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Section: Demographics > African-American
Students
Going ‘All In’ for Our Nation’s Students of Color
Only 3 out of 10 African-American students with high potential for success in AP science course work take an AP science course.
August 13, 2014
African-American
Holley-Walker Eagerly Leads Law Students into Redefined Realms
Newly appointed dean of Howard University School of Law preparing students to tap into the opportunities and responsibilities of sometimes being “the only voice in the room for people who look like them and things that might interest them.”
August 11, 2014
Faculty & Staff
‘Authentic’ Blackness Debate Continues
The fact is that most of us who are Black, regardless of socioeconomic status or educational level, will be confronted with the reality that our skin color will render us vulnerable to the fact that we are the “other” in the eyes of some Whites and some other non-Blacks.
August 7, 2014
African-American
Reflections on the Underemployment of College Graduates
Most people know that the job market is particularly tough right now for recent college grads. But so tough that about half of them are either unemployed or underemployed?
August 6, 2014
African-American
Reflections on the Underemployment of College Graduates
Most people know that the job market is particularly tough right now for recent college grads. But so tough that about half of them are either unemployed or underemployed?
August 6, 2014
Leadership & Policy
Ohio State University Stands By Firing; Band Director Wants Reversal
Ohio State University officials on Tuesday stood by their firing of the marching band director, who said he wants his job back and another chance to change the cultural issues in the unit that led to his dismissal.
August 5, 2014
African-American
Bloomfield College Partners With Nonprofit to Help Minority STEM Students
The program was so successful that the school will offer the camp during the upcoming academic school year and has increased its efforts to recruit additional students.
August 5, 2014
African-American
Scholars Dig Deeper into Educational Challenges Black Boys Face
The book’s editors, Drs. James L. Moore III and Chance W. Lewis, collaborated on the project to “highlight those educational research practices, and policies that weakens school and life outcomes for Black males.”
August 4, 2014
Students
Powerball Win Helps Marilyn Fields Spread Her Love for Shaw University
Good fortune allows devoted alumna and employee the opportunity to fully capitalize a scholarship she had started earlier this year.
July 31, 2014
African-American
Lead Exposure Study to Focus on Black Women in Cincinnati
University of Cincinnati researchers are launching a study of African-American women to determine whether childhood lead exposure has affected bone and muscle health.
July 31, 2014
African-American
Damon Williams Hired to Lead Emory University’s Recruitment, Diversity Efforts
After five years as director of the McNair Scholars Program and the University Summer programs at Xavier University, Damon L. Williams Jr. will begin a new job this week as director of diversity, community and recruitment for The Laney Graduate School at Emory University.
July 29, 2014
African-American
Rethinking President Obama’s My Brother’s Keeper Initiative
The initiative lacks components that would aggressively respond to the pervasiveness of institutional and structural racism that yet persists in America.
July 28, 2014
Students
Hine Awarded 2013 National Humanities Medal at White House
Dr. Darlene Clark Hine, a pioneering scholar in the field of African American women’s history, was among a group of individuals honored Monday at the White House.
July 28, 2014
Leadership & Policy
Wilberforce University Delays Selection of President
The trustees of the Ohio school had planned to announce Dwayne Smith as the school’s 20th president Saturday night at its annual alumni conference in Memphis.
July 27, 2014
African-American
HBCUs Look to Court Superstar Black Faculty
HBCU presidents are saying that’s the tact they’ll continue to take if they are successful in raising enough funds to make attractive offers to top-tier Black faculty at majority institutions.
July 27, 2014
African-American
Law Professor Cashin Makes Case for Building Affirmative Action Anew
In a new book, Georgetown University law professor Sheryll Cashin argues for a new form of affirmative action.
July 24, 2014
African-American
Hill Leaving Columbia University for Morehouse College Professorship
The move signals a new effort by Morehouse to aggressively compete with predominantly White institutions for young Black superstar professors.
July 23, 2014
African-American
Appeals Court Rejects Professor’s Disability-Based Bias Claim
A University of Maryland Eastern Shore professor who was terminated after refusing to undergo a mental health evaluation has lost another round in his suit alleging disability-based discrimination.
July 22, 2014
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