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Section: Demographics
African-American
Whitewashing Impeachment and 2020: Don’t Forget Who Got Us Here
Like the majority of Americans facing the new impeachment inquiry landscape, I am both jubilant and alarmed. What will happen now? Impeachment of a sitting president is a dead-serious business, with no predictable outcome.
November 8, 2019
Asian American Pacific Islander
What I Learned from The Vagina Monologues
One of the proudest accomplishments of my undergraduate experience was my involvement with the V-Day Movement that produces The Vagina Monologues every year. Freshman fall, I joined this organization whose mission is to “end violence against all women and girls (cisgender, transgender, and those who hold fluid identities that are subject to gender-based violence).”
November 7, 2019
African-American
Senate Democrats Start New Push to Pass the FUTURE Act
Sen. Doug Jones and Sen. Jon Tester are making a renewed push for the U.S. Senate to pass the Fostering Undergraduate Talent by Unlocking Resources for Education (FUTURE) Act, bipartisan legislation – introduced by Jones and Sen. Tim Scott – to renew mandatory federal funds to minority serving institutions for two years.
November 6, 2019
African-American
Literary Scholars Laud the Life and Works of Ernest Gaines
Ernest J. Gaines, one of the most important literary figures in America, renowned and beloved for his transcendent works about the lives and struggles of African Americans facing bigotry and racism in the South, died on Nov. 5 at his home in Oscar, Louisiana at 86.
November 6, 2019
African-American
Black Women Academics Share Secrets to Success of Navigating the Academy
For the second year in a row, the International Colloquium on Black Males in Education kicked off by giving space to Black women in the academy to convene to discuss the challenges unique to Black women in a space that is overwhelmingly White and male.
November 5, 2019
Native Americans
SDSU Passes Resolution Acknowledging Campus Lies on Native Land
San Diego State University formally recognized that its campus rests on land belonging to the Kumeyaay people with the San Diego State University Kumeyaay Land Acknowledgement, a resolution unanimously passed in the university senate. The document also states the university’s commitment to enroll and retain Kumeyaay students. Most of southern, central and east San Diego […]
November 5, 2019
LGBTQ+
University of Memphis Students Say They Were Kicked Out of a Party With Homophobic Slurs
Two students at the University of Memphis were allegedly kicked out of an off-campus party and subjected to homophobic slurs, prompting an investigation, WMC5 Action News reported. The students, Benjamin Buckley and Luke Chapman, say they attended a house party affiliated with a fraternity where they were threatened, called derogatory names, told they didn’t belong […]
October 29, 2019
African-American
Bring Your Authentic Self to Work
As the first Black female professor in the Communication Department at my university, I consider myself to be a blessed imposter. I’ve been fortunate in my career. I’ve taught a variety of communications courses, incorporated social justice into the curriculum, created professional formation programs for students, and established the Dream. Plan. Do.™ departmental scholarship for students of color. I’ve played the “game” well enough to accomplish these tasks. What game? The game of code-switching and being inauthentic.
October 28, 2019
African-American
Lincoln University to be Honored With Historical Marker on Campus
Lincoln University is set to receive a historical marker on campus Nov. 14 presented by the Toni Morrison Society’s Bench by the Road Project. As part of the ceremony, the school will be awarded with the organization’s 26th bench placement, becoming the second historically Black university in the nation to earn this honor. The Bench […]
October 28, 2019
Native Americans
Gonzaga Professor Receives Two Research Fellowships
Dr. Laurie Arnold, associate professor and director of Native American Studies at Gonzaga University, was named an American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) 2019 Fellow. Her research project will focus on the comparison of influential Native American female writers including Sarah Winnemucca, Christine Quintasket and Gertrude Bonnin to investigate cultural activism. There were 81 ACLS […]
October 28, 2019
Latinx
Excelencia in Education Celebrates its Quinceañera at ALASS Institute
Excelencia in Education celebrated its 15th anniversary with its Accelerating Latino Student Success Institute – or its Quinceañera as Excelencia in Education President Sarita Brown put it. Higher education professionals gathered in Washington D.C. to examine the needs of Latino students, from federal policies to the faculty in their classrooms.
October 25, 2019
Faculty & Staff
Report: HBCU Enrollment Increase is a Result of Current Political Climate
New research found that an increase in applications and enrollment at one-third of historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) over the past three years directly correlates to the current social and political climate created under President Donald J. Trump’s presidency.
October 22, 2019
Faculty & Staff
Diversifying the Academy the Right Way
NYU Steinhardt’s Faculty First-Look Program is a program that brings together graduate students from across the nation to learn from faculty, post-docs, and administrators at NYU about how to secure a tenure-track position and set yourself up for success once you begin your career as a professor. From the moment I received notification of acceptance, I felt welcomed and wanted.
October 22, 2019
Students
TMCF Raised $5.8M for HBCU Student Scholarships and Programs
Over $5.8 million was raised at the Thurgood Marshall College Fund’s (TMCF) Anniversary Awards Gala over the weekend. Terrence Jenkins, an TMCF National Ambassador and actor, hosted the gala and launched the new fundraising initiative, the Forever Fund. Additionally, Ally Financial Inc. presented Dr. Harry L. Williams, TMCF president and CEO, with a $1.5 million […]
October 22, 2019
Native Americans
You Know Cesar Chavez—How About Larry Itliong?
I call Larry Itliong a classic H.O.,  as in “historical omission.”If you talk about the farm labor movement in California and don’t mention Itliong, you have a hole in your soul.
October 21, 2019
African-American
Tw(y)ce-Exceptional: Gifted Black Males in P-12 Education
The call from my college classmate was all too familiar—it started with “he’s super smart, but he struggles in some areas.” As a researcher and scholar who writes about the experiences of academically gifted Black males across the P-20 educational continuum, I welcomed this inquiry from my college classmate.
October 18, 2019
African-American
HBCU Students Learn Financial Literacy at Leadership Institute
As a sophomore, Jonathan Jones hit an academic rough patch. He almost gave up on his bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering. Now he’s a graduate student at Florida A&M University pursuing a double master’s in business administration and supply chain management, while running an event planning business on the side. He also just won $10,000 […]
October 17, 2019
African-American
Report Shows Economic Gaps and Racial Inequality Persist
A new report details the persistent educational and economic disparities between Whites, African-Americans and Latinos.
October 17, 2019
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