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Former MLK Speechwriter, Counsel is First Diversity Scholar at University of San Francisco
With the 49th anniversary of the March on Washington coinciding with the start of the academic year, Clarence Jones becomes the first diversity scholar at the University of San Francisco.
August 26, 2012
Clarence Jones
African-American
Interim President Larry Robinson to ‘Inject’ FAMU with ‘Degree of Stability’
FAMU interim president Larry Robinson has declared himself ready for the leadership challenge of motivating staff, faculty and students to turn the university’s fortunes around.
August 21, 2012
Larry Robinson
African-American
Annual DuBois Institute Forum Tackles Black Joblessness
Harvard’s W.E.B. Du Bois Institute convened its annual Hutchins Forum on Martha’s Vineyard that featured a panel of economists and other experts to explore joblessness in the Black community.
August 19, 2012
Roland Fryer Jr.
African-American
FAMU Seeks to Settle Suit over Band Hazing Death
FAMU trustees on Thursday voted to enter a voluntary mediation session with attorneys for the parents of Robert Champion, who authorities said died last November after Marching 100 members beat him during a hazing ritual.
August 16, 2012
Robert Champion
African-American
Saint Paul’s Seeks Accreditation Reinstatement
On Monday, Saint Paul’s interim president, Dr. Claud Flythe, is expected to lead a delegation of six university administrators at a special SACS hearing at which Saint Paul’s officials will argue for reversal of a June decision by the SACS Commission on Colleges to strip the Virginia college of its accreditation.
August 16, 2012
Claude Flythe
African-American
FAMU Confirms Larry Robinson as Interim President
Florida A&M University trustees on Wednesday turned to a familiar face to lead the university as it continues to deal with the fallout from the hazing death of a marching band member.
August 15, 2012
Larry Robinson
African-American
Possible Merger Among Options for Saint Paul’s College
Saint Paul’s College, a historically Black college  in Lawrenceville, Va., is considering the possibility of merging with another institution as one of its options after the school’s accreditation wasn’t reaffirmed.
August 14, 2012
Claud Flythe
African-American
Survey: Nearly One in Four HBCUs Offer Full Online Degree Programs
Historically Black colleges and universities continue their modest pace of embracing online learning programs as a vehicle for reaching more potential students, especially so-called non-traditional students, those who are usually older and working, according to the 2012 HBCU Online & Blended Degree Programs study from Howard University.
August 12, 2012
African-American
Reaching for the Stars
Dr. Mae Jemison, the first woman astronaut of color, seeks minority inclusion in space and in the classroom.
August 12, 2012
Mae Jemison
African-American
Pioneering Black Studies Scholar Roy Bryce-Laporte Dies
Dr. Roy Bryce-Laporte, a sociologist who directed one of the first Black studies departments at an American university, died late last month in Sykesville, Md.
August 9, 2012
Dr. Roy Bryce-Laporte
African-American
NASA Research Partnership Benefiting HBCU Students
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center has partnered with Tuskegee University and Alabama A&M University on a three-year collaborative research project, which includes internships for HBCU students at the space flight center.
August 9, 2012
Goddard meeting
Faculty & Staff
Tennessee State University Faculty Leader Arrested
A vocal faculty member at Tennessee State University who has opposed university leadership was taken away from a meeting in handcuffs on Monday and removed as the chair of the faculty senate.
August 7, 2012
Jane Davis
African-American
APLU’s Lorenzo Esters to Join Kentucky State University
At the Association for Public and Land-grant Universities, Dr. Lorenzo L. Esters applied ‘vigor and excitement” to the task of broadening higher education access and opportunities for minority and other underrepresented students.
August 6, 2012
Lorenzo Esters
African-American
St. Augustine’s Change Goes Beyond Its Name
Academic changes at St. Augustine’s College prompt a rebranding.
August 5, 2012
Dianne Suber
African-American
Activist Attorney Calls for ‘Militant’ Action Against Injustices in Public Education
Young students are best suited to wage the battle for public education—and against the expansion of charter schools—and large-scale integration of the nation’s public schools should be a paramount goal in the fight.
August 5, 2012
Shanta Driver
African-American
Commentary: The Black Church – Not a Monolith
It is quite parochial and wrongheaded to purport that the Black church, as if a monolith, is responsible for a diminution of progressive social action by African-Americans, contends Illya Davis, a lecturer of philosophy and religion at Clark Atlanta University.
August 1, 2012
Illya Davis
African-American
Echoes of Faith: Church Roots Run Deep Among HBCUs
Religious leaders, local churches, missionaries, and denominations were descending across the South in the 19th century, believing that it was worth it to spend their time and money and do the right thing when they decided to establish seminaries, classrooms, colleges, and even medical schools for Blacks.
July 30, 2012
Mary Bethune
African-American
Soledad O’Brien’s Education Foundation Celebrates Second Annual Gala
Two years after launching, the Soledad O’Brien and Brad Raymond Foundation is well on its way to becoming a key change agent in higher education.
July 29, 2012
Soledad and Brad
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