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African-American
President Obama Calls for Bipartisan Immigration Reform
At American University, President Barack Obama called for bipartisan action on immigration reform, outlining essential elements of a comprehensive reform package, without setting timetables or introducing new policies.
July 1, 2010
African-American
Report: Harvard Scholar’s Arrest at Home Avoidable
A Harvard scholar and the police sergeant who arrested him last July after a confrontation outside his home both missed opportunities to “ratchet down” the situation and end the encounter more calmly, according to a review of the case released Wednesday.
June 30, 2010
African-American
Affirmative Action Advocates Consider Recession’s Impact on Diversity
At a national meeting of affirmative action advocates, higher education and corporate officials agreed that institutions of all types must be proactive to prevent the faltering economy from overly impacting one or more underrepresented groups.
June 30, 2010
African-American
Texas Southern Released from Accreditation Probation
The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools’ Commission on Colleges has released Texas Southern University from a probation that had been attached to the school’s accreditation status dating back to December 2007.
June 29, 2010
African-American
National Scholarship Program Rewards Academically Talented Black Students
The Ron Brown Scholars program provides financial and moral support for low-income yet high-achieving students of color with many attending elite institutions.
June 28, 2010
African-American
Grambling Selects New President
Grambling State University has a new president, and he’s a familiar face with decades of experience at public universities around the country. Dr. Frank Pogue will be the school’s eighth president, after the University of Louisiana System board unanimously agreed to the appointment Friday.
June 27, 2010
African-American
Charlotte Morris Named as Tuskegee University Interim President
Dr. Charlotte P. Morris will become interim president of Tuskegee University, following the July 31, 2010 retirement of school president Dr. Benjamin F. Payton.
June 21, 2010
Faculty & Staff
New Initiative To Examine Equity of College-access Programs
A new Kresge Foundation-funded research effort launching this summer will better equip teachers and administrators at two Boston high schools in getting their students prepared for college.
June 20, 2010
African-American
Policy Summit Tackles Changing U.S. Demographics
During a National Journal policy summit on demographics and the workforce of the future, it was pointed out that 65 percent of the population is White, compared to 70 percent in 2000 and 80 percent in 1980. Generation Y, aged 30 and under, is two-fifths non-White.
June 17, 2010
African-American
South Carolina State President Ousted After Two Years at Helm
The board of South Carolina State University has fired the president of the historically Black college after just two years at the helm.
June 15, 2010
African-American
Historically Black Medical Schools Rank High for Social Mission
Graduates of Morehouse, Meharry, and Howard University medical schools, three historically Black institutions, are the most likely to devote themselves to serving underserved communities, according to a national study published Tuesday.
June 15, 2010
Leadership & Policy
S.C. State University to Get $80 Million Transportation Research Center
Amid questions about how some of the initial grant money was spent, South Carolina State University officials hope to begin construction soon on the first phase of a transportation research center announced 12 years ago.
June 14, 2010
African-American
$1M Donated for Demolition at Paul Quinn College
A $1 million donation to demolish 13 abandoned buildings at Paul Quinn College in Dallas is meant to bolster the school’s efforts to survive.
June 13, 2010
Students
Why We Need Diverse Books
Many fine examples of general-interest, academic, literary books from the university and small presses are overlooked when it comes time to hand out accolades. Most are never reviewed, which contributes to their invisibility. Writing about them can be a lonely enterprise. It helps if you have eclectic reading habits, a taste for the esoteric and […]
June 11, 2010
Faculty & Staff
Scholar Says Research Universities Not Serious About Faculty Diversity
To Dr. M. Cookie Newsom, director for diversity education and assessment at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, there’s no delicate way of describing the lack of commitment she believes many top research universities demonstrate as they allegedly seek to diversify their faculties.
June 9, 2010
African-American
Thurgood Marshall’s Legacy Takes Center Stage in Washington
Drawing upon an extraordinary legal career and an affiliation with Howard University, the one-man play “Thurgood”, starring actor Laurence Fishburne, has opened in the nation’s capital where much of the heroic life of the late Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall unfolded.
June 8, 2010
African-American
Taking Diversity to the Next Level
With expanded management and planning responsibilities, high-ranking chief diversity officers are heading their institutions’ comprehensive approach to inclusiveness.
June 8, 2010
African-American
Charges from Racially Charged Mass. Campus Fight To Be Dropped Against Black Man
For more than two years, supporters of former University of Massachusetts student Jason Vassell have urged prosecutors to drop charges against him that stemmed from a racially charged fight and sparked protests, demonstrations and accusations of bias.
June 7, 2010
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