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African-American
Black studies comes to power? – importance of a series of conferences to African American Studies
Four conferences important to African American Studies were held this fall. Columbia University’s Institute for Research in African-American Studies hosted “The Future of African-American Studies Theory, Pedagogy, and Research;” New York University’s Africana Studies Program and Institute of Afro-American Affairs sponsored “Finding Fanon: Critical Genealogies;” Temple University held the Eighth Annual Cheikh Anta Diop Conference with the theme “The Impact and Significance of the Works of Dr. Maulana Ndabezitha Karenga;” and the National Council for Black Studies held its annual meeting at Gallaudet University, this year titled “Celebrating Thirty Years of Black Studies/Africana Studies: A Legacy of Leadership, Learning and Change.”
July 4, 2007
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Students
Latino movement: a target for harassment? – student movement charges school administrations for deliberate harassment
Albuquerque–Members of Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan (MEChA)–which translates to Chicano Student Movement of Aztlan– say their organization is being unfairly targeted by school administrations across the country. The harassment they are facing, says one student, “is like the 1960s, but with a 1990s twist.”
July 4, 2007
Disabilties
Blind people march in Atlanta to call for better access to jobs and education
ATLANTA Hundreds of people, most tapping the ground with white canes, marched from a downtown Atlanta hotel to a city park more than half a mile away Tuesday to make a point: Blind people can do what other people do.
July 2, 2007
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Native Americans
University of Wisconsin woman’s disappearance remains a mystery
MADISON Wis. Was Kelly Nolan kidnapped? Is she lost, hurt, or worse? Or did she just walk away and not look back?
July 2, 2007
Students
Education Department report: Eastern Michigan violated Clery Act
DETROIT A U.S. Department of Education review found that Eastern Michigan University’s handling of information about a student’s slaying violated the Clery Act, which says colleges and universities must disclose campus security information, the school announced Tuesday.
July 2, 2007
Faculty & Staff
Pennsylvania’s proposed state university faculty pact has bonus, raises
HARRISBURG Pa. Professors at Pennsylvania’s state-owned universities would each receive an immediate $1,750 cash bonus and annual salary increases totaling 10 percent under a four-year contract agreement released Tuesday.
July 2, 2007
Leadership & Policy
Former state Indian Affairs official named to UND search panel
BISMARCK N.D. A tribal college president and former director of North Dakota’s Indian Affairs Commission has been appointed to the committee that will recruit the University of North Dakota’s new president.
July 2, 2007
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African-American
U.S. Colleges Urged To Improve Access For Disadvantaged International Students, Particularly Africans
U.S. colleges are beginning to reverse the decline in international student enrollment that followed the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. But the key to future growth may be the ability to attract lower-income and disadvantaged foreign students, including those from Africa, witnesses told a House hearing Friday.
July 2, 2007
African-American
Brown University Creates Commission to Commemorate History of R.I. Slavery
PROVIDENCE, R.I. Brown University has established a 10-member commission to explore how the history of slavery and the slave trade in Rhode Island should be commemorated in Rhode Island, Providence, and at the university.
July 1, 2007
Faculty & Staff
Michael Eric Dyson Heads To Georgetown
Dr. Michael Eric Dyson, the prominent African American scholar known for his writings on hip hop and African American life and culture is heading to Georgetown University in the fall, where he will hold the distinguished rank of University Professor—the highest position that a faculty member can have at the nation’s oldest Catholic university.
July 1, 2007
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Leadership & Policy
NMSU Carlsbad branch names interim executive director
CARLSBAD N.M. A former community college president has been named interim executive director of New Mexico State University’s Carlsbad campus.
June 30, 2007
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Native Americans
Oklahoma American Indian tribe receives $3.8 million federal grant for education, economic development
WASHINGTON The Oklahoma-based Muscogee (Creek) Nation will receive a $3.8 million grant from the U.S. Department of Labor to be used for technology-driven regional education and economic development activities, U.S. Labor Secretary Elaine Chao said Friday.
June 29, 2007
Leadership & Policy
President of United Tribes Upbeat About Prospect of American Indian Committee Member for UND
BISMARCK N.D. United Tribes Technical College President David Gipp says he is encouraged by the prospect of an American Indian member of the committee searching for a new University of North Dakota president.
June 29, 2007
Native Americans
Board President Wants Indian Rep on UND Search Committee
BISMARCK N.D. After first rebuffing the idea, the president of the North Dakota Board of Higher Education says he will now recommend adding an American Indian to the panel that will recruit a new president for the University of North Dakota.
June 28, 2007
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Latinx
Hispanic Veterans Suing Over Texas Denial of Tuition Waver
DALLAS Two Texas veterans are challenging a state policy barring them from receiving college tuition waivers because they were legal residents but not yet U.S. citizens when they entered the service.
June 27, 2007
LGBTQ+
Organization may seek injunction against UK domestic partner plan
FRANKFORT Ky. A conservative public policy organization is asking Attorney General Greg Stumbo to provide another opinion on the constitutionality of domestic partner benefits at the University of Kentucky.
June 27, 2007
Women
Former nun invokes Title IX in bias battle against Gannon U.
DATELINE: ERIE Pa. A former Catholic nun whose discrimination claim against Gannon University was rejected by the U.S. Supreme Court is trying revive it by invoking a law best known for requiring schools to provide equal athletic opportunities for men and women.
June 27, 2007
Sports
Respecting Black Women
C. Vivian Stringer, the head coach of the Rutgers University women’s basketball team, urged the audience at a symposium on respecting Black women to remain vigilant and to broaden the conversation from the Don Imus incident to all of the ways in which Black women are degraded and disrespected on a daily basis.
June 27, 2007
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