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Leadership & Policy
FAMU and Tennessee State Join HBCUsOnline Roster
HBCUsOnline, an online education services company, has partnered with Florida A & M University and Tennessee State University.
May 31, 2011
Asian American Pacific Islander
Book Review: Examining the Hmong in America
Dr. Chia Youyee Vang, an assistant history professor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, has produced a scholarly examination of the Hmong refugee experience.
May 30, 2011
Asian American Pacific Islander
UC Berkeley Law Professor Goodwin Liu Withdraws Appellate Court Judgeship Bid
Amid unflinching Republican opposition, embattled judicial nominee Goodwin Liu has officially withdrawn his name for a federal post that many political and legal insiders have viewed as his stepping stone to the U.S. Supreme Court.
May 26, 2011
Students
Oprah’s Generosity Spurs Past Morehouse Scholarship Recipients to Pledge New Scholarship Funding
Recalling the impact of the Oprah Winfrey scholarships they received while at Morehouse College, the “Sons of Oprah,” as they are known, have announced they are pledging more than $300,000 to help educate deserving Morehouse students.
May 26, 2011
African-American
Charleston Can Lay a Claim to First Memorial Day
Yale University historian David Blight contends that a May 1, 1865 gathering in Charleston gives the South Carolina city justification to claim the first Memorial Day observance honoring the dead from the Civil War.
May 25, 2011
Students
Arizona State Graduate in Limbo Over Immigration Status
Undocumented immigrants like Angelica Hernandez who were brought here as children have virtually no chance of earning legal status under current federal immigration laws.
May 24, 2011
Asian American Pacific Islander
More Than a Tiger Mom
Celebrated but controversial author and Yale University law professor Amy Chua’s takes on world geopolitics have long been a hot topic in the academy.
May 23, 2011
Leadership & Policy
African Burial Ground to Be Restored in Richmond, Va.
Virginia Commonwealth University’s Board of Visitors on Friday approved the transfer of the African Burial Ground to the city, clearing the way for asphalt and gravel to be removed from the site in Richmond’s historic Shockoe Bottom.
May 22, 2011
Latinx
Influential Speakers Inspire 2011 Graduates to Pursue the American Dream
This spring, minority-serving institutions, including historically Black colleges and universities and Hispanic-serving institutions, are hosting a number of influential leaders as graduation speakers.
May 22, 2011
African-American
Scholar Khalil Gibran Muhammad to Take Reins at Schomburg Center
Dr. Khalil Gibran Muhammad, an assistant professor of history at Indiana University, is poised to take the helm of the world’s leading repository of the global Black experience when he becomes director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
May 22, 2011
Latinx
DREAM Act Enters New Phase Among Certain Progressive States
States instituting laws antagonizing undocumented immigrants have surged, while the number of states that allow undocumented students to get in-state tuition have peaked.
May 19, 2011
African-American
SUNO/UNO Merger Scrapped for Lack of Support
House Speaker Jim Tucker, sponsor of the legislation, said that he doesn’t have the two-thirds support needed for passage and doesn’t expect to be able to get the votes this legislative session.
May 18, 2011
Students
Taking Action to Abandon Offensive American Indian Mascots Often Mired in Controversy
Six years ago, the National Collegiate Athletic Association adopted a policy that penalizes schools that use American Indian mascots, nicknames or logos.
May 18, 2011
African-American
Work of Chinese American Activist Documented in New Book
Dr. Scott Kurashige spent more than 10 years collecting and editing activist Grace Lee Boggs’ speeches and newspaper articles into The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century.
May 18, 2011
African-American
Town Hall Meeting: Shortage of Black Male Teachers Looms as Many Choose High-Paying Professions
Award-winning teachers told inspirational stories during a U.S. Education Department TEACH campaign forum to get more college students, particularly those from diverse backgrounds, to join the ranks of American educators.
May 17, 2011
African-American
First Lady Welcomed at Spelman College
First Lady Michelle Obama was welcomed with thunderous cheers and told the 550 students graduating from historically Black Spelman College that no matter where they go, they need to bring the school’s ideals to the world.
May 16, 2011
Leadership & Policy
Tornado No Match for New Shaw University President
It’s been an unusual spring for Shaw University and new president Irma McClaurin as efforts have gotten underway to get the campus repaired from tornado damage.
May 12, 2011
African-American
Sixty Years Later, Black Educator Gets Recognition at University of Arkansas Graduation
In response to an appeal undertaken by the daughter of Arkansas civil rights activist Lothaire Scott Green, the activist’s pioneering academic accomplishment will be publically celebrated during the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville campus commencement on Saturday.
May 12, 2011
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