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Students
Diverse Conversations: Do Full-ride Scholarships Really Increase College Diversity?
Finances are certainly an obstacle when it comes to creating diverse college campuses but it is not the only issue.
November 18, 2015
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African-American
Failing Grade: Why There Aren’t More African-American Teachers in Classrooms
The need for the African-American teacher continues to increase. What do we need to do to protect the lifeline of the African-American teacher candidate?
November 18, 2015
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African-American
Steve Fund Challenging Views of Mental Health in Minority Communities
The Steve Fund, focused on the specific mental health challenges that plague minority communities, will hold its “Young, Gifted, and @ Risk” symposium Friday at Stanford University.
November 18, 2015
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Students
Texas Rejects Letting Academics Vet Public School Textbooks
AUSTIN, Texas ― Top Texas education officials rejected Wednesday letting university experts fact-check textbooks approved for use in public-school classrooms statewide, instead reaffirming a vetting system that has helped spark years of ideological battles over how potentially thorny lessons in history and science are taught. The Board of Education approves textbooks in the nation’s second-largest […]
November 18, 2015
Leadership & Policy
Students Want Woodrow Wilson’s Name Removed from Princeton
PRINCETON, N.J. ― Students staged a protest Wednesday inside the office of Princeton University’s president, demanding the school remove the name of former school president and U.S. President Woodrow Wilson from programs and buildings over what they said was his racist legacy. Princeton President Christopher Eisgruber told the students he agreed with them that Wilson […]
November 18, 2015
Students
Kansas Student Leaders Say They’re not ‘mimicking Mizzou’
by Associated Press LAWRENCE, Kan. — Protest leaders at the University of Kansas said Monday that they’re pushing for changes that ensure problems faced by minority and other “marginalized” students are addressed swiftly and effectively, rather than “mimicking Mizzou” by seeking the ouster of administrators. Leaders of the Rock Chalk Invisible Hawk group in Kansas […]
November 18, 2015
Faculty & Staff
University of Wyoming to Hire a Diversity Coordinator
by Associated Press CASPER, Wyo. — The University of Wyoming president has announced plans to create a diversity coordinator position and form a committee tasked with increasing inclusivity on campus. The Casper Star-Tribune reports that university spokesman Chad Baldwin says the new position was created in response to concerns about the lack of diversity on […]
November 18, 2015
African-American
Brown University Students Demand Improved Race Relations
by Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A group of 35 graduate students at Brown University have joined together to demand that the Providence school’s administration makes an increased effort to improve race relations on campus. The Providence Journal reports the group, consisting of five graduate student organizations, co-authored a statement released Monday detailing its demands. […]
November 18, 2015
African-American
NASHID MADYUN
NASHID MADYUN has been appointed director of the Southeastern Regional Black Archives and Research Center at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU). He was director of the Hampton University Museum. Madyun received a bachelor’s from Mississippi Valley State University, a master’s from Delta State University and a doctorate from the University of Phoenix.
November 18, 2015
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African-American
Thurgood Marshall Fund: Great Need for Continued HBCU Support
Students and leaders gathered at the Thurgood Marshall College Fund’s annual scholarship gala Monday.
November 17, 2015
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African-American
New Director Appointed at Jimmy Carter Presidential Library
by Associated Press ATLANTA — Meredith Evans has been named the new director of the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum. Archivist of the United States David Ferriero announced Evans’ appointment on Monday. She begins work at the library in Atlanta on Nov. 29. Evans previously oversaw the Department of Special Collections at Washington University […]
November 16, 2015
African-American
Yale Announces Plan to Increase Diversity
Yale University announced earlier this month a $50 million plan to increase the diversity of faculty on campus.
November 15, 2015
African-American
Islamic Scholars Produce New Translation of Quran
In an effort to bring about a richer understanding of the Quran, a group of mostly American-born and university-based Islamic scholars have produced a new translation of the Islamic sacred text.
November 15, 2015
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African-American
Wilberforce University Maintains Accreditation
Wilberforce University received notification from the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) last week that the school would maintain its accreditation, according to the Dayton Daily News.
November 15, 2015
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Sports
2 More Fired, 3 Cleared in UNC Review after Cheating Scandal
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. ― The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is firing two employees and barring a former associate dean from leadership positions after an investigation described their roles in the school’s academic fraud scandal, the school said Thursday. The moves mean seven people have been fired, resigned or disciplined since former U.S. […]
November 13, 2015
Students
Southern California College Dean Resigns Amid Racial Issues
CLAREMONT, Calif. ― The dean of students at a small Southern California college resigned Thursday after protests linked to racial concerns on campus. Mary Spellman, who held the position at Claremont McKenna College since 2010, announced her resignation in an email to students. “I believe it is the best way to gain closure of a […]
November 13, 2015
African-American
Suicide, Substance Abuse Taking Toll on Segment of Middle-aged Whites
There has been a lot of buzz about the recent report conducted by recent Nobel Prize-winning economist Angus Deaton and his co-author and wife, Anne Case.
November 12, 2015
African-American
Is #MizzouHungerStrike a Wake-up Call to Educators?
If you are not challenging injustice on your college campuses in your role as an educator, you are merely wearing a costume of social justice.
November 12, 2015
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