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Faculty & Staff
Under the Mediaās Radar
Under the Mediaās RadarPrincetonās program in African American studies boasts its own all-star cast High-profile African American studies departments like Harvardās with certified media stars like Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr. usually tend to grab the lionās share of the headlines. But focusing solely on departments and their āstarsā offers a pretty distorted picture of [ā¦]
Faculty & Staff
Harvardās New Chapter in Black Studies
Harvardās New Chapter in Black StudiesA neglected African studies program finally gets a departmental home By Ronald RoachFrom afar, it seemed that Afro-American studies at Harvard had taken a nasty tumble when two of its best-known scholars announced their resignations in early 2002, and its venerable chairman, Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr., let it be [ā¦]
Students
Duke Students Hold Rally to Denounce Racism
Duke Students Hold Rally to Denounce Racism DURHAM, N.C.Students, professors and administrators at Duke University held a rally against racism last month after a fraternity sponsored a party that Latino students say demeaned their heritage.Fraternity members from Sigma Chi designed fliers that looked like expired green cards, on the chapterās Web site and built the [ā¦]
Latinx
New National Task Force to Address Lack of Hispanics in Science, Technology
New National Task Force to Address Lack of Hispanics in Science, Technology SAN ANTONIOA new task force of leading experts in advanced science education outreach to minority college students has been formed to address the need to increase the ranks of Hispanics in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields.With a $100,000 grant from the National [ā¦]
Latinx
HACU Calls on Congress to Increase Funding for HSIs
HACU Calls on Congress to Increase Funding for HSIsBy Ben Hammer The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) is calling on Congress to increase funding for Hispanic-serving institutions (HSIs) in a bill that addresses Title V funding for the upcoming fiscal year 2004. HACU is calling for increased spending in several areas of the [ā¦]
African-American
In Good Company
In Good Company Like many media outlets last year, Black Issues followed the story of the departures of popular Harvard professors Cornel West and Kwame Anthony Appiah to Princeton University.As time went on, the question seemed to be whether Harvardās Afro-American studies chairman Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr. would remain at Harvard or perhaps follow [ā¦]
Latinx
Events
OCTOBEROct. 15-18Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority StudentsāPreparing a Diverse Scientific Work Force: Eliminating Health DisparitiesāTown and Country Resort and Convention Center, San Diego Web: www.abrcms.orgOct. 18-21Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU)17th Annual ConferenceāHispanic Higher Education Success: Americaās Path to the Futureā Hyatt Regency Orange CountyAnaheim, Calif.Web: www.hacu.netOct. 23-25American Council on EducationOffice of Minorities [ā¦]
African-American
ā Whatever ItTakesā
ā Whatever ItTakesāA Community BuilderEthnic roots of Blacks and Hispanics hail from different parts of the world, but when it comes to higher education, the disadvantages facing both groups often transcend skin color. Yet a growing number of educators believe that intense outreach in urban communities can help students of color who are culturally and [ā¦]
Asian American Pacific Islander
Diversity Intersects With National Security
Diversity Intersects With National SecurityThe UNCFās Institute for International Public Policy plans to engage āunusual suspectsā in a discussion on the global importance of a diverse work force By Cassie ChewAfter nine years of sending African American, Hispanic, Asian American and American Indian undergraduate students around the globe to study the socio-economic and political structure [ā¦]
Students
Black Student Gets Bid to White Sorority at University of Alabama
Black Student Gets Bid to White Sorority at University of Alabama TUSCALOOSA, Ala.A Black student at the University of Alabama accepted a bid to a traditionally White sorority last month, a rare case in which the longstanding racial exclusivity of the campus Greek social system has been broken.Carla Ferguson, a freshman from Tuscaloosa, was the [ā¦]
African-American
In Appreciation
In AppreciationAnthropology Professor John Ogbu Dies at Age 64 Dr. John Uzo Ogbu, professor of anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley, and a path-breaking scholar in the fields of minority education and identity, died of a heart attack after undergoing back surgery on Aug. 20. He was 64. Ogbu is known for his work [ā¦]
Sports
Coaching Groups to Keep Up Fight Over Title IX
Coaching Groups to Keep Up Fight Over Title IX WASHINGTONA coalition of college coaching associations, aiming to change the way a major sports anti-discrimination law is enforced, will press its legal fight on two fronts. The College Sports Council announced plans last month to sue the U.S. Department of Education over its July decision to [ā¦]
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