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Leadership & Policy
Professional APPOINTMENTS
KARSTEN J.Y. CASH is the new director of the Black Culture Center at the University of Missouri-Columbia. He comes to UMC from Eastern Illinois University, where he was an academic advisor for the Gateway Program. Cash earned a bachelor’s degree in African American Studies from Wesleyan University (Conn.); and a master’s degree in social justice education from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst.
July 14, 2007
African-American
Just a Nappy-Headed Sister with the PC Blues – Review
I’ve worn my hair shorn close to my head for at least the last 10 years, from time to time letting it get a wild and wooly inch or so past my scalp. I’m a member of the “happy is nappy” school, and gleefully so. For years, I wore the T-shirt of a sister whose naps could be used as the illustration that went with a sign that said “happy is nappy.”
July 14, 2007
Students
Cyber Diversity – online instruction
It’s not unusual that all 15 students in one of Dr. Maureen Eke’s African American literature course sections at Central Michigan University are White. What’s striking, however, is that Black students and their Black professor from a campus located hundreds of miles away are beamed onto a large television screen to join Dr. Eke and her students in class discussions and lectures.
July 14, 2007
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Faculty & Staff
Alabama’s Decree Of Difficulty
Despite a court order, achieving racial parity still appears a long way off
July 14, 2007
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African-American
UTC Surpasses Undergraduate Desegregation Target
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. The Univer-sity of Tennessee-Chattanooga is the only school in the UT system to meet its court-ordered desegregation goal this fall, university administrators say.
July 14, 2007
Students
On Higher Education: The Academic Enterprise In An Era Of Rising Student Consumerism
ON HIGHER EDUCATION: THE ACADEMIC ENTERPRISE IN AN ERA OF RISING STUDENT CONSUMERISM
July 14, 2007
Students
Large Black Voter Turnout Helped Usher In New House Leadership
Strong voter turnout among African Americans helped Democrats pick up five U.S. House of Representatives seats and avoid any net losses in the Senate in the November 3 election.
July 14, 2007
Students
The Epitome of Inequality
Alabama’s all-but-level higher education playing field is a case study in what’s wrong with higher education’s commitment to equity and diversity
July 14, 2007
African-American
What’s New
Last month, the University of Maryland-College Park announced the establishment of the David C. Driskell Center for the Study of the African Diaspora. The center will offer the opportunity to study Africa and the African Diaspora from multidisciplinary perspectives — particularly the arts, languages, literature, and history.
July 14, 2007
Faculty & Staff
The tough sell – James Hill, University of Texas – Cover Story
With the appointment of its first African American vice president, the University of Texas tries to overcome its legacy of minority exclusion
July 14, 2007
Faculty & Staff
Growing from the center
Research centers abound on the nation’s campuses, offering dynamic career opportunities for scholars at every level
July 14, 2007
Students
Celebrating Africana studies: program gets ‘coming out party’ at New York University
NEW YORK In the 1960s, college administrations cobled together piece-meal Black studies programs to placate African American students, inspired by Black Power and African independence struggles, demanding curriculums and professors “relevant” to their experiences.
July 14, 2007
Students
News Briefs
WASHINGTON Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr., the director of Harvard University’s W.E.B. DuBois Institute for Afro-American Research, was among the nine honorees at the White House on November 5 to be presented the National Endowment for the Humanities’ (NEH) 1998 National Humanities Medal.
July 14, 2007
Students
The Power & Pain of Multicultural Politics on Campus
When votes came in a few weeks ago for new student senators at California State University Northridge (CSUN), most of the winners were students of color. While that shouldn’t seem unusual for a multi-ethnic campus where minorities constitute 62 percent of the 27,000 students, it was a noteworthy departure from past elections.
July 14, 2007
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Students
The Broken Pledges of Greek Life
Videoconference searches for ways to end fraternity and sorority hazing
July 14, 2007
African-American
Letters To The Editor
If one of the editorial goals of Black Issues In Higher Education is to advocate and expand the base of those who seek to increase educational opportunities for Blacks, care must be most intensive when reporting the results of various studies that address any issue pertinent to the stated goal. This includes the issue of affirmative action.
July 14, 2007
African-American
Transforming the Study of Literature — and Ourselves
The pursuit of the study of what we now call African American literature is its own story. The teaching of this radical and radicalizing literature is a parallel story that shares all of the problems and challenges of African American presence in the academy and in this nation.
July 14, 2007
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African-American
Rooted Against the Wind. – book reviews
Rooted Against the Wind is a collection of essays in which Gloria Wade-Gayles takes us with her as she grapples with personal responses to some gripping issues: aging, rape, homophobia, where Black scholars should teach, and choosing to live in a Black community. Her responses are loving, sensible, and wise.
July 14, 2007
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