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Section: Demographics > African-American
African-American
On 10th Anniversary, Wikipedia Aims for Diversity
In an effort to diversify, the San Francisco-based nonprofit is recruiting students from 16 college campuses, including Harvard and Georgetown.
January 12, 2011
African-American
Black History Month Starts Here
As Black History Month approaches, many readers look for new books, either for their own reading pleasure, for courses or for special seminars and discussions. Diversebooks.net offers many titles that would be excellent additions to any library.
January 11, 2011
African-American
Haitian-Americans Mark 1st Year Since Earthquake
Haitian-American leaders and others are using Wednesday’s anniversary of Haiti’s massive earthquake to implore the Obama administration to welcome tens of thousands of Haitians who were promised visas but remain in the crippled Caribbean country on waiting lists.
January 11, 2011
Students
University of Georgia Celebrates Desegregation Anniversary
Georgia’s flaghip university has honored Charlayne Hunter-Gault and the late Hamilton Holmes over the past few days as faculty, alumni, students and others commemorate the 50-year anniversary of the desegregation of UGA.
January 11, 2011
African-American
Portia Shields Takes Over Struggling TSU
University’s first female president has a history of turning around troubled programs.
January 10, 2011
African-American
States Receive Annual Grade on Education Quality
Annual report details positive impact of federal stimulus money, but also highlights struggles and failures of state policies.
January 10, 2011
Faculty & Staff
Tenure Crusader
After winning the tenure race, Dr. Kerry Ann Rockquemore gave it up to help other young professors reach their own tenure goals.
January 10, 2011
African-American
For Minorities, A New ‘Digital Divide’
Some experts see a new “digital divide” emerging with Latinos and Blacks being challenged by more, not less, access to technology.
January 9, 2011
African-American
Accounting Giant Ernst & Young Seeks To Attract More Minority Hires
Ernst & Young actively recruits at about 200 universities nationwide and partners with the National Association of Black Accountants and other groups to extend its outreach.
January 6, 2011
African-American
Literary Struggle Continues Over Mark Twain’s ‘Offensive’ Words
In the wake of the latest furor over Twain’s depiction of American slavery, scholars are divided over a publisher’s move to remove N-word from forthcoming edition of the author’s acclaimed novels.
January 5, 2011
Students
Cities Take Up Challenge of Helping Increase College Completion Rates
Cities from Hammond, Ind., and New Haven, Conn., to Denver and Pittsburgh have launched city scholarship programs at a time when the U.S. has fallen from first to ninth place in the world in the proportion of young people with college degrees.
January 5, 2011
Faculty & Staff
Black Colleges Step Up Pursuit of Sponsored Research
Envisioning a more competitive future, a number of Black college leaders have challenged their faculties to pursue aggressive research agendas.
January 5, 2011
Students
With High Demand, Pell Grant Program Faces Challenges
Uncertainty about program funding comes as more students take advantage of Pell awards year round.
January 4, 2011
Leadership & Policy
University of Arkansas-Little Rock Chancellor Establishing Racial Institute To Heal Old Wounds
Joel Anderson is following through on the diversity promise he made when he assumed the chancellorship six years ago.
January 3, 2011
African-American
Black Harvard Doctor Pens Memoir of Jim Crow South
Trailblazer now focuses on improving minority health care disparities.
January 2, 2011
Students
Historians Expose Error-Filled Virginia Textbooks
Controversial claim of Black Confederate soldiers just one of dozens of inaccurate or incorrect assertions in two textbooks.
January 2, 2011
Students
Learning Life Lessons from Kemba
In sharing her story of redemption, Kemba Smith Pradia helps the vulnerable stay on track, one college student at a time.
December 23, 2010
African-American
NSF Grant Supports STEM Partnership Between Jackson State and a Mississippi Community College
An innovative collaboration between Jackson State University and a rural community college campus in Mississippi has resulted in a five-year, $1.75 million grant from the National Science Foundation.
December 23, 2010
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