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Section: Demographics > African-American
African-American
Knoxville College Board Chairman Insists Closure Not Permanent
The Tennessee HBCU is suspending instruction for the fall 2015 semester and its board hopes it can restructure to better position itself to advance the viability of the college.
April 14, 2015
African-American
Charles Homes In on Tiffin University’s Security Programs
Dr. Curtis B. Charles, who currently serves as the senior associate vice chancellor for institutional transformation at Fayetteville State University and founding executive director of the Center for Defense and Homeland Security, has been selected to lead Tiffin University in Ohio.
April 14, 2015
African-American
Rights Leaders Call for Vote on Lynch
A coalition of civil rights leaders are calling on the leadership of the U.S. Senate to immediately call for a vote to confirm Loretta Lynch as the nation’s next U.S. attorney general.
April 12, 2015
Students
Diversity Chief Says He Faced Discrimination as Student at University of Oklahoma
The University of Oklahoma’s new chief of diversity programs says he knows why he’s the right fit for the job after a racist video roiled the school last month.
April 12, 2015
African-American
AABHE Meets in Midst of Storm in Charleston
As Black educators gathered for their annual conference, the group was met with the news that another Black man had died at the hands of law enforcement in the USA — this time in Charleston.
April 10, 2015
African-American
Understanding Generation X
By now most people have heard of Generation X, the 46 million Americans born between 1965 and 1979.
April 9, 2015
African-American
Fayneese Miller Making History at Hamline University
Dr. Fayneese Miller will be the first African-American—and second female—president of the school that was founded in 1854.
April 9, 2015
Students
2015 Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars
2015 Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars
April 9, 2015
African-American
Study Ranks State-based Job Markets for College Grads
Researchers at Georgetown’s Center on Education and the Workforce analyzed state labor markets and ranked the 50 states by the frequency of job openings per college-educated worker.
April 7, 2015
Faculty & Staff
Spelman College Makes Campbell Unanimous Choice as President
Spelman College’s Board of Trustees unanimously voted to elect Dr. Mary Schmidt Campbell as the new president of the college.
April 7, 2015
Leadership & Policy
Lawsuit: S. Carolina Discriminates Against Black University
As state lawmakers ponder firing the South Carolina State University trustees, South Carolina’s only Black congressman and a federal lawsuit contend the state can be blamed in part for the school’s financial woes.
April 6, 2015
Students
Frat Suspends Clemson Students Over Racially Charged Party
Clemson University put the school’s Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity on probation for two years after the group held a “Cripmas” party last December that had students dressed like gang members, according to a statement released Monday.
April 6, 2015
African-American
White Faculty Sue Alabama State University
A few White professors have filed a lawsuit against Alabama State University alleging that the school discriminates against Whites in its hiring and admission process.
April 6, 2015
African-American
Mayes Recognized With Dissertation Award
The American Educational Research Association will honor Dr. Renae D. Mayes, a rising star in the field of school counseling.
April 6, 2015
Faculty & Staff
VALERIE SMITH
VALERIE SMITH has been appointed president of Swarthmore College, effective July 1. She is currently dean of the college and a professor of literature and African-American studies at Princeton University. Smith earned a bachelor’s from Bates College, and a master’s and a doctorate from the University of Virginia.
April 6, 2015
Students
RANGITA DE SILVA DE ALWIS
RANGITA DE SILVA DE ALWIS has been appointed associate dean of international affairs for the School of Law at the University of Pennsylvania. She was director of the Women in Public Service Project and the Global Women’s Leadership Initiative at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. De Silva de Alwis earned a bachelor’s from the University of Colombo in Sri Lanka, and a master’s and a doctorate from Harvard Law School.
April 6, 2015
Students
RHONDA TRACY
RHONDA TRACY has been named chancellor of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System, effective April 16. She is currently the senior vice president for academic affairs at West Virginia University at Parkersburg. She earned a bachelor’s from the University of South Carolina, a master’s from West Virginia University and a doctorate from Ohio University.
April 6, 2015
Students
Racism a Lingering Problem Among Collegiate Millennials
Kayla Tarrant loves the University of Maryland. But the campus tour guide says a racist email and photo attributed to her schoolmates makes her reluctant to encourage other black students to enroll “in a place where you feel unsafe and no one cares about you.”
April 5, 2015
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