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Section: Demographics
African-American
Conference: Though HBCUs Urged To Tout Successes, Lack of Federal Support Remains a Challenge
The Hampton University president says that, although President Obama is an “ardent supporter of HBCUs,” the federal government continues to shortchange HBCUs when it comes to grant funding.
March 26, 2012
African-American
Commentary: Probing the Comparison – Trayvon Martin/Mass Incarceration and Emmett Till/Segregation
A historian writes that placing rage in historical context is what comparisons between responses to Trayvon Martin’s death and that of Emmett Till’s show.
March 25, 2012
Latinx
Five from Southern Miss Pep Band Disciplined
Southern Mississippi has revoked the scholarships of five members of its pep band who took part in the heckling of a Kansas State basketball player at last Thursday’s NCAA men’s basketball tournament game.
March 21, 2012
African-American
Commentary: Women’s Colleges, HBCUs Have Nurtured the Best and the Brightest
Researchers have empirically demonstrated that children’s health outcomes, social standing and educational achievement can all be traced to the mother’s successes and aspirations.
March 21, 2012
African-American
Professional Institute Emphasizes Fundraising Basics for Public HBCUs
Universities that launch successful fundraising campaigns do more than just pick a financial goal, a University of Miami executive told conference attendees on Monday at the Thurgood Marshall College Fund’s Member Universities Professional Institute.
March 19, 2012
Latinx
Summit Addresses Best Ways to Increase High School Graduation and College Enrollment Rates Among Hispanics
Caring adults can play a role in improving the outcomes of youths born into families of lesser economic means in addition to school reform at the local, state and federal levels.
March 19, 2012
African-American
FAMU Provost Steps Down
Dr. Larry Robinson, who returned to FAMU last November as professor and special assistant to the president after a brief stint with the Obama Administration, immediately replaces Dr. Cynthia Hughes Harris as provost.
March 18, 2012
Latinx
Obama Plan to Raise Dropout Age Draws Mixed Reviews
Raising the high school dropout age may bring more focus to postsecondary education, but analysts express divergent opinions on how such a requirement would impact the dropout dilemma.
March 11, 2012
African-American
Exploring Civil Rights History over Spring Break
Dozens of college students traveled to Alabama this week to participate in the annual commemoration of the “Bloody Sunday” organized by the National Action Network and other civil rights and labor groups.
March 8, 2012
African-American
South Carolina State President George Cooper Resigning at End of Month
The embattled president of South Carolina State University, Dr. George Cooper, is resigning at the end of the month.
March 7, 2012
Latinx
Graduation Study Finds Gains, Challenges for Latino Students
Latinos are making major strides in college completion although they continue to trail Whites, African-Americans and Asian Americans in several key areas, a new report says.
March 7, 2012
Asian American Pacific Islander
CUNY Adjunct Professor Mae Ying Chen ‘Walks the Walk’
As one of 20 members of the unpaid panel advising the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, Chen is working to connect Asian immigrants and others in need with agencies that can help them.
March 4, 2012
African-American
Chronicling the Life and Career of a Higher Education Giant — Norman Francis
In this unique series, Diverse: Issues In Higher Education honors the life and career of Xavier University of Louisiana President Norman Francis. For more than four decades, Francis has led the private, historically Black, New Orleans-based university to exemplary accomplishment and achievement. Diverse recounts the challenges Francis faced and triumphs that are credited to his leadership. Please read and join the discussions at the end of each story in the series. ENDPARAGRAPH
March 3, 2012
African-American
Julianne Malveaux To Step Down as Bennett College President in May
President of Bennett College since 2007, Malveaux announced Tuesday that she will be stepping down as the school’s chief executive on May 6.
February 28, 2012
African-American
Public University Association, NASA Host Minority Male STEM Symposium
Experts on Tuesday say success of higher education STEM programs targeting minority men may depend heavily on enhancing the promise of financial success in STEM employment.
February 28, 2012
African-American
Commentary: Why Diversity Still Matters
If the Supreme Court bars the use of race in college admissions decisions, it threatens years of work by civil rights activists who fought to make campuses more integrated, diverse and just, a think tank analyst writes.
February 27, 2012
African-American
FAMU Research Initiative to Focus on Hazing
Florida A&M University, in stepping up its efforts to demonstrate its seriousness about quelling hazing on campus over the long term, has established a $50,000 research fund for FAMU faculty to “study the nature and extent of hazing behaviors among campus organizations and groups.”
February 26, 2012
African-American
Fisk University’s Hazel O’Leary to Continue Helping Fisk after Retirement
Fisk University president Hazel O’Leary said earlier this week that she plans to continue helping the financially embattled institution after her retirement, which is scheduled for the end of 2012.
February 23, 2012
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