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Section: Demographics > African-American
African-American
National Teacher of the Year: I was a teenage mom, and teachers changed my life
Jahana Hayes always knew she wanted to be a teacher, but she didn’t always believe she could be one. She grew up surrounded by poverty, drugs and violence in the fading industrial city of Waterbury, Conn. But she loved school, and her teachers told her she could someday go to college. Even when she became pregnant at 17, […]
April 28, 2016
African-American
More Than Ever, Parents Weigh Paying Price for College Education
Financial experts say that parents’ decision to finance thousands of dollars to send their child to their “dream” school, may have a devastating impact on their future.
April 27, 2016
Students
Food Assistance Put on Table for Low-Income College Students
The proposal to provide free or reduced price meals to low-income college students as a means of boosting their chances of earning a degree is being presented this week at a national conference on housing and food insecurity among undergraduates.
April 27, 2016
Students
Southern Illinois University Leader Condemns Racist Video
CARBONDALE, Ill. ― Racial tension on the Southern Illinois University in Carbondale campus is high after a series of recent incidents that include an anonymous video posted on YouTube that called for the lynching and beating of Black students. The video drew condemnation from the university’s leader, and YouTube removed it Monday for violating the […]
April 25, 2016
African-American
Prince Pushed the Envelope and Delivered
Prince, at one point The Artist formerly known as Prince before reclaiming his name in 1998, was a complex human being on many levels.
April 25, 2016
African-American
Everybody has a Favorite Prince Song, and Mine Isn’t ‘Purple Rain’
The one song that I think encapsulates Prince is “Controversy,” from the album of the same name.
April 24, 2016
Students
My Brother’s Keeper Hitting Growth Marks
Two years after President Obama established the My Brother’s Keeper (MBK) Task Force, the initiative is on track to meet and/or surpass its initial goals.
April 24, 2016
African-American
Michelle Obama at Jackson State: Lessons in History and Life
First lady Michelle Obama assumed the roles of history professor, civil rights firebrand and fierce defender of her husband’s legacy Saturday as she urged Jackson State University graduates to “devote your life to finding ways to help others.”
April 24, 2016
Students
Purdue Faculty Say Cuts Will Hurt Areas with Most Diversity
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. ― Some Purdue University faculty say a plan to overhaul graduate education negatively affects disciplines with the most minority and female graduate students. A five-year initiative laid out last semester by College of Liberal Arts Dean David Reingold would raise graduate teaching assistants’ pay and trim their teaching loads by reducing incoming […]
April 24, 2016
Faculty & Staff
Why It’s Important to Say #BlackGirlsMatter
The AERA panel was a production of love, a production of authenticity, and a shared sense of belonging and mattering.
April 22, 2016
African-American
#BlackLivesMatter Movement Should Broaden Perspective
We must be proactive in our communities to stop the violence among us.
April 22, 2016
Students
U. of Michigan’s New Multicultural Center Gets $3M Boost
ANN ARBOR, Mich. ― A $3 million gift will help fund a new building at the University of Michigan’s main campus that will house the William Monroe Trotter Multicultural Center. The funding from Mark Bernstein, a member of the Board of Regents, and his wife, Rachel Bendit, was announced at a board meeting Thursday. […]
April 21, 2016
African-American
Dolezal’s Visit to Omaha University Draws Backlash
OMAHA, Neb. ― Omaha residents have raised concerns about a visit from Rachel Dolezal, who resigned as president of an NAACP chapter in Washington last year after it was revealed that she is White. The Omaha World-Herald reports that University of Nebraska Medical Center professor Dr. Renaisa S. Anthony’s decision to bring her to […]
April 21, 2016
African-American
Proposed Tubman $20 Bill Igniting Controversy
A version that involves moving former President Andrew Jackson’s portrait to the back of the bill is drawing widespread attention with observers cautioning against quick judgments.
April 21, 2016
Leadership & Policy
Fisk Provost Resigns, Taking U. of Minnesota, Morris Job
Fisk University’s road to stable leadership has hit another major bump.
April 21, 2016
Leadership & Policy
The World Mourns Loss of Influential Prince
Undoubtedly we have lost a monumental talent and an artist for whom love of all kinds seems to undergird his decades-worth of unique talent and creativity.
April 21, 2016
African-American
State Department, UNC Turn to Hip-Hop to Bring World Closer
With battles, braggadocio and bravado being the norm within hip-hop, diplomacy has to be one of the last things that comes to mind.
April 20, 2016
African-American
Enhancing Identity Development for Black Students at PWIs
“The end of education is to know God and the laws and purposes of His universe and to reconcile one’s life with these laws. The first aim of a good college is not to teach books, but the meaning and purpose of life. Hard study and the learning of books are only a means to […]
April 20, 2016
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