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Section: Demographics
Students
Linguistsâ Quest To Preserve Languages in Danger
A Utah linguist says dozens of native languages across the Americas could disappear within a few generations with the downsizing of a prominent university program.
September 23, 2012
African-American
Is Portland Really Where Young People Retire?
Portland may not be âa city where young people go to retire,â but itâs the place they go to be underemployed, a new study found.
September 20, 2012
African-American
Speculation Heats Up on HBCU Presidential Searches
As top college administrators gather in Washington for the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week conference, networking conversations are likely to be laced with a unique kind of name dropping: who is in the running for the presidency of what college?
September 20, 2012
African-American
HBCUs Putting Special Emphasis on National Hazing Prevention Week
With the issue of hazing transformed in the past year into a major discussion topic, more historically Black colleges and universities are planning special events on the issue built around National Hazing Prevention Week.
September 19, 2012
Latinx
Hispanic Heritage Art Exhibit at HBCU Aims to âPull the Walls Downâ
North Carolina Central University Art Museum runs Colores, an exhibition of work by Hispanic artists, through Sept. 21 to commemorate Hispanic Heritage Month.
September 18, 2012
Faculty & Staff
Film about Mississippi School Integration Premieres at Barnard College
Forty years after a group of students integrated an all-White high school in Batesville, Miss., they discuss their experiences in a new documentary.
September 18, 2012
Students
FAMU Holds First Home Game Without Famed Band
Saturday marked the first FAMU football game in decades without a halftime show of elaborate dances, booming percussion and thundering brass.
September 16, 2012
African-American
Analysis: A Call to Accountability â The HBCU Board
Major studies of nonprofit boards have identified board recruitment as one of the most significant challenges, TMCF chief Johnny Taylor writes.
September 13, 2012
Leadership & Policy
FAMU Says Itâs Not Responsible for Hazing Death
Florida A&M University, which has been rocked by a hazing scandal for nearly a year, insists in legal papers filed Monday that it is not to blame for the tragic death last year of drum major Robert Champion.
September 11, 2012
Students
State College in Colorado Wonât Be Investigated for Obama Course
A conservative group that took issue with a Colorado college offering credit for campaigning for President Barack Obama isnât happy with the response from state officials.
September 10, 2012
African-American
Tennessee Democrats Call for Diversity Training for Lawmakers
Democratic leaders point to insulting comments made by two Republican lawmakers to the Legislatureâs Black caucus in calling for legislators to undergo diversity and sensitivity training.
September 9, 2012
Native Americans
New Initiative Helps Schools Cater to First-Generation Collegians
Thirty MSIs were given a $100,000 âcapacity-building grantâ to put practices and processes in place to help more first-generation students of color achieve academic success, the brief states.
September 5, 2012
Leadership & Policy
Youth Summit Brings Democratic National Convention Spirit to Johnson C. Smith
Johnson C. Smith University and the Congressional Black Caucus Institute hosted UFuture: A Summit for Innovative Young Thinkers at the Charlotte-based school.
September 5, 2012
Faculty & Staff
900 Jackson State Students Getting iPads
Nine hundred Jackson State University students are taking part in a program in which they will receive iPads for school work.
September 4, 2012
Students
Florida A&M Suspends Dance Team After Hazing Reports Arise
Florida A&M University (FAMU) suspended a student dance group late Tuesday after receiving a report from a âparentâ alleging the group had been involved in a hazing incident over the Labor Day weekend.
September 4, 2012
African-American
Public Affairs, Academic Symposium Launches HBCU Football Classic in Nationâs Capital
The AT&T Nationâs Football Classic kicked off at Howard University Thursday with a symposium that featured Black scholars from various science fields.
August 30, 2012
Latinx
CCNY Minority Scholars Program Nurtures Ph.D. Aspirations
The Minority Scholars program is on track to hit its ultimate goal of producing Ph.D.s; out of 36 Black and Latino graduates, 19 entered doctoral programs, and four have persisted.
August 28, 2012
African-American
Former MLK Speechwriter, Counsel is First Diversity Scholar at University of San Francisco
With the 49th anniversary of the March on Washington coinciding with the start of the academic year, Clarence Jones becomes the first diversity scholar at the University of San Francisco.
August 26, 2012
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