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Section: Demographics > African-American
African-American
Julianne Malveaux To Step Down as Bennett College President in May
President of Bennett College since 2007, Malveaux announced Tuesday that she will be stepping down as the school’s chief executive on May 6.
February 28, 2012
African-American
Public University Association, NASA Host Minority Male STEM Symposium
Experts on Tuesday say success of higher education STEM programs targeting minority men may depend heavily on enhancing the promise of financial success in STEM employment.
February 28, 2012
African-American
Commentary: Why Diversity Still Matters
If the Supreme Court bars the use of race in college admissions decisions, it threatens years of work by civil rights activists who fought to make campuses more integrated, diverse and just, a think tank analyst writes.
February 27, 2012
African-American
FAMU Research Initiative to Focus on Hazing
Florida A&M University, in stepping up its efforts to demonstrate its seriousness about quelling hazing on campus over the long term, has established a $50,000 research fund for FAMU faculty to “study the nature and extent of hazing behaviors among campus organizations and groups.”
February 26, 2012
African-American
Fisk University’s Hazel O’Leary to Continue Helping Fisk after Retirement
Fisk University president Hazel O’Leary said earlier this week that she plans to continue helping the financially embattled institution after her retirement, which is scheduled for the end of 2012.
February 23, 2012
African-American
Cataloging the Pan-African Experience
A longtime collector of books and rare items by and about African-Americans, Charles L. Blockson donated an art and artifact collection to Temple University that helps students and teachers grasp the history of peoples of African descent.
February 23, 2012
African-American
Officials Lead National African-American History and Culture Museum Groundbreaking
In a project hailed as a milestone in the nation’s history, President Obama joined celebrities, political luminaries and scholars Wednesday for the symbolic groundbreaking of the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
February 22, 2012
African-American
Civil Rights Veterans Teach the Movement
Robert Moses and Charles Cobb are among the 1960s civil rights activists who have made the transition to academia, helping students born in a different era understand how the freedom struggle transformed America.
February 21, 2012
African-American
University of Pennsylvania Names W.E.B. DuBois Honorary Emeritus Professor
After barring W.E.B. DuBois as a young sociologist from a teaching job more than a century ago, the University of Pennsylvania has now granted the late scholar an honorary professorship.
February 20, 2012
African-American
Fisk University President Hazel R. O’Leary to Retire in December
News of O’Leary’s departure announcement comes as the school manages to maintain a small, solid academic program while continuing to lose enrollment and thirst for a huge infusion of money to keep its doors open.
February 19, 2012
African-American
Prominent FAMU Trustee Resigns from University Board
Richard Dent III, a Florida A & M University graduate and successful retail executive, resigned earlier this month from his post as vice chair of the FAMU Board of Trustees.
February 16, 2012
African-American
Lawsuit in FAMU Death Reveals Details of Hazing
The parents of a Florida A&M band member who died after being hazed filed a wrongful death lawsuit Monday against the owner and driver of the charter bus where the ritual took place, and revealed new details about what might have happened the night Robert Champion died.
February 15, 2012
African-American
New Book Explores Black History and the American Presidency
Every president of the United States from George Washington to Barack Obama has had to confront issues surrounding African-Americans and race relations in America.
February 14, 2012
African-American
Albany State Awards Honorary Degrees to 32 Students Expelled for 1961 Protests
Dr. Everette Freeman said when he became president of Albany State, an HBCU, in 2005, he knew he wanted to honor the Albany Movement students for their civil rights activism.
February 13, 2012
African-American
Commentary: The Complex Simplicity of Black Male Success in College
When I read through the key findings of the study, I was struck by the simplicity of the reasons these Black men offered as to why they have succeeded in college.
February 12, 2012
African-American
HBCU Television Network Eyes March Launch
For longtime cable television executive Curtis Symonds, launching the HBCU Network as a cable television channel represents the pinnacle of a lifelong association with historically Black institutions.
February 12, 2012
African-American
Johnson C. Smith University Embraces Foster Youth
Under Dr. Ronald Carter’s leadership, Johnson C. Smith University wants to be a family and community for young adults coming out of foster care.
February 9, 2012
African-American
Report: AP Courses Not Available for Black Students
The vast majority of 2011 Black high school graduates who could have excelled in an AP course never enrolled in one because they were either “left out” or went to a school that didn’t offer the college prep courses, the College Board reports.
February 8, 2012
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