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Section: Demographics
Leadership & Policy
Ten HBCUs Get Accreditation Reaffirmed, Two Placed on Warning Status
Fisk and Tennessee State Universities were placed on warning status by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) Commission on Colleges.
December 7, 2010
African-American
Author Spotlight: Oyeronke Oyewumi
Oyeronke Oyewumi is an associate professor of sociology at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, where she has taught courses on gender and globilization and feminist theory. The Nigerian-born scholar studied at the University of Ibadan and at the University of California at Berkeley. She is the author of African Women and Feminism: Reflecting on the Politics of Sisterhood, Africa World Press, Trenton: New Jersey (2003), available on diversebooks.net
December 6, 2010
African-American
U.S. Civil Rights Commission Announces Reports on HBCU Effectiveness, Minority STEM Pursuit
The commission announced Monday that it has released The Educational Effectiveness of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Encouraging Minority Students to Pursue Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Careers (STEM) briefing reports.
December 6, 2010
Latinx
Immigrant Students Give Blood To Show Citizenship
As Congress gets closer to a possible vote on the DREAM Act, college-aged undocumented immigrants are literally shedding blood for the cause.
December 5, 2010
African-American
Experts Recommend Improved Strategies for Getting Minority Males into Graduate School
The Council of Graduate Schoolsâ annual conference that wrapped up in Washington, D.C., over the weekend focused on the challenges associated with positioning students to pursue more than just a bachelorâs degree.
December 5, 2010
Students
NAFEO, AT&T Launch Effort To Help Students With Disabilities Attend HBCUs, PBIs
The National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education and the AT&T telecommunications giant have launched an initiative to provide scholarships to students with disabilities attending Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Predominantly Black Institutions.
December 2, 2010
African-American
Fisk, Angry Over Judgeâs Art Ruling, Says It Will Fight On
Financially strapped Fisk University says it will appeal a Tennessee judgeâs decision to deny the school access to all the sale proceeds of a proposed ownership sharing agreement involving the schoolâs valuable Stieglitz art and photograph collection.
December 2, 2010
Asian American Pacific Islander
Report: Asian American Academic Achievement in California Lags Heavily Within Certain Subgroups
Despite the pervasive nature of the âmodel minorityâ myth, members of certain Asian ethnicities in California have disproportionate rates of never finishing high school, especially if theyâre poor or speak limited English, University of California researchers say.
December 2, 2010
African-American
Mississippi Still Lacks Civil Rights Museum
Mississippi bred some of the worst violence of the civil rights era, yet nearly a half-century after a barrage of atrocities pricked the conscience of America, itâs one of the few civil rights battleground states with no museum to commemorate the era.
December 1, 2010
Leadership & Policy
Christopher Brown Named New President of Alcorn State
Fisk University provost has been named president of Alcorn State University in Mississippi.
November 30, 2010
African-American
The Unreported Economic Depression in Black America
This is a classic Depression for Black America, and few appear to be paying attention. Just look at the numbers.
November 29, 2010
Native Americans
Pennsylvania Museum Ordered to Return Alaskan Tribal Artifacts
For the first time, the federal repatriation review committee must resolve a bitter ownership dispute between museum, Native Alaskan tribe.
November 29, 2010
Students
Book Reviews: Life Journeys in Academia
While college professors spend a lot of time preparing others for careers, three recent academic memoirs show it can be instructive when scholars share the stories of their own development and life journeys.
November 29, 2010
African-American
Lomotey Stuns Southern University-Baton Rouge by Resigning as Chancellor
More than two years ago, Dr. Kofi Lomotey arrived at Southern Universityâs Baton Rouge campus with much fanfare and high expectations. So how did it all go wrong?
November 28, 2010
Students
Report: For-profit Schools Likened to Subprime Mortgage Lenders
The embattled for-profit college sector has taken another hit with the release of a new report that indicts the industry for preying on low-income and minority students in a way that will ultimately lead to a financial catastrophe like the subprime mortgage collapse of 2008.
November 23, 2010
Leadership & Policy
Gov. Says He Wants UMass Head With National Heft
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick wants the next president of the University of Massachusetts system to have âbroad wingsâ and experience in national academic circles.
November 22, 2010
African-American
Miss. College Board Names Top HBCU Presidential Candidates
The preferred candidates to lead two of Mississippiâs historically Black universities have executive experience at HBCUs in other states and are prepared to lead schools with distinct academic missions, state College Board members say.
November 22, 2010
Students
Young Scholars Reflect on Family Ties in the Academy
Having grown up in the academy, second-generation scholars chart their own course to become their professor parentsâ academic peer.
November 22, 2010
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