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Section: Demographics > African-American
African-American
40 Years After Students Sparked Apartheid’s End, a New Anger
JOHANNESBURG ― The day was a key moment in the long campaign to end South Africa’s harsh apartheid system of White-minority rule. Forty years ago, black students in Johannesburg’s Soweto township marched in protest and some were gunned down by police, appalling the world. South Africa has changed dramatically since June 16, 1976 , when […]
June 15, 2016
Leadership & Policy
Paul Quinn Addresses Issues in Black Community With New Institute
In an effort to address a litany of economic, educational, public policy and leadership development issues, Paul Quinn College recently announced the creation of the African American Leadership Institute.
June 14, 2016
Students
Brooks Gives Unique Perspective on Two Worlds at Cal State Fullerton
Dr. Siobhan Brooks has created the first class of its kind at Cal State Fulerton chronicling the Black LGBT experience.
June 14, 2016
Students
PwC’s $1.35M Gift to Bryant University May Spur Greater Investment in Diversity
A recent $1.35 million gift to Bryant University from PwC, the world’s largest accounting firm, to support diversity initiatives focused on student scholarships and leadership development, has redefined philanthropic giving.
June 10, 2016
Students
Proposed University of California System Tuition Hike Ignites Firestorm
The State Assembly voted to significantly raise tuition costs for out-of-state students at UC schools and cap the enrollment number of those students at 10 percent in a bid to expand access to low-income California students.
June 9, 2016
African-American
Scholars: Turning Potential into Participation Key after Restoration of Ex-felons’ Voting Rights
Political observers say that the state of Virginia likely will play a major role in November’s presidential election, particularly after Gov. Terry McAuliffe restored voting rights to more than 200,000 of the state’s convicted felons.
June 8, 2016
Students
U.S. Secretary of Education John B. King Leading Charge to Diversify K-12 Schools
U.S. Secretary of Education John B. King lamented the fact that, despite being more than 60 years removed from Brown v. Board of Education, America’s students today are more racially and socioeconomically isolated than they were 10 or 20 years ago.
June 8, 2016
Students
As a Black Female College Professor in Texas, Should I Get a Gun?
I’m unsettled by the notion of entire university communities being motivated by fear to take up arms. I also wonder how people will react to Black students, staff and faculty who choose to arm themselves.
June 7, 2016
Faculty & Staff
Villanova University Names Mark C. Alexander Law School Dean
Mark C. Alexander — a seasoned law school administrator, scholar and litigator — has been named the Arthur J. Kania Dean of the Charles Widger School of Law at Villanova University.
June 7, 2016
Students
Magic Johnson Helping S.C. State Raise $2.5M
ORANGEBURG, S.C. ― NBA great Earvin “Magic” Johnson will work with South Carolina State University to raise $2.5 million for scholarships that bear his name. The university announced in a release Monday that the Earvin “Magic” Johnson Endowed Scholarship Fund will help students seeking business degrees at the state-supported, historically Black university in Orangeburg. Johnson […]
June 7, 2016
Students
For Maine Colleges and Universities, Diversity Challenges More than a Matter of Numbers
College and universities navigate issues of racism and diversity in the Whitest state in the union.
June 6, 2016
Students
Faculty of Color Urged to Heed Call of Activism
Numerous NCORE attendees agreed that it’s imperative for faculty and staff of color to find ways to stand in solidarity with today’s underrepresented and disadvantaged students amid racial tensions, escalating tuition and national political rhetoric that is often anti-minority, anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim.
June 6, 2016
Sports
Muhammad Ali Moved People Out of Their Comfort Zones
Muhammad Ali, known in his early life as Cassius Clay, was one of the most controversial figures in American history. He engendered feelings of delirious admiration among his supporters and frequently vile emotions from his detractors.
June 5, 2016
Students
Brown University Making Bold Bid to Assure Diversity and Inclusion
Brown University introduces a comprehensive new program to address issues with diversity and inclusion on the campus.
June 5, 2016
Sports
Muhammad Ali, Undisputedly ‘The Greatest’
Muhammad Ali. Who among us today can suppress a smile of appreciation at the mere mention of the name? I can unabashedly confess that the man was my hero, the single most impactful athlete of my generation.
June 4, 2016
African-American
Mellon Foundation Grants Additional $100K to Tuskegee University
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has granted $100,000 to Tuskegee University, bringing the total gift recently given to the private Alabama historically Black university to $600,000.
June 2, 2016
Students
Meet the First Black Valedictorian at the World’s First School of Dentistry
Established in 1840 as the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, the University of Maryland School of Dentistry is known as the first dental college in the world. This past week, the school again made history when it graduated the first black valedictorian in its 176-year existence. As graduation approached, Tera Poole knew she was among the top […]
May 28, 2016
African-American
Dr. Manisha Sinha Points Perception of Abolitionist Movement in Another Direction
Dr. Manisha Sinha’s new book The Slave’s Cause: A History of Abolition provides a counter to the historical narrative that is often presented of abolitionists as only being White, bourgeois reformers who were burdened by racial paternalism and economic conservatism.
May 27, 2016
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