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Section: Demographics > African-American
African-American
Marginalization, Demonization of Black Women is Real
Many Americans have witnessed the dramatic, intense and shocking video of several unarmed Black teenagers at a suburban pool party being held at gunpoint by a McKinney, Texas, police officer.
June 9, 2015
African-American
Higher Ed Embracing Global Learning Surge
The demand for students to be prepared in today’s interconnected world has brought about a surge in global learning.
June 9, 2015
African-American
Report: Calif. Community Colleges Can Expect Surge in Black Enrollment
Only 31 percent of Black high school graduates in California took the sequence of coursework required to apply for a four-year public university in California in 2013.
June 8, 2015
Faculty & Staff
Exchange Program Expands Horizons of African-American Males
A ÂChinese exchange program provides African-American males at The Ohio State University with the opportunity to travel abroad.
June 8, 2015
Faculty & Staff
CLIFTON SANDERS
CLIFTON SANDERS has been appointed provost of academic affairs at Salt Lake Community College. Sanders was most recently interim provost of academic affairs at Salt Lake Community College. He earned a bachelor’s from Hamline University and a doctorate from The University of Utah.
June 5, 2015
African-American
Media Fuels Negative Perception of Black Athletes
Latest report documenting biased coverage once again leads experts to cite media staffs’ dearth of diversity as major factor.
June 4, 2015
African-American
Alabama Senate Seeks to Rename Edmund Pettus Bridge
MONTGOMERY, Ala. ― Alabama senators are seeking to rename Selma’s Edmund Pettus Bridge, a historic site in the voting rights movement that also bears the name of a Ku Klux Klan officer.
June 4, 2015
Students
Princeton to Offer African American Studies Major
Princeton University’s Board of Trustees has granted the Center for African American Studies (CAAS) academic departmental status, clearing the way for the university to begin offering a major in African American Studies in the fall.
June 2, 2015
Students
NCCU Jazz Studies Program Declared Safe
News organizations misinterpreted a move by the UNC Board of Governors allowing realignment of music concentrations at North Carolina Central University as bringing an end to the celebrated Jazz education program.
June 2, 2015
Faculty & Staff
The Music Lives On
With the death of B.B. King, “the blues has lost its king, and America has lost a legend,” President Barack Obama said in a letter read at the famed guitarist’s funeral on Saturday, May 30, in his hometown of Indianola, Mississippi. King, the son of sharecroppers, died on May 14 at the age of 89, leaving a rich legacy as an innovator and hard-working performer.
June 1, 2015
African-American
Faculty Outraged Over Wisconsin’s Proposed Tenure Changes
Critics see the elimination of tenure protections and other proposals as a serious threat to stunt intellectual growth and muffle voices of dissent.
June 1, 2015
Faculty & Staff
South Carolina Legal Scholars Weigh In on N. Charleston Murder Case
Law professors and their students at the University of South Carolina had intense class discussions this spring as a “case for the ages” began to play out in their state.
May 31, 2015
African-American
Curfews Should Start at Home
Some weeks ago now the controversial death of Freddie Gray led the city of Baltimore Maryland to be under a curfew watch. The mayor of Baltimore, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake eventually lifted the 10 p.m. curfew which had been enforced to help curb the impending violence in the city. Many involved in what some would call […]
May 30, 2015
Sports
In Case You Missed It
Princeton Takes Major Step Forward in African-American Studies NISOD Emphasizes Educational Lessons Grounded in Ferguson Black College Coaches Unite to Boost Diversity in Hiring NCORE a Safe Space for All
May 29, 2015
African-American
September Trial Date Set for U.Va. Student in Bloody Arrest
A September trial date has been set for a University of Virginia student whose bloody arrest outside a bar sparked a public uproar.
May 28, 2015
African-American
Ongoing Debate over Offensive Words Hits NCORE
Panelists and participants at annual conference weighed use of the “N-word,” “Redskin” and “queer.”
May 28, 2015
Students
A Question of Fairness at Heart of Lawsuit Against Harvard
A recent lawsuit alleges that Harvard University’s admissions process discriminates against Asian Americans.
May 28, 2015
Faculty & Staff
N.C. Central University Facing 3 Discrimination Suits
NCCU denied the validity of claims in three lawsuits filed against it that accuse Chancellor Debra Saunders-White of discriminating against non-African-American employees.
May 27, 2015
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