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Section: Demographics
Disabilties
Princeton Starts Mass Meningitis B Vaccinations
The bold move comes after eight cases of on-campus infections have been reported since March.
December 9, 2013
Sports
Mandela’s Fight Fueled Activism around the World
For those in the U.S., Mandela was the heart and soul of the anti-apartheid movement and a moral compass on race.
December 9, 2013
African-American
Bennett President Fights for Investment from Alumni, Wealthy Donors
Bennett College has managed to keep its alumni giving numbers up, garnering annual financial contributions from about 20 percent of its alumni, much higher than the HBCU national average of about 6 percent.
December 9, 2013
African-American
HBCUs Looking Beyond Black Students to Stay Competitive
Historically Black colleges are aggressively campaigning for diverse groups of students as part of their survival strategy to grow enrollment and remain competitive.
December 8, 2013
Faculty & Staff
Howard Univ. Honors Mandela in Photo Exhibit
“Nelson Mandela: Character, Comrade, Leader, Prisoner, Negotiator, Statesmen,” a 37-panel exhibit chronicling Mandela’s rise to South Africa’s first Black president, made its debut at Howard’s Moorland-Spingarn Research Center on Oct. 31.
December 8, 2013
Students
Report: California Black College Student Achievement Caught in Persistent Opportunity Gap
A new report finds that Black student achievement in California higher education has largely been stagnant or declining for more than a decade.
December 5, 2013
Native Americans
Initiatives Promote Farming in American Indian Communities
Two professors at the University of Arkansas Law School launched the Indigenous Food and Agricultural Initiative to support food systems in Native American communities and to steer young Native Americans toward careers in agriculture.
December 3, 2013
Native Americans
American Indian College Fund President Has Lifetime of Preparation for Challenges
Cheryl Crazy Bull brings to her latest job persistence, business know-how, passion for the tribal college’s mission, and a willingness to face a variety of issues.
December 1, 2013
African-American
Fisk, FAMU Accreditation Status Under Review in the Week Ahead
When the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) gathers for its winter meeting starting Saturday in Atlanta, two items on its full agenda are likely to draw the most attention — deliberations and decisions with significant impact on Fisk and Florida A&M universities.
December 1, 2013
Students
Have Race Relations on College Campuses Become More Volatile?
The fall of 2013 has been a memorable one for race relations on college campuses. This is not in the positive sense of the word.
November 27, 2013
Native Americans
Tsosie Devoting Her Life’s Work to Teaching About Indian Law
As a youngster coming of age in Los Angeles in the 1970s, Rebecca Tsosie became radicalized to the plight of the American Indian community when she learned of an international incident that transpired on February 27, 1973 in Wounded Knee, S.D.
November 27, 2013
Native Americans
Shideezhi Program Emerging as Pipeline Program for American Indian Girls
This year, Shideezhi, which means “my little sister” in Navajo, celebrated its first graduating high school class.
November 26, 2013
Students
N.J. Immigration Tuition Bill to Go to Christie ‘As Is’
Gov. Chris Christie said he would not sign the bill that passed the Senate because it has a loophole that could make N.J. a magnet for students who are in the country illegally and seeking a more affordable college education.
November 26, 2013
Faculty & Staff
Appiah Leaves Princeton, Headed to New York University
Dr. Kwame Anthony Appiah — arguably the nation’s most prominent black philosopher — has decided to give up his endowed professorship at Princeton University and will join the faculty at New York University in January.
November 26, 2013
Faculty & Staff
UM, MSU students want gender identity protection
University of Montana and Montana State University students want the state Board of Regents to add sexual orientation and gender identity to its nondiscrimination policy.
November 25, 2013
Native Americans
Professors work to increase the number of American Indians in business.
Even more so than other minority groups, American Indians are largely absent from corporate boardrooms, executive positions in major corporations and are rare even in many small and medium-sized businesses.
November 25, 2013
African-American
Report: Job Growth Under Health Care Reform to Benefit Minorities
A new analysis of health care job growth estimates that over the next decade a total of 4.6 million new positions will be created in the U.S., according to the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies.
November 24, 2013
Leadership & Policy
University of Illinois at Chicago Bidding to Host President Obama Library
Officials with several Chicago sites as well as President Obama’s birthplace of Hawaii have stepped forward, hoping to be chosen.
November 24, 2013
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