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Section: Demographics > African-American
Students
A Seat at the Table for KIPP Alumni
WASHINGTON – The Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP) centered students who are alumni of the charter school network at the forefront of a conversation this week about what it takes to get to and through college during a panel on Capitol Hill.
June 25, 2018
African-American
A Scholar Without Borders
As chair of the African American studies department and the Carlos Montezuma Professor of Performance Studies and African American Studies at Northwestern University, Dr. E. Patrick Johnson is a scholar without borders. His research crosses academic disciplines and creative art forms in multiple ways, to the extent that he describes himself only half-jokingly as “an academic trickster.”
June 12, 2018
African-American
Campus Child Care Critical in Raising Single Mothers’ Graduation Rates
Access to campus child care is a key factor in determining if single mothers in college will graduate within six years, according to the latest in a series of reports released Wednesday by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research.
June 6, 2018
Students
Writing Groups as Counterspaces for Black Women Graduate Students at PWIs
It is no secret that Black women graduate students are severely underrepresented at Predominantly White Institutions (PWIs). As a result, counterspaces that serve Black women specifically are needed now more than ever.
June 2, 2018
African-American
Why Are Only the White Marches the Right Marches?
High school activism is now commonplace in America. Students are no longer the leaders of tomorrow: they are the leaders of today. In response, colleges and universities have voiced their support of these students exercising their free-speech rights. However, institutions give validation to which topics are okay to march for – and which are not.
May 20, 2018
African-American
New Book Explores Unsung Black Women Freedom Fighters
The title of Dr. Keisha Blain’s critically acclaimed new book about Black nationalist women may portend her own future as a scholar and historian. “Set the World on Fire” and her other projects reveal a woman ablaze with momentum.
May 15, 2018
African-American
Academics Remember Renowned Literary Scholar Marcellus Blount
Former students and professional colleagues are mourning the death of Dr. Marcellus Blount, a well-known scholar of African-American literary and cultural studies who taught at Columbia University since 1985.
May 7, 2018
African-American
African-Americans and Asian Americans in Dialogue?
I write to my African-American friends to suggest three reasons for including Asian Americans in the civil rights movement for the benefit of the historic struggle for Black equality.
May 6, 2018
African-American
OSU Names Scholar Moore Vice Provost for Diversity, Inclusion
The Ohio State University has named Dr. James L. Moore III, a prominent researcher and scholar, as its next vice provost for diversity and inclusion. Moore has served as interim vice provost and chief diversity officer since May 2017.
May 6, 2018
African-American
Paul Quinn College President Makes Fortune Magazine List
Sandwiched between Jamie Dimon, the CEO of JP Morgan Chase and actress Reese Witherspoon, Dr. Michael Sorrell was named 34 on The World’s 50 Greatest Leaders published by Fortune magazine.
May 1, 2018
Students
Predominantly White Institutions, Black Women Grad Students and a Sense of Belonging
While predominantly White institutions should make deliberate efforts to address issues of a lack of sense of belonging among Black women graduate students, there are several strategies that the students themselves can use.
May 1, 2018
African-American
Architect of Black Liberation Theology Dies at 79
The Rev. Dr. James H. Cone, the prolific author and founder of Black Liberation Theology whose groundbreaking works inspired a generation of theologians and activists, has died at the age of 79.
April 29, 2018
African-American
What I Learned (Not) Flying First Class
The problem of privilege, no different than ignorance, is that it need not acknowledge itself. I am as culpable as any of us. Yet for a few, the rank they hold, earned or not, is permanent. The rest of us are aware our situation is but temporary.
April 29, 2018
Students
UNCF Summit Amplifies Black Voices in Education Reform Efforts
The United Negro College Fund hosted a panel of educators and community advocates Thursday during its 2018 UNCF Education Summit to augment the release of a new report that seeks to amplify the African-American community’s voice in education-reform discussions.
April 26, 2018
African-American
The Hate U Give
It takes only one person to change the trajectory of youth of color and invest in them when they are at the brink of falling into a system that was designed to disadvantage them.
April 23, 2018
African-American
Three HBCUs Partner in DC Entrepreneur Scholarship Program
Morgan State University, Bowie State University and University of the District of Columbia have announced a $1-million program to develop the entrepreneurial aspirations of students from the District of Columbia enrolled in their universities.
April 23, 2018
Leadership & Policy
HBCUs Aid the Rise of Black Women
In exploring issues of gender equity for Black women, the role of HBCUs and their impact across higher education and the business sector are too frequently overlooked. In an industry dominated by White males, Black women have shattered stereotypes and excelled in key campus leadership positions across the academic enterprise.
April 15, 2018
African-American
Direct Engagement With Trump, GOP Pays Off for HBCUs
The Thurgood Marshall College Fund’s decision not to resist – but instead engage in a strategic way and bipartisan fashion on behalf of our nearly 300,000 HBCU students who need a voice in Congress and with the Trump administration – has borne fruit at many levels.
April 8, 2018
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