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Section: Demographics
Asian American Pacific Islander
Commentary: Toward More Meaningful Campus Celebrations of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
To overcome end-of-the-academic-year oblivion for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, some campuses celebrate it as early as October.
May 30, 2012
African-American
Campaign Aimed to Demonstrate Fisk University’s Fundraising Strength
Fisk University, plagued with questions about its financial stability, is in a ramped up fundraising effort aimed at convincing a skeptical higher education accrediting agency of the school’s viability.
May 28, 2012
African-American
Amended Bill Would Allow South Carolina State Trustees to Finish Their Terms
An amended bill to restructure the South Carolina State University Board of Trustees was approved Wednesday by a Senate education committee in the South Carolina legislature.
May 23, 2012
African-American
Minority-Serving Schools Targeted by Howard Hughes Medical Institute STEM Grants
Ten minority-serving institutions are among 47 small colleges and universities receiving science education grants totaling $50 million-plus from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
May 23, 2012
African-American
Thurgood Marshall College Fund STEM Internships Funded by $400,000 USDA Grant
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has awarded the Thurgood College Fund $400,000 to underwrite a 10-week summer internship program to enable public HBCU undergraduates to work in agriculture-related fields.
May 20, 2012
African-American
Celebrities Help Cornel West Bid Princeton Farewell
Celebrities like Lupe Fiasco, George Clinton, Bootsy Collins and Harry Belafonte, joined with high-profile academicians to pay tribute to Dr. Cornel West.
May 17, 2012
Latinx
Report Highlights Institutions That Educate Latinos in Health Care Fields
A select group of colleges and universities were hailed in a new report Wednesday for being the top producers of Latino graduates in the health care field.
May 16, 2012
African-American
FAMU Marching Band Suspension Expected to be Costly
Questions still linger over FAMU marching band operations, including how 101 non-FAMU students participated in marching band performances for the university this past fall.
May 16, 2012
African-American
Famed FAMU Marching Band Suspended Another Year
Florida A&M University’s famed marching band is being suspended for at least one more school year as officials try to cleanse the hazing culture that led to the death of a drum major, the school’s president said Monday.
May 14, 2012
African-American
Commentary: Young, Black and Attending College in Small Town, USA
As I find myself working in higher education in a rural setting, I look at the African-American population and realize there is a desperate need for support of these college students, a Kentucky-based student support specialist writes.
May 14, 2012
African-American
Northwestern U. Scholars Mobilized in Countering Blog Attack on Black Studies
Northwestern University scholars wasted no time responding to the April 30 blog by Naomi Schaefer Riley that criticized Black Studies dissertations of their Ph.D. students.
May 13, 2012
Asian American Pacific Islander
San Francisco State U. Names New President
A veteran leader of public institutions, Dr. Leslie Wong has been named president of San Francisco State University.
May 13, 2012
African-American
FAMU Band Director Julian White Resigns
Dr. Julian White, the 71-year-old veteran music educator whose career became tarnished after the fall 2011 hazing death of a Florida A&M University Marching band member, resigned from the university on Thursday.
May 10, 2012
African-American
Learning the New Economic Reality
Business schools at historically Black institutions are encouraging students to adapt and be flexible in a global market.
May 8, 2012
African-American
Black Panthers: Activists for Healthy Communities
Dr. Alondra Nelson of Columbia University didn’t set out to find stethoscopes and white medical coats among stories of streetwise Black Panther Party members, but she did.
May 7, 2012
African-American
Fisk University Seeks New Leader, New Direction
Experts weigh in on the next steps Fisk University and its supporters should take toward successfully maneuvering beyond its financial woes.
May 7, 2012
African-American
New Book Explores History of Black Studies
In her new book The Black Revolution on Campus, Dr. Martha Biondi of Northwestern University chronicles the turbulent 1960s student movement that resulted in the formation of Black studies programs.
May 6, 2012
Students
Popular Powwow Celebrates Native American Presence at Stanford University
The annual, student-run Stanford Powwow draws more than 300 dancers in full regalia from around the country and Canada and celebrates the respective cultures of the 300-plus Indian students on campus.
May 6, 2012
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