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African-American
Ohio Universities Defend Affirmative Action Strategies in Their Admissions
Two universities accused in a new report of giving minority students an unfair edge in the admissions process defended their practices as being legitimate strategies to expand access and enhance diversity on campus.
Disabilties
Virginia University Named in Lawsuit Alleging Poor Access for Disabled
ROANOKE Va. – An advocacy group claims in a series of lawsuits that Radford University, a half-dozen Roanoke area shopping malls and two hotels fail to provide adequate facilities for disabled people. The lawsuits were filed over the last two weeks in U.S. District Court in Roanoke by the Florida-based National Alliance for Accessibility and […]
African-American
Slaves Hid African Charms in Maryland Greenhouse
The greenhouse on the Maryland-based Wye House plantation where famed abolitionist Frederick Douglass spent part of his childhood was not as uniquely European as once thought: Its furnace was built by slaves, who hid distinctly African touches within it to ward off bad spirits, researchers say.
African-American
Civil Rights Activists Mark 1961 Freedom Rides
Joan Trumpauer Mulholland and the Rev. Reginald Green appeared at the University of Mary Washington to honor the Freedom Rides and their organizer, the late James Farmer.
Latinx
Yale, Peruvian University Sign Deal on Incan Artifacts
Yale University announced that it will send back to Peru thousands of Incan artifacts removed from the famed Machu Picchu citadel nearly a century ago.
Students
New Federal Data Show Rising Student Loan Default Rates
The federal government’s new system to calculate student loan default rates – while highlighting the problems of many for-profit colleges – also may pose risks for some minority-serving institutions that are seeing their rates increase as well.
Leadership & Policy
Diverse Special Feature: A Revolution in Understanding
To Dr. Edward Ayers, a recognized expert on Southern history and president of the University of Richmond, 2011 marks the start of the sesquicentennial of the Civil War and the emancipation of African-Americans.
African-American
CIAA Commissioner Remains Bullish on Charlotte
CIAA Commissioner Leon Kerry remains bullish on Charlotte despite the city being the target of protests and criticism from Black leaders.
Students
HBCU President Brings Sex and Health Education to the Campus
Sex Week, Philander Smith’s first-ever campus wide sexual education forum, brought students together with medical, religious, health, and relationship experts.
African-American
Diverse Special Feature: The Unending Civil War
As America turns to commemorate the Civil War’s sesquicentennial, many myths and distortions still shape the popular understanding of the war’s legacy, writes the Smithsonian National African American History and Culture Museum founding director.
African-American
Southern University at New Orleans Enrollment at Its Highest Since Katrina
Southern University at New Orleans on Wednesday reported its highest enrollment since Hurricane Katrina’s devastating floods in 2005, with enrollment levels nearly where they were before the storm hit.
Students
Despite AP Access Limited Among Minorities, Exam-Taking on the Rise
The number of high school seniors taking Advanced Placement exams is steadily rising, but a significant gap persists with lack of exam-taking among African-American students, according to a report.
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