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Section: Demographics > African-American
African-American
Getting Race and Poverty Right in Education
Several months ago, I was invited to conduct a professional development session in a school with a high proportion of students of color and those living below the poverty line
July 1, 2015
African-American
CIA Announces Plan to Do Better on Diversity
WASHINGTON, Jun 30, 2015 (AP) – The CIA is failing to hire and promote enough minorities despite years of vowing to do so, Director John Brennan said Tuesday, announcing a new effort to tackle the problem of a largely white workforce whose lack of diversity he says is undercutting the spy agency’s intelligence mission. Brennan […]
July 1, 2015
African-American
Same-Sex Fight Not Over
Obama’s polarizing Friday shows the fight for same-sex equality still isn’t over.
June 29, 2015
Students
The Legacy of Dr. Norman C. Francis and Xavier University
Physicians and alumni of Xavier University, Trevonne M. Thompson, MD and Myiesha Taylor, MD remember the lasting impact of Dr. Norman C. Francis and Xavier University.
June 29, 2015
Faculty & Staff
MICHAEL KIM
MICHAEL KIM has been named director of the School of Music at the University of Minnesota, effective July 31. He is acting associate vice president (external) and dean of the School of Music at Brandon University. Kim earned a bachelor’s from the University of Calgary, and a master’s and a doctorate from The Juilliard School.
June 29, 2015
Faculty & Staff
ELAINE COLLINS
ELAINE COLLINS has been appointed president of Johnson State College in Vermont. She was dean and COO of the College of Education at Grand Valley State University. Collins earned a bachelor’s from the University of California, Los Angeles, a master’s from the University of California, Davis, and a doctorate from The Ohio State University.
June 29, 2015
Faculty & Staff
MONICA PONCE DE LEON
MONICA PONCE DE LEON has been appointed dean of the School of Architecture at Princeton University. She was dean of the College of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Michigan. Ponce de Leon earned a bachelor’s from the University of Miami and a master’s from Harvard University.
June 29, 2015
African-American
HBCUs, HSIs Equipped to Aid Incarcerated Youth
A 2013 study by RAND concluded that prisoners were 43 percent less likely to be imprisoned after release because of educational programs.
June 24, 2015
African-American
Move to Remove Confederate Flag a Good Starting Point
With a swiftness that no one could have possibly imagined, the Confederate battle flag potentially will be coming down in a number of places in the South following the lead of Gov. Nikki Haley’s actions Monday in South Carolina.
June 23, 2015
Sports
Confronting Assault Issues on Campus: Our Reality, Our Challenge
Late last year my personal life collided with my work life in regards to the issues of assault on college campuses.
June 23, 2015
Leadership & Policy
An Open Letter from Orangeburg to Charleston
If the lessons learned from “yesterday’s sorrow” do not frame new patterns of action which abort or prevent “tomorrow’s” insult or injury, then what does ‘I am sorry’ really mean?
June 23, 2015
Faculty & Staff
Tuskegee University Secures $500K Grant
Tuskegee University has been awarded a $500,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to bolster its Bachelor of Arts degree program.
June 22, 2015
African-American
Dylann Roof is a Racist and Terrorist. Period.
The sad and sobering truth is that this is hardly the first time that a Black church has been the target of homegrown terrorism by White supremacists.
June 22, 2015
Students
Killings in Charleston Put Race Relations in U.S. to Test
Racial tension in this country became the focal point of discussion last week with the killing of nine African-Americans in Charleston, South Carolina.
June 22, 2015
Faculty & Staff
Boot Camp Bolsters Skills of MSI Faculty
Early career faculty from minority-serving institutions across the nation converged on the University of Pennsylvania recently for a three-day boot camp focused on professional development.
June 21, 2015
Sports
When Asian Americans Hear Hate Crime, We Think of Vincent Chin
The anniversary of his beating death in 1982 coincides with the mourning in Charleston.
June 21, 2015
African-American
S.C. State Granted Extension of Loan Repayment
The state’s Budget and Control Board has agreed to grant its request to extend repayment of a $6 million loan.
June 18, 2015
Sports
HBCUs to Seek Delay on NCAA Requirement
Fourteen of 21 Division I athletic teams facing postseason competition bans this coming school year are based at historically Black colleges and universities.
June 18, 2015
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