triumphs at HBCU Business Plan Competition

More than 300 students from 21 historically or predominantly Black colleges competed, presenting business proposals that ranged from construction and land surveying improvements to the mass production of Jamaican ginger.

Faculty & Staff

Cornell University Provost Blasted for Plan to Move Africana Center

Controversial plan to embed Africana Studies and Research Center in College of Arts and Sciences rankles students, faculty at Cornell University.

African-American

S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley Angers Black Legislators over Medical School Board Removal

Earlier this month, the governor replaced Dr. Paula Orr, a Black woman, with dentist Harold Jablon of Columbia, who is White, on the Medical University of South Carolina board.

Candid Race Talk Launches College Sports Symposium

Expert panelists detailed how lucrative college sports competition have led many to ask whether athletes in men’s basketball and football programs are exploited while others profit immeasurably.

Richard Lapchick

Federal Program Helping Eastern Washington University Transform Lives

Dr. Christina Torres Garcia and her husband, Dr. Martin Meraz-Garcia, are Eastern Washington University professors and the first in their families to earn post-graduate degrees.

Martin Meraz-Garcia

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