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Section: Demographics
Students
Predominantly Black Sorority Empowered to Expand International Aid Work
In gaining ‘special consultative’ status from the United Nations, the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority joins an elite network of organizations that provides international assistance to developing nations.
October 15, 2009
Students
SPECTRUM: FOUND IN TRANSLATION
From his small office near the Charles River, Dr. Fallou Ngom can envision the rewriting of much of African history, including the slave trade.
October 14, 2009
African-American
Scholar Leads African Language Learning Project to Recover Lost Knowledge
Dr. Fallou Ngom of Boston University oversees training of young scholars in Ajami, a modified Arabic script, so unread ancient African language texts can be translated into modern languages.
October 14, 2009
Students
Family, Education Struggles Motivate Immigration Reform Activism
Latino students, including Georgetown University freshman Alma Huerta, are seeking to revive national immigration reform debate.
October 13, 2009
Latinx
Berklee College of Music Reaches Out to Latin America
The Boston-based Berklee College of Music aims to be a dominant force in music education in Spanish-speaking countries.
October 12, 2009
Latinx
Exploring U.S. Latino Diversity on CNN’s ‘Latino in America’
Following the Washington preview of “Latino in America,” scholars and activists say CNN made a positive effort at capturing the wide diversity of U.S. Latino identity and culture in documentary series.
October 12, 2009
Students
Nation’s Pupils Find Few Black Men To Call Mister
Black male students at Cheyney University are among the newest recruits to the Call Me MISTER teaching program, which seeks to dramatically increase the number of African-American men teaching in U.S. public schools.
October 11, 2009
African-American
First-year Black Student Enrollment Drop Raises Diversity Concerns at University of Maryland
The institutional research office at the University of Maryland-College Park released startling numbers showing that among first-year students African-Americans experienced a 28-percent drop in the number of enrollees from 539 in 2008 to 387 in 2009 at the flagship campus.
October 11, 2009
Sports
Famed Marching 100 Band May Steal the Show at Miami-FAMU Game
CORAL GABLES, Fla. — When the final whistle blows to end Miami’s game against Florida A&M, Hurricanes coach Randy Shannon will hurry off the field. And then he’ll hurry right back out.
October 8, 2009
Leadership & Policy
Convention Panel Encourages Gay Chancellors, Presidents to Remain Open About Their Sexual Orientation
Since age 26, Dr. David Wain Coon has been open personally and professionally about his sexual orientation. “I wanted my students to have the role model I didn’t have when I went through my education.”
October 8, 2009
African-American
Wheaton College Was Underground Railroad Stop
An entry buried in a 120-year-old manuscript has confirmed what local historians long have believed: Wheaton College was a stop on the Underground Railroad.
October 6, 2009
African-American
S.F. State University Hosts Conference To Celebrate, Further Explore Ethnic Studies
At a time when some pundits and critics contend that ethnic studies are no longer needed, the dean of the only U.S. college devoted to the discipline calls the struggle to survive a collective one.
October 6, 2009
African-American
Mass. Legislation Could Authorize Study of Slavery’s Economic Legacy
Legislators in Massachusetts are considering a bill that could authorize a study to determine how much state and local institutions profited from the African slave trade.
October 5, 2009
Leadership & Policy
Asian-Americans Hope To Build Pipelines to College Presidencies
Dr. Ding-Jo Currie has long been aware that she is one of only a handful of Asian American college presidents in the U.S. today. What she did not know until recently, however, is how few mid- and senior-level Asian administrators are groomed into becoming presidents.
October 4, 2009
Latinx
Sotomayor Ushers In New Era for Latinas in Legal Profession
Today’s start to the U.S. Supreme Court’s new term with Justice Sonia Sotomayor on the bench represents for many female Hispanic lawyers and aspiring lawyers a new era regarding their place in the legal profession.
October 4, 2009
Leadership & Policy
Decision on UND Fighting Sioux Nickname Postponed
The North Dakota Board of Higher Education has postponed a decision on the fate of the University of North Dakota’s Fighting Sioux nickname, saying it wants to give one of the namesake tribes a chance to vote on the issue.
October 1, 2009
Latinx
WASHINGTON UPDATE: An Ally and Partner
White House Hispanic education leader seeks to build links to educators, improve visibility of HSIs with federal agencies.
September 30, 2009
Students
Black College Advocate Questions Funding Formula for Southern University Campuses
While serving as an appointee on a panel examining ways to overhaul Louisiana public college systems, the president of the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education questioned whether state funding practices are fair to the historically Black schools
September 30, 2009
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