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Civil Rights Commission Report Finds That HBCUs Do a Better Job of Graduating Black STEM Majors

Race-conscious admissions at elite institutions lead to academic “mismatch” for Black students, report says.

Gerald Reynolds

Native Americans

Native Americans Combat the Suicide Spirit

Tribal colleges are at the forefront of communitywide efforts to combat suicide with culturally relevant methods.

Student Wellbriety Walk

Early College Planning Essential for Latino Student Success, Experts Say

To ensure better college access and success for Latino students from low-income backgrounds, institutions should help them put together college plans as early as the eighth grade, according to experts at two Washington-area education events.

Latina graduates

African-American

Scholar Documents Historic Ties Between African-Americans and Native Americans

As an associate professor at the University of Michigan, Dr. Tiya Miles has emerged as a leading scholar of Cherokee-African American relations.

Faculty & Staff

Belmont University Faculty Wants Discussion of Sexual Identity Issues

Professors at Belmont University in Tennessee, where a gay soccer coach recently resigned, want a campus discussion of sexual identity issues.

Leadership & Policy

Ten HBCUs Get Accreditation Reaffirmed, Two Placed on Warning Status

Fisk and Tennessee State Universities were placed on warning status by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) Commission on Colleges.

African-American

Author Spotlight: Oyeronke Oyewumi

Oyeronke Oyewumi is an associate professor of sociology at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, where she has taught courses on gender and globilization and feminist theory. The Nigerian-born scholar studied at the University of Ibadan and at the University of California at Berkeley. She is the author of African Women and Feminism: Reflecting on the Politics of Sisterhood, Africa World Press, Trenton: New Jersey (2003), available on diversebooks.net

African-American

U.S. Civil Rights Commission Announces Reports on HBCU Effectiveness, Minority STEM Pursuit

The commission announced Monday that it has released The Educational Effectiveness of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Encouraging Minority Students to Pursue Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Careers (STEM) briefing reports.

Gerald Reynolds

Immigrant Students Give Blood To Show Citizenship

As Congress gets closer to a possible vote on the DREAM Act, college-aged undocumented immigrants are literally shedding blood for the cause.

African-American

Experts Recommend Improved Strategies for Getting Minority Males into Graduate School

The Council of Graduate Schools’ annual conference that wrapped up in Washington, D.C., over the weekend focused on the challenges associated with positioning students to pursue more than just a bachelor’s degree.

NAFEO, AT&T Launch Effort To Help Students With Disabilities Attend HBCUs, PBIs

The National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education and the AT&T telecommunications giant have launched an initiative to provide scholarships to students with disabilities attending Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Predominantly Black Institutions.

Lezli Baskerville

African-American

Fisk, Angry Over Judge’s Art Ruling, Says It Will Fight On

Financially strapped Fisk University says it will appeal a Tennessee judge’s decision to deny the school access to all the sale proceeds of a proposed ownership sharing agreement involving the school’s valuable Stieglitz art and photograph collection.

‘The Radiator Building—Night, New York’ by Georgia O’Keeffe is part of the Fisk University art collection.

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