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Section: Demographics > African-American
African-American
Hundreds Talk Networking and Community Building at SAAB Conference
Hundreds of Black men gathered this weekend at the annual SAAB conference to decompress and reunite with others who are committed to advancing the success of other young Black men.
April 4, 2016
African-American
Only Half of U.S. Students Taking ‘College-Ready’ Courses
Only about half of all U.S. high school students actually take the sequence of courses they need to be considered ready for college and careers, according to a new report being released today by the Education Trust.
April 4, 2016
African-American
Princeton Decides to Keep Wilson Name on Campus
Princeton University will keep Woodrow Wilson’s name on its public policy school, despite calls to remove it because of his racist views. The Ivy League university’s board of trustees announced the decision Monday. It comes after a black student group demanded it be removed and for changes to the social and academic climate on campus. […]
April 4, 2016
Faculty & Staff
MICHELLE A. WILLIAMS
MICHELLE A. WILLIAMS has been appointed dean of the T.H. Chan School of Public Health at Harvard University, effective July 1. She is the Stephen B. Kay Family Professor of Public Health and chair of the Department of Epidemiology at Harvard. Williams earned a bachelor’s from Princeton University, a master’s from Tufts University, and a master’s and a doctorate from Harvard University.
April 4, 2016
African-American
BONITA STANTON
BONITA STANTON has been named founding dean of the Seton Hall University and Hackensack University Health Network (HackensackUHN) medical school. She was vice dean for research at Wayne State University School of Medicine. Stanton earned a bachelor’s from Wellesley College and an M.D. from Yale University.
April 4, 2016
Faculty & Staff
SUSAN D. STUEBNER
SUSAN D. STUEBNER has been named president of Colby-Sawyer College, effective July 1. She is executive vice president and chief operating officer at Allegheny College in Pennsylvania. Stuebner earned a bachelor’s from. Dartmouth College, and a master’s and a doctorate from Harvard University.
April 4, 2016
Students
Initiative Aims to Eliminate Gaps Between Rich and Poor Students
Leaders from a group of public urban universities recently launched a new collaborative initiative to improve completion rates and eliminate the gaps between rich and poor students.
April 3, 2016
Faculty & Staff
Study: Higher Ed Would Pay Steep Price for Unionized Adjuncts
As adjuncts throughout the nation continue to organize themselves into collective bargaining units and push for more resources, two university professors have publicly questioned whether it’s wise for institutions to cave in to their demands.
March 31, 2016
Students
March Madness: The Rest of the Story
March harkens the smell of roses, cut grass and light spring rains for most folks. For me, March ushers in the smell and shine of hardwoods, leather and tennis shoes—and sheer Madness.
March 31, 2016
African-American
Obama’s 2017 Budget Freezes Funding for Most Low-income Student Aid Programs
President Barack Obama’s proposed fiscal 2017 budget freezes funding for most higher education and student aid programs that serve low-income and minority students, according to a budget analysis released Thursday on Capitol Hill.
March 31, 2016
Students
Harvard Taking More Steps to Acknowledge its Ties to Slavery
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. ― Harvard’s president says the Ivy league university will do more to acknowledge its ties to slavery. University President Drew Faust announced Wednesday in an op-ed in the student newspaper that the nearly 400-year-old institution will install a plaque next month at the former home for college presidents to recognize the slaves who […]
March 31, 2016
Students
More Students Seeing the World Without Getting Credits
A survey found that roughly half of the 227 institutions responding reported an increase in the number of students who participated in non-credit education abroad for the 2012-13 academic year over the previous year.
March 30, 2016
Students
UVA Student Group Supporting Undocumented Students Finds Its Footing
A new student group at the University of Virginia—DREAMers on Grounds—is working to create a support network for students who are either undocumented or who have received DACA benefits.
March 30, 2016
African-American
Glaude’s Book Examines Devaluing of Black Lives
Text examines how Black lives continue to be rendered insignificant in an era when many thought that the election of the nation’s first Black president would signify a dramatic shift in race relations.
March 30, 2016
Students
Chicago State Backs Off Request that Employees Turn in Keys
CHICAGO ― Chicago State University backtracked Wednesday from a plan to collect keys from faculty and staff members, instead announcing that it would take an inventory of keys that might have to be collected should layoffs be necessary amid the state’s financial crisis. Administrator Aleshia Renee Terry had asked deans on Monday to begin collecting […]
March 30, 2016
African-American
Report: Many Black, Hispanic Science Majors Err in Choosing Elite Cal Campuses
Many of the Black and Hispanic undergraduates majoring in sciences at the two most selective University of California campuses during the 1990s might have been better off academically and financially if they had attended lower-ranked UC counterparts.
March 29, 2016
Students
HBCUs One Answer to Selective Public High Schools’ ‘Diversity Problem’
Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) have a longstanding commitment to social justice issues—such as educational equity and opportunity.
March 28, 2016
Leadership & Policy
Putting Emory Chalk Talk in Perspective
The students felt terrorized by a number of chalk graffiti markings that indicate a preference for the presidential candidacy of Donald Trump.
March 28, 2016
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