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Topping the Charts
Topping the Charts It’s that time of year again, when we recognize the colleges and universities that graduate the most students of color at the undergraduate level. In 2001, we celebrated the fact that the number of African American students receiving bachelor’s degrees topped 100,000 for the first time. It is good to see that […]
Latinx
Latinos Hardly Visible on Prime-Time Television, UCLA Study Finds
Latinos Hardly Visible on Prime-Time Television, UCLA Study FindsLOS ANGELESLatinos are the largest minority group in the United States yet they make up only 4 percent of regular prime-time characters on network television, according to a new study by UCLA’s Chicano Studies Research Center.“Looking for Latino Regulars on Prime-Time Television: The Fall 2002 Season” also […]
Latinx
New Grants Promote Community Outreach
New Grants Promote Community OutreachBy Charles Dervarics Black colleges and Hispanic-serving institutions are eligible for new grants to promote outreach to their local communities. Black colleges and universities can apply for $9.9 million in federal dollars to address poverty and economic development needs in or near their campuses. About $6.6 million is available for previously […]
Faculty & Staff
History’s Burden
History’s BurdenAfter decades of neglect, an academic research agenda is being built around health disparitiesBy Ronald Roach R&D Expenditures at Universities and Colleges by Geographic Division R&D Expenditures at Doctoral-Granting InstitutionsandTop Patenting U.S. Universities Special Report Research Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view the above listed chart(s). If you do not have Acrobat Reader […]
Faculty & Staff
History’s Burden
History’s BurdenAfter decades of neglect, an academic research agenda is being built around health disparitiesBy Ronald Roach R&D Expenditures at Universities and Colleges by Geographic Division R&D Expenditures at Doctoral-Granting InstitutionsandTop Patenting U.S. Universities Special Report Research Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view the above listed chart(s). If you do not have Acrobat Reader […]
African-American
Lincoln University Kicks Off 150th Anniversary Celebration
Lincoln University Kicks Off 150th Anniversary Celebration LINCOLN UNIVERSITY, Pa.More than 600 students, faculty, administrators, staff, local officials and visitors helped kick off Lincoln University’s 150th anniversary celebration last month. The historically Black university was founded in 1854 and has graduated more than 14,000 young men and women.“Today, with a solid foundation, unprecedented support from […]
Latinx
Presidential Commission Targets Hispanic Achievement
Presidential Commission Targets Hispanic AchievementBy Charles Dervarics To increase Hispanic student achievement, the nation should support new efforts on student retention and career programs that lead to college graduation, a presidential commission says. Noting one of every three Hispanics fail to complete high school and just 10 percent graduate from four-year colleges, the President’s Advisory […]
Students
Bill Would Provide $100 Million a Year for Fire Prevention
Bill Would Provide $100 Million a Year for Fire PreventionBy Charles Dervarics New legislation from a Congressional Black Caucus member would provide $100 million a year to help colleges and universities install fire sprinkler systems or other fire prevention programs. The College Fire Prevention Act from Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, D-Ohio, would provide $100 million […]
African-American
Activists for the NEW MILLENNIUM
Activists for the NEW MILLENNIUM Complacent and politically unaware? Student leaders say young people are screaming, but no one is listening.By Kendra Hamilton Baghdad is burning, and the streets of the world’s cities are full of anti-war protesters — as well as anti-globalization protesters, anti-sweatshop protesters, campus “greens” and much more — but some observers […]
African-American
Activists for the NEW MILLENNIUM
Activists for the NEW MILLENNIUM Complacent and politically unaware? Student leaders say young people are screaming, but no one is listening.By Kendra Hamilton Baghdad is burning, and the streets of the world’s cities are full of anti-war protesters — as well as anti-globalization protesters, anti-sweatshop protesters, campus “greens” and much more — but some observers […]
African-American
Activists for the NEW MILLENNIUM
Activists for the NEW MILLENNIUM Complacent and politically unaware? Student leaders say young people are screaming, but no one is listening.By Kendra Hamilton Baghdad is burning, and the streets of the world’s cities are full of anti-war protesters — as well as anti-globalization protesters, anti-sweatshop protesters, campus “greens” and much more — but some observers […]
African-American
UNC-Chapel Hill Conference Explores Roots and Experience Of Black Canadians
UNC-Chapel Hill Conference Explores Roots and Experience Of Black Canadians CHAPEL HILL, N.C.Some folks are under the misperception that Canada’s Black population consists largely of descendents of escaped African American slaves, that Canada never had slavery, and that the country is devoid of racism. Not so, said experts at a recent conference here aimed to […]
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