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UC-San Diego Condemns Party Mocking Black History

The chancellor of the University of California, San Diego, is condemning a ghetto-themed party organized by fraternity students to mock Black History Month, but officials say no one is likely to be disciplined.

High School Graduation Rates Low Where Most American Indians, Alaska Natives Live, Report Says

A new national report has found that fewer than 50 percent of Native American Indian and Alaska Native students from the Pacific and Northwest regions of the U. S. graduate from high school.

Native Americans

African-American

Racially-Targeted Billboard Campaign Links African-Americans, Abortion

Among African-American leaders opposing a racially-targeted pro-life billboard campaign, Spelman College professor Beverly Guy-Sheftall called the effort a gimmick to “bait Black people” into becoming anti-abortion.

Beverly Guy-Sheftall

Faculty & Staff

Black Professor Denied Tenure at Emerson Vindicated by Report

Emerson College has released a report produced by an independent panel that has found fault with the institution’s tenure process.

Leaders Mark 50th Anniversary of Nashville Sit-ins

Civil rights leaders observing Saturday’s 50th anniversary of the sit-in movement that would integrate Nashville’s lunch counters said that pivotal group of college students went on to become leaders in the civil rights movement across the South.

Private Colleges Outline New College Success Initiative

The nation’s private colleges and universities pledged Friday to boost efforts to enroll and graduate at-risk students, as leaders said the move would complement the Obama administration’s plans for greater success rates in higher education.

David L. Warren

African-American

WVU Reprinting Long-lost African American Works

West Virginia University Press is reprinting important African American texts that have either gone unnoticed for generations or fallen out of print.

African-American

Black History Special Book Review: Redefining ‘Black Power’

Images from the heyday of the Black Power movement live on in popular culture, but the view tends to be blurred. Most people probably consider it as a blip on the 400-year chronology of race relations in America. While some Americans romanticize the movement, others remember it as a short-lived, inflammatory and ill-advised crusade that ran against the tide of peaceful efforts to gain and protect civil rights.

Black History Special: Students Mentored By Civil Rights Veterans Changed American History

In 1960, students attending colleges and universities in Greensboro, N.C., Nashville, and locations throughout the South staged sit-ins at store lunch counters and restaurants in protest of public segregation. Many of those who came under the influence of civil rights pioneers, James Lawson and Ella Baker, went on to become leaders in the civil rights movement.

student protests

Lastword – Black Greek Deathwatch

After the hand-wringing over a hazing death comes a period of reckless behavior leading to yet another death. Will we stop the cycle?

Walter Kimbrough

U.S. Colleges Recruit Hispanic Families Using Spanish

Some venerable American universities are trying to tap the booming pool of Hispanic students by offering Spanish translations of their admissions and financial aid material.

Emerging Hispanic-Serving Institutions Must Adapt to Serve Latino Students, Report Says

Dozens of schools will qualify for “Hispanic-serving institution” (HSI) status in the coming years, but those colleges and universities must adapt their practices and policies to better serve Latino students, according to the Washington-based Excelencia in Education organization.

Juan Sepulveda, director of the White House Initiative on Education Excellence for Hispanic Americans

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