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Section: Demographics > African-American
Students
UVa Looks to Private Donors to Fund Student Financial Aid
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. ― The University of Virginia is increasingly looking to private donors to cover tuition costs for low-income students amid shrinking state funding. Virginia’s flagship public university currently raises more than $10 million a year for need-based scholarships, UVa spokesman Anthony de Bryun told the Charlottesville Daily Progress. That’s up from $1.5 million that […]
November 29, 2015
African-American
In Case You Missed It…
Lincoln University Tells Parent’s Association to Back Off Diverse Docket: African-American Student Loses Bias Suit Against Valparaiso A Lesson in Isolation: Being Hopi in Higher Education In Malaysia, Obama Says Education an Anti-Terrorism Strategy
November 24, 2015
African-American
At UMD, New Frederick Douglass Square Illustrates State’s Racial Duality
Maryland and its flagship campus’ celebration of diversity and inclusion served as an ironic contradiction of the state’s own participation in the limited opportunities for and representations of Black students within its borders.
November 24, 2015
African-American
Time to Save Our HBCUs Ourselves
Business as usual is dead and it is time for HBCUs to adapt to a new environment never seen before.
November 24, 2015
Students
The Folly of Safe Space on Campus
If college is supposed to prepare one for life “in the real world,” should we continue to expect these things to change on campus?
November 24, 2015
Students
Washington University Cancels Classes Over Hate Speech
SEATTLE — After a racist thread on social media sparked outrage on a quiet Washington state campus, college officials sent students home a day early for the Thanksgiving holiday. Western Washington University sent out an alert cancelling classes and an email to students just after 6 a.m. Tuesday from President Bruce Shepard. It is unknown […]
November 24, 2015
Students
University of Kentucky to Cover Controversial Campus Mural
LEXINGTON, Ky. ― Nine years after his predecessor rejected calls to remove a controversial Great Depression-era campus mural that featured Black workers toiling in a tobacco field, University of Kentucky President Eli Capilouto has decided to cover the painting until a more permanent solution is found. Capilouto wrote on the school’s website Monday that he […]
November 24, 2015
Students
NYC Mayor: Yale Should Drop Name of Slavery Defender
NEW YORK ― New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is siding with his son who wants Yale University to drop the name of a U.S. vice president who defended slavery from a residential hall. The Democratic mayor and Yale alumnus told reporters on Monday he “absolutely” favors stripping the name of John C. Calhoun […]
November 24, 2015
African-American
Diverse Conversations: 4 Ways HBCUs Can Prepare Students for Lack of Workplace Diversity
There has to be a blending of what is actually happening in the workplace with what the ideal can be with the right people who work for it.
November 23, 2015
Leadership & Policy
Diverse Docket: African-American Student Loses Bias Suit Against Valparaiso
An African-American nursing student who was dismissed for low grades has lost her racial discrimination suit against Valparaiso University.
November 22, 2015
African-American
In Malaysia, Obama Says Education an Anti-Terrorism Strategy
After Paris, Obama speaks to college students in the YSEALI Program in Malaysia.
November 22, 2015
Faculty & Staff
Brown University Announces $100M Plan on Racism, Diversity
PROVIDENCE, R.I. ― Brown University says it plans to spend $100 million over the next decade to address diversity and racism on the campus. Brown President Christina Paxson unveiled the 19-page draft action plan and thanked students who have called attention in recent months to issues of injustice at the Ivy League school. The Providence […]
November 22, 2015
African-American
In Case You Missed It…
Tragedy in Paris Steve Fund Challenging Views of Mental Health in Minority Communities  Failing Grade: Why There Aren’t More African-American Teachers in Classrooms Mizzou and the Future of Black Student-Athletes’ Protests
November 20, 2015
African-American
Board Ready to Lead ASALH into 2nd Century of Existence
As the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) moves into its second century of existence, it will be led by a well-known historian who has been active in the organization for decades.
November 19, 2015
Faculty & Staff
Portraits of Black Faculty Members Defaced at Harvard Law
BOSTON ― Harvard Law School says portraits of Black faculty members have been defaced a day after a campus rally for Black students. Several portraits were discovered Thursday with black strips of tape placed diagonally over the Black faculty members’ faces. The portraits were on the first floor of Wasserstein Hall, which houses two hallways […]
November 19, 2015
Students
Diverse Conversations: Do Full-ride Scholarships Really Increase College Diversity?
Finances are certainly an obstacle when it comes to creating diverse college campuses but it is not the only issue.
November 18, 2015
African-American
Failing Grade: Why There Aren’t More African-American Teachers in Classrooms
The need for the African-American teacher continues to increase. What do we need to do to protect the lifeline of the African-American teacher candidate?
November 18, 2015
African-American
Steve Fund Challenging Views of Mental Health in Minority Communities
The Steve Fund, focused on the specific mental health challenges that plague minority communities, will hold its “Young, Gifted, and @ Risk” symposium Friday at Stanford University.
November 18, 2015
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