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Faculty & Staff

Princeton Establishes Center for African American Studies

Princeton University announced this week the creation of a Center for African American Studies — a plan that includes doubling the number of faculty in its African American studies program, enhancing the undergraduate curriculum and seeking funds to endow the new center.

African-American

IU’s Largest-ever Freshman Class Has Fewer Black Students

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. Indiana University’s fall freshman class is the biggest ever, topping a record set four years ago, yet the number of Black students in the class has fallen nearly 20 percent since last year, school officials say.

Just the Stats: Solving the Hispanic-Serving Institution Riddle

One source said 209. The source in another story said 236. My editor asked me to sort it out. I’m a researcher and even I couldn’t give her a definitive answer to her question: How many Hispanic-Serving Institutions are there?

African-American

UNCF-Mellon Undergraduate

Fellowship Program (a component of the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program)…

African-American

Study Challenges Assumption That Whites Are Unaware of Their Privileges

The long-held assumption in academia that Whites overlook their own race and its privileges may have to be thrown out, a new study suggests.

African-American

Marshall Drops ‘African-American students only’ From Course List

Marshall University has dropped the words “African-American students only” from an orientation class listed…

USAID Gives $35 Million Grant for 10 U.S.-Mexico University Partnerships

The U.S. Agency for International Development has announced a $35 million grant for 10 partnerships…

Leadership & Policy

An Appointment Under Scrutiny

There is a new chief in charge at Georgia Perimeter College, the five-campus, 50,000-student Atlanta-area…

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Native Americans

Research Round-up: Special Curriculum for Indian-American Youth; School is Fun Despite the Costs; Black Women and Hypertension

A new, school-based curriculum developed in partnership with the University of Washington aims to help reduce cardiovascular disease among American-Indian youth; more than half of American adults age 25 to 60 would like to continue their education; a subgroup of Black women may be at higher risk for developing hypertension due to racism.

Leadership & Policy

Louisiana District Investigating Complaints Bus Driver Ordered Black Students to Back of Bus

COUSHATTA, La. A Louisiana school district is investigating complaints that a White school bus driver ordered nine Black children to sit at the back of the bus.

Native Americans

Space Constraints Forces Tribal College to Close Doors on Enrollment

BISMARCK, N.D. A housing shortage on the campus of United Tribes Technical College has led the college to cut off enrollment.

African-American

A Sacred Search

Heaven help the University of California system’s diversity initiatives. After UC’s Black alumni association…

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