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Section: Demographics
African-American
Morehouse Medical School Chair Created on Sexuality and Religion
The Morehouse School of Medicine is creating what is being called the first endowed chair on sexuality and religion at a U.S. medical school.
June 4, 2012
African-American
FAMU President Proposes Sweeping Anti-hazing Regulations
Florida A & M University seeks to impose significant new rules governing hazing issues across the campus as well as the participation and conduct in its world-famous music ensemble.
June 4, 2012
Asian American Pacific Islander
Dr. James Hirabayashi, Pioneering Ethnic Studies Scholar, Dies at 85
Dr. James Akira Hirabayashi,  an ethnic studies pioneer whose scholarly family is closely connected to the U.S. internment camps of World War II, has died – not long after producing a final book on the subject.
June 3, 2012
African-American
UNCF Launches Annual Student Leadership Conference
Late last week, 34 UNCF scholarship recipients attended a leadership training institute in Washington, D.C. to gain preparation for the internships in various firms and organizations at which they will work this summer.
June 3, 2012
Native Americans
Former University of New Mexico Regent Inspires NCORE Audience
Recounting her experiences growing up on a Navajo reservation in New Mexico and the isolating effects of academia on minority students, Sandra Begay-Campbell struck a chord with the women at this year’s NCORE event.
June 3, 2012
African-American
Black Sorority, Fraternity Coalition Launches Anti-hazing Campaign
Alarmed by the recent hazing death of a Florida A&M University band student, a coalition of Black fraternities and sororities joined with Al Sharpton and others in pledging to work harder to end the practice.
May 31, 2012
African-American
Hampton University Lifts Promotion, Tenure Freeze
Trustees of Hampton University voted this month to lift a four-year freeze on promotions and tenure.
May 31, 2012
Asian American Pacific Islander
Asian American Group Files Supreme Court Brief Opposing Race-Conscious Affirmative Action
The 80-20 National Asian American Educational Foundation has filed an amicus brief in support of the plaintiff in the Fisher v. University of Texas case.
May 30, 2012
Asian American Pacific Islander
Commentary: Toward More Meaningful Campus Celebrations of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
To overcome end-of-the-academic-year oblivion for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, some campuses celebrate it as early as October.
May 30, 2012
African-American
Campaign Aimed to Demonstrate Fisk University’s Fundraising Strength
Fisk University, plagued with questions about its financial stability, is in a ramped up fundraising effort aimed at convincing a skeptical higher education accrediting agency of the school’s viability.
May 28, 2012
African-American
Amended Bill Would Allow South Carolina State Trustees to Finish Their Terms
An amended bill to restructure the South Carolina State University Board of Trustees was approved Wednesday by a Senate education committee in the South Carolina legislature.
May 23, 2012
African-American
Minority-Serving Schools Targeted by Howard Hughes Medical Institute STEM Grants
Ten minority-serving institutions are among 47 small colleges and universities receiving science education grants totaling $50 million-plus from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
May 23, 2012
African-American
Thurgood Marshall College Fund STEM Internships Funded by $400,000 USDA Grant
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has awarded the Thurgood College Fund $400,000 to underwrite a 10-week summer internship program to enable public HBCU undergraduates to work in agriculture-related fields.
May 20, 2012
African-American
Celebrities Help Cornel West Bid Princeton Farewell
Celebrities like Lupe Fiasco, George Clinton, Bootsy Collins and Harry Belafonte, joined with high-profile academicians to pay tribute to Dr. Cornel West.
May 17, 2012
Latinx
Report Highlights Institutions That Educate Latinos in Health Care Fields
A select group of colleges and universities were hailed in a new report Wednesday for being the top producers of Latino graduates in the health care field.
May 16, 2012
African-American
FAMU Marching Band Suspension Expected to be Costly
Questions still linger over FAMU marching band operations, including how 101 non-FAMU students participated in marching band performances for the university this past fall.
May 16, 2012
African-American
Famed FAMU Marching Band Suspended Another Year
Florida A&M University’s famed marching band is being suspended for at least one more school year as officials try to cleanse the hazing culture that led to the death of a drum major, the school’s president said Monday.
May 14, 2012
African-American
Commentary: Young, Black and Attending College in Small Town, USA
As I find myself working in higher education in a rural setting, I look at the African-American population and realize there is a desperate need for support of these college students, a Kentucky-based student support specialist writes.
May 14, 2012
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