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Students
Enrollment up at Mississippi Junior Colleges, More Funding Sought
Enrollment in Mississippi’s two-year colleges has grown more than twice as fast as in the universities in recent years…
January 19, 2006
Faculty & Staff
Larger Black Enrollment an Elusive Dream for University of Washington
Nearly four decades after Larry Gossett led a successful push to recruit more Black students to the University of Washington…
January 18, 2006
Faculty & Staff
Civil Rights Activist Henry Kirksey Dies at 90
Henry J. Kirksey, an outspoken civil rights activist and one of the first Blacks elected to the Mississippi Senate after Reconstruction…
January 11, 2006
Faculty & Staff
Emerging Scholars: The Thrill of Discovery
Dr. Shona Morgan says it gets lonesome being the only Black woman at most of the national conferences she attends…
January 11, 2006
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Faculty & Staff
Clark Atlanta Engineering Department Challenges School
Clark Atlanta University was justified in its decision to close the school’s engineering department…
January 8, 2006
Faculty & Staff
West Valley College Faculty Member Pleads in $200K Embezzlement
A retired West Valley College faculty member pleaded no contest to charges she embezzled more than…
December 29, 2005
Faculty & Staff
Black Professors Defend Indiana University President
A group of Black professors and staff members at Indiana University want the school’s faculty to…
December 28, 2005
Students
Evaluating Evaluations: Answering the Unasked Question
W.E.B. Du Bois wrote, “Between me and the other world there is ever an unasked question…
December 28, 2005
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Faculty & Staff
When and Where I Enter: Black Women in the Academy
Despite the psychological, emotional and intellectual violence done to us on a daily basis…
December 28, 2005
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Faculty & Staff
Professional Appointments
Dr. Kishi Animashaun has been named assistant professor in the department of African-American studies at Syracuse University. She received a bachelor’s from Tulane University, a master’s from the City University of New York, a master’s from the University of Maryland and a doctorate from the University of Michigan. Dr. Pamela Christian has been named associate […]
December 28, 2005
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Faculty & Staff
Grants & Awards
Bowie State University (Md.) has been awarded a $65,000 grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s Center for Substance Abuse Prevention. The grant will be administered by the university’s Alcohol, Tobacco and Drug Prevention Center to fund “Spread the Word Not the Virus,” an HIV/AIDS awareness program. BSU hopes to reach 1,000 […]
December 28, 2005
Faculty & Staff
University of Kentucky Creates Diversity Task Force
A task force will look for ways the University of Kentucky can increase the number of Black faculty…
December 27, 2005
Faculty & Staff
Salaries of Scientists and Engineers Outpace Inflation, Says Report
Starting salary offers to new baccalaureate college graduates showed healthy increases in 2005…
December 21, 2005
Faculty & Staff
Xavier President Urges Students to Return to New Orleans School
The choice for 18-year-old Bria Miller was an easy one. Once she heard that classes were resuming…
December 20, 2005
Faculty & Staff
University of Arkansas Revives Black Studies Program
More than two years after the Black studies program at the University of Arkansas was left…
December 20, 2005
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Students
Hopkins to Launch New Graduate Program in Nanotechnology
Johns Hopkins University is launching a new graduate program in nanotechnology aimed…
December 14, 2005
Faculty & Staff
Civil Rights Activist Kirksey Dies at 90
Henry J. Kirksey, an outspoken civil rights activist and one of the first Blacks elected to the…
December 13, 2005
Faculty & Staff
Despite Improvements in Gender Equity at University of Tennessee, Women Still Lag
Full-time women faculty members at the University of Tennessee only make three-quarters…
December 1, 2005
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