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Faculty & Staff

Ethnic Fraud?

For American Indian scholars, securing a job in higher education can sometimes be as simple as checking a box…

January 24, 2007

Got Game

Mary Allison Milford’s life sounds like that of a typical college athlete. At least, it does on the surface…

January 24, 2007

Asian American Pacific Islander

Princeton Newspaper Column Prompts Calls Of Racism

PRINCETON BOROUGH, N.J. An article in the annual joke issue of Princeton University’s student newspaper has left some readers accusing its staff of racism. The Daily Princetonian issue included a column with a byline that closely resembles the name of Jian Li, an 18-year-old Asian man who filed a civil rights complaint against the university last summer after he was denied admission.

January 20, 2007

Just the Stats: Hispanics in Education, Are they Achieving?

A report from The National Council of La Raza called “Hispanic Education in the United States” provides a detailed account of how Hispanics compare to their peers at all levels of education.

January 18, 2007

African-American

Just the Stats: A Day in the Life of a Child in the United States

Minorities represent one-third of children in classes for the gifted, but parents stop enforcing TV restrictions and spend less time bonding with their children over dinner as their children grow up, according to new data released by the U.S. Census Bureau.

January 14, 2007

UI Officials to Talk With Three Students About Online Threats To American Indians

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. University of Illinois officials said this week they plan to talk to at least three students they believe may be behind threats against an American Indian student. The threats were posted on a Web page about the school’s mascot, Chief Illiniwek.

January 11, 2007

African-American

Georgia Tech Markets Educational Opportunities In Order To Boost Minority Graduate Enrollment

Georgia Tech’s FOCUS recruiting program helps the school remain a top producer of Black engineering master’s degrees and doctorates. Program founder Robert Haley, a former IBM sales professional, says marketing is the key ingredient to success.

January 11, 2007

African-American

TSU Troubles

Dr. [Priscilla] Slade wasn’t doing anything that other presidents aren’t doing at larger…

January 10, 2007

African-American

Appreciating the Struggles

This sounds like an excellent project to motivate our students…

January 10, 2007

A Helpful Hand to Parents

I am thankful that so many colleges and universities are providing staff — and volunteers…

January 10, 2007

African-American

The Evolution of Black Culture Centers

One of the latest projects by the African American Cultural Center at North Carolina State University…

January 10, 2007

African-American

Interpreting African-American Life and History

As an undergraduate, Dr. Peniel E. Joseph had journalism aspirations. Although he chose an academic path instead…

January 10, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Interpreting Religion Through Music

When Lorenzo Candelaria’s 7-year-old daughter asked what he does at work, the University of Texas musicologist told her…

January 10, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Duke Fallout Continues as Top Black Professor Resigns From Race Committee

The Duke University professor heading a university-appointed committee to investigate race relations on campus in the wake of last spring’s men’s lacrosse scandal has resigned from that committee in protest against the recent decision to invite two of the players back on to campus.

January 9, 2007

Florida Atlantic Joins Latin American Grid Initiative

Florida Atlantic University has joined the IBM-led Latin American Grid, or LA Grid…

January 8, 2007

African-American

Perspectives: If Not Oprah, Then Who?

While all the attention swirling around Oprah Winfrey’s new $40 million Leadership Academy in South Africa last week focused on what inner city America might have missed out on, some may have missed out on the bigger picture.

January 7, 2007

African-American

Blacks, Hispanics Have ‘Misperception’ of Healthy Body Weight

A study by the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, a teaching affiliate of the Harvard Medical School, has found that overweight Blacks are two to three times more likely than heavy Whites to say they are of average weight — even after being diagnosed as overweight or obese by their doctors.

January 2, 2007

Hispanic Preschoolers More At Risk For Being Overweight

Far too many children are fat by preschool, and Hispanic youngsters are most at risk, concludes a new study on children growing up in poverty.

January 2, 2007