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Diverse Conversations: Black Men and College Initiatives ― Fair or Unfair?

Despite the obvious need for college incentive programs for this nation’s young Black men, there are plenty who complain about the special treatment these young men receive.

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University of Connecticut’s AD Sees Need for Student-Athlete Stipends

Athletic director Warde Manuel says he opposes the idea of unions for college athletes, yet sees the need to provide students on athletic scholarships with additional money.

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Faculty & Staff

More HBCU Faculty Lean Toward Raising Collective Voices

Fewer than 10 percent of the nation’s 105 HBCUs have faculty unions. But that may be changing—due to increasing angst among faculty and greater demands for shared governance.

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Appeals Court Rules University of Texas Can Use Race in Admissions

In a 2-1 ruling, judges from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found that barring the university from using race would ultimately lead to a less diverse student body.

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African-American

Addressing the Crisis Among Men of Color in Higher Education

The representation of African-American and Latino men in higher education is the worst it has been in the last 30 years.

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The ‘Do Nothing’ Attitude Toward Sexual Violence

New survey re-confirms institutions of higher education prefer to play dumb when it comes to campus rape.

Leadership & Policy

College Presidents Returning to Classroom

Experts say that, over the past decade, the number of college presidents enrolling into doctoral programs has steadily increased.

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Leadership & Policy

Union Pulls UNCF Support in Wake of $25M Koch Gift

WASHINGTON ― A powerful government workers’ union will end its support for the United Negro College Fund after the group accepted $25 million from the conservative powerhouse Koch brothers and the college fund’s president appeared at a Koch event. In a letter made public last Thursday, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees […]

Faculty & Staff

Diverse Conversations: Understanding the Peer-Review Process

Up there with the tenure system, the peer-review process is perhaps one of the most baffling and convoluted aspects of modern academia.

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African-American

The Birth Of a Nation

In July, the month we celebrate our nation’s Declaration o f Independence, we look at books about its colonial beginnings and its founding. That history cannot be separated from the issue of slavery in this country…

Faculty & Staff

Diverse Conversations: How Academic Entrepreneurs Supplement Their Income

Shonell Bacon, instructor of mass communication at McNeese State University, describes the so-called academic entrepreneur.

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Effort to Answer Call on Sexual Assault Gaining Momentum Nationwide

With the additional coverage when President Obama established the White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault this past January, the issue of sexual assault already has seen an unprecedented amount of attention this year.

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