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Section: Demographics
Faculty & Staff
With Africa Tour, Obama Establishes Himself as the “Diversity” President
And you thought President Obama singing “Amazing Grace” at the Rev. Clementa Pinckney’s wake in Charleston was a bold statement of his identity as an African- American president.
July 26, 2015
Faculty & Staff
Cosby’s Lawyer Remains Chairman of Temple University Trustees
Bill Cosby, once the very public pride of Temple University, parted ways with the school last year amid allegations that he had drugged and sexually assaulted women.
July 23, 2015
Disabilties
University of Michigan Settles Disability Bias Lawsuit
The U.S. Department of Justice says it has settled a lawsuit against the University of Michigan that accused the school of failing to provide proper job reassignment to employees with disabilities.
July 23, 2015
Faculty & Staff
Lincoln University Professor’s Facebook Comments Stir Controversy
Lincoln University professor Dr. Kaukab Siddique has made waves over anti-Semitic, misogynistic and homophobic comments on his Facebook page.
July 23, 2015
African-American
Congress Pondering How to Catch Up With Education
As Congress moves towards reauthorizing the Higher Education Act (HEA), members of a Senate committee said that they would hope to encourage innovation in higher education.
July 22, 2015
Students
Tony Brown Going into Black Journalists’ Hall of Fame
Tony Brown, a renowned journalist and educator, has been selected for induction into the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) Hall of Fame, the organization announced Wednesday.
July 22, 2015
Students
Va. Faith-based School Drops Same-Sex Marriage Hiring Ban
Eastern Mennonite University says it will no longer discriminate against job prospects who are in same-sex marriages.
July 21, 2015
African-American
Young Men and the Epidemic of Anger, Violence
It is truly an alarming and disturbing state of affairs.
July 21, 2015
Women
Professor Rides ‘Word Clouds’ to Poetic Prominence
Elizabeth Alexander has blossomed into an essayist, poet and playwright whose prose has taken her from prestigious university lecture halls to perhaps the grandest of stages.
July 21, 2015
Students
Black Students Outpacing Other Groups for Loans
Students of all races and ethnicities are taking out loans, but a larger percentage of Black undergraduates took out students loans than any other demographic group in 2011-12.
July 21, 2015
African-American
Jobs Elusive for Puerto Ricans Flocking to Central Florida
MIAMI — Mayra Rios didn’t want to leave her native Puerto Rico, but the constant bullying that her autistic son faced at school and the lack of services available to him were the last blows. “Over there, it’s almost impossible to live,” she said in Spanish at her modest two-bedroom Orlando apartment. “There’s a blow […]
July 21, 2015
Leadership & Policy
Clemson Trustees Call Tillman ‘Repugnant,’ Fail to Remove Name
COLUMBIA, S.C. ― Clemson University trustees passed a resolution Friday calling the racist views of one of its founders, Benjamin Tillman, “repugnant to our values and our fundamental purpose,” but did not call for removing the name of the late governor and U.S. senator from a key campus building. Instead, the trustees unanimously agreed to […]
July 19, 2015
African-American
Using History to Become Constructively Critical
In history as well as other disciplines, the need to corroborate the narrative is simply a given.
July 16, 2015
African-American
The Sad Reality of Bill Cosby’s Downfall
Last week, a U.S district judge ordered that depositions given by Bill Cosby in a 2005 lawsuit be unsealed and made available for public consumption.
July 14, 2015
African-American
Verizon Invests in STEM Education for Black Males
Executives from Morgan State University and the Verizon Wireless Foundation announced a new partnership Tuesday in Baltimore aimed at exposing minority males to STEM via HBCU campuses.
July 14, 2015
Faculty & Staff
Feds Investigate Hiring Practices at Police Department in Kentucky
The U.S. Department of Justice says it is investigating hiring practices at the Bowling Green Police Department.
July 14, 2015
Faculty & Staff
University Helps Florida Veterans Find Livelihood in Farming
Mat Santos stands at the edge of seven acres of land, the field of his future, pondering what to plant, grow and harvest, and sell.
July 14, 2015
Sports
The University of Texas Austin Battles a Tumultuous Legacy
The University of Texas at Austin bears a complicated history toward race.
July 13, 2015
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