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Section: Demographics > African-American
Students
Expert: Achievement Gap a National Crisis
Consider this sobering fact: For every 10 African-American students who enter college, only four will graduate. Just four in 10.
May 9, 2017
African-American
Congressional Black Caucus Not Buying Trump’s ‘Unwavering Support’ of HBCUs
Two leading Democratic Black lawmakers on Monday slammed President Donald J. Trump’s attempt to walk back his previous comments questioning the constitutionality of a program that helps support HBCUs.
May 8, 2017
African-American
Guillermo: HBCU Funding Latest Target of White House Threats to Diversity
Just look at what President Trump is doing to HBCUs, and maybe all programs based on race, ethnicity, or gender.
May 7, 2017
Sports
Saban’s Contract Extension Raises Player Compensation Questions
The news that University of Alabama football coach will now be paid about $11.125M a year rekindled conversation about whether college athletes should get paid.
May 7, 2017
Students
American University Student President Targeted with Online Harassment
WASHINGTON — American University in Washington is providing campus police officers to protect the student body president and her family now that she’s getting harassed online after enduring racist taunts earlier this week. AU officials say a “White supremacist” wrote a post asking people to harass Taylor Dumpson. She’s the first Black woman to be […]
May 7, 2017
African-American
‘Black Cousin’ Remark at Commencement Sparks Criticism
BOISE, Idaho — A Boise businesswoman says she meant no offense for the remarks she made during a University of Idaho commencement address that has since sparked criticism from attendees. Meg Carlson, president and CEO of Boise-based Prosperity Organic Foods, has come under scrutiny while talking about accepting a job nearly 30 years ago inside […]
May 7, 2017
Students
Colleges are Hotbeds for Inappropriate Behavior
It appears that racism has no boundaries. It rears its distasteful head in too many places and spaces that we hold dear to us.
May 4, 2017
African-American
Marc Lamont Hill Leaving Morehouse College for Temple U.
Dr. Marc Lamont Hill — one of the nation’s most visible and prolific Black intellectuals — is leaving Morehouse College to begin an endowed professorship at Temple University.
May 4, 2017
Students
The Black Male Blueprint of Educational Advancement
The key to reaching Black males lies in the willingness of parents, teachers, counselors, administrators, and community stakeholders to invest the time in understanding these young men individually and not collectively.
May 4, 2017
African-American
Black Members of Congress Demand Probe of Nooses at American University
WASHINGTON — The hanging of bananas from nooses with hateful messages at American University in Washington, apparently targeting the first Black woman to serve as the student body president, prompted members of Congress to call for federal civil rights investigations on Thursday. At least five bananas with nooses were found hanging from trees and lampposts […]
May 4, 2017
African-American
Diverse Docket: Judge Tosses Bias Suit Against City College of S.F.
A federal judge has dismissed a former student’s discrimination suit against the City College of San Francisco, finding insufficient evidence that a racially hostile environment existed.
May 3, 2017
African-American
University of Georgia Builds On Lessons Learned from Slave Cemetery
As the University of Georgia prepares to delve into its past, activists hope that it will remain sensitive to the impact that history still has on the present.
May 3, 2017
African-American
The Importance of Early, Consistent Exposure to STEM Fields
An increased level of early exposure will help to make the requisite math courses needed for many STEM careers more relevant to students.
May 3, 2017
Students
Low-income, Minority Students Lag in High School Grad Rates
WASHINGTON — Despite rising national graduation rates, low-income and minority students continue to lag behind their peers in finishing high school, according to a study released Wednesday. While the national graduation rate for the year 2015 was 83.2 percent, it was only 77.8 percent for Hispanic students and 74.6 for Black students, said the […]
May 3, 2017
African-American
NASA Recognizing Veteran Science Writer Warren Leary
Leary is set to be formally inducted Friday into the elite “Chroniclers,” a program at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center that recognizes people who “helped spread the news of America’s space exploration.”
May 2, 2017
African-American
Urban League: Blacks Must Remain ‘Vigilant’ to Protect Gains
African-Americans must fight to protect the socioeconomic and political gains made under the Obama administration and vigorously oppose imminent threats from the Trump administration to turn back the clock, the leader of the National Urban League said.
May 2, 2017
Students
Hundreds March at American University after Noose Incident
WASHINGTON — Hundreds of students have been marching at American University in Washington a day after bananas were found hanging from string in the shape of nooses on campus. Television station WRC-TV reports that students walked out of a town hall meeting administrators were holding Tuesday, a day after the bananas were found at several […]
May 2, 2017
Leadership & Policy
Former Obama Justice Official to Lead John Jay College
NEW YORK — A former assistant attorney general in the Obama administration’s justice department will be the next president of Manhattan’s John Jay College of Criminal Justice. The Daily News reports Monday that 59-year-old Karol Mason will take over on Aug. 1. She’ll be the school’s first African-American and first woman president. Mason said she […]
May 2, 2017
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