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Section: Demographics
Disabilties
Diverse Docket: Appeals Court Sides With Santa Clara University
Conchita Franco Serri, former director of affirmative action at Santa Clara University, failed to convince the California Court of Appeal to reinstate her discrimination and harassment suit.
June 8, 2014
African-American
Ex-Offender/Law School Grad’s White House Access Plight Brings Reality to Table
When a delegation went to the White House recently to deliver a set of policy recommendations related to President Barack Obama’s “My Brother’s Keeper” initiative, one brother was kept out — ostensibly because of his background as an ex-offender.
June 8, 2014
Students
Chicago’s Urban Prep Applauds Its First College Graduates
The inner-city charter high school for young Black males is celebrating its first alums to earn their bachelor’s degrees.
June 5, 2014
African-American
Activist Umar Johnson Attempting to Buy St. Paul’s College
The Board of Trustees at St. Paul’s has given him until Aug. 21 to raise the $5 million needed to acquire the historically Black college after it was forced to close last year amid declining enrollment and debt.
June 5, 2014
African-American
Yuri Kochiyama, Human Rights Advocate and Malcom X Ally, Dies
She is perhaps most known for cradling Malcolm X’s head in her lap as he died from gunshot wounds in 1965, an image captured in a Life magazine photo.
June 4, 2014
African-American
Innovation is Focus of Hampton Digital Media Center
Hampton University has launched the Center for Digital Media Innovation to prepare its students to become pioneers of new digital media platforms.
June 4, 2014
African-American
North Carolina Scraps Plan to Consider Elizabeth City State Closure
The North Carolina state Senate reversed itself over the weekend and removed a provision in its $21.2 billion budget that would have called for plans to potentially close Elizabeth City State University, a historically Black school that has struggled with declining enrollment and its resulting financial challenges.
June 2, 2014
Faculty & Staff
Diverse Conversations: Mentoring Minority Faculty
Here are some of the ways in which institutions can ensure that minority faculty members are properly mentored and guided.
June 2, 2014
African-American
Report: Political Donations Show U.S. Physicians Moving Closer to Left
Once strongly aligned with the GOP, American physicians are leaning more left, an analysis of campaign contributions over two decades shows.
June 2, 2014
Students
Takeover Triggers Debate Over Georgia State University Radio Station
The staff at Georgia State University’s student-run radio station has a go-to April Fool’s joke. They dream up a buyer for the university’s FCC license—a New Age station or maybe talk radio.
June 1, 2014
Faculty & Staff
Those Who Lived It See Unresolved Issues of Brown v. BOE Today
The panel, “Educational Success for Black Men and Boys in a Post Brown v. Board of Education Era,” addressed issues of continuing inequality in the U.S. school system at the Rayburn House.
June 1, 2014
Students
University of Minnesota Seeks to Bolster Black Ranks in Grad School
The University of Minnesota plans to boost its recruiting and retention efforts to counter declining Black enrollment in graduate and professional programs.
June 1, 2014
Latinx
NCORE Provides Forum, Spark for Difficult Conversations About Inclusion and Diversity
For nearly three decades, the National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in American Higher Education (NCORE) has been the go-to place to help rejuvenate those in the academy.
June 1, 2014
Faculty & Staff
HBCU Degree Production Vital, NCORE Panelists Say
Xavier president and former Howard president among noted HBCU leaders at NCORE 2014.
May 29, 2014
Faculty & Staff
New Emory Business Dean Makes History
Dr. Erika Hayes James is the first African-American woman to lead a Top 25 business school.
May 29, 2014
African-American
N.C. State Legislators Target Elizabeth City State for Closure
The historically Black institution has struggled with enrollment declines and financial instability.
May 29, 2014
Students
Scholars Reflect on Passing of Maya Angelou
Legendary poet, pioneering civil rights activist mourned by many in the academy and beyond.
May 28, 2014
Sports
Money Woes, Declining Talent Plague HBCU Football
Years before Jackie Slater was a Hall of Fame offensive lineman, he was playing for Wingfield High School in Jackson, Mississippi, and hoping to attract the attention of college scouts.
May 27, 2014
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