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Faculty & Staff

Black Cultural Centers: Standing On Shaky Ground?

Black Cultural Centers: Standing On Shaky Ground?As college campuses become more diverse, many find the future of Black cultural centers in question.By David HefnerAsk most anyone on a college campus about the value of cultural centers, and most will quickly tout a number of virtues. They help retain students of color, many through graduation, help […]

Faculty & Staff

Appiah Accepts Princeton Appointment

Appiah Accepts Princeton AppointmentPRINCETON, N.J.Dr. Kwame Anthony Appiah, who has been a noted member of the Harvard University Afro-American studies department, will join the Princeton University faculty as a full professor effective Sept. 1, according to Princeton University officials. He submitted a resignation letter to Harvard officials in late January. Appiah has been the Charles […]

Faculty & Staff

The Great ‘Misunderstanding’ at Harvard

The Great ‘Misunderstanding’ at HarvardPresident’s criticism of Cornel West has left supporters of Afro-American studies unsettled.By Ronald RoachFor those who believed the long struggle to put Afro-American studies at Harvard University on solid footing had ceased years ago, the recent controversy over Harvard president Dr. Lawrence H. Summers’ private rebuke of Afro-American studies professor Dr. […]

Bush Budget Projects Small HBCU Increase

Bush Budget Projects Small HBCU IncreaseNew funding still falls short of amount proposed by Black college leadersPresident Bush soon will propose more funding for historically Black colleges and universities for 2003, but the increase will remain below the recommendations of HBCU advocates.The president’s fiscal 2003 education budget will include an extra $10 million for HBCUs […]

Making Web Sites Accessible to the Disabled

Making Web Sites Accessible to the Disabled The push by colleges and universities to enhance courses and campus communication with Internet Web sites has unfolded largely in the past few years with little attention being paid to making the technology accessible to students with disabilities. Last summer, federally enforceable regulations took effect mandating that all […]

On the Job Market

On the Job MarketPositions in multiethnic literature hold firm,while other fields see decline.There’s good news on the job lists maintained by the Modern Language Association (MLA) for aspiring professors of African American literature and culture: The academy has a job for you. For the second year running, jobs in multiethnic literature have continued to rise, […]

Sexual Responsibility on Campus

Sexual Responsibility on CampusInstitutions take a closer look at their rolein today’s sexually tolerant environment.By Cheryl D. FieldsWhen Dr. Iverson Bell first came to Morehouse College as a freshman in 1969, the campus code of conduct regarding mingling with students of the opposite sex was fairly rigid. “The era of suits and ties was over […]

African-American

Tennessee Researcher Conducts Slave Housing Study

Tennessee Researcher Conducts Slave Housing StudyMURFREESBORO, Tenn.The search for standing slave housing or “slave spaces” has Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) researcher Michael Strutt very busy these days.An archaeologist whose professional background includes time spent at Virginia plantation sites, Strutt formally embarked upon the Slave Housing Survey in 2001 after he garnered support from the […]

African-American

Avoiding the ‘Divide and Conquer’ Environment on Campus

Avoiding the ‘Divide and Conquer’ Environment on CampusBlack administrators and faculty at historically White colleges and universities may be affected by tension-filled “divide and conquer” environments on campus. In higher education, these individuals generally constitute a minority population. They have limited power to influence institutional ends and have the ability to exert control over fewer […]

Asian American Pacific Islander

Survey: Asian Americans Are the Most Wired Ethnic Group

Survey: Asian Americans Are the Most Wired Ethnic Group WASHINGTONEnglish-speaking Asian Americans are more experienced and more active Internet users than Whites, African Americans or Hispanics, according to the Pew Internet & American Life Project, a nonprofit initiative funded by the Pew Charitable Trusts to examine the Internet’s impact on children, families, communities, health care, […]

African-American

Bowdoin Web Site Simulates Escape From Slavery

Bowdoin Web Site Simulates Escape From SlaveryBRUNSWICK, MaineA Bowdoin College professor and a group of his students last semester unveiled a Web-based game that simulates the pre-Civil War experience of escape from slavery. The Web site, titled “Flight to Freedom,” allows a user to experience the real stories of ex-slaves who escaped from slavery in […]

African-American

Rift Between Harvard Scholars, President Makes National News

Rift Between Harvard Scholars, President Makes National NewsBostonControversy at Harvard University made national news last month when reports surfaced that several prominent Black scholars were considering leaving over a rift with Harvard’s new president Dr. Lawrence Summers. According to reports first published in The Boston Globe, Drs. Cornel West, Henry Louis Gates and Anthony Appiah, […]

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