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Faculty & Staff
Sparks Fly at HBCU Week Session on Wage Disparities Study
Washington Hundreds of top administrators and faculty gathered in Washington, D.C., this week for the HBCU Week Conference, which concluded Tuesday. Attendees were exposed to a wide array of programming focused on a “fulfilling the covenant” theme, inspired by Tavis Smiley’s best-selling book, The Covenant With Black America.
Leadership & Policy
University of Maryland Investigates Possible Hate Crime After Noose Discovered Hanging in Tree
COLLEGE PARK, Md. University of Maryland police on Monday were investigating as a possible hate crime what appeared to be a noose hanging in a tree near a building that houses several black campus groups.
Students
ASU Providing Private Scholarships to Undocumented Immigrants
PHOENIX Arizona State University has helped as many as 200 illegal immigrants obtain private scholarships this semester to help pay for higher out-of-state tuition that voters approved in a state referendum, university President Michael Crow said.
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Leadership & Policy
Remembering Little Rock
Ten years ago, Sharon M. Draper was honored as National Teacher of the Year.
Faculty & Staff
In Brief: Floyd Flake’s No-Confidence Vote, Diversity Efforts Pay Off At CU, Kentucky Institutions
The labor union representing the faculty at Wilberforce University has issued a vote of no confidence in President Floyd Flake that the school said on Friday is tied to contract talks. Black enrollment at the University of Colorado is up 24 percent within this year’s freshman class while the University of Louisville has hired 45 Asian, Black and Hispanic professors.
Students
Asian and Pacific Islander Students in California Say ‘Count Us Correctly’
When Christine Santos arrived at the University of California, Los Angeles from Guam in the fall of 2004, she said she felt like a foreigner even though nearly 34 percent of new students at UCLA were Asian.
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Leadership & Policy
Disappearing Acts: The Vanishing Black Male On Community College Campuses
Many consider community colleges “open door” institutions, denoting their unique role of providing an affordable and quality education for the masses.
Students
Virginia Tech Panel: Increase Security, Establish Team to Monitor Students Posing Threats
BLACKSBURG, Va. Virginia Tech’s internal review of the campus massacre that left 33 people dead recommended Wednesday more monitoring of troubled students, classroom locks and other security measures.
Leadership & Policy
Cornel West Debates Michael Eric Dyson Over Use of the N-Word on New CD
Dr. Cornel West, one of the nation’s most recognized Black public intellectuals, this week released his second hip-hop CD, which he hopes helps bridge the gap between younger and older generations. The collaborative project featuring some of the biggest names in rap and R&B also includes a debate between West and Dr. Michael Eric Dyson over the use of the N-word.
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Leadership & Policy
Morris Brown Taps New High-Profile Board of Corporate Leaders
Morris Brown has addressed several issues that the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools cited when it yanked the college’s accreditation in 2002. But Morris Brown still has to show that it’s fiscally stable and that’s where many of the school’s new trustees, including executives who can attract corporate dollars, come in.
Leadership & Policy
Katrina Curriculum: A Lesson In Promoting Dialogues About Race and Class
A new curriculum is set to launch this upcoming school year at Columbia University, Teachers College, based on Spike Lee’s HBO documentary, “When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts.”
Students
Va. Tech Starts Semester With New Crisis
BLACKSBURG, Va. A Virginia Tech campus still reeling from the deaths of 32 people at the hands of a student gunman last spring began its fall semester Monday amid another tragedy: a carbon monoxide leak at an off-campus apartment left five roommates hospitalized, two in critical condition.
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