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Section: Demographics
African-American
Reaching for the Stars
Dr. Mae Jemison, the first woman astronaut of color, seeks minority inclusion in space and in the classroom.
August 12, 2012
African-American
Pioneering Black Studies Scholar Roy Bryce-Laporte Dies
Dr. Roy Bryce-Laporte, a sociologist who directed one of the first Black studies departments at an American university, died late last month in Sykesville, Md.
August 9, 2012
African-American
NASA Research Partnership Benefiting HBCU Students
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center has partnered with Tuskegee University and Alabama A&M University on a three-year collaborative research project, which includes internships for HBCU students at the space flight center.
August 9, 2012
Faculty & Staff
Tennessee State University Faculty Leader Arrested
A vocal faculty member at Tennessee State University who has opposed university leadership was taken away from a meeting in handcuffs on Monday and removed as the chair of the faculty senate.
August 7, 2012
African-American
APLU’s Lorenzo Esters to Join Kentucky State University
At the Association for Public and Land-grant Universities, Dr. Lorenzo L. Esters applied ‘vigor and excitement” to the task of broadening higher education access and opportunities for minority and other underrepresented students.
August 6, 2012
African-American
St. Augustine’s Change Goes Beyond Its Name
Academic changes at St. Augustine’s College prompt a rebranding.
August 5, 2012
African-American
Activist Attorney Calls for ‘Militant’ Action Against Injustices in Public Education
Young students are best suited to wage the battle for public education—and against the expansion of charter schools—and large-scale integration of the nation’s public schools should be a paramount goal in the fight.
August 5, 2012
Latinx
Schools Producing Latino STEM Graduates Highlighted in Report
Institutions that produce the most Latino graduates in the STEM fields were singled out for recognition Thursday in a report hailed as a guide for other colleges and universities that are looking to achieve similar results.
August 2, 2012
African-American
Commentary: The Black Church – Not a Monolith
It is quite parochial and wrongheaded to purport that the Black church, as if a monolith, is responsible for a diminution of progressive social action by African-Americans, contends Illya Davis, a lecturer of philosophy and religion at Clark Atlanta University.
August 1, 2012
African-American
Echoes of Faith: Church Roots Run Deep Among HBCUs
Religious leaders, local churches, missionaries, and denominations were descending across the South in the 19th century, believing that it was worth it to spend their time and money and do the right thing when they decided to establish seminaries, classrooms, colleges, and even medical schools for Blacks.
July 30, 2012
African-American
Soledad O’Brien’s Education Foundation Celebrates Second Annual Gala
Two years after launching, the Soledad O’Brien and Brad Raymond Foundation is well on its way to becoming a key change agent in higher education.
July 29, 2012
African-American
White House: New African-American Initiative to Cover All Education
President Obama’s new initiative on African-American education will focus on the full spectrum of pre-K to higher education learning and will “complement” the federal initiative on historically Black schools, the White House says.
July 26, 2012
African-American
White House: New African-American Initiative to Cover All Education
President Obama’s new initiative on African-American education will focus on the full spectrum of pre-K to higher education learning and will “complement” the federal initiative on historically Black schools, the White House says.
July 26, 2012
African-American
North Carolina Central Chancellor Charlie Nelms to Retire
The rapidly growing help wanted list for college leaders expanded again Thursday with the surprise announcement from North Carolina Central University that Dr. Charlie Nelms, its chancellor for the past five years, is retiring in August.
July 26, 2012
African-American
Obama Creating African-American Education Office
President Barack Obama is creating a new office to bolster education of African-American students.
July 26, 2012
African-American
Alabama State Professor, Civil Rights Pioneer Dies at 96
Thelma McWilliams Glass, a longtime professor and civil rights pioneer who helped launch the Montgomery Bus Boycott, has died at age 96.
July 25, 2012
African-American
Commemorating the Frank Hale Legacy
Ohio State’s Frank W. Hale Black Cultural Center is a rarity in academia, as was its namesake, who helped mentor dozens of African-American Ph.D. students at the Columbus, Ohio-based flagship university.
July 25, 2012
African-American
Accrediting Body Sanctions Virginia Union University over Finances
The Southeastern Association of Colleges and Schools’ Commission on Colleges has put Virginia Union University on warning because of failure to comply with three core financial standards.
July 24, 2012
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