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Section: Demographics
Students
“Rez Ball” Gains NCAA Certification Thanks to Native American Basketball Invitational (NABI)
If all goes according to plan, the term “Rez Ball” may soon become part of the mainstream lexicon. The Native American Basketball Invitational, founded in 2003, is helping to bring Indian Country’s unique variation of basketball to the outside world. Long played on Indian reservations, rez ball has finally been certified by the NCAA.
April 9, 2007
Students
At Conservative Black Colleges, Gays Struggle To Find Their Voice
HAMPTON, Va. So lured was April Maxwell by the promise of the Black college experience, with its distinct traditions and tight-knit campus life, that she enrolled at Hampton University in 2001 without even visiting the waterfront campus.
April 5, 2007
African-American
Book of Note: Hollywood Weighs In On the Abolition of Slavery in England
The new movie “Amazing Grace” is an elegant depiction of famed British abolitionist William Wilberforce, who at 21 began the movement to eventually abolish the slave trade and free all slaves in England.
April 4, 2007
Latinx
Hinojosa Keeping the Focus on Access
New chair of House higher education subcommittee says the business community needs to partner with colleges.
April 4, 2007
Sports
NCAA and Gay Rights Group Take On Homophobia In College Sports
The National Center for Lesbian Rights recently announced a settlement in the discrimination lawsuit filed by Jennifer Harris, a former Pennsylvania State University women’s basketball player who sued the school over alleged mistreatment by former coach Rene Portland, who allegedly thought Harris was a lesbian.
April 4, 2007
Native Americans
‘On The Rez’
The American Indian College Fund’s campaign brings donors to tribal colleges for first-person peek at what their money can do.
April 4, 2007
African-American
Grad Student Works to Add Color to Military History
Black World War II veterans have largely been left out of historical accounts, but one historian is attempting to change that.
April 4, 2007
Native Americans
Critics Blast Cherokee Nation For Ousting Freedmen From Tribal Rolls
Congressional Black Caucus asks U.S. Dept. of the Interior to investigate “validity.”
April 4, 2007
Native Americans
Report: Investing in American Indian Students Improves Their Health, Income
WASHINGTON, D.C. Higher education can drive economic and social development for all American Indian communities, according to a recent study released by The Institute for Higher Education Policy.
April 2, 2007
Latinx
Expanding the Literary Canon
Hispanic literature is growing in popularity, and scholars would like to see it better incorporated into high school, college curriculms.
March 28, 2007
African-American
Scholars Disagree Over Former Slave’s Amazing Tale
Olaudah Equiano’s famous 1789 autobiography describing the horrors of the Middle Passage was key in abolishing the British slave trade, and his story is now depicted in the new movie “Amazing Grace.” But a University of Maryland scholar is challenging the veracity of Equiano’s claim, and his controversial theory is upsetting Equiano fans from Harvard University to Nigeria.
March 27, 2007
Native Americans
Just the Stats: Investment in STEM Programs at Tribal Colleges Working
A new study shows that investment in science, technology, engineering and mathematics programs at tribal colleges boosts the number of American Indians pursuing STEM degrees.
March 27, 2007
Latinx
Hispanic-Serving Institutions Say They’re Being Overlooked For Federal Funds
WASHINGTON, D.C. Delegates at the 12th Annual National Capitol Forum, organized by the Hispanic Association of Colleges & Universities, on Monday asked federal education officials why Hispanic-serving institutions were still being left out of National Science Foundation appropriations designated specifically for minority-serving institutions.
March 25, 2007
Faculty & Staff
New Study Forewarns of Major Turnover in Black Studies Programs
The two regions with the smallest Black populations — the East and West — have the most Black studies degree-granting institutions, according to a new census that also forewarns of major turnover in Black studies departments.
March 25, 2007
Faculty & Staff
Right Person Right Time
The appointment of Dr. Drew Gilpin Faust, the first woman named president of Harvard University, marks a diversity high point in the storied history of the nation’s oldest college.
March 21, 2007
African-American
Making DNA Matches
Rick Kittles’ comments fail to address one important fact (see “Regaining A Lost Heritage,” Feb. 8). Half of all African-American…
March 21, 2007
African-American
Book of Note
In this fascinating book, medical ethicist and journalist Harriet A. Washington documents how slaves and freedmen were used for experiments in hospitals…
March 21, 2007
Native Americans
Recognizing Tribally Centered Cultures
Morehouse is expanding its admissions process to include interviews of all serious candidates. The school says it won’t make a decision on anyone until the prospective student has had a conversation — either in person or over the phone — with a school official or an alumnus who has been through recruitment training.
March 21, 2007
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